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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 18, 2020 13:28:07 GMT -5
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 18, 2020 13:29:23 GMT -5
This is the Lewisia I thought I killed. It’s currently hanging on.
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Post by oped on Jul 18, 2020 13:30:28 GMT -5
Beautiful ! Your sunflowers are so ahead of the ones I managed to get to grow. And the deer ate the top of at least one of those.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 18, 2020 13:30:37 GMT -5
This is my second summer with rose bushes. I suppose I need to figure out how to actually care for them.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 18, 2020 13:33:09 GMT -5
This is a pineapple lily. It started blooming in early spring and then something ate all the blooms. It’s trying again.
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Post by CCL on Jul 18, 2020 16:55:16 GMT -5
I think I've currently got one sunflower blooming. Little too hot out there, even for me.
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Post by raeoflyte on Jul 19, 2020 9:51:46 GMT -5
I love the pictures. Makes me want to try harder on our yard.
I'm looking at mushroom growing kits. I love mushrooms in my veggie wraps but I can't go to the store everyday or every other day to have just enough fresh ones so I end up with too much waste.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 10:30:17 GMT -5
The branches have all been cut into manageable lengths. By the time it was done, I was too hot and tired to bundle and tie them. I did treat some plants outside with epsom salt and watered the flowers before I gave up for the day. I'm done. If you don't believe it, stick a fork in me.
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Post by CCL on Jul 19, 2020 11:08:51 GMT -5
What does epsom salt do for plants? I've never heard of that.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 12:08:14 GMT -5
Magnesium. It provides magnesium. Mr. Google is full of info about how epsom salt benefits plants. It's something my gramma used, something I'd forgotten about until a friend mentioned it a few years ago. A healthy dose of epsom salt helps revive struggling plants, can green up your lawn, help your veggies to grow up big and strong...
There are those naysayers who caution against using epsom salt in the garden. Pfffft. It works for me and always has. Except for when I eye-balled the amounts instead of measuring. Then it didn't work. It kilt some flowers.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 19, 2020 12:31:13 GMT -5
Magnesium. It provides magnesium. Mr. Google is full of info about how epsom salt benefits plants. It's something my gramma used, something I'd forgotten about until a friend mentioned it a few years ago. A healthy dose of epsom salt helps revive struggling plants, can green up your lawn, help your veggies to grow up big and strong... There are those naysayers who caution against using epsom salt in the garden. Pfffft. It works for me and always has. Except for when I eye-balled the amounts instead of measuring. Then it didn't work. It kilt some flowers. Interesting. I'll have to read up on that.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 20, 2020 7:12:56 GMT -5
Wild blackberry bushes.
They are taking over some of my beds with established shrubs. I cut the limbs back but they surge back from the roots. Their wicked thorny stems scratch the hell out of you.
I can’t dig them up from the roots because they are mixed with the shrub roots. I would love something I could paint on the brunch stubs when I cut them back that would kill the plant without harming the evergreens.
Is there such a thing?
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jul 20, 2020 8:12:46 GMT -5
You could paint a round-up type product on leaves and kill the roots, but it can travel from those roots to roots of other nearby plants. I found this info:
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Post by finnime on Jul 20, 2020 9:57:52 GMT -5
Wild blackberry bushes. They are taking over some of my beds with established shrubs. I cut the limbs back but they surge back from the roots. Their wicked thorny stems scratch the hell out of you. I can’t dig them up from the roots because they are mixed with the shrub roots. I would love something I could paint on the brunch stubs when I cut them back that would kill the plant without harming the evergreens. Is there such a thing? I've been using Brushtox on some out of control vining brush with good results. I do exactly as you plan: brush the cut end of the problem plant with the stuff on a day when rain is not expected. It kills within a few days.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 11:05:54 GMT -5
Yanno those two temperatures in Atlanta, hot and hotter? Today is hotter.
I felt so guilty about all the yard debris left at the curb with today's trash that I taped a note to the trash can for the trash dudes thanking them and leaving a tip. Told them to call it Christmas in July and have a beer on us.
Everything was watered early, including the lawn. The dirt has been spread and sort of dug in a little where the pine island was, and it's been "Preened" and watered in. It's gonna be about a month before there's more soil added and the daffodils and iris are planted. In the meantime, all I'm gonna do in the garden is water and pull a few weeds because hot. Little old ladies don't do hot.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 20, 2020 11:29:44 GMT -5
Wild blackberry bushes. They are taking over some of my beds with established shrubs. I cut the limbs back but they surge back from the roots. Their wicked thorny stems scratch the hell out of you. I can’t dig them up from the roots because they are mixed with the shrub roots. I would love something I could paint on the brunch stubs when I cut them back that would kill the plant without harming the evergreens. Is there such a thing? I've been using Brushtox on some out of control vining brush with good results. I do exactly as you plan: brush the cut end of the problem plant with the stuff on a day when rain is not expected. It kills within a few days. Brushtox? Sounds like just the thing! Hope I can find some locally. Thanks
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 20, 2020 11:33:41 GMT -5
Yanno those two temperatures in Atlanta, hot and hotter? Today is hotter. I felt so guilty about all the yard debris left at the curb with today's trash that I taped a note to the trash can for the trash dudes thanking them and leaving a tip. Told them to call it Christmas in July and have a beer on us. Everything was watered early, including the lawn. The dirt has been spread and sort of dug in a little where the pine island was, and it's been "Preened" and watered in. It's gonna be about a month before there's more soil added and the daffodils and iris are planted. In the meantime, all I'm gonna do in the garden is water and pull a few weeds because hot. Little old ladies don't do hot. I live a little north of you but not far enough for the heat/humidity to be any better. Set up a sprinkle to water me and the flower bed I was trying to weed- got a little done before my bones turned to liquid and I had to find some AC I want to transplant my iris to a spot with more sun next spring, when do I need to roll out some plastic over the new spot to start killing the weeds and grass?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 12:53:55 GMT -5
happyhoix If the spot is bare now, it's not too soon so whenever you're ready. There are special staples that you can buy to anchor the plastic, just in case you aren't aware. Be sure to give the bulbs enough room when you plant them because those things multiply like jack rabbits!
