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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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One of my favorite plants in my garden right now is the huge lush crimson clover. If I had a lawn type area, I'd be tempted to cover the area with something like that. Or a mint lawn. Or thyme. Every spring I try to stop myself from going crazy buying plants. I did get a lot of seeds and some plants this year, but I'm trying to fill out my garden this year by splitting up last year's perennials and relocating the stray self-sowed flowers that have all seemed to root in the gravel paths. Unfortunately, this means my garden will be mostly California poppies and borage, but at least it's something stopping the weeds from trying to take over.
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Apr 19, 2018 17:31
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I just seeded crimson clover in my garden yesterday! Also, a mint lawn will NOT work.
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Apr 19, 2018 17:34
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Hubis posted:e: BTW, I've got nothing against the "natural" lawn approach. What makes me shakes my drat head is my neighbor who insists on mowing his Bluegrass/Fescue lawn at like 0.5". He puts so much effort into it -- I saw him going around this weekend with one of those manual core aerators doing the whole thing by hand Lol! Not a fan of lawns myself, especially not in areas where they do poorly and people still insist on having them. I wouldn't mind a small circular patch of lawn in a backyard. But I love wildflowers too much to care, otherwise.
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Apr 19, 2018 17:37
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Fitzy Fitz posted:I just seeded crimson clover in my garden yesterday! Lol every seasoned gardener hates mint. Its only my second year, but maybe some day I too will understand. Nice, the bees will love it later this year! I think it's beautiful, and the leaves are so huge and plush. Going to try and save the seed
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Apr 19, 2018 17:39
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My wife tried to make a little herb garden full of various things. She ignored my pleading and put some mint in. A year later there was only mint. Then a tree fell on it and put it out of its misery, thank god.
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Apr 19, 2018 17:47
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Yeah when we grow mint I absolutely make sure it remains in a pot. For things like mint and Aegopodium, of you absolutely need to have it in the ground, make sure it's contained in something. Yeah they can still potentially creep out and escape but having the plants safely sequestered in a burried plastic pot really slows the spread. Now to figure out why anyone would plant Virginia Creeper. That took over one of our old yards like nothing else.
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Apr 19, 2018 18:14
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I like virginia creeper a lot when it's confined to trees and natural areas. It shouldn't be anywhere near an organized garden or any sort of structure. I let it go wild on patio last year, and it was really cool, but I had to cut it back this year.
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Apr 19, 2018 18:18
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We've always struggled to keep our mint alive and it dies easily if we don't take care of it so I always find these mint comments weird. I think probably in our hot California climate mint is way less of an invasive mess.
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Apr 19, 2018 18:19
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Plant MONSTER. posted:Yeah when we grow mint I absolutely make sure it remains in a pot. For things like mint and Aegopodium, of you absolutely need to have it in the ground, make sure it's contained in something. Yeah they can still potentially creep out and escape but having the plants safely sequestered in a burried plastic pot really slows the spread. I guess mint seems less awful compared to the Himalayan blackberry, Aegopodium, and bindweed contantly trying to get in my garden. Hopefully some day mint will be the worst weed I'm dealing with. I've been weeding in between rain showers this last week, and I've seen some monster earthworms! Love the guys.
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Apr 19, 2018 18:30
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Schmeichy posted:I guess mint seems less awful compared to the Himalayan blackberry, Aegopodium, and bindweed contantly trying to get in my garden. Hopefully some day mint will be the worst weed I'm dealing with. Worms seem a lot bigger these days vs childhood. Must be the GMOs. Aegopodium. I remember the day our Herbaceous Plants instructor covered it in her class. She scrawled "DO NOT PLANT THIS EVER" across the board and moved on to the next plant.
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Apr 19, 2018 18:43
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Leperflesh posted:We've always struggled to keep our mint alive and it dies easily if we don't take care of it so I always find these mint comments weird. I think probably in our hot California climate mint is way less of an invasive mess. Definitely. When I was playing with sub-irrigated planter designs I made one with not nearly enough drainage. It was way too soggy. I transplanted some mint into it and the wetter the soil the more it thrived. Schmeichy posted:I guess mint seems less awful compared to the Himalayan blackberry, Aegopodium, and bindweed contantly trying to get in my garden. Hopefully some day mint will be the worst weed I'm dealing with. At least when you are pulling out mint it smells wonderful!
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Apr 19, 2018 19:40
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Bees on Wheat posted:Bulby buddies! These things are so adorable it's killing me. What is the plant on the right (with the blue mushroom) called? I have one of those and I can't figure it out.
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Apr 20, 2018 10:55
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Boris Galerkin posted:What is the plant on the right (with the blue mushroom) called? I have one of those and I can't figure it out. Looks like Haworthiopsis attenuata (zebra haworthia, how worthy!) I won't embarrass myself by attempting to guess the cultivar.
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Apr 20, 2018 14:14
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I switched to liquid fertilizer, was a little worried I'd shock the plants that had slow release mixed into the soil but my cherry tree was very happy and practically doubled in size over a week.
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Apr 20, 2018 19:25
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Is this a good place to ask about growing hot peppers, or is there a more appropriate thread?
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Apr 21, 2018 04:30
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There is cross over but there are some gen-u-wine pepper experts in the veg thread https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3085672&pagenumber=286#lastpost 
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Apr 21, 2018 08:05
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Dandelion is quite edible, at least if your garden isnt facing a busy road. Learn to eat dandelion and just pull them up for free greens?
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Apr 21, 2018 12:07
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Dandelion should be killed to death with no mercy given. I did not dig a tonne of compost into my borders for you dandelions.
