08-30-2013, 05:09 PM
mrbigstuff wrote:
[quote=billb]
Despite some of the worst powdery mildew I'm still getting a couple of summer squashes although the zucchinis are done.
ack! powdery mildew for many consecutive years (in different houses) made me give up on squash altogether. they're fairly cheap anyway.
when did yours start? mine would begin right after the first blossoms; I would get a squash or two and then nothing.
While I was gone on vacation.
While it was supposedly hot and dry.
My sister said she set up a sprinkler to try to water everything after it was too late and I doubt one watering was enough to get it going
It was awful dry here during August ( until just recently ) , conditions that aren't supposed to support powdery mildew.
Maybe there was not enough wind, we usually get a pretty good SW breeze here, at least by 3 in the afternoon.
edit: ( I thought the zucchinis were done, I just found a green monster hiding under a plant/leaf. )