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I believe it's called the 'Variegated Cutworm', a more formidable opponent that the single other type I've encountered. There are still...

We've had a lot of cutworms this spring too. So frustrating. Now that I can recognize their pupas I can eliminate many of them at that...

Thankfully the Wren's Egg plant has been the only casualty. I have three plants that have surpassed my height as of this morning -...

@heirloomgal i would think that high up that it was groundhog damage because i rarely have any cutworms around here (just a few once in...

That’s beyond awful @heirloomgal. My heartfelt sympathies. It makes the one or two giving up the ghost, which I was worrying about, seem...

I’m heartened to find I’m not alone in this phenomenon. It’s natural to either feel one has done something wrong - any manure in the...

Well, the time has come to spill some beans so to speak, lol. I'm a believer in the adage 'where your attention goes, grows' so I...

Seems like many of us are having plentiful rain this year, that is a lot of water in 30 minutes. I haven't watered my main bean garden...

Went out to my Bean Acres offsite today behind the deer fence to see what 2.5 inches of rain in about 30 minutes did to my pole beans. I...

In 2023 I early started In Styrofoam cups about 8 varieties of pole limas. They did great. This year in general the best beans are the...

we're about to get some more rains here. i just planted Purple Dove beans in what i had ready of the garden i'm working on. hoped to...

I have the same thing happen in my bean plots. However not on a mass scale. It's usually one or two plants here and there. It's happened...

I've had 2 in a row of 6 bushes do this, rare ones. What you describe is exactly what happened, they were growing wonderfully, leaves...

my guess is vascular collapse from warm weather and the plant roots can't keep up with the demand. it is sudden. this year i'm getting...

I have a kind of sudden death issue. Sometimes one plant in a row which seemed to be doing fine, will look sick and all the growing...