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jul 20, 2020 13:14:25 GMT -5
happyhoix use newspaper instead of plastic and cover it with mulch or dirt. The paper will compose while killing the grass. I usually leave it over Winter for next Spring's garden.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 13:19:24 GMT -5
happyhoix use newspaper instead of plastic and cover it with mulch or dirt. The paper will compose while killing the grass. I usually leave it over Winter for next Spring's garden. How did I forget about newspapers? Duh. Yeah. Do that happyhoix. Heckuva lot cheaper than plastic! One thing, though...only use the black/white printed pages, no colored comics or inserts.
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Post by happyhoix on Jul 20, 2020 13:37:49 GMT -5
happyhoix use newspaper instead of plastic and cover it with mulch or dirt. The paper will compose while killing the grass. I usually leave it over Winter for next Spring's garden. How did I forget about newspapers? Duh. Yeah. Do that happyhoix. Heckuva lot cheaper than plastic! One thing, though...only use the black/white printed pages, no colored comics or inserts. I’m going to have to go buy up some newspapers, our little local one is only a few pages. So just pile it on and weigh down with some rocks and then in the spring just digging down through the rotten paper. Looking forward to run away iris. Where I have them now started off as sunny until the little flowering plum grew big, now the iris struggle to put up a bloom. Poor things.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2020 14:42:25 GMT -5
I'd just weight it down with some dirt. You're gonna put more dirt down on top of it when you plant the bulbs anyway. BTW, iris not only like sun, they especially like morning sun.
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Post by ken a.k.a OMK on Jul 20, 2020 18:44:26 GMT -5
Another 100*, 110* heat index day and no rain. So I watered the garden at 7 pm. Got 3 mosquito bites and a tick.
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Post by Tennesseer on Jul 20, 2020 19:10:11 GMT -5
happyhoix use newspaper instead of plastic and cover it with mulch or dirt. The paper will compose while killing the grass. I usually leave it over Winter for next Spring's garden. That is how I created my flower beds over several Fall seasons. Marked the outline of the flower beds with a hose. Then covered the outlined areas with newspapers to kill any and all grass and weeds. Added about an inch or so of mulch. Then about three inches of dirt. Topped all that with about two inches of mulch. Let it settle in over winter and begin planting in the Spring. 'Lasagna' flower bed creation.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 21, 2020 9:37:48 GMT -5
BlackBerry bushes have to be constantly fought against. There’s no actual winning—even if you take a back hoe to them!
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jul 21, 2020 9:39:03 GMT -5
My begonias are blooming at very different rates. The one in the front of the house is in full bloom with at least eight flowers. This one is on the back porch and just now starting with it’s first flower.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 10:59:57 GMT -5
Hotter again today. I wish we could go back to just regular hot for a day or two. Found grubs and some kind of worms on my snapdragons and used Sevin spray to dispatch them forthwith. I don't like using that stuff because I want the birds and butterflies to have healthy diets, but sometimes you just gotta haul out the big guns. So I did.
Some of the flowers are starting to look stressed...not dying but kind of wilty and not as bright as they've been. Guess it's the heat.
The lawn needs to be mowed but it's too wet in the morning and too hot in the afternoon. Maybe later. Like just before it gets dark this evening. DSIL is going to take the blade off when he's off tomorrow so DD can get it sharpened on Friday morning at the mechanic's shop where she does the bookkeeping.
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Post by crazycat on Jul 21, 2020 13:28:14 GMT -5
Just watered everything this morning . I just hired a new gardener, Yay ! Liked my old one but he wasn’t very reliable . I like being able to just do the things I want to do in my yard and not have to worry about the mowing , edging , trimming .
Trying to psych myself up to go back out and clean up , prune , pot , etc my side yard / porch . It’s a mess .
Supposed to be 89 today , so not too bad .
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2020 14:13:08 GMT -5
Ahhhh. 89 sounds positively frosty!
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jul 21, 2020 15:35:32 GMT -5
It was low to mid 80's the other day, and it was hard to handle the heat. Now it's been mid to upper 70's yesterday/today, and I'm a little cold.
I'm weird.
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