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beac

(9,992 posts)
1. It's SO satisfying, isn't it?!
Mon May 26, 2014, 06:22 PM
May 2014

Now you might want to think about some garlic spray to protect those babies so only YOU get to eat them (i.e. no nasty buggies take a bite before you can harvest.)

The garlic spray doesn't impact the taste, FYI-- just makes the plant and fruits repulsive to pests.)

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
2. Could you point me to a link where I can get the appropriate kind?
Mon May 26, 2014, 06:30 PM
May 2014

I'd like to learn more about the benefits and possibly buy some. I also have a bed of onions close by, and various hot pepper plants (that are just starting to bloom!)

beac

(9,992 posts)
4. People probably think I work for the company by now but
Mon May 26, 2014, 07:44 PM
May 2014

I am really just the MOST satisfied customer of Mosquito Barrier. http://www.mosquitobarrier.com

They also make a less-strong version called Garlic Barrier but, since everyone has/hates mosquitos, I find the MB to be a bit more bang for the buck, so to speak.

It's a super-concentrated garlic liquid that you mix with water and then spray on plants. The garlic smell goes away quickly and no nasty things bother you or your veggies. One bottle lasted me two seasons (keep it in the fridge after opening) and that was when I had over 100 herbs, veggies and flowers in pots plus several beds and using it to spray the grass all around the house regularly (for mosquito repelling.)

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
3. Ooo! I went to water them
Mon May 26, 2014, 07:12 PM
May 2014

and I counted NINE! On three plants. I may be seeing things, but the cucumbers look like they are obviously forming behind the flowers

I am PLEASED as PUNCH!!!

Maybe I am not brown-thumbed after all!!!

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
5. You are not seeing things.
Mon May 26, 2014, 08:22 PM
May 2014

Little cukes start to be noticeable before the flower has fallen off.

No one has a brown thumb, as long as they pay attention to the plants....water them, fertilize as needed, watch for pests. The only people I know with brown thumbs are people who neglect the plants and let them wilt for lack of water.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
6. Thank you for the encouragment
Mon May 26, 2014, 10:18 PM
May 2014

I've had attempts at growing plants fail for various reasons including cat eaten lavender plant, jealous girlfriend that put bleach in my cilantro plant that my attractive female boss gave me for Christmas, tabasco plant that got wipe out by a tropical storm ... etc.

I WANT these plants to succeed, and nothing, not cats, jealousy, tropical storms or the variety of things that happened (When a pot falls over the balcony of a condo from 3 floors up, you have to wonder if you are just plain cursed) will stop me .

EDIT: And I don't hate cats - my current cat is the best thing in the world for pest control and as my foot warmer . My other cat (died at 17) just munched up my lavender plant like I had brought home a salad.

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
7. Your cat was just telling you
Tue May 27, 2014, 07:08 PM
May 2014

that you didn't bring home something for him/her when you brought that lavender plant. Next time, bribes with a catnip plant will be most welcome. I repotted a catnip plant that I just bought and forgot to hang it immediately. I have to buy another plant.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
8. My little darling Roma Tomato Nose (I named her that 6 years ago, well before I started growing them
Thu May 29, 2014, 04:49 PM
May 2014

Is pretty good about all of it, except she sprayed the plants to let them know she belongs there because I was paying too much attention to them :/

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
9. Oh my......that won't do them much good.
Thu May 29, 2014, 06:00 PM
May 2014

But if you can water it down really quick, it might be great fertilizer for them.

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