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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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Costco had a pack of Acidanthera 'Murielae' bulbs. The flowers looked cool so of course I bought it. Now I need to figure out what to do with 120 bulbs.  
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Feb 25, 2020 00:15
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Hey my dudes I'm coming into some sweet potato sprouts and want to do a potato Tower of some type My shows that it's a little unrealistic to expect a meter tall tower to be productive and there is a point of diminishing returns. Can I have a goon perspective on potato towers?
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Feb 25, 2020 00:29
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Tremors posted:Costco had a pack of Acidanthera 'Murielae' bulbs. The flowers looked cool so of course I bought it. Now I need to figure out what to do with 120 bulbs. They have a really nice smell too. My costco had them and I didn't get them and when I went back they were gone  I plant them behind/among my gladioulus because the acidanthera bloom later in the season, but the foliage is very similar.
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Feb 25, 2020 00:55
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Tremors posted:Costco had a pack of Acidanthera 'Murielae' bulbs. The flowers looked cool so of course I bought it. Now I need to figure out what to do with 120 bulbs.
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Feb 25, 2020 02:28
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Sounds like a good companion plant for naked broomrape. Here's the url so you don't have to pollute your search history: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orobanche_uniflora
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Feb 25, 2020 03:29
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Jestery posted:Hey my dudes I'm coming into some sweet potato sprouts and want to do a potato Tower of some type They seem really easy to me in all the videos I’ve seen of them, very productive. How many potatoes are you trying to get out of this thing? Also couldn’t you just make it higher than a meter?
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Feb 25, 2020 04:38
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Oil of Paris posted:They seem really easy to me in all the videos I’ve seen of them, very productive. How many potatoes are you trying to get out of this thing? Also couldn’t you just make it higher than a meter? Ive heard several different opinions from both my parents and one there sources regarding the efficiency of potato towers and honestly I trust plantgoon opinion more other random opinion
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Feb 25, 2020 05:46
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Jestery posted:Hey my dudes I'm coming into some sweet potato sprouts and want to do a potato Tower of some type Tried the blue tarp tube models one year for regular potatoes. Production was good but we had a serious wireworm problem in them but not in the regular raised beds next to them. The problem appears to be that the towers dry out more quickly than beds cracking the surface soil and allowing the adult beetles direct access to the top of the developing tubers. If we'd known about this beforehand then using a mulch and / or misters instead of drip emitters might have helped. People use them successfully though so it might have just been the result of a new garden with a large click beetle population in the area looking for an easy lunch. Overall I don't think production was significantly better than regular beds and the towers had a tendency to topple as we expanded them upwards. Never got them to a full metre. We're in Zone 8 maritime which is kind of marginal for sweetpotatoes. They seem to really like warm soil so what ended up working for us is raised beds (2x10 plank sides) and black plastic mulch. Some of the roots went surprisingly deep so you'd probably want quite a deep tower if you went that route.
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Feb 25, 2020 08:20
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I feel like I'm probably just being a dumb poo poo, but does anyone know what kind of aloe (that's as specific as the tag at the nursery got) this is? I'm guessing it's some common variety but I am having no luck.
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Feb 26, 2020 02:42
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Wallet posted:I feel like I'm probably just being a dumb poo poo, but does anyone know what kind of aloe (that's as specific as the tag at the nursery got) this is? I'm guessing it's some common variety but I am having no luck. Well friend, first off: that’s an agave not an aloe In good news it looks pretty drat healthy!
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Feb 26, 2020 03:45
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Hexigrammus posted:. Noted I have continued research and hacked together this from the compost pile in the backyard and stakes and chicken wire I'll give it a red hot go, and I figure I get something out of it , it extends about 6 inches underground and about a foot above it  I don't think wireworm is really a thing here but I'm ready to be proven wrong
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Feb 26, 2020 08:17
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I think that looks good. Pretty much what I was picturing in my head on how I’d do it, maybe like 2 ft vs 1 but otherwise the same. Good luck goon
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Feb 26, 2020 11:47
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Anyone successfully get potted jasminum polyanthum to bloom? I'm reading conflicting info; in that it sets buds either in late summer, or fall/early winter. Apparently it needs to get cold temperatures at one of these points
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Feb 26, 2020 14:43
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Oil of Paris posted:Well friend, first off: that’s an agave not an aloe It does rather look like an agave, now that you mention it. (It's definitely an agave) Wallet fucked around with this message at 14:23 on Mar 10, 2020 |
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Feb 26, 2020 14:50
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My "Norse Fire" columnea decided to put on a mid-winter show I have to share.
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Feb 26, 2020 23:38
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Anybody know what the lowest temperature a goji berry bush’s leaves can survive? It’s supposed to go down to 29° tonight and I’m trying to decide if I should cover my bushes or not. It’s not supposed to rain, and it hasn’t rained here in at least a day or two.
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Feb 27, 2020 03:24
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This trade magazine says “goji plants continue to flower and produce fruit through the first heavy frost”, which sounds great. Field reports with numbers would be better, but I wouldn’t be too worried. It wouldn’t phase any of the common deciduous species, or many subtropicals, for that matter. Platystemon fucked around with this message at 07:38 on Feb 27, 2020 |
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Feb 27, 2020 04:37
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Welp The cats are still making GBS threads in my future garden, even after I laid the ground cover. At least it’s easier to scoop now? 
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Feb 28, 2020 00:18
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Motion activated sprinkler.
