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I have a new garden, the plot was a garden a few ...

I have a new garden, the plot was a garden a few years ago. All my vine plants (squash, pumpkin, and such) started to grow nicely and are now devoleping yellow around the edges of the leaves, finally turning black as if they were touched by frost. They have not been frosted. This is happening to all my plants except the zuchinni.My corn is up about 4 in and now is getting rusty looking leaves! HELP I don't want to lose all my hard work. Thank you Claudette


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Tam
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Sorry to say Claudette but it sounds like there is some blight or fungus in the soil. the only way to treat it is to 1st identify the disease by taking a sample to a gardening center which can do that kind of test, but that might be lengthy and expensive.

 If there is an agricultural college nearby they may have a help line with free advice and/or soil treatment center. Wish I could be more positive, good luck with that
Posted 2009-07-02T14:36:00Z
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Tam
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Claudette it maybe that the new plants were drawing the nutrients from your new top layer of soil and the roots are now being fed from the old.

Don't know if this is doable to rescue them and reap the benefit of your labour, I've seen where people grow plants in planters made from half wooden barrels, or maybe transplant in another location, whatever way you go you'll probably require new soil. 
Posted 2009-07-02T17:09:26Z
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Years ago I had vine type veggies growing and the got vine borers.  If you look at the base of the plant and check the 3-4 inches of stem nearest the ground, you would see a hole in the stem where a borer gets in .  You can slice the stem and pull them out.  But you may get more and the plant may not survive if a lot of damage was done to the stem and plant.

 

Good Luck,  Fran
Posted 2009-07-03T16:34:17Z
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Your direction,not your intention,determines your destination

Put some Lime in the ground where it can get to your crops and keep the water  from standing around them. Make a trench on the sides of the rows for drainage if you haven't already done that.Water will make them rot or get a fungus quicker than anything. Go to your garden center at Lowe's or Home Depot and ask your  helpful gardner what to use since he knows your weather conditions and what it might be without shelling money out for stuff that you don't need. Good healing. 
Posted 2009-09-13T13:29:22Z
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Live today as it was your last .Because tomorrow is not promised to anyone.

Could be that plants are`nt getting enough or to much water.Or they might not be getting enough nutrients either.You can areate the soil around the plants then mix some iron chelate into the soil.If the pores on the leaves are clogged this will produce yellow leaves to.You can clean the leaves by spraying them with some spolied milk .Let the milk stay on the leaves for a fwe minutes then wash the milk off.This will clean the pores on the leaves then allow the leaves to breath.Avid gardner for 25 years here
Posted 2009-09-27T18:51:03Z
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