Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

[Orangeburst]

Wright Brand bacon...otherwise you are doing life wrong

It is time for a George Costanza epiphany for sure.

 

[1972 Grad]

Funny you mentioned aphids on peppers. I bought my tomato plants as seedlings from Lowe’s and I grabbed one pepper plant too, and a couple days after planting I noticed the pepper had lots of aphids on the bottom side of the leaves. I think my fabric beds held about 50 gallons but the cedar beds are a bit bigger, just over 4’ square on the inside, and a few inches deeper, so they hold about twice as much soil as the fabric beds. Still a bit tight to put 4 plants but we’ll see how they do with such minimal social distancing. When I started with the fabric beds I got a load of mushroom compost and am still using it.

I used to have greenhouses. Aphids absolutely love pepper plants.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

It's true. Restaurant bacon is better.

That and it let's me not having to go through w/all that cooking. No greasy mess to clean up afterwards.

 

[RavinDave]

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I used to have greenhouses. Aphids absolutely love pepper plants.

Any advice for dealing with the little suckers?

 

[0nelilreb]

Do you or Nurse Goodbody castrate the poor little sausages?

I do , nurses are rough . I roll them around in a circle with my hands . She take an ice cream scooper and gouges them out .

 

[volfanhill]

I just rewatched the 1998 National Title game. The universe is screwing with us but it hasn’t taken that away from us yet.

 

[W.TN.Orange Blood]

I do , nurses are rough . I roll them around in a circle with my hands . She take an ice cream scooper and gouges them out .

Ouch.....the ice cream scooper would be a lot faster.

 

[1972 Grad]

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Any advice for dealing with the little suckers?

I smothered the little bastards with Safer's Insecticidal Soap every week. You can make a homebrew with
1.5 Tbsp Baking soda
1 Tbsp Murphy oil soap
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 gallon water
Mix in sprayer or spray bottle and thououghly wet top and bottom of leaves every week.

Dishwashing liquid and vegetable oil mixed in water will do about as well. The best way is to cover them in oil and soap . They are soft bodied and it smothers them. The little devils are all born from eggs as wingless females and they reproduce asexually and make 5 to 10 clones a day when they are about a week old. They later turn into males and produce sexually with the remaining females which lay more eggs. They only live about 3-6 weeks.

Edit: You can also buy insecticidal soap at Lowe's. Aside from the homebrew, it's the safest thing to use on stuff you are going to eat. You can knock a lot of them off with water spray.

 

[McDad]

I just rewatched the 1998 National Title game. The universe is screwing with us but it hasn’t taken that away from us yet.

We still won, right?

 

[volfanhill]

We still won, right?

I am happy to report yes. But I may rewatch tomorrow bc everything has gone to ****.

 

[1972 Grad]

We still won, right?

Peerless Price tripped and fell on his way to the goal line and fumbled. Sorry.

 

[RavinDave]

I smothered the little bastards with Safer's Insecticidal Soap every week. You can make a homebrew with
1.5 Tbsp Baking soda
1 Tbsp Murphy oil soap
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 gallon water
Mix in sprayer or spray bottle and thououghly wet top and bottom of leaves every week.

Dishwashing liquid and vegetable oil mixed in water will do about as well. The best way is to cover them in oil and soap . They are soft bodied and it smothers them. The little devils are all born from eggs as wingless females and they reproduce asexually and make 5 to 10 clones a day when they are about a week old. They later turn into males and produce sexually with the remaining females which lay more eggs. They only live about 3-6 weeks.

Thanks for the advice and for the tutorial on the sex life of aphids.

 

[McDad]

Peerless Price tripped and fell on his way to the goal line and fumbled. Sorry.

Go kill aphids!

 

[1972 Grad]

Thanks for the advice and for the tutorial on the sex life of aphids.

I figured that Louder and McDad would have a keen interest .

 

[GordonC]

I smothered the little bastards with Safer's Insecticidal Soap every week. You can make a homebrew with
1.5 Tbsp Baking soda
1 Tbsp Murphy oil soap
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp vinegar
1 gallon water
Mix in sprayer or spray bottle and thououghly wet top and bottom of leaves every week.

Dishwashing liquid and vegetable oil mixed in water will do about as well. The best way is to cover them in oil and soap . They are soft bodied and it smothers them. The little devils are all born from eggs as wingless females and they reproduce asexually and make 5 to 10 clones a day when they are about a week old. They later turn into males and produce sexually with the remaining females which lay more eggs. They only live about 3-6 weeks.

Well, chit, I tried Neem oil, Dove, Neem Oil and Dove, and finally DAILY soakings with Sevin.

They won.

Thanks for the cocktail mixture fo sho.

Any advice on squash bugs besides lifting up the leaves and scraping the eggs off or the old "lay a shingle on the ground stomp em the next day" trick?

 

[GordonC]

Thanks for the advice and for the tutorial on the sex life of aphids.

But I want to go on record as saying if the males want to breed with other males, I won't judge them...at least not publicly. No aphomophobia here HA

 

[Orangeburst]

I just rewatched the 1998 National Title game. The universe is screwing with us but it hasn’t taken that away from us yet.

You gotta admit. It is time to update our reminisce material.

 

[1972 Grad]

Well, chit, I tried Neem oil, Dove, Neem Oil and Dove, and finally DAILY soakings with Sevin.

They won.

Thanks for the cocktail mixture fo sho.

Any advice on squash bugs besides lifting up the leaves and scraping the eggs off or the old "lay a shingle on the ground stomp em the next day" trick?

Tough one. There are a couple of ways. One that requires a lot of work is to pick them and their eggs off every day and drop them in a bucket of soapy water.

