1. My zuchinni plant is producing flowers (and tons of them) but they are just falling off. Yes I know they are not getting pollenated but how do I help that!!!
2. My tomato plant is practically getting attacked but tiny ants! How do help my plants??
2006-06-06 13:17:06 · 4 answers · asked by Me 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Garden & Landscape
#2. IT'S ALWAYS A good idea to try to peacefully coexist with insects such as ants. But if they become a problem in your yard or garden, try this tip: For only one or two hills, sprinkle instant grits on the anthill. When the ants take them to the nest, the queen and workers eat them, and the grains swell up and kill them. It will take about two days before all activity stops. Twenty years ago, we had a bad ant problem. Now, I control them in the yard and garden with instant grits.
-- Susan Kleine, Albertville, Alabama
#1> Do you have bees around your garden? If so the zucchini is getting pollinated. I could not find anything about zucchini, but I will continue to look.
2006-06-06 14:19:38 · answer #1 · answered by oman396 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hi and I am sorry you have no local pollinators!
All squash/pumpkin type flowers sort of look like their human counterparts.
The girl flowers when you look in the center are INNIES and the boy flowers when you look in the center are OUTIES.
Get out a tiny paint by number paint brush and PLAY BEE!
Swab the brush gently over the boy flower and then take it to a girl flower and do the same thing as humans do(GENTLY)
Ants, Please look closely at all the tomato plants.
Aphids love tomatoes, and Ants love aphids.
It is possable that you have a bigger problem, Aphids.
Look and see if the leaves are starting to look like they are curling with arthritis, distorting with the rheumatoid kind.
If you find those leaves flip them over and if you see tiny, FAT BELLY insects, usually black,or green, or pink, Those are aphids.
You could now hand spray vegetable oil, canola oil for a good knock down that is still eatable. Luck woogha/bugsie
2006-06-06 14:39:00 · answer #2 · answered by bugsie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
zucchinni i dont know but with tomato plants plant marigolds near them....not only will this draw in bees but also covers up the odor of the tomato plant to keep unwanted insects/predators away....if you ever notice ppl have marigolds in their gardens close to tomato plants?...that is why and it works
2006-06-07 15:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by ananimalloverinkentucky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know because i have the same prob!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-06-06 13:21:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