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R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 5:18:11 AM   
pahunkboy


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Status: offline 		what do you plant and why?

any advice for people that cant seem to grow a thing?  i LOVE spring and indian summer.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 7:03:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		we used to have a garden infront of our house, we planted a rose & jasmine plants, olive and lemon trees, and grapes too.. but my mom turned the garden to shops... we still have the grape tree and some other little plants...

to answer ur second question, maybe the soil itself isnt good enough, or the plants dont suit the soil or the weather... some plants are sensitive and should be v. well take cared of...

There are some books about growing plants, they might help..

good luck..

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 7:20:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		I garden as you know.  The footings for my greenhouse are going in this coming week hopefully.
My plants have already started arriving.
Essentially I grow veggies.  Just finished planting my asparagus...and rhubarb.
Tomatoes and garlic.

Flowers...mostly bulbs for me.  Tulips, etc.  A dozen or so rose bushes.

To grow something all you need is soil and water.  Some nutrients thrown in from time to time.
Just don't over water or underwater.  Make sure the plant gets the required amount of sun it needs.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 10:31:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hee hee...I love Nature and do wonderfully with animals, less so with plants. 
Many of my family members are farmers and ranchers and can grow anything! 
I let my friends and family members who have the proverbial "green thumb" work their magic in the garden.
 
There are plenty of great gardening shows on HGTV and the like,
or try joining a local gardening club for some hands on experience.
 
 

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 11:31:05 AM   
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Status: offline 		landscape can improve the value of ones home. I was going to go get some canna bulbs. im sick of painting. i wish that jonny would come around. now is the time to get rocks for rock garden- all teh rains lossened the soil.

at the side of the road i can get rocks...free. certain rocks can cost $3 a piece at the nursery. i love to browse.....

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 12:50:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have a black thumb.  I can gaze at a plant from a distance of fifty feet, sometimes greater, and kill it.  However, I decided to cure that this year and I did a lot of studying, a lot of talking to my Granddad, a fantastic gardener, and I gave it a shot.  I have flowers, I'd have to look at what kind, in the side yard, a hanging pot of geraniums on the back porch, two pots of geraniums in the front yard, and I'm about to start a vegetable garden that can be planted in early summer.  Radishes, carrots, zucchini, green beans, and the like.  Nothing too adventurous, but fairly easy, and very rewarding.  I reccomend "Gardening for Dummies".  It helped me.

So far, everything is alive, well, and flourishing.  Thank you, Miracle Gro!

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 3:17:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		I love gardening, I am getting ready to go start preping the soil in a few moments, in fact.  I only plant stuff I can eat, and get lots of carrot, celery, kale, spinich, peas, radish.  These are all super easy with large yields of food, its almost impossible to mess up with these.  I also do cherry tomatoes, corn, hot peppers, herbs, and always try a few new things, these do not grow as well and get varying yields, but are still a lot of fun.  I go as organic as I can, using fish fertaliser( which is produced from local salmon) and grass clippings.  I also compost all my food scraps directly into the garden.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 4:43:04 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you're just looking for "curb appeal" landscaping, but don't have such a green thumb, stick to simple annuals (flowers that you can buy at Walmart or Home Depot already blooming, that die in the fall after the first frost) that are really hard to kill, like petunias, pansies, zinnias, and marigolds, if you have full sun (all day long, no shade) to part-sun (a few hours of sun, then shade).  Impatiens and begonias grow well in part-sun/shade to all shade (but they do better with at least an hour or two of sun a day).  Just water them every day if it's dry (and there's no watering ban in your community), especially if they're in full sun, they'll dry out quickly.  Put a LITTLE BIT of general all-purpose fertilizer around them (like Hyponex) once a month and water them and they'll really grow and flourish. 

If you buy them in "flats", which are flat trays that hold as many as 40 or 50 individual little plants, gently remove each plant from it's cup holder, dig a hole about 5 or 6 inches deep, place it gently in, scoop the dirt back around and over the roots so they're buried completely, and the stalk is above the ground, standing up straight.  Plant them about a foot or so apart, they'll fill out.

When you see weeds growing around them, pull them (the weeds) out by the roots.  This works better in the morning when the ground is soft and slightly damp.

That's about it for pretty and simple gardens around the house.  It's not really hard.  Just don't forget to water if there's no rain for a couple days. 

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 5:18:43 PM   
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at the side of the road i can get rocks...free. certain rocks can cost $3 a piece at the nursery. i love to browse.....


If you were close to us you could have all of our rocks.  We have 5 rock beds around the house I'm getting rid of.
Thought about throwing them down the hill for erosion control, but the mayor claims that will pollute the stream we own and they will fine me.
So, instead I have to watch my yard slowly turn to cliff and fall into my own stream.

Anyway, I'm getting rid of the rocks and putting in wood chips.  Wood chips are also free around here.  You just have to load them yourself at the tree farm.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 5:53:26 PM   
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Status: offline 		I garden all the time.  I finally built a planter for my balcony which is now going riot with sweet peas, dahlia, johnny jump ups, etc.  I have a bunch of planters in my house.  I really dont think it is possible to have too few plants.

I used to build planters for trees and the like, but then had to move into an apartment.  I may start over.

The problem I have seen with most people who cannot grow plants is one of two things.

1)  They dont water it enough.  A spray with a hose wont do it.
2)  They dont let it dry out between waterings. 

I was going to say they water it too much, but this is inexact.  When I have a house plant I stick it in a bowl of water and water it down until the soil is wet.  Then I let it drain.  Then I put it back where it is supposed to go. Then I forget about it for a week.


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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/5/2007 6:09:17 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have not had much of an opportunity to grow a thing when I lived in Fort Lauderdale... but four months ago I moved to South Carolina and bought a house (and beautiful yard) from a family that loved to garden.  Now that spring has sprung, I have found myself in a floral delight (which used to simply be my yard), and I can't help but to want to take care of it and expand it, and have planted even more of my own stuff... which is actually growing.   I love it!

~ I still have an opening for a no-strings gardner for my busy days.


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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/6/2007 5:09:55 AM   
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I was going to say they water it too much, but this is inexact.  When I have a house plant I stick it in a bowl of water and water it down until the soil is wet.  Then I let it drain.  Then I put it back where it is supposed to go. Then I forget about it for a week.



What about those people who water it down until all soil is wet.  Then have no drain holes in the pot?
Too much water.
My sister used to do that.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/