tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post9595733270649435..comments2023-06-23T00:44:56.058-07:00Comments on Sinfonian's Garden Adventure: May 30, 2008Sinfonianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03973076975622726383noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-53504333495042636462008-05-30T22:29:45.000-07:002008-05-30T22:29:45.000-07:00I have a few columbine plants around the yard and ...I have a few columbine plants around the yard and they always have these tunnel patterns on the leaves, in researching your leaf miner problem I found out this is what is on my columbine plants. I also read that you can plant columbine plants as kind of a host plant to keep them off other plants, might be worth a try next year. I also found a link that they are breeding a spinach that is resistant to leaf miner <a href="http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2007/071009.htm" rel="nofollow">Link</a><br><br>I have been dreading the arrival of the cucumber beetle & potato beetle already and I am hoping it will not be a bad year. I guess time will tell.danhttp://veggiegardenblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-23985706371951707792008-05-30T22:30:50.000-07:002008-05-30T22:30:50.000-07:00oh yeah, forgot to add that your new phone takes g...oh yeah, forgot to add that your new phone takes great photo's!danhttp://veggiegardenblog.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-20490926430011542592008-05-31T01:01:29.000-07:002008-05-31T01:01:29.000-07:00Yes, you can remove the damaged portions of the le...Yes, you can remove the damaged portions of the leaves and leave the rest. This should remove the miners as you do it. The sooner the better as the miners gain size and momentum. You do seem to have "Spinach Leaf Miners" which is a bit different that the ones I have in my beets and swiss chard, but they're pretty similar.<br>Most peas nowadays are dwarfed varieties and even though they are sprawling vines, they won't use a trellis even when offered. Loosely quoted from Steve Solomon's excellent book "Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades" which you ought to have if you don't already. Some people use a jumble of sticks for support. Others a low wire mesh fence just to contain the sea of vines from overflowing. Others use nothing at all.Tim Stoehrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872247640329823856.post-15896209249710362842008-06-04T04:26:15.000-07:002008-06-04T04:26:15.000-07:00My trellis is just nylon twine strung vertically (...My trellis is just nylon twine strung vertically (4 per foot) and I just take the branches with the tendrils and wrap them around and around the twine. What I found is that if I do more than just the tendrils it works better. So I start as close to the main trunk as possible and wrap the whole branch, leaves and all, up until the tendrils start getting wrapped. This seems to work pretty well. <br><br>When possible I also try to wrap the main trunk around the twine too but often I can't move it close enough to the twin without breaking the plant. <br><br>The only pictures I have online are from late April when they were less than a foot tall so I'm not sure if they help. <br><br>http://www.harrisnotes.com/photos/2008/2008-04-29_garden/jbh20080429-garden-02-sm.html<br><br>One thing I realize looking back is it worked way better once they got up to where the twine is strung very taught. It was hard for them to latch on when they were down on the loose part of the twine. <br><br>By the way, you could probably plant these earlier next year. I planted my peas February 27th and they are now probably 5 feet high. They don't mind the cool weather. I have lots of pea-flowers and have a couple pea-pods already forming. (oh I live in south Seattle near Boeing Field)jamesnoreply@blogger.com