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What type of plants are you interested in growing? This poll is closed. |
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| Perennials! |
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142 | 20.91% |
| Annuals! |
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30 | 4.42% |
| Woody plants! |
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62 | 9.13% |
| Succulent plants! |
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171 | 25.18% |
| Tropical plants! |
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60 | 8.84% |
| Non-vascular plants are the best! |
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31 | 4.57% |
| Screw you, I'd rather eat them! |
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183 | 26.95% |
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How have I never thought of that?
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May 17, 2017 14:36
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learnincurve posted:Put it's pot in a larger pot and pack your new potting material round it, when you take the pot out again you will have a nice hole you can quickly transfer your plant into 
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May 17, 2017 15:10
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learnincurve posted:Put it's pot in a larger pot and pack your new potting material round it, when you take the pot out again you will have a nice hole you can quickly transfer your plant into Holy poo poo! You are on to something there.. thank you!
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May 17, 2017 16:07
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Fantastic--thanks! And just in time for my nursery run this Friday. 
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May 17, 2017 16:10
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Farm day pictures for the hell of it! Bachelor's buttons and vetch flowers are going bonkers. These are all sold to local restaurants. Bachelor's buttons  Buttons, vetch and a little garden guardian 
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May 17, 2017 17:25
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Hello all. Just bought a new house and need some advice. Our back yard basically makes a "U" around the house. The portion on the eastern side of the house is relatively shady and the drainage is not so good to boot. So we are going to take the grass out of that section. My wife is wanting to just take out the grass and dump a bunch of mulch and essentailly turn it into a giant flowerbed/planting area. My idea was more towards some sort of ground cover with areas of mulch to put in the things she wants to put in. I'd like to be able to walk on said ground cover however. Any suggestions on A) general landscaping in the area described and B) specific plant recommendations, especially ground cover. We live north of Seattle which is zone 8b. I actually have a lawn question too but I'll save that for a separate post. 
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May 17, 2017 20:00
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Smugworth posted:How have I never thought of that? Because it's not a good idea if your plant is potbound. You need to spread those roots out into the new dirt.
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May 17, 2017 21:35
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I have a plant that I ID'ed once and discovered that it liked being rootbound. (I don't remember what it is; it was a gift for my grandfather's funeral in early 1998 and it will. not. die.) But it tilts like a motherfucker and is now pulling all the soil up with it--only slightly, so far. I'm going to pick up a bigger pot for it later this week, but in this case, should I try to shake the roots free or just plop that sucker in?
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May 17, 2017 23:51
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Hirayuki posted:I have a plant that I ID'ed once and discovered that it liked being rootbound. (I don't remember what it is; it was a gift for my grandfather's funeral in early 1998 and it will. not. die.) But it tilts like a motherfucker and is now pulling all the soil up with it--only slightly, so far. I'm going to pick up a bigger pot for it later this week, but in this case, should I try to shake the roots free or just plop that sucker in? What's the plant? Roots for potbound plants are generally scratched loose with your fingers, but if it's extremely potbound, it's not unusual to run a knife, saw, hori hori, etc. down the sizes every inch apart or so. New roots will grow from the cuts, not from the tips which might be buried in the middle of the rootball. kid sinister fucked around with this message at 23:57 on May 17, 2017 |
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May 17, 2017 23:52
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Whatever this is: Closeup of its leaves:  (There's the remnants of a different plant sticking up in the middle, way dead, that I'd tease out and toss away in the process of repotting.) Edit: Schefflera? Hirayuki fucked around with this message at 00:19 on May 18, 2017 |
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May 18, 2017 00:04
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Yep, Schefflera or however you spell it.
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May 18, 2017 00:27
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vulturesrow posted:Hello all. Just bought a new house and need some advice. Our back yard basically makes a "U" around the house. The portion on the eastern side of the house is relatively shady and the drainage is not so good to boot. So we are going to take the grass out of that section. My wife is wanting to just take out the grass and dump a bunch of mulch and essentailly turn it into a giant flowerbed/planting area. My idea was more towards some sort of ground cover with areas of mulch to put in the things she wants to put in. I'd like to be able to walk on said ground cover however. Any suggestions on A) general landscaping in the area described and B) specific plant recommendations, especially ground cover. We live north of Seattle which is zone 8b. You could put down white clover in place of the grass for ground cover. I suggest that mainly because I did that after seeing a previous poster's clover lawn (and I'm obsessed with wildlife gardening  ). I live in a very rainy grey country, and it's growing fine for me in places with poor drainage.You should talk with your wife about what she imagines for the planting areas - is she wanting flowerbeds specifically, shrubbery, the ability to grow vegetables, a mixture? How much maintenance do you/she want to do? Does she want lots of colour for lots of the year? (would need a mix of plants that flower in spring/summer/autumn)
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May 18, 2017 10:37
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Plantgoons, does this look like the work of aphids to you? We recently started a garden and the plants haven't been doing too well. Other things like basil and oregano have been doing pretty poorly and I'm at a bit of a loss why. They're all watered and get plenty of sun. I never had too much issue growing them in pots, so I'm not sure what the issue here is. Warbird fucked around with this message at 20:36 on May 19, 2017 |
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May 19, 2017 20:33
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Aphids don't chew holes in things. They suck plants' delicious juices out. Our roses have similar holes, and I think it might be rose slugs (not actually a type of slug).
