The 2019 Garden, Landscape, and Other Stuff Thread...

22-rimfire said:
taldesta taldesta Petunias seem to do better in a cooler climate like yours. My Dad's would be very full with healthy leaves like yours. Maybe he pruned them which I tend not to do other than occasionally knock off the old blooms. I had a couple that actually survived the winter and are blooming that I simply put the containers up against the house and water occasionally. So, I guess there are benefits depending on where you are.

When the time comes, I'll figure something practical out for the onions. I am essentially looking for 6" tall rectangular trays like you get plants at the nursery, but maybe a bit larger. I have a number of these plastic concrete mixing tubs that are heavy duty plastic and inexpensive.... they would work, but I would hate to cut holes in them. I use them to keep my indoor plants in so I don't have to worry about water getting on stuff and I can lift 6-8 pots at a time outdoors for a dose of sunshine if I choose to. Most of those plants are outside now anyway and the tubs are empty.

I am enjoying the tomato harvest while it lasts this year. The Patio tomatoes aren't large, but have been plentiful. One small tomato is sufficient for one sandwich without waste. Last year I seldom even ate a garden grown tomato, but with all the rain, they really didn't do well.

This year on rainfall at the house, we are at about 80% of the normal annual rainfall for my area and June is not quite finished. Other than one month, the rains have been consistent, But we did have a two-three week no rain period and the yard was beginning to suffer.

I hope your peppers do well. In my opinion, they do better in a cooler climate like the petunia observation. I enjoy watching them grow probably more than many of the other vegies.
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These work really well for onions or in this case shallots .
 
You actually gave me the idea to do onions in containers versus the regular garden. I will plant them closer together thinking each onion will get about 4 inches of horizontal space to develop. I don't need the height (or soil depth) for onions. Over time, I am leaning more and more toward containers as I can move them if I want to.
 
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22-rimfire said:
You actually gave me the idea to do onions in containers versus the regular garden. I will plant them closer together thinking each onion will get about 4 inches of horizontal space to develop. Over time, I am leaning more and more toward containers as I can move them if I want to.
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That's another thing about those they are on wheels makes them easy to move .
 
LEGION 12 said:
That's another thing about those they are on wheels makes them easy to move .
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That is certainly a convenient option built into the container design.

I went back looking at your pictures. These containers aren't as tall as I was thinking any may be perfect! Will wander around places looking for them and buy if I see. I don't believe I have noticed them here, so I will check the nurseries which tend to charge more, but have a more varied inventory in many cases.
 
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22-rimfire said:
That is certainly a convenient option built into the container design.

I went back looking at your pictures. These containers aren't as tall as I was thinking any may be perfect! Will wander around places looking for them and buy if I see. I don't believe I have noticed them here, so I will check the nurseries which tend to charge more, but have a more varied inventory in many cases.
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Home Depot or Menards. Salsa soon
 
I will check Home Depot. But I ordered one or what I believe is the same thing on the big river site. Pretty expensive.
 
LEGION 12 said:
I fertilized the raised bed yesterday seems to have helped , I used liquid fertilizer because that's what I have going to look into something that slow releases for the next time .
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Yeah, I agree ... the old medium is used up for feeding last crop and needs replenishing ... while I do use compost, as I see plantings hungry for nutrients, I use fertilizers too as needed. Results speak for themselves almost by the next morning. Happy foliage, fruitful blossoms, more crop. It's a gardener thing :D Shussshh 'green thumb thing.'
 
taldesta said:
Yeah, I agree ... the old medium is used up for feeding last crop and needs replenishing ... while I do use compost, as I see plantings hungry for nutrients, I use fertilizers too as needed. Results speak for themselves almost by the next morning. Happy foliage, fruitful blossoms, more crop. It's a gardener thing :D Shussshh 'green thumb thing.'
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I believe this to be true in general. I have a bag of slow release granular fertilizer that I use off and on and especially on my Amaryllis. When I planted the containers this year with last year's soil or older (empty of plants ones), I blended in some fertilizer as part of the process. The problem from my point of view is that I had flowers that were still growing in many of the same containers from last fall (pansy's) that I use for veggies. So, in this case, I just sprinkle on top of the soil and let the water was it into the soil.
 
