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Post by James on Aug 25, 2020 11:56:39 GMT -5
Failure to plant. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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Post by centralilrookie on Aug 25, 2020 20:36:36 GMT -5
Tomatoes tied up with twine and not caged even thou producing well are an ugly site. Lesson learned T-shirt material and cages for next year. Water drainage problems can be solved by building a raised bed at the top end of the garden. Retaining wall built parallel with the metal building to be filled and planted with plants that don’t mind morning shade. Gardeners are the eternal optimist always planning for next year. Pumpkins should be planted when their packaging recommends not mature before the end of August. 😂😂😂
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Post by tbird on Aug 28, 2020 11:48:44 GMT -5
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Post by centralilrookie on Aug 29, 2020 3:29:19 GMT -5
T-shirt material cut into strips for tying the young tomato plants to the rebar post before caging them.
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weedkicker
Blooming
The Utah high desert, zone 1-6 (it's a %$# crap shoot)
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Post by weedkicker on Sept 1, 2020 11:53:39 GMT -5
I started writing, and before too long I realized a complete list would shut down the forum server. So I'll just mention the single stupidest thing (gardening) I've ever done.
I once planted a fence line with alternating poplars and Utah junipers.
If you understand the water requirements for each, no explanation for this kind of stupidity is even possible. And no, I don't know what I was thinking.
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Post by James on Sept 16, 2020 11:45:02 GMT -5
Well how did the poplars and junipers turn out?
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weedkicker
Blooming
The Utah high desert, zone 1-6 (it's a %$# crap shoot)
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Post by weedkicker on Sept 16, 2020 13:22:10 GMT -5
Junipers all died while I tried to water enough to keep the poplars alive, and before long the poplars all died because I couldn't water enough. Like I said---I don't know what I was thinking.
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Post by Wheelgarden on Sept 16, 2020 13:36:46 GMT -5
I don't know what I was thinking. The subtitle for this thread centralilrookie , I've used t-shirt strips before --- they're flexible and non-abrasive to the stems. Lately I've gotten away from doing that because in wet and humid times they stay soaky and possibly harbor disease (just my theory, anyway).
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Post by SpringRain🕊️ on Sept 16, 2020 17:12:26 GMT -5
weedkicker, poplars reminded me of the 3 planted by neighbors to the south, almost right on the property line, but leaning over on my property. Guess where each of them landed when they fell? I suspect the underlying swamp didn't provide enough solid area for their roots to anchor. I did get a lot of wood to use for borders of my beds though. Had some good workouts cutting them up and dragging them around.
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Post by James on Sept 23, 2020 10:56:02 GMT -5
Ya win some, ya lose some, keep on trying.
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