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Feb 28, 2020 06:52
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Lead out in cuffs posted:Motion activated sprinkler. Is this something I’d have to dig up the ground to install? Because there is no way in hell I am pulling up that ground cover again.
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Feb 28, 2020 22:48
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Just a garden hose. Push in where you need it.
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Feb 29, 2020 06:49
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I hav come into some kangkong and am very interested to try it, both growing and eating. I'm trying to grow it semi-hydroponically  Kumera is now in my ad-hoc raised garden bed Looking forward to some sweet potatoes come winter/spring 
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Feb 29, 2020 07:02
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Hey folks I have a very important announcement to make. I currently have exactly 69 sprouted dahlias. That is all.
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Feb 29, 2020 20:33
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nice
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Feb 29, 2020 20:37
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Spring is truly loving
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Feb 29, 2020 20:48
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Solkanar512 posted:Hey folks I have a very important announcement to make. nice
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Feb 29, 2020 20:53
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Bi-la kaifa posted:Spring is truly loving Speaking of thread title. My dad is interested in planting a bunch of tulips along the walkway in our front yard. I’m pretty sure it’s too late to start that this year, but what would I need to do to make it happen next year (or this year if it’s not too late), since I think tulip bulbs have some prep work involved? I. M. Gei fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Mar 1, 2020 |
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Mar 1, 2020 23:41
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I just threw mine in the ground around Novemberish. I think I might've put a bone meal mix in there with them too, but there's not a whole lot of prep involved. Just digging and timing.
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Mar 2, 2020 01:33
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I. M. Gei posted:Speaking of thread title. Dig a hole 4-6", place bulbs in hole, closer than it say on the package. Maybe add some bulb food and cover. Water. Do this before first frost generally. Bulbs from Costco are great, as are the bulbs from Colorblends.com.
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Mar 2, 2020 01:53
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I also want to plant some gardenia bushes in our backyard, along the wall of our patio. I’m hoping it’s not too late in the year to do this. And that gardenia jasminoides will tolerate dappled sun and/or partial shade.
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Mar 2, 2020 04:06
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I. M. Gei posted:I also want to plant some gardenia bushes in our backyard, along the wall of our patio. I’m hoping it’s not too late in the year to do this. And that gardenia jasminoides will tolerate dappled sun and/or partial shade. If you figure out a good remedy for thrips, let me know.
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Mar 2, 2020 05:12
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I. M. Gei posted:Speaking of thread title. You can also buy forced tulip bulbs and put those in the ground. Around here they're a bit more expensive than buying the bulbs themselves in the fall, but not by that much.
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Mar 2, 2020 09:12
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I. M. Gei posted:I also want to plant some gardenia bushes in our backyard, along the wall of our patio. I’m hoping it’s not too late in the year to do this. And that gardenia jasminoides will tolerate dappled sun and/or partial shade. Completely fine to plant right now, just watch them during summer droughts like the other poster said. I’m putting a very little gardenia in the ground later today
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Mar 2, 2020 12:08
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My gardenias are in shade and do great. I'm barely south enough for them to grow, I have to wrap them in burlap each winter so they don't get killed to the ground, but they still prefer the shade when it's summer. As far as your tulip situation, if you're going to plant a drift and you've got a lot of squirrels you might want to invest in some chicken wire to lay over your bulbs when you do plant them so those furry assholes won't be able to dig them up and eat them. Squirrels LOVE tulips, and a mass planting like that is the squirrel version of Golden Corral.
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Mar 2, 2020 14:34
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poo poo, this looks like bad: Weird because this Pleiospilos nelii I repotted immediately with an extremely rocky mix (below) like you're supposed to. No water all winter, like you're supposed to. Apparently they can be healthy/happy with 1 set of leaves so I'm hoping it's just shedding off excess, but it sure looks like rot. Any ideas? Nosre posted:I just recently lost my first ever Lithops in part because I never got around to repotting it, so I'm handling this one immediately
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Mar 4, 2020 15:32
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No advice but I just wanted to share your lamentations wrt stores selling their mesembs in the wrong kind of soil. We receive them occasionally at our store and they're always planted in heavily water retentive potting mixes in plastic pots. Anyway, I really need to move somewhere with less winter.
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Mar 4, 2020 17:01
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Plant MONSTER. posted:No advice but I just wanted to share your lamentations wrt stores selling their mesembs in the wrong kind of soil. We receive them occasionally at our store and they're always planted in heavily water retentive potting mixes in plastic pots. One of my mesembs didn't make it through the winter. Definitely not over watering, I think it was too chilly by the window for it :/
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Mar 4, 2020 17:07
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It probably doesn't have quite enough light (it's a north window, but I have a lamp there on them for 6 hours a day), but cold was not an issue. And no water, so this one is a mystery if it is in fact rotted I guess I can try 100% non-soil next time, I went with a bit of organic because I read mesembs like the PH, and 25% would not cause any issues water-wise Nosre fucked around with this message at 17:17 on Mar 4, 2020 |
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Mar 4, 2020 17:11
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Has anyone tried something like a skeeterbag? I'm either buying one of building my own. We have more mosquitoes than a swamp, and it makes the garden inaccessible past April.
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Mar 4, 2020 17:26
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Fitzy Fitz posted:Has anyone tried something like a skeeterbag? I'm either buying one of building my own. We have more mosquitoes than a swamp, and it makes the garden inaccessible past April. I always forget to put it on and it smells funny, but bug spray/Off! really does work.
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