The Gardening Thread.

[IamRose]

Originally Posted by LadyFaire

I have one other seedling in the pot that I'm not sure WHAT it is. I've moved it over to a corner, so it is out of the way, but we will just have to wait and see. As I said, I just dump seeds from whatever I'm munching on at the moment, and see if anything comes up. Problem is, I never know WHAT they are (the mango I dug down to see).

I will keep everyone posted on the mango and it's growth. According to what I read, it SHOULD reach several inches height before winter moves in and I have to bring it indoors. I'm running out of places to put the 'winter indoors' plants!

I have 2 schefflera plants - one I've had for YEARS and the other was given to me by Mom last year. Both were doing OK, but nothing to write home about. I put them out on the deck (remember, greenhouse/shade cloth canopy) and after a little shock at the "LIGHT!!" they both started growing like boogity! There is fresh growth all up and down the existing stems - to where they almost look fuzzy! I cut one LONG stem off at a joint and just stuffed it back into the soil - and it is still growing like crazy - plus where I cut it off has sprouted new growth! I'm thinking about starting new plants with some of the stems and giving them away on FreeCycle - I certainly don't have room for them! I never realized they could get so THICK!

Anyone want a schefflera plant??????

~boogity~

Love it.

[LadyFaire]

If you are short of 'ground', but have vertical space:



There is no limit to how far you could carry this! I never would have thought of something like this, but it is brilliant!

[Scarecrow2.0]

yes it is! also very easy to keep your lettuce out of the hot mid day sun.
the other day I harvested 177 cherry tomatoes from 4 plants of the same type. this just after getting 90 of them just 2 days before. I am in cherry tomato heaven!

[Nes]

Originally Posted by LadyFaire

If you are short of 'ground', but have vertical space:



There is no limit to how far you could carry this! I never would have thought of something like this, but it is brilliant!

I am going to use that Idea next year. Thanks for posting it.

[Scarecrow2.0]

I know it's early. but I'm starting to get the growing bug. over the winter I had some sweet peppers growing in containers near a big south facing window. I'm going to be trying some new varieties this year.

[Nes]

We added A carport to our back yard so have A complete change in our back yard garden. We will have A raised garden bed for one thing. Any ideas for flowers or flowering vine to plant around the carport would be appreciated.

[Scarecrow2.0]

so does anyone know a good organic way to get rid of little white flies on indoor plants? I have some tomato plants and pepper plants growing inside. they all have fruits on them. and these little white flies are killing the plants and leaving sticky stuff all over the place near the plants. any suggestions would be appreciated.

[MoJo]

Try an all propose soap spray

[Scarecrow2.0]

thanks mojo. I'll give that a try

[Scarecrow2.0]

I tried peet pellets for the first time this year to start seeds, and they seem to work extremely well. too bad I didn't try them before now.

[MoJo]

We just got a break in the weather here......wet and cold for way too long. I've tilled up two beds and putting in beet seed this weekend along with some other cold weather plants.......off we go!!

[Scarecrow2.0]

it has been raining too much here the past 2 weeks. the ground got absolutely soaked! there was standing water everywhere. now is slightly better. I went out yesterday to transplant some tomato plants. some in the ground and the dwarf tomato plants in a pot. I planted some "pineapple" tomatoes in the ground. when I dug down about 6 inches it was just mud... still very wet. but I tried 6 plants so we'll see what happens.
in the pot I planted Red Robin which only gets about 9 to 12 inches tall. also I got 3 ripe "lime green salad" tomatoes today from plants i was growing indoors over the winter. soooo tasty!

[Scarecrow2.0]

I lost most of the plants I had in the ground. we had a frost sunday night/monday morning and all but 2 or 3 out of around 45 tomato plants died. the smaller "determinate" plants i had in pots so brought them inside and they are fine. luckily I have more tomato plants just about ready to be put in the ground. I may plant more seeds of the varieties I lost and just get a late harvest from them.