How To Grow Those Hard To Grow Crops In The Tropics

[@deanapan8413]

I was recently directed to your channel and am so happy!!! I live in southern Taiwan, tropical! And a newbie!!! So helpful

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Glad you found me! We might be heading to Taiwan in June! Maybe we can say hello?!

[@havedrill1]

Started following your channel again. Good to see you’re still giving out great advice.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks. I appreciate that!

[@UnfancyFarmHawaii]

I laughed so hard at the spider swat dance you did! That’s me EVERY DAY right now in the orchard and garden (we’re in Mountain View)!😅🕷️🕸️

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

They're getting more and more every year!! Webs all over!

[@JenniferFriendTiernay]

Thank you!

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Of course

[@ziggybender9125]

On Kauai we get these pests that bore right into the vines of Kobocha Squash plants and kill it from the inside out. Yet I ran a test this year and was able to grow watermelons literally right next to the Kobocha Squash, to my surprise my watermelons grew just fine with 0 powdery mildew and no pest pressure while the squash vines got totally wrecked in no time only a few feet away. These Islands are especially hard to get good at growing stuff in because there's so many different micro climates that it's hard for one neighbors techniques to work for their friends on another part of the island. Basically everyone was stunned I grew watermelons with 0 forms of protection.

[@3dandyrandy3]

Oh no That's horrible I just put three kabocha in the ground.😮

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

That’s cool. Maybe I need to try watermelon cause I have Trouble with squash too!

[@simplysimple7628]

Those pests are larvae from a nocturnal moth. They lay eggs on the plant and they feed on young fruits and shoots mostly. If really bad, they annihilate the whole plant. They are called PICKLE WORMS. Worst pest for cucurbits.

[@JuliaSantos-zk8ds]

Thanks 😊

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

Thanks for watching!

[@dexterthomas1265]

The spider webs are choke plenty right now

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

So many webs, more than last year and I thought there was a lot last year.

[@3dandyrandy3]

😮 I plant em anytime😢 I've got pest👾 white flies on my pepper plants, the f×*,en slugs, hate the slugs🤬and now the kabocha gonna get some kine borer bug🥵.

[@HomesteadinHawaii]

The pests suck, but they’re worse in some seasons over others