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Post by claude on Jun 14, 2021 6:28:52 GMT -5
Don’t you love it when you spend years wondering if they are even listening to you and then BAM! You witness your words falling from their lips? Ahhh...they were listening. My girls with homes love planting as well...one in pots the other in the ground...I even bought her garden gloves that actually fit her hands for mother’s day. She was delighted.
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Post by binnylou on Jun 14, 2021 7:50:30 GMT -5
The grandkids have always enjoyed our garden when they visited in the summer. I have fond memories of them searching the melons for just the right thump, or sending them to the garden for Juliet tomatoes and them returning with a 5 quart ice cream bucket full of Juliets. The two older grandchildren have mostly lost interest, but the youngest one may be the gardener. She will be 15 soon and has been purchasing stressed and dying plants at Walmart. The orange Mandeville purchased for a buck now sits in the front door area with one bloom and loads of buds. She named him Mandy…daughter introduced her to Barry Manilow (sp) music. She started plants in her bedroom, including sunflowers and peas. I’m not sure how those peas will do on the south side of the house in northern Florida, but she sent pictures and things are growing.
Great-great Grandpa Lomax is coming through. Love it.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jun 14, 2021 17:22:57 GMT -5
gardendmpls , claude , binnylou , seeing our kids catch the gardening bug is more satisfying than the other produce we nurture.
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boots
Sprout
i'm so excited to learn more about gardening here ~_~
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Post by boots on Jun 17, 2021 21:24:35 GMT -5
hehe, i grew up around my dads garden and now that his knees are going bad I've kind of taken over for him.
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Post by binnylou on Jun 17, 2021 21:54:18 GMT -5
I have n abundance of marigolds and petunias looking for a home. In the garden shed, I had a big plastic planter, still filled with soil and hugelkulture logs from the last time I used it. I just needed to add fresh soil or compost and plant it full of marigolds. I should have asked hubby to use a pallet on the tractor forks, but I thought I could handle it by myself. I just had to pull it out of the shed and ease it down one step…then on to the ground. It didn’t survive the first step. That sucker split open like a raw egg.
So, now I need to find a big pot. I’m talking whiskey barrel size, but not necessarily looking like a whiskey barrel.
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Post by Mumsey on Jun 18, 2021 4:25:14 GMT -5
I dumped buckets of water on the front perennial bed. Hibiscus was looking stressed as were some of the hosta. They were getting burned from the slight morning sun they get. Water will help them tolerate sun better.
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Post by binnylou on Jul 5, 2021 13:15:17 GMT -5
Hardy mums are setting flower buds…it’s time to trim the encourage more bloom? I’ve heard/read July 1st is the time to prune. How much gets pruned…just the tips?
These mums are a beautiful red/burgundy/rust. I have two plants and want to divide to provide more color against the south side of the barn. When is the best time to divide?
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Post by claude on Jul 6, 2021 21:23:55 GMT -5
I cut mine back after the first bloom when they start to get too tall and spindally. I cut 1/3 to 1/2 way down and they come back full and beautiful.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Jul 13, 2021 16:22:35 GMT -5
Sunflower regret...I've always had a modest stand of them in the garden, but what with all that's gone on this year I didn't get around to planting them. The neighbors' are big and showy, and now the local news is featuring some of the local sunflower farms, right on the teevee screen, just to torment me. Goldfinches are mad at me, too. Dag-nabbit.
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Post by binnylou on Jul 13, 2021 16:25:19 GMT -5
Next year, Wheelgarden. In the meantime enjoy the show while others have done the planting/weeding.
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 14, 2021 4:37:35 GMT -5
Did you know you can cut sedum back in July, by 3-4 inches? It will be fuller and won't fall over later when it blooms. I'm thinking to do that with at least one to experiment.
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Post by binnylou on Jul 14, 2021 7:35:54 GMT -5
There’s been a deer working on one of my sedums. It’s going to be lopsided😞
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Post by desertwoman on Jul 14, 2021 8:57:24 GMT -5
Which sedum are you trying this on? Mumsey , I grow sedum 'autumn joy'. I've never had a problem with them falling over so if that's what you are growing it might be they flop because they get too much water. They love drier conditions. You probably have wetter conditions than they prefer. I was told to water once a month when temps <70º every 2 weeks with temps 70-90º once a week with temps >90º been doing this for years, oftentimes they don't even get once a week when over 90. My 12 and 19 year old plants love it
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Post by Mumsey on Jul 15, 2021 4:14:50 GMT -5
desertwoman, I have Autumn Joy as well. Yes, they do get plenty of moisture and I have to cage them. Their weather tolerance is probably why they are also called "Lives Forever"! And any little piece that falls will root and grow. Determined plant they are.
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Post by pondgardener on Jul 30, 2021 14:46:22 GMT -5
I don't have a lot of flowers in the garden besides the blossoms that are part of the vegetables. But I do have some that are finally in bloom. I found a bunch of cornflower seed in the shed that had to be over 10 years old that I spread around the upper pond area... some water hyacinths and Indian blanketflower are starting to bloom... And the Darwin waterlilies are starting to put on a show...
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