Some people experiment with when they plant squash. If the infestation gets worse when it gets hot, try planting earlier and getting in a few early before they multiply so heavily. Some wait until quite late after the numbers go down. Don't put mulch right up against the plants.

A couple of other things that people have success with is to plant crops with them that repel the bugs. Nasturtiums, marigolds, icicle radishes, oregano, catnip. Intersperse them throughout the squash plants. They hate these plants, especially the radishes, nasturtiums and catnip. Calendula and Dill blooms attract the Tachinid Fly that eat the squash bug larva, but they may get ahead of you before the Calendula and Dill bloom.

Also, some people plant what are called trap crops like Blue Hubbard Squash and Yellow Scalloped Squash around the perimeter of your squash plants, about 4 or 5 feet away. Those are planted as sacrificial lambs because they are very attractive to the bugs. Then, you just have to pick off the bugs and eggs from your sacrificial plants every day because they will hit them first.

 

[NurseGoodVol]

You even eat bacon in the shower?

Never tried it... Bucket list!!!

 

[McDad]

Adventures in home remodeling. Part 2.

There is no good news. Joy, happiness, lightheartedness do not exist in nature. It only exists as a construct imagined by mortal man. A crew of craftsmen leave me bereft of optimism. Melancholy is my life. Darkness devours even the most persist photons choking out their warming rays.

"The Money Pit", starring Tom Hanks and Shelly Long is not a comedy. It is a documentary warning all those who dare venture to remodel-ville, 'Abandon hope, all ye who enter here'. We watched the film confused. Our judgement clouded from it's importunate message by slap stick humor and comedic delivery.

.....

Ok, I feel a little bit better getting that off my chest. But the reality of today's discovery (within the first 30 minutes, mind you) looms; more rot and more damage which must be addressed BEFORE the work we wanted done can begin. Who builds a house and skips the wrap??? Who skips waterproofing the opening for windows? It doesn't save very much in materials and labor. It's simply shoddy construction. My carpenter-father is rolling over in his grave today.

 

[hog88]

Adventures in home remodeling. Part 2.

There is no good news. Joy, happiness, lightheartedness do not exist in nature. It only exists as a construct imagined by mortal man. A crew of craftsmen leave me bereft of optimism. Melancholy is my life. Darkness devours even the most persist photons choking out their warming rays.

"The Money Pit", starring Tom Hanks and Shelly Long is not a comedy. It is a documentary warning all those who dare venture to remodel-ville, 'Abandon hope, all ye who enter here'. We watched the film confused. Our judgement clouded from it's importunate message by slap stick humor and comedic delivery.

.....

Ok, I feel a little bit better getting that off my chest. But the reality of today's discovery (within the first 30 minutes, mind you) looms; more rot and more damage which must be addressed BEFORE the work we wanted done can begin. Who builds a house and skips the wrap??? Who skips waterproofing the opening for windows? It doesn't save very much in materials and labor. It's simply shoddy construction. My carpenter-father is rolling over in his grave today.

Don't worry, now way can it get any worse.

 

[1972 Grad]

Don't worry, now way can it get any worse.

He could have locusts.

 

[RavinDave]

Don't worry, now way can it get any worse.

Famous last words.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Adventures in home remodeling.

Work on the deck started today. Good news, bad news. First the bad. My old 2x10 deck joist are unusable due to excess warping and crowning from improper construction practices when built. Net result is increased cost and time. More bad; the deck band attached to the house from which the joists were attached wasn't installed properly. Resulting in damage to the house band and sill in places. More bad; bad window install created water slipping in between sheathing and siding at corner of house. Sill, band, sheathing all rotted out. Unknown damage to wall studs present, too. Net result increased time and cost.
Good news: this is day 1 so it can't get any worse. Right? Right??????

Sorry to hear about that McD...flashing, flashing, flashing. Should have "peel and stick " behind the deck band, then at least a 4"x2" aluminum or galv. Steel "kick out" flashing to get water away from the house..which goes on top of the deck band but beneath decking boards...the top of which is "shingled" behind your house wrap. Then housewrap is taped to the metal flashing that it overlaps. Redundancy is the keyword with water penetration defense.

She seriously doesn't. But eats salsa at the Mexican restaurant like it is manna from heaven.

I am the same way as McRib. I eat (mild) salsa and love Italian food with tomato based sauces...but i would never eat a raw tomato or have it on my sammich. My wife and kids are the same. Lol...

I’ve never thought about it but ... We might now
you can’t go wrong with bacon .

I always say " bacon makes everything better except birthday cake." If it isnt sweets, cheese and bacon can make pretty much anything taste good IMO. What smells better than frying bacon??? If I was a chubby chaser like a buddy of mine is...I would make some bacon smelling cologne. Every big girl and wild animal in the county would be hunting him...

 

[0nelilreb]

Sorry to hear about that McD...flashing, flashing, flashing. Should have "peel and stick " behind the deck band, then at least a 4"x2" aluminum or galv. Steel "kick out" flashing to get water away from the house..which goes on top of the deck band but beneath decking boards...the top of which is "shingled" behind your house wrap. Then housewrap is taped to the metal flashing that it overlaps. Redundancy is the keyword with water penetration defense.




I am the same way as McRib. I eat (mild) salsa and love Italian food with tomato based sauces...but i would never eat a raw tomato or have it on my sammich. My wife and kids are the same. Lol...




I always say " bacon makes everything better except birthday cake." If it isnt sweets, cheese and bacon can make pretty much anything taste good IMO. What smells better than frying bacon??? If I was a chubby chaser like a buddy of mine is...I would make some bacon smelling cologne. Every big girl and wild animal in the county would be hunting him...

LOL!