22-rimfire said:
taldesta taldesta Petunias seem to do better in a cooler climate like yours. My Dad's would be very full with healthy leaves like yours. Maybe he pruned them which I tend not to do other than occasionally knock off the old blooms. I had a couple that actually survived the winter and are blooming that I simply put the containers up against the house and water occasionally. So, I guess there are benefits depending on where you are.

I am enjoying the tomato harvest while it lasts this year. The Patio tomatoes aren't large, but have been plentiful. One small tomato is sufficient for one sandwich without waste. Last year I seldom even ate a garden grown tomato, but with all the rain, they really didn't do well.

This year on rainfall at the house, we are at about 80% of the normal annual rainfall for my area and June is not quite finished. Other than one month, the rains have been consistent, But we did have a two-three week no rain period and the yard was beginning to suffer.

I hope your peppers do well. In my opinion, they do better in a cooler climate like the petunia observation. I enjoy watching them grow probably more than many of the other vegies.
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Petunias here, in my experience, last beautifully from first spring bloom to last killing frost - not unlike the geranium. Nothing eats or kills them. I love both of these plants - others may say they are pedestrian or common - and I would say give me a whole lot more of these types of showy plants with red flash and dazzle all summer long.

I experiment a lot. I have big eyes when, in mid winter, I receive the seed and bulb catalogues at a time I am so seeking spring and summer. Who knew that I would learn so much - later in life - and that what my grandmother had passed along freely but ignored, was my lot to learn. Yet, even more, to enjoy in gardening and in feeding myself - food-wise and in spirit.
 
Is that a native columbine or a nursery cultivar?

I am generally not a big marigold fan. But I bought a six pack at the store and didn't plant it for about a week. Went to plant and they were just stems. Something had totally eaten off the leaves. So, I ditched them.
 
Rose and Thistle Custom said:
Nursery, our natives here are kind of a salmon/orange and yellow.
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I believe those are the traditional Columbine that I'm used to seeing in the woods. I seem to recall more showy varieties in the west coast area. The nursery developed columbine cultivars are quite resilient. I have bluish/purple ones and as they re-seed, they change which your would expect with cultivars/hybrids. They are actually a bit of a problem in my veggie garden as they seem to love the soil and spread even though the location is direct sun. I need to get off the pot and dig them out and move somewhere else.

Probably going to make a run to Cades Cove (Smoky Mt NP) this coming week. Will have to see how the week is developing. I believe the black berries should be getting ripe and the black bears love them. The antlers should be fairly well developed on the whitetail deer too. Maybe I'll have an opportunity to get a few nice pictures?
 
Really enjoying this thread, I'm not the gardener in the family. We may have just dodged a bullet with three Raywood Ash we have. These were planted 15 years ago and have matured nicely. All of a sudden my wife was noticing dead branches, not good. She did some research and was told it was hopeless, there is a beetle infestation killing them, there is a big problem in Colorado and it's moving to Utah. Well, she had the card of an Arborist and gave him a call, he diagnosed a mold issue, had the chemical to treat and trimmed them up. This was done today, as well as trimming four other trees. Finger crossed!
 
Tomato questions: Once the yield is good and toward the end of season, does anyone pinch off new flowers to get the plant to concentrate resources on the tomatoes already growing?

Does anyone alternate the tomato beds from year to year or plant nitrogen setting plants along with tomatoes or other veg crops to fertilize?

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There is a hardy patch of blue columbine here, planted in the mid-1990's - full sun and on a dry hill, strangled by field grasses. Originally planted in the shade of a honeysuckle, it amazes me that it survives. It deserves its own garden patch :thumbsup:.

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