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Apr 21, 2018 13:58
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I didn’t show you my baby yet, this was a shapeless lump that had never ever had a single dead leaf removed when I moved in. Cordyline australis  (Guest starring Bug)
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Apr 22, 2018 09:43
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wish I had more bugs like that in my garden 
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Apr 22, 2018 12:25
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 happy spanial by learnin curve, on Flickr
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Apr 22, 2018 12:27
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I would not object if everyone shared their garden dogs.
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Apr 22, 2018 18:46
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They’ll dig up all the beds  Ooooh but they’ll have so much fun doing it! I’d take garden dogs over squirrels of any sort.
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Apr 22, 2018 20:32
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I picked up a Salvia Clevelandii "'Winnifred Gilman' to put in a container since it is something of a dwarf variety. I originally was not interested in Cleveland Sage since it gets absolutely HUGE and I dislike the funky smell, but I came across this variety and wow, the smell is so good. It is this lemony mint smell with just a hint of a smoky tang and I can't get enough of it. Supposedly it is a tough variety to grow but I've got it in a mix that is almost half Perlite (gently caress that stuff is pricey) so it better do well.
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Apr 22, 2018 20:51
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I recently got into container gardening of drought tolerant plants capable of withstanding a lot of full sun and I’m not doing well. I bought 3 medium sized Texas Sage and i think I’ve overwatered them. Leaves are drooping and some are yellowing and falling off. Is there a chance they’ll come back if I just lay off the water for a week, or are they done?
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Apr 22, 2018 21:52
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thesurlyspringKAA posted:I recently got into container gardening of drought tolerant plants capable of withstanding a lot of full sun and I’m not doing well. I bought 3 medium sized Texas Sage and i think I’ve overwatered them. Leaves are drooping and some are yellowing and falling off. Is there a chance they’ll come back if I just lay off the water for a week, or are they done?
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Apr 22, 2018 23:43
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Miracle grow potting soil mixed with some sand and mulch 😕
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Apr 23, 2018 00:54
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learnincurve posted:Dandelion should be killed to death with no mercy given. I did not dig a tonne of compost into my borders for you dandelions. Counter point: when dandelions are starting to bloom, it is the same time that bees start re-emerging, and there isn't a lot else in bloom for the bees to feed on. I leave my dandelions alone to help feed the bees illegally kept in by neighbor's yard(stupid animal bylaw here says the only animals you can keep are domesticated dogs and cats. All others are prohibited). The bees have a hard enough time without the extra kick in the rear end of us removing scarce early season food.
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Apr 23, 2018 15:15
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Counter-Counter point: I just planted 30m of bee friendly hedging - Buddleja, Lilac, mock orange and so on and have over 200 spring bulbs that are all in bloom along with my mini-orchard.  🐝s 4 life.
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Apr 23, 2018 16:56
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I want to get better at identifying the various native bee species that visit my garden. There are so many of them, and they're all so tiny. I need to learn hummingbirds too.. we have a big coral honeysuckle wall that they fight over constantly.
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Apr 23, 2018 17:05
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In the great dandelion struggle of 2018, I come to offer a point on the benefits of dandelions. picture from a person on the internet's blog Dandelions can be food and good.  Unrelated but I also did not spend a couple of days taking photographs of beautiful ephemeral spring weeds. Nope. Not at all. EagerSleeper fucked around with this message at 06:04 on Apr 24, 2018 |
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Apr 24, 2018 02:50
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Dandelions are also good for the soil. Unlike the goddamn catchweed which is taking over my yard.
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Apr 24, 2018 03:07
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No! Things with tap roots are terrible for the soil and you all have Stockholm syndrome
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Apr 24, 2018 06:56
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Its got those cute seed heads, look! PUFFFFFFF
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Apr 24, 2018 07:04
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I've got ragged, patchy grass in an area I'm want to build a short raised bed over, (6" deep) - do I need to get all the grass out of the earth, or can I just flip it over? To add fury to the mix, there's only about 3" of soil before it hits clay so it's hard as balls to dig. I've already got the bed walls in place, and big bags of compost and topsoil.
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Apr 24, 2018 08:41
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No dig.  Get cardboard and place it over the top of the grass, and then put your compost topsoil mix on top. The cardboard will rot down and take the grass out. For the first year stick to shallow rooting annuals, next year you can put in stuff like shrubs and roses.
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Apr 24, 2018 08:59
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Excellent, I did that before but had 12" or so of room to play with. If I can get away with a more shallow bed for the first year I'll absolutely get that done. Thank you!
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Apr 24, 2018 10:18
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learnincurve posted:No! Things with tap roots are terrible for the soil and you all have Stockholm syndrome Interesting - why? Do the taproots end up increasing compaction?
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Apr 24, 2018 11:23
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Hubis posted:Interesting - why? Do the taproots end up increasing compaction? As a general rule they are deep rooted hungry plants that eat all the nutrients in the soil - roses for example need a phenomenal amount of feeding, although they have nothing on trees like conifers which tend to have roots as spread out as wide as the plant is tall, and willow that seems to be able to smell water and sends its roots in looking for it. (If you have bog you can plant willow and the tree will make the soil usable for you) Dandelions are so good at thier general plantiness because they evolved to compensate for thier soil destruction by spreading far and wide via the wind - that way the babylions have a good shot of getting to some nice fresh soil, unlike Buddleja which are a bit thick and tend to spread outwards from the parent plant. If you want to break up the soil in a clay area then plant potatoes, they do the digging for you and it’s easy to replace what they ate by digging in manure or compost while you dig them up. Plants are so freaking cool learnincurve fucked around with this message at 13:11 on Apr 24, 2018 |
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Apr 24, 2018 12:55
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Uk goons: 5 buddleja in 9cm pots for £15 but for a 10% discount use the code GW10 https://www.jparkers.co.uk/5-buddleia-collection-1005209c
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