<p>Well, all my indoor starts are progressing. I have:
Raf tomatoes
Genovese tomatoes
Green Zebra tomatoes
Yellow Pear tomatoes
Black from Tula tomatoes
Giant Belgium tomatoes
Black Cherry tomatoes
Hungarian Hot Peppers
Sweet Banana Peppers
Golden Treasure Peppers
Rosa Bianca Eggplant
Round Eggplants
Florentine Eggplants
Fennel from Parma</p>
<p>Outside I;ve got lots of stuff, but everything except the snowpeas are three weeks behind.</p>
<p>Waiting on beans:
Scarlet Runner Beans
Marvelous Beans of Piedmont
Roman Marconi Beans
Venetian Marconi Beans
Purple Bush Beans
Yellow Bush Beans</p>
<p>And lots of the leafies - well, I might as well as not have planted them yet.
Endive Frisee
Escarole Biondi</p>
<p>The broccoli raab is doing okay. No signs of three kinds of carrots.</p>
<p>The flowers (perennials) are doing fabulously!</p>
<p>You can deploy some of that agricultural expertise and help me out. Several shoots or seedlings appeared in the container garden a few days ago. Naturally I assumed these young green leafs to be the result of the green pea seeds I planted. Nope, a close inspection reavealed these little plants to be…squash. Kobocha squash no less. I had made compost using Kobocha rinds and tossed in the seeds too, figuring that since the soil/compost mixture was bone dry over the winter, the seeds wouldn’t germinate and thus wouldn’t be a problem. Now I don’t imagine that I’ll have 4lbs Kobocha gourds flowing over the rim of the container in 3 months. Should I dig up these seedlings or let them grow? Will they grow fruit? They are in the same container as my green peas and basil.</p>
<p>Squash (and cucumbers) don’t usually transplant well. And yes, you could have 4lb gourds flowing up over the rim in three months. Your green peas will likely grow fine around them (until they are finished); your basil may also survive, depending on the temperature (it might actually do better, as the squash plant will generate heat.)</p>
<p>I saw all the notes on vinegar for dandelions (and some other weeds). It works, but works better if you mix five parts vinegar with one part dish detergent - it makes it stick and coat the plant. Usually, you will have to use it three times.</p>
<p>Clorox makes an “Outdoor” bleach that is safe around plants, etc. I’ve never ruined anything with it, plants, concrete and brick patios, and wood decks and furniture.</p>
<p>I power wash my stone patios and brick walkway every spring. It takes the moss and grime right off. We have an old gasoline powered model, which I don’t really like because it is heavy and it requires oil and gas - which means I have to get my H whenever I need a refill. My neighbor just bought an inexpensive electric model at Home Depot, and it works just as well.</p>
<p>Igloo–I have used it on bricks, the plastic of a pool diving board, composition deck planking, cement, painted wood. I might try Emeraldkitty’s formula of vinnegar:water.</p>
<p>Hi all; someone on another thread suggested I post my question here:</p>
<p>I have a ripe tomato on one of my plants (we’re in SoCal) – but said plant also has a number of leaves covered with brown spots. Having googled for this, I’m not sure I know what sort of spots they are. The spots don’t seem to have “little yellow halos” and the leaves are otherwise intact.</p>
<p>I’ve got four different varieties of tomatoes planted; this is the main one with the problem, but I noticed that a plant next to it has one or two leaves with similar spots.</p>