Gardening jobs you can do in August

Lesley_Gaye

annie123 wrote: »

Hello Lesley:hello:

Not sure but sounds like it could be hornworm, does it look like this? http://www.taloncraft.com/photos/_P4H8665_TOMATO_HORNWORM.jpg

here is a link to deal with it, 2nd question down http://www.gardensalive.com/article.asp?ai=772&bhcd2=1217620032

let me know if its not, I will do some more looking around for you.

not really, it doesn't have the horns. I have been googling to try and find out what it is and what to do about it. The closest I can find is a tomato fruitworm @ http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/bug_details.asp?Bu_Id=196

this is the only picture I could find and it looks like it, but I don't think it can be this pest, as the description of damage I found elsewhere says that the caterpillars hatch in the fruit and you find them wriggling away inside.

The ones in the greenhouse eat the leaves mainly, and sometimes the fruit as well, but like slugs, from the outside

mardatha

oh brill ta. I have tons of Aquilegia and its so nice I wanted to spread it everywhere. Let me have a wee glass in (silent ) support of your research...

annie123

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

not really, it doesn't have the horns. I have been googling to try and find out what it is and what to do about it. The closest I can find is a tomato fruitworm @ http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/invertid/bug_details.asp?Bu_Id=196

this is the only picture I could find and it looks like it, but I don't think it can be this pest, as the description of damage I found elsewhere says that the caterpillars hatch in the fruit and you find them wriggling away inside.

The ones in the greenhouse eat the leaves mainly, and sometimes the fruit as well, but like slugs, from the outside

In that case what about this one, copied from the web :

Small White Butterfly - Pieris rapae - Artogia rapae


Small White butterflies will lay eggs on the underside of brassica plants. The caterpillars with then devour your vegetables.
The caterpillars like tomatoes too by the look of the plants in my greenhouse

Lesley_Gaye

annie123 wrote: »

In that case what about this one, copied from the web :

Small White Butterfly - Pieris rapae - Artogia rapae


Small White butterflies will lay eggs on the underside of brassica plants. The caterpillars with then devour your vegetables.
The caterpillars like tomatoes too by the look of the plants in my greenhouse

ooh yes, it does look just like that and we have HUNDREDS of cabbage white trying to massacre the sprouting broccoli. I hadn't recognized it as the same caterpillars, partly because we try and get them at the egg stage and partly because it is my OH who is on caterpillar squashing duty.

Hmmm, OK, I will have a think on how to keep them out of the greenhouse then. Thanks

gettingricher

Thank you so much for giving such clear information - I am new to rural living and new to growing veg - I was wondering what to do next and so now I am much wiser...Do you a post for each month?

annie123

pleased you find it useful. I do post at the end of each month for the next one.
In the useful links sticky scroll down to The gardening year. http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=9001607#post9001607 It's building up to a calender guide.

What has got me stuck though is mardatha in Scotland other than green manure and winter cabbage I'm a bit stuck but still thinking on it.

mardatha

green manure AND winter cabbage ? At same time ? Wotif we eat the wrong one ???
and anyway it wont matter. Thanks to the great Scottish summer, we are now too busy building the Ark to care !

annie123

you may have noticed daffodil bulbs in the shops.
If there is a homebase near you they have 10% off day next Friday and Saturday taking 5 kg of daffs down to £6.29 or 2 for £10
unless you want 5kg or 10kg of daffs, which is a lot! get together with others to split the cost.

happy gardening

nodwah

annie123 wrote: »

Hi Mardatha :hello:

re planting where you live.
I am hoping someone Scottish comes to the rescue here!!
I will give it some thought and rummage around a few books..................off to get glass of wine to accompany said research:D

Scottish Panda to the rescue!!!

I only live 300ft up at the end of moor land (sniff)
With our nights darkenin rapidly, we can't get away with quite as much as those further south.

Anyway, if you can give a wee bit of protection from the wind:
Sow some chinese greens pak choi etc, I did some today
rocket ditto, you can also get some lambs lettuce for later on Poss with a cloche of some sort.
i've also got new sowing of red salad bowl lettuce in the mini green house and you can still get quick crops of radish

Sow some alpine strawbs for next year

I'm also going to do some snapdragons and sweet peas for next year's flowers

saverstacey

I would love to plant some mini bulbs for xmas pressies- do I have to buy the 'prepared' ones? they are v expensive compared to the 'unprepared'. I was reading something about preparing your own by putting them in the fridge?