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Post by MarionTh230 on Mar 11, 2023 20:49:13 GMT -5
Out of 32 gladiolus bulbs we are currently sitting at either 25 or 26 sprouted. Kiddo is excited! All that work DH and Kiddo left me with for planting was worth it because that girl was so amazed to go out there and see those sprouts and count them. Still to be seen if we can get them all the way to flowers though!
Cherry tomato plant is setting fruit. First set of teeny tiny green baby tomatoes have made their appearance. Brandywine and beefsteak plants are full of blossoms but no fruit yet. Doesn't seem unusual given the difference in the varieties I think.
Petunias in the hanging basket are doing well. Two plants have flowered. 6 or 7 flowers so far plus more blooms. All different colors of flowers too which I'm excited about! The third petunia hasn't bloomed yet but it does have flower buds. So far so good. I'll have to keep an eye on it though whenever the summer heat arrives.
My other hanging basket is Calibrachoa Cherry Kabloom. Two plants in that basket I grew from seed. With the unreasonable warm spell it has just exploded in growth. Both plant greenery and flowers! It is looking fantastic.
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Post by CCL on Mar 12, 2023 1:19:17 GMT -5
Planted a bunch of sugar snap peas. My Aerogarden is doing so well, I can't eat all the lettuce lol. I think I'll try replacing one of the lettuce with spinach. I'm interested to hear how spinach does for you in the Aerogarden. I had a zero percent germination rate when I tried it. I did use my own seeds and my own pods, not an Aerogarden prefilled though. Don't know if that was my problem or if the Aerogarden was too warm? I did have good luck germinating spinach in the refrigerator with a wet paper towel. The only problem was I completely forgot about it. By the time I remembered it was too far gone for this world. But it did germinate and sprout well that way. I've never tried to grow spinach at all before, so it's definitely going to be an experiment. Actually my experience has been the opposite of yours. The prefilled Aerogarden pods have never sprouted for me. Now I use my own seeds and they grow well for me.
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Post by CCL on Mar 12, 2023 1:29:21 GMT -5
Out of 32 gladiolus bulbs we are currently sitting at either 25 or 26 sprouted. Kiddo is excited! All that work DH and Kiddo left me with for planting was worth it because that girl was so amazed to go out there and see those sprouts and count them. Still to be seen if we can get them all the way to flowers though! Cherry tomato plant is setting fruit. First set of teeny tiny green baby tomatoes have made their appearance. Brandywine and beefsteak plants are full of blossoms but no fruit yet. Doesn't seem unusual given the difference in the varieties I think. Petunias in the hanging basket are doing well. Two plants have flowered. 6 or 7 flowers so far plus more blooms. All different colors of flowers too which I'm excited about! The third petunia hasn't bloomed yet but it does have flower buds. So far so good. I'll have to keep an eye on it though whenever the summer heat arrives. My other hanging basket is Calibrachoa Cherry Kabloom. Two plants in that basket I grew from seed. With the unreasonable warm spell it has just exploded in growth. Both plant greenery and flowers! It is looking fantastic. You must live somewhere warm. Your plants are way ahead of mine. When my kids were 5 or 6, I planted some giant allium. They loved watching them grow and were amazed at all the little individual flowers. Pumpkins are a lot of fun at that age, too. Last summer I let my grandbaby throw a few pumpkin seeds in my flower bed. They sprouted and grew like crazy. He knew exactly where every one was and checked on them every day. He ended up with 25 or 30 pumpkins! He had so much fun!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Mar 18, 2023 12:03:17 GMT -5
Off to buy a blue spruce!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Mar 18, 2023 16:28:34 GMT -5
Here it is!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Mar 30, 2023 20:02:17 GMT -5
Spring time! While on vacation earlier this week, we bought two big, hammered metal planter bowls. Which meant we had to buy flowers to put in them.
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Post by finnime on Mar 31, 2023 2:59:42 GMT -5
It's going to be beautiful, Knee Deep in Water Chloe ! I've been considering planting some annuals but with our trip coming fast, from the last week in May through mid-June, I think we'll wait. But I can enjoy all of your efforts.
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Post by azucena on Mar 31, 2023 7:38:11 GMT -5
So pretty! I thought you were still in the northeast. It's not quite warm enough here in StL to plant much until I want to cover it some nights and I'm too lazy.
DD10 came home with a Cypress tree for arbor day yesterday. Apparently all 4th graders in MO got one. She named it Patti and put it in a pot for now. We really don't have space for a tree of that size. Wondering how long it might survive in the pot until we determine plan B.
Will miss the stage when she names everything.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Mar 31, 2023 8:40:32 GMT -5
I have chocolate sprinkle cherry tomatoes so close to picking I had to talk to myself so I would refrain. Things are coming along nicely on this end in spite of the off and on “cold” snaps. I use term loosely but unusual for us. Happy gardening everyone
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Post by giramomma on Mar 31, 2023 9:58:37 GMT -5
My seeds that the missy and I planted are sprouting nicely. I'm pretty happy. It's still too early to put anything out full time. Wednesday it's going to be 25 at night. But, I can start putting the seedlings out during the day for a while.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Apr 1, 2023 12:00:51 GMT -5
[mention]azucena [/mention] I’m in the PNW. It’s a bit warmer here in general, but we’re not past the last freeze yet. That’s why the annuals are currently in this status.