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May 19, 2017 20:57
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Are you in the UK? Nothing is chuffing growing  so if you are then it's not just you, that random cold snap really messed with their growing cycle and put everything back about a month. I've got bare root roses that are still dormant. Expect everything to start rapidly growing now the weather is more normal.
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May 19, 2017 20:58
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NC m'dude. I do remember seeing a slug inside a seashell the wife had put out for wife reasons. Time for pesticides (or whatever kills slugs) I suppose.
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May 19, 2017 21:15
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learnincurve posted:Are you in the UK? Well I'm in SW UK and my garden is going totally nuts after all the rain. Unfortunately so are all the slugs and snails.
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May 19, 2017 22:54
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vulturesrow posted:Hello all. Just bought a new house and need some advice. Our back yard basically makes a "U" around the house. The portion on the eastern side of the house is relatively shady and the drainage is not so good to boot. So we are going to take the grass out of that section. My wife is wanting to just take out the grass and dump a bunch of mulch and essentailly turn it into a giant flowerbed/planting area. My idea was more towards some sort of ground cover with areas of mulch to put in the things she wants to put in. I'd like to be able to walk on said ground cover however. Any suggestions on A) general landscaping in the area described and B) specific plant recommendations, especially ground cover. We live north of Seattle which is zone 8b. Depending on how much walking you intend on doing, you can go for a moss lawn in Seattle. There's some of them that can take quite a beating, plus they do better than grasses in places that have poor drainage. They also have an advantage that they're fairly dense and thus stop weed seeds from being able to germinate, and those seeds that do are easier to differentiate from the moss. My old neighbor also used to have a mixed rock/moss garden in their planter strip that looked really neat. The people that bought the house were of course terrible and ruined the creation.
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May 19, 2017 23:40
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I have a moss and grass lawn, also has some dandelion and daisy in the mix.  I'm with your wife on this one vulturesrow, one big bed of flowers and if it's really big a stepping stone path through it.
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May 20, 2017 09:00
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What is this stuff spreading out over my lawn? If it's bad, how do I get rid of it? I'm referring to the yellow flowers on red-stems with jagged leaves. It's spread out much farther than it was last year. It's almost like some sort of creeper vine or something.  
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May 21, 2017 16:40
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Alpine Mustache posted:What is this stuff spreading out over my lawn? where do you live?
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May 21, 2017 16:48
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That is some sort of false strawberry or something similar. They are a creeping ground cover.
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May 21, 2017 16:53
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It looks to me more like rough cinquefoil, which tends to creep in response to frequent mowing. It's native to most of North America above the mason dixon line. It's not especially beneficial or harmful, just another wildflower.
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May 21, 2017 16:59
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Yeah, it's almost definitely some sort of Potentilla species (like cinquefoil). They mostly have five leaflets like your plant.
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May 21, 2017 17:05
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E: retracted because others know better cakesmith handyman fucked around with this message at 17:28 on May 21, 2017 |
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May 21, 2017 17:16
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Yeah, it's almost definitely some sort of Potentilla species (like cinquefoil). They mostly have five leaflets like your plant. We have a winner. It's Potentilla reptans/ creeping cinquefoil. the wiki article on Potentilla has that exact plant as it's picture lol. Edit: It has taproots, might I suggest not raking. Manually digging or covering it with light suppressant membrane are your environmentaly friendly options, the "gently caress it" option is chemicals but be warned, you need the strong stuff that will kill everything else as well. learnincurve fucked around with this message at 17:23 on May 21, 2017 |
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May 21, 2017 17:20
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Just pull the taproot out with your hands silly.
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May 21, 2017 20:59
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Just watch out for its teeth.
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May 22, 2017 12:43
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I got a bunch of seeds off ebay and they've started rolling in this week, most of them are tiny as dust. like wtf. I have 200 blue lobelia seeds and it looks like just a tiny grain of dirt in the corner of a dime baggie. I didn't realize seeds came that small
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May 22, 2017 13:13
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Lobelias spit out so many tiny seeds. I bought a couple cardinal flowers a few years ago, and now I have more seeds than I know what to do with.
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May 22, 2017 14:14
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indigi posted:I got a bunch of seeds off ebay and they've started rolling in this week, most of them are tiny as dust. like wtf. I have 200 blue lobelia seeds and it looks like just a tiny grain of dirt in the corner of a dime baggie. I didn't realize seeds came that small Now you might understand Jesus' story about having faith the size of a mustard seed.
