Bleak outlook for nation's fresh food supply

[Jovial Monk]

When you grow your own you also get the option of using only heritage varieties, much better flavor and nutrition, usually hardier and more productive than hybrid varieties. A big pot planted with Tommy Toes will give you tasty cherry tomatoes right up the the first frost.

[Leftwinger]

No frost to worry about here in winter (well, maybe in a few low-lying spots)

But fruit fly in the warmer half of the year shit me to tears! There's almost nothing the little pricks won't have a go at!

Fruit fly all fucked off now and veges are thriving. One of the few enemies you face here for the next six months is powdery mildew. Low-toxicity fungicides see to that.

[Jovial Monk]

Colloidal ag sulphur one of the best, what falls in the soil will oxidise, plants take up SO2, the sulphur ends up in those proteins (not all but a lot) needing sulphur.

[Leftwinger]

We used to use bordeux when I worked on an organic smallcrops farm. I remember you really had to rinse out the sprayers because it clogged them otherwise. Seemed to be effective on powdery mildew on the zucchinis and squash though.

[Jovial Monk]

Yeah, but you have to cover the ground or the soil becomes full of copper over time. Sulphur OTOH is essential for many proteins.