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Post by azucena on Apr 1, 2023 12:05:41 GMT -5
Ah, I'd manage to kill them in that waiting state. I need them in the ground and rely mostly on rainfall
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Apr 1, 2023 12:59:41 GMT -5
Ah, I'd manage to kill them in that waiting state. I need them in the ground and rely mostly on rainfall [img src="https://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff155/JiminiChristmas/ymamsmiles/smile.gif" alt=" " src="//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png" class="smile"] I'm ridiculously spoiled. My husband does at least 75% of the yard management.
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Post by azucena on Apr 1, 2023 15:57:57 GMT -5
DH does the mowing which I'd actually enjoy but I take care of a lot of the rest. I enjoy it, it's good exercise and great for my mental health.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Apr 1, 2023 17:11:26 GMT -5
This is the first spring in this house that I am not plotting and planning and don’t already have nursery pots everywhere. I think the daylilies in the mailbox flowerbed might be growing. Or it could be weeds. I haven’t looked closely to be sure. If they are growing, they will literally be the only thing I’ve ever planted that survived last summer.
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Post by CCL on Apr 1, 2023 19:17:33 GMT -5
Pink, your daylillies should come back up every year. They tend to grow really well, at least in Indiana they do.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Apr 1, 2023 21:20:42 GMT -5
Pink, your daylillies should come back up every year. They tend to grow really well, at least in Indiana they do. The daylilies I planted in the flowerbed around the mailbox might have been established enough to survive the very hot and dry summer we had last year. The ones I had in the wood planters on the deck, I think are dead, dead though. Summer last year was very hot and dry here, so even though I tried to keep up with watering, everything I’d planted and tried to grow last year and the year before, died. I still want to try to grow stuff, I am still very interested in growing vegetables, I was very excited about the tomato plants I grew last year, but I really got discouraged and upset when the squirrels ate all of the tomatoes. I already feel like I pretty much have a black thumb, but I’ve still been trying anyway for a few years. I am just really discouraged after last summer, and right now I feel like all the money I’ve spent the last few years and all my efforts to try to be a good gardener, has been for naught.
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 3, 2023 7:09:40 GMT -5
When DH went out to mow yesterday a blue jay flew into the side of his head. When I went out to fertilize the yard, it did several near miss dive bombs. After one close swing past it landed on a fence post about six feet from me and cocked his head, glaring at me with on black eye.
I figure he has a nest in the Leland cypress the run along the side of my property. He’s going to have to get over himself.
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 3, 2023 18:56:58 GMT -5
Came home from work, stopped at the open garage door to see if the Round up was working yet, and that damn jay nearly flew into the garage trying to intimidate me. Now I’m thinking he may be nesting in the big hollys at the front side of the house. DH did a wander around the yard after dinner and the jay went at him again.
Doesn’t he realize how small he is compared to humans? A tennis racket would be enough to take him out.
But we won’t. I figure once the eggs hatch he’ll wear himself out fetching food. Surely not too much longer to wait.
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Post by MarionTh230 on Apr 7, 2023 20:21:20 GMT -5
Went to the garden center at two big box stores today. Bought all the things. I don’t know why. I have too many plants now. I was obviously not thinking straight.
Hummingbird showed up Monday. He hit up the petunias and the calibrachoa. I filled the feeders after he left. Haven’t seen him since.
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Post by azucena on Apr 8, 2023 9:33:50 GMT -5
Marion - if you're like me you bought them bc they were pretty and bring you joy.
I have 100 more bulbs being delivered today. Ordered them in Jan on mega sale when I needed shopping high and think of spring. Now to get them all in the ground this week. Wish someone in my family liked to tinker in the dirt with me. We just got rain so it's good timing to dig.
Need to tackle the big project of putting up landscape edging around a 40 foot long section of mulch, trees, and plants. Prior owners didn't do that part - likely too expensive. Hung up on finding the perfect solution. Just need to picksomething that will last a long time and get to it. Will involve a ton of weed pulling on the back side where it's overgrown. Better do it soon before stl heat and humidity make it impossible.
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Post by azucena on Apr 8, 2023 9:34:08 GMT -5
Open to ideas and experience on the edging.
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Post by MarionTh230 on Apr 8, 2023 10:12:28 GMT -5
Yes, the lillies got me yesterday for that reason. They are just so pretty and the price was less than I thought based on the price I paid for some bulbs last year. 4 pots of lillies came home with me yesterday.
It's raining today, so I won't be able to do much. I did get 3 plants off the clearance rack yesterday. If it stays just drizzle I will at least get those into new pots. I can do that on the back porch and stay dry.