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May 22, 2017 15:22
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I suppose my tastes sadly align with those of an old lady, but how can you not love African violets? They're so pretty and bloom constantly. So many varieties...
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May 22, 2017 15:46
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It's OK. I'm basically an old lady too.
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May 22, 2017 15:50
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Heads up, it is prime planting season so big box gardening stores are getting a lot of stock which in turn means a lot of items on the clearance racks. This weekend I rescued lots of perennials from my local Lowe's for ~$30: - 6 salvia - 2 different colors of phlox - 2 coreopsis All of them were perfectly healthy but a little bedraggled and needed some water + sun. The coreopsis looked absolutely fine, they just weren't blooming so I guess they looked like a boring bucket of foliage. $1/each.
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May 22, 2017 17:14
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So, I'm pretty terrible at keeping plants, I guess. I've had this bonsai for six months and it has been doing pretty well but recently hit about where the whole thing turned brown. I try to keep it outside for a few days a week on a porch and a few days inside. I water it twice a week and try to not overwater it. I'm not sure what's going on but I would appreciate some advice as I'd hate to lose this plant.
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May 22, 2017 18:03
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The Sean posted:So, I'm pretty terrible at keeping plants, I guess. I've had this bonsai for six months and it has been doing pretty well but recently hit about where the whole thing turned brown. I try to keep it outside for a few days a week on a porch and a few days inside. I water it twice a week and try to not overwater it. I'm not sure what's going on but I would appreciate some advice as I'd hate to lose this plant. A juniper tree needs to be kept outside all the time except for brief stints inside--like, a couple days every few months, not every other day. Judging by your electrical outlets you're in North America, which means you've just finished depriving this tree of its winter dormancy period, which is probably why it is dying. There's a bonsai thread, but if that were my tree I'd start by scraping the bark with a fingernail or a blade to see if there's any green underneath. Get rid of all the rocks on top of the soil. If they're glued down, pry them off. With the rocks on top, you have no way to know if the soil is moist. I would strongly consider pulling it out, looking at the roots (see if it's rootbound or if it is in fact just a stick chopped off a juniper tree and jammed in a pot), then putting it into a larger non-bonsai pot. Then put it outside and leave it there.
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May 22, 2017 18:20
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anatomi posted:I suppose my tastes sadly align with those of an old lady, but how can you not love African violets? They're so pretty and bloom constantly. So many varieties... I agree. We got one in a basket with some daffodils this past January. I didn't know anything about Aftican violets at the time, so you can see the burnt marks where I got water on the leaves. Since then, however, this plant has done really well, with a whole bunch of new leaves and flowers! African Violet https://imgur.com/gallery/qB1M0
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May 22, 2017 18:21
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Pham Nuwen posted:A juniper tree needs to be kept outside all the time except for brief stints inside--like, a couple days every few months, not every other day. Judging by your electrical outlets you're in North America, which means you've just finished depriving this tree of its winter dormancy period, which is probably why it is dying. Thank you very much for the feedback. I am in Central Florida which I consider to be very hot and we're having a drought right now so I did my own (dumb, lovely) math that the plant was getting dried out. This came from (what I think is) a good bonsai place so the rocks aren't glued down but I'll try taking a look at the roots. Thank you.
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May 22, 2017 18:30
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The Sean posted:Thank you very much for the feedback. I am in Central Florida which I consider to be very hot and we're having a drought right now so I did my own (dumb, lovely) math that the plant was getting dried out. This came from (what I think is) a good bonsai place so the rocks aren't glued down but I'll try taking a look at the roots. Thank you. A lot of mallsai are just juniper branches chopped off and jammed in the ground or poorly grafted which makes them really hard to keep alive but seconded the put it outside advice. Most new people try and keep the bonsai inside and don't realize they aren't meant to be inside and it slowly dies :/
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May 22, 2017 18:37
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The Sean posted:Thank you very much for the feedback. I am in Central Florida which I consider to be very hot and we're having a drought right now so I did my own (dumb, lovely) math that the plant was getting dried out. This came from (what I think is) a good bonsai place so the rocks aren't glued down but I'll try taking a look at the roots. Thank you. If it came from an actual bonsai store of some sort rather than some kiosk at the mall or the county fair, it's got a pretty good chance of actually being a tree instead of just a branch  I'd say definitely get rid of the rocks and start monitoring the soil moisture closely. Stick your finger or a wooden chopstick half an inch in the soil; if there's no moisture, water it. I'd water in the evening so it has more time to soak up the water overnight; if you water in the morning, the sun will drive off some of the moisture from the soil before the tree can get at it.Take this with a grain of salt, of course; I've never had a juniper bonsai beyond a little mallsai thing I got years ago before I read anything about bonsai. Mostly I fool around with ficus, which can actually survive indoors (although now that it's heating up I'm moving the ficus outside for extra sunlight)
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May 22, 2017 19:01
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