July Meeting Recap: July 24 2015

July Meeting Recap July Meeting Recap: Hydroponics Click here for the presentation Tim and Astrid provided at our July meeting. For DIY directions for the one unit click here. Root Knot Nematodes Can you eat roots that have been damaged by Root Knot Nematodes? Meloidogyne incognita (the southern root-knot nematode) YES, you can. However the flavor might be bitter. We have yet to find this to be the case with our carrots. We scrub them up and eat them all the time. Above is one carrot that the root knot nematodes attacked with vengeance in our bed. NOTE: we harvested surrounding carrots with minimal damage. Below is how it cleaned up with just a light scrubbing. After one more scrub, no one will even know it had galls. Remember not to compost the scrubs! Put them in the TRASH. Avocados Avocados: Save the Guac Deadly fungus spread by redbay ambrosia beetles causes a vascular disease in trees called laurel wilt. Only use local firewood. Lots of info here: http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Plant-Industry/Save-the-Guac Video here: https://youtu.be/WzmYZpcOReM Cabbages Cabbages: protecting from caterpillars Love this idea of citrus bags preventing moths laying caterpillar eggs on cabbages. Click here for details from Urban Farm. Photo by Urban Farm VegHeads 4-H Youth VegHeads 4-H club receives HUGE donation of seeds from Rural King The VegHeads have received an unbelievable donation of seeds from Rural King located in Bonita for their seed library. The donation fills up half of a storage room where the library is located at Veterans Park Rec Center. The seeds, mostly Fall, Winter, and Spring vegetables will be available in a couple of months when it is appropriate to plant. We so need a larger seed storage refrigerator now! Check out their website where you are able to download their FREE seed order form.   "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." CLICK for OUR upcoming events. CLICK to LIKE us on FaceBook. CLICK to SEARCH our website. CLICK for Local Edible Events CLICK HERE to download the VegHeads' 4-H  summer seed order form. FREE to all Lee and Hendry County residents.