On 8/19/2016 4:05 PM, T wrote:
On 08/18/2016 04:12 PM, songbird wrote:
George Shirley wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

I have a zuke with short stems (1 to 2") and brittle
yellowish leaves. Its leaves crack in half if you
attempt to look under them for squash bug eggs.
It isn't growing either.

Should I pull and toss it in the bin, such that whatever
is infecting it does not spread to the other plants?

I ask as I know it is not a good idea to have dead
animals kicking about but don't know if that
applies to plants as well.
...
Toss it, it's dying anyway, plant another one.

yeah, if you are going to use the space for
something else.

too late to plant anything here other than quick
cover crops or a few peas if we get lucky with the
frosts.


songbird


Toss or plow under? I do not know if it would
spread disease if I dug it under.

I have some tomatillos I could transplant.

Got my first three baby eggplant fruits! They weren't
there yesterday. Today I have three of them! Uh oh.
Now I am sounding like a proud parent.
Our three eggplants are still producing since early spring. I'm getting
tired of them anyway, already have several pans of moussaka in the
freezer and just how much deep fried eggplant can we eat? We generally
plant the long, slender, either green or black eggplant, mostly called
"Japanese" eggplant. American Beauty did well for us one year, large
round eggplant, then they went south the next time.

There are lots of recipes for eggplant online, most are good too.