Hugo was 86 if I remember correctly right?

Hugo was September 1989.  I flew back from Florida with the wife and two infants the night it hit the coast.  Waited on the runway in Ft. Lauderdale for three hours before we took off for LaGuardia.  The storm plus a big jet skidding into the drink the day before at LaGuardia had things all fouled up.   

BTDT yes I have that issue but it is never bad enough to hurt production. I did have an issue with bloom rot, but only bad on one kind of squash. Climbing trombone type it was my first year planting it. Squash forms gets about six inches and rots. Sprayed with calcium last week because there were still new fruit

Clint, I hear ya on the calcium, I laced the garden with gypsum this year and gonna add a bunch more this fall.  First year I've had a good tomato crop since the heavy blight a few years back.  Sweet peppers haven't been hit with "black spot" and rotting on the plant like they did last year.
 
Curious to know if you use any ground cover under your squash plants like, straw or plastic?  I'm using plastic and I'm wondering if no ground contact by the vine may be causing the plants to weaken and thereby, become more susceptible to disease?   
 
Dime, I stay away from Zucchini ever since the year I had so much I ate it baked, fried, deep fried, grilled, stuffed, in bread, in cookies and, I think we even tried making ice cream with the stuff.  As for the cucumbers, we had pretty good production for about a week and then the plants seemed to say... see ya!  Re-seeded and it looks like, if we get some rain, I may get another round before Jack Frost comes to town.

Calcium was the key for my tomato issues awhile back . I dosed them with bone meal mixed into liquified and actual calcium pills diluted in a water bottle stuck in the soil .

Gypsum huh ? I have raw gyp , lime , & iron where I work . Farmers take some our waste products but never seen them take gyp .. Never tired much additives to my garded besides the usual manure , mushroom compost ( which is loaded with grass , yuck ) and the calcium cure .
Quite honestly there is no cure for a lazy gardener though ,, lol mine went to pot early with weeds and I went to the farm stands often .
Next year we are scrapping the garden and opening up more lawn , play area space , in turn means more mowing :(

Absolutely hit the nail on the head fichy. Gypsum will break down clay soil as well as add calcium without having a drastic effect on the PH like lime does. Gypsum is also good for breaking high salts down and providing sulphur such as with dog pee on lawn areas. I threw the stuff on my lawn just around the house and it made a big difference with the grass. For those who do not like mowing grass..... don't do it.

Wow, impressive stuff here!!! I turned up a little bit of clay when I tilled my corn plot. The sod was over 8" thick in most spots. The soil was great though. The clay ranges from 12-18 inches Down. Thanks for the advice with the gypsum as I will use if I hit higher clay amounts in future plots. I'm probably gonna do oats in place of my corn next year and rotate the corn somewhere else.

Hope the weather out on the big water is navigable today. Must have calmed some yesterday afternoon, HT will have a fishy report.
Good hunting out there , guys.

Glad  to hear you scored Rich- you were due.
Also glad to hear there are some fish coming.

So the Mae is in the driveway . We had our first mechanical issue and thankfully it happened right near the launch . Something broke in the outdrive . Either a shifting cable or the outdrive gear itself , have to figure that out later but we got lucky being able to get it on the trailer.
Now I left low 60 deg weather and here the wife has the A/C running . It's quite warm , sunny and a bit humid .
Leaving on a Jet plane next week then see some of you fellas in salmon country . I will be up thurs 10-1 by first light and stay a couple days .Lets hope they start doing their thing .

For anyone worry about water levels or temps need not worry anymore. The weekends rain has north branch of salmon river spiked at 600 cfs. Run off and main branch are definitely contributing somewhat equal or more. Good cold ground soaking rain. Even with warmer temps in the forecast again, I think we're all good.

No... More fish, more fish.. 550-750 is plenty .. The rain dance is complete Jack, you can stop now :)
Great Lake Adventures final report later .. Pics too..

Well its turning in to fall with a quick snap of the finger. Cold down pours... Down to 50 tonight... 40's are common in upcoming over night lows. This coming week will probably be the best of the season (for salmon) (in my opinion) .. Water temps never reached 70... I landed a fish today that I chased near 150 yards that half died on the walk back up as I didn't have stringer on me. I revived fish when I got back to spot and roped it behind an oxygen pocket off bank and it stayed alive and thrashing when I left with it 2 hours later... So no worries of warm water and mortality. Heard the DEC did a clean sweep up above town with tickets and summons... Keep it up!!! Its salmon season!!!

Been pounding on and off since 4 p.m. trust me, no worries of warm temps/mortality since things started in august. The time is now in my opinion. There's no secrets... Its late September... Go get em!!!

Sounds like a nice schedule you got there tuna!!! Hope to cross paths for a few hours at the least during your travels ;)