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Post by rainbowsockmonkey on May 8, 2020 7:56:23 GMT -6
rainbowsockmonkey put some bamboo skewers standing up in the soil? I've heard sprinkling red pepper flakes could work, too. I thought about rednpepper flakes, but wasnt sure if that woukd hurt the plants. I'll put some on there today when i move them back outside. Thank you, gardening isnt really my thing. I killed a cactus back in high school.
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Post by Dramaphile on May 8, 2020 8:16:06 GMT -6
rainbowsockmonkey put some bamboo skewers standing up in the soil? I've heard sprinkling red pepper flakes could work, too. I thought about rednpepper flakes, but wasnt sure if that woukd hurt the plants. I'll put some on there today when i move them back outside. Thank you, gardening isnt really my thing. I killed a cactus back in high school. I'm a former cactus killer, too! I'm definitely not a garden guru, but I do a lot of googling for tips.
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Post by AmyG on May 8, 2020 22:14:41 GMT -6
rainbowsockmonkey, I have some obnoxious birds with huge beaks that want to dig up potted plants and my chickens who like to do the same so I have strategically placed dollar tree yard art things on stakes (like a metal bird, flower, sun face) and some LARGE rocks every where there is open dirt.
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Post by bunnyfungo on May 9, 2020 20:11:31 GMT -6
Y’all. I am still hand tilling my damn garden. Nobody let DH take any credit. Ok. He helped dig up the walkway. But I’ve done everything else. It’s my baby. Honestly, I would have just left it and done a no-till garden but the previous owners let it get completely overgrown with weeds. So I dig, rake, hand weed, rake again. It’s a nightmare. But once it’s done, it’s done. The years after this will be easy. That’s what I tell myself 😂
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Post by orangehibiscus on May 9, 2020 22:05:06 GMT -6
I didn’t even think about diseases! Thanks AmyG! Can you put a cage/netting around them somehow rainbowsockmonkey?
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Post by Dramaphile on May 10, 2020 22:26:49 GMT -6
Got to do a bunch of gardening today because the weather was gorgeous. Planted tomatoes in a city pickers container box, 4 kinds of peppers in another container, replaced the zucchini and cucumber sprouts that got eaten by some kind of critter, and also planted ground cherries and pumpkins in my raised beds and potatoes in bags. Oh, and planted the gladiola bulbs I bought on a whim in a few spots around the yard.
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 10, 2020 22:54:39 GMT -6
Anyone have any ideas why a boxwood would die when the 3 planted next to it (all in a row) are fine? Would wind kill it? It didn’t fall over. The other 3 are doing pretty well, and the one that died was on the corner of the house. Maybe it got more wind? They were all planted at the same time. Could be from more exposure in the winter. Do you have a picture of the dead one?
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 10, 2020 22:58:48 GMT -6
I am scaling back on food gardening this year since I’m expecting a baby at the end of June. I did purchase some ground cherry starts that I’m going to attempt thus year because I’m super curious to try them. Otherwise no new food plants.
I’m working on beautifying one of my front flower beds that kind of has a difficult sun exposure. I’ve decided to try astilbe so that’s been my latest adventure.
I started a bunch of foxgloves and delphiniums from seed so once the weather gets a tiny bit better I need to find homes for them in my flower beds. I’ve enjoyed watching my bulbs bloom, and have been taking lots of pictures so I know where to fill in come fall.
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Post by AmyG on May 10, 2020 23:36:21 GMT -6
Apricots are getting ripe!!!! I only have about 60 bite size apricots in the fridge right now. not making myself sick on apricots I hope.
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Post by orangehibiscus on May 11, 2020 7:12:13 GMT -6
Anyone have any ideas why a boxwood would die when the 3 planted next to it (all in a row) are fine? Would wind kill it? It didn’t fall over. The other 3 are doing pretty well, and the one that died was on the corner of the house. Maybe it got more wind? They were all planted at the same time. Could be from more exposure in the winter. Do you have a picture of the dead one? No, I don’t have a picture. H already ripped it out. If it was winter exposure, wouldn’t that impact the other 3?
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Post by trtlcrzy on May 11, 2020 7:23:37 GMT -6
Could be from more exposure in the winter. Do you have a picture of the dead one? No, I don’t have a picture. H already ripped it out. If it was winter exposure, wouldn’t that impact the other 3? Not sure. You said it was at the corner of the house so maybe the other 2 were more protected by your house? This was just a guess since I couldn’t see what it looked like.
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Post by catladymeow on May 12, 2020 4:34:37 GMT -6
Peas, radish, spinach, kale, and lettuce officially planted. Now to impatiently wait for my seeds to germinate.
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Post by skategirl128 on May 12, 2020 6:17:35 GMT -6
I’m going to start my garden this weekend. It’s been too cold to plant outside yet. I’ll do tomato, peppers, cabbage (already growing), peas, zucchini and strawberries (they come back every year). We did get a pumpkin last year so DS wants to try that again too.
I’ve got my herb pots ready to go back outside and I’ll fill in my flower beds.
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Post by orangehibiscus on May 12, 2020 6:45:50 GMT -6
I did find a pic of when the boxwoods were first planted! Sorry if this is huge. The boxwood on the right on the corner of the house is the one that died. That green Spiriea (sp?) right near that boxwood that died also did not come back this year. The green one on the left, and the purple one in the middle of the 3 did come back though.
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Post by scottcool on May 13, 2020 5:35:20 GMT -6
Picked my first few peppers and strawberries this week. Wont be long for everything else! Super excited
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Post by bunnyfungo on May 13, 2020 17:27:23 GMT -6
Do any of you have experience with blueberry bushes? In my attempt to reclaim the garden that the previous owners sorely neglected, I’m trying to figure out if one of the bushes can be saved. First, I don’t think they ever pruned these bushes. Ever. I had trimmed back all of the obviously dead canes and branches, but now that things are starting to bud, I can tell that one of the 4 bushes is pretttty dead. There’s some obvious budding/flowering on only a handful of branches. So, I guess I’m wondering is it possible to keep it alive enough for new canes to grow and just slowly over the next billion years prune out the older/deader canes? At this point I don’t even care if it bears fruit. I just want to save this poor, sad bush.
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Post by AmyG on May 13, 2020 23:40:18 GMT -6
bunnyfungo, just stop there and see what happens. If you prune too severely it might not make it. But once it gets growing a LOT you can cut out the remaining dead, or just wait til next winter and prune the stuff that didn't green up well. some people really cut them back profusely, they do need a good pruning yearly ish to make the most fruit. so you should have a bush that survives. check that the soil meets it's needs and if it needs anything special for fertilizer and it should be fine.
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Post by Dramaphile on May 14, 2020 6:49:03 GMT -6
bunnyfungo I know blueberries do best in acidic/low pH soil
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Post by bunnyfungo on May 14, 2020 19:25:20 GMT -6
bunnyfungo , just stop there and see what happens. If you prune too severely it might not make it. But once it gets growing a LOT you can cut out the remaining dead, or just wait til next winter and prune the stuff that didn't green up well. some people really cut them back profusely, they do need a good pruning yearly ish to make the most fruit. so you should have a bush that survives. check that the soil meets it's needs and if it needs anything special for fertilizer and it should be fine. I definitely didn’t take too much. I left basically any cane that had branches with signs of life. I think I’ll leave it alone until next year. Whatever happens happens. But with our growing season I don’t want to prune again until next spring so I can see what is alive. And I did read that Dramaphile about the acidic soil. I need to test the soil in that spot so I know if I need to amend it.
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Post by Lakes on May 19, 2020 12:04:25 GMT -6
@icedtea I’m not sure where you are but did you have a late frost?
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Post by Lakes on May 19, 2020 12:35:17 GMT -6
@icedtea I’m not sure where you are but did you have a late frost? I'm in CT and we did! I'm an idiot for not thinking of that 🤦♀️ Hopefully it’s just that! I covered some stuff up last week but one blew off during the night and now the bottom of my cardinal flower looks sad. I’m hoping it will bounce back.
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Post by Dramaphile on May 19, 2020 12:45:26 GMT -6
Hopefully it’s just that! I covered some stuff up last week but one blew off during the night and now the bottom of my cardinal flower looks sad. I’m hoping it will bounce back. I hope your cardinal is ok! I ended up asking a neighbor too and apparently this bush was really sick a couple years ago (maybe I imagined it looking so good last year) and she said it's looking much healthier now and should just get better every year. So maybe some combo of that and the frost. I think Lilacs need to be pruned annually, too.
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Post by bunnyfungo on May 24, 2020 20:02:19 GMT -6
Posting this here in case it would interest anyone here. I just signed up for this 10 week online gardening course from LSU. It’s totally free. They say a lot of it pulls from their Master Gardener curriculum so I think it will be really informative and awesome. Idk if it will be specific to their zone but I’m sure I’ll learn a lot anyway. Anyway, I have no affiliation with it or anything. Just saw it in a gardening group I’m in on Facebook and thought I would share here. www.eventbrite.com/e/home-gardening-certificate-course-tickets-105988584710?aff=ebdssbonlinesearch
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Post by Dramaphile on May 26, 2020 8:34:27 GMT -6
Finally I have some photos! Tomatoes in a city picker container Snap peas (with bonus butterfly) French breakfast radishes with some carrots mixed in Zucchini Raspberries, ground cherries and snacking peppers Sunflowers (r) and pumpkins Baby cilantro plants Flowering and fruiting ground cherries Strawberries (ever bearing and June bearing) Zinnias and two kinds of peppers
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Post by shitsngiggles on May 27, 2020 14:06:49 GMT -6
mirabelle I love your phlox. I planted some this year in a weird space near our patio. It's already grown so much and I can't wait until it blooms (probably next year).
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Post by scottcool on May 28, 2020 5:32:44 GMT -6
Posting this here in case it would interest anyone here. I just signed up for this 10 week online gardening course from LSU. It’s totally free. They say a lot of it pulls from their Master Gardener curriculum so I think it will be really informative and awesome. Idk if it will be specific to their zone but I’m sure I’ll learn a lot anyway. Anyway, I have no affiliation with it or anything. Just saw it in a gardening group I’m in on Facebook and thought I would share here. www.eventbrite.com/e/home-gardening-certificate-course-tickets-105988584710?aff=ebdssbonlinesearchIm not sure how many people are in this zone but they offer specific books from their AG department. Maybe try your local universities and see if their AG department publishes material. Dramaphile, looking good
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Post by bunnyfungo on Jun 6, 2020 17:31:12 GMT -6
For a laugh.
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Post by Dramaphile on Jun 8, 2020 11:41:16 GMT -6
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Post by AmyG on Jun 8, 2020 21:59:48 GMT -6
There is a lot of people who practice square foot gardening for a reason...
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Post by scottcool on Jun 10, 2020 1:22:54 GMT -6
I've been looking into square foot gardening, and even though I have the space im leaning towards it to make gardening easier for me. Has some appeal.
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