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 8, 2023 10:17:29 GMT -5
Open to ideas and experience on the edging. Home Depot or Lowes has edging pieces. I’ve tried a plastic edging before that didn’t do well, and once used treated wood, which eventually rotted. I got some slightly curved brick edging pieces from the big box store to make an arc around a corner flower bed and that’s held up well, and I can weed whack right up to it without endangering the plants in the bed. I have a big dead space under our sawtoothed oak where nothing grows. Tenn posted a really cool picture where someone had used landscape rock to create a beautiful ground cover with swirling designs - I’d love to make something like that to hide that dead spot but don’t have the time to create it - and I’m hoping to sell this house within a couple years. I don’t want to spend a lot of time and money on something the next homeowners may not even like. Just focusing on getting the grass to grow enthusiastically and to beat back the weeds at this point.
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 8, 2023 12:50:33 GMT -5
I have a clump of iris in one of my flower beds that has always been apricot colored. That’s my least favorite color, but it was a very enthusiastic grower and always puts out a lot of flowers, and I appreciated it’s efforts, even if I wasn’t a huge fan of the color.
After years of apricot blooms, the plant put out bright yellow flowers this year.
No, it can’t be another iris that was growing near it. I put Iris in this bed maybe 15 years ago, then decided it wasn’t a good site for them, and tried to dig them all up to move them. I got them all but this one clump. Over the years, it’s always been this single patch of iris, all clumped in one bunch, always apricot. This year, not a single apricot bloom, just cheerful yellow ones.
Can iris change colors with changes in the soil, like hydrangeas, or am I crazy?
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Post by finnime on Apr 12, 2023 14:40:31 GMT -5
I think irises can change color, reverting back to the parent stock, maybe? The bulbs I planted last fall are coming into their own:
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Post by happyhoix on Apr 13, 2023 7:39:18 GMT -5
I think irises can change color, reverting back to the parent stock, maybe? The bulbs I planted last fall are coming into their own: Lovely tulips! Where I live they divide and then don’t flower again after the first big year, but where my mom lived, they did return. I stick with daffs, as they not only return, they multiply around here.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Apr 19, 2023 19:04:45 GMT -5
I have a clump of iris in one of my flower beds that has always been apricot colored. That’s my least favorite color, but it was a very enthusiastic grower and always puts out a lot of flowers, and I appreciated it’s efforts, even if I wasn’t a huge fan of the color. After years of apricot blooms, the plant put out bright yellow flowers this year. No, it can’t be another iris that was growing near it. I put Iris in this bed maybe 15 years ago, then decided it wasn’t a good site for them, and tried to dig them all up to move them. I got them all but this one clump. Over the years, it’s always been this single patch of iris, all clumped in one bunch, always apricot. This year, not a single apricot bloom, just cheerful yellow ones. Can iris change colors with changes in the soil, like hydrangeas, or am I crazy? Idk if they change colors, but I LOVE irises. Mine are white. The T’s have some that are a burgundy color. Now that I mention theirs, I realize I haven’t noticed them blooming yet, and mine are. I hope they didn’t kill them. We both “inherited” the irises, they were already planted when we bought our house and they bought theirs. I leave ours alone, completely ignoring them besides oohing and aaahing over the beautiful flowers, which is probably why they keep coming back every spring.
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Post by Pink Cashmere on Apr 19, 2023 19:12:45 GMT -5
Sooooooo, I’m back in the game with gardening, or trying to lol. I know I am getting a late start, so for now, I just want to try to grow tomatoes and snap beans. I’ve read that basil is a good companion for tomatoes, and marigolds. I’ve seen some comments on the internet that say marigolds have a strong scent. Is that true? I think I pretty much know what to do for tomatoes (but I am still open to advice), but I will probably have millions of questions over the next several months about other stuff if I can manage to grow stuff and keep it alive lol. I hope the experienced gardeners here won’t mind me asking a bunch of random questions.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 19, 2023 19:25:37 GMT -5
I have a clump of iris in one of my flower beds that has always been apricot colored. That’s my least favorite color, but it was a very enthusiastic grower and always puts out a lot of flowers, and I appreciated it’s efforts, even if I wasn’t a huge fan of the color. After years of apricot blooms, the plant put out bright yellow flowers this year. No, it can’t be another iris that was growing near it. I put Iris in this bed maybe 15 years ago, then decided it wasn’t a good site for them, and tried to dig them all up to move them. I got them all but this one clump. Over the years, it’s always been this single patch of iris, all clumped in one bunch, always apricot. This year, not a single apricot bloom, just cheerful yellow ones. Can iris change colors with changes in the soil, like hydrangeas, or am I crazy? Idk if they change colors, but I LOVE irises. Mine are white. The T’s have some that are a burgundy color. Now that I mention theirs, I realize I haven’t noticed them blooming yet, and mine are. I hope they didn’t kill them. We both “inherited” the irises, they were already planted when we bought our house and they bought theirs. I leave ours alone, completely ignoring them besides oohing and aaahing over the beautiful flowers, which is probably why they keep coming back every spring. Neighbor next door has some yellow iris which are pretty rare. The gal he bought house from dug them up when a very old house (early 1900's) was being demolished. It's a once-a-year show, but really pretty. I haven't seen any white or burgundy ones, I've only ever had Louisiana iris that are purple
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