onlylynne wrote: 
I'll make a list of what I have and save some seeds for you.

quick list off the top of my head...
but you probably have most of this stuff already.

coneflowers, purple or white (if the white grows back this year, it's iffy)
flowering tobacco, annual that self-seeds. white or green, and a white with red streaks (I think it's a mutant, not sure if it will grow this way again, we'll see this year when it comes back)
an unidentified yellow flower perennial-kinda coneflowerish. very tall-6ft, stays upright, very bushy when mature. yellow daily like flower.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
Good! I was hoping they would have by now.
Happy flowering!
I love both the cleome and Cardinal Vine. Easy to grow and enjoy!

LYNNE!! the seeds have arrived. thanks so much!!

All of our onions are up and thriving.
The lettuce has been up for several days.
I'll have to wander around the garden tomorrow to see what else is growing.

 onlylynne wrote: 
Oh wow!! thanks!

Jrzy, flower seeds should go out in the mail tomorrow.
Hope you enjoy them!

 BlueHeronDruid wrote: 
Are you saying my special 'used motor oil-based, broad spectrum defoliant' may be illegal? My bad.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
Grass is strange stuff. You can have a lawn with dead spots; little patches of dirt where grass won't grow, even though its totally surrounded by grass, but the grass will sprout up in the sidewalk.

 BillJ wrote: 
wimpy grass can die if a dog pees on it. you need time to get to viruses and fungi deep in the soil.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 

4-6 weeks? I remember years ago returning from a camping trip and spreading a tarp out on the lawn to dry on ONE sunny day before putting away. (Yes, it rained on the camping trip. Why do you think they call it camping?) Well I had a dead spot there on my lawn for the rest of the summer.

 Beanie wrote: 
Wow!  And just what would the hubbie's estimate of the size of . . . oh, well, never mind. . . .

 gutboy wrote: 
if you're willing to not plant that area for a season, you can solarize.

 JrzyTmata wrote: 

And it IS insane.  I don't know whay I even asked him.  Or why I didn't calculate that before I wrote what he said. 

It's 50 X 20.  1000 sq. ft.  We're going to expand it out another 5-6 ft this year for another row of cukes.

 gutboy wrote: 
Fusarium wilt can persist a long time in the soil. I'd say move the cukes. Plant something wilt resistant there for a few years. Adding lime to the soil to keep the pH between 6.5 and 7 can help reduce the disease.

This has been your Master Gardener™ moment.

As for Jerry Baker, forget about it. None of his "remedies" have been proven or registered, and many may be against the law in your area.

 onlylynne wrote: 

tanx I already decided to plant elsewhere, but I am loathe to use chemicals. I was wondering if anyone had any folk remedies, like that dude on PBS (Burke? ) you know like 2 parts beer, one part chili powder, ect.

 gutboy wrote: 
There's some good info here: http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/pubs/plantsci/hortcrop/pp656w.htm

You might want to check with your local extension service or university.

 gutboy wrote: 

yOU mEAN kOOKS?
oh i gET IT CUKES

serious ?
every year my cukes die earlier due to powdery wilt
any advice?

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
I like that!

 onlylynne wrote: 
seriously. SuperBeanie

or SuperGreenBeanie.