I didn't start with seeds.Where do you get your scotch bonnet seeds? ...
Which moth are you getting?...
Last year was going well until my cucumbers got overrun by moth larva. We will see how it goes this year. Going to cover the Cucumber plants at night and treat them with anti moth larva spray.
I’d go with an heirloom variety for best taste. Last year I planted a German Johnson which was delicious (then the plant stopped producing but so did all my tomatoes including hybrids). The year before it was a Cherokee Purple which was great. I havent had any more issues with the heirlooms vs the hybrids but I do grow everything in buckets.Hi Jim,
I haven't had a decent tomato in years. It seems as though the seed growers have cross pollinated the taste right out of them trying to "improve" them. Haven't found any with that delicious tomato taste I remember as a kid!
Any help would be appreciated,
John
Never saw the moths. Just the destruction from the larvae.Which moth are you getting?
Cabbage loopers will feed on them, but they are from a white butterfly that is mistakenly called a cabbage moth.
I lost my summer squash the last 2 years from the squash vine borer which is larvae from a diurnal (daylight active) moth. I think I got the cycle stopped last year.
i recommend pepperoncinis - one in ten might have a light heat. my cukes did great last year until i had to go out of town for a week and they all went to seed.I'll plant habaneros and jalapenos like I always do...and Mrs. Red likes something without much heat, so I'll be looking for some kind of mild sweet peppers as well.
Other than that, it's mostly just tomatoes and cukes.
Red
Are the critters bright green or a mottled brown? Bt will work on both. just curious the source as the true cabbage critters don't usually go to the cukes.Never saw the moths. Just the destruction from the larvae.
I have tried many varieties (super hybrid and heirloom included) of tomatoes both in Seattle area and currently in NW Minnesota.Hi Jim,
I haven't had a decent tomato in years. It seems as though the seed growers have cross pollinated the taste right out of them trying to "improve" them. Haven't found any with that delicious tomato taste I remember as a kid!
Any help would be appreciated,
John
i recommend pepperoncinis - one in ten might have a light heat. my cukes did great last year until i had to go out of town for a week and they all went to seed.
i've never had much luck with tomatoes. not sure why.
Good call - pepperoncini's are one of the wife's favorites, and that may well be what we go with.
Our tomato plants did terrible last summer...and we never figured out why. The vines grew like weeds, but with sparse fruit that only got so big, and then never grew more or got ripe. We're hoping it was a one time deal...we usually have decent luck with better boys or best boys, but as poorly as they did last year, I'm thinking of going a different way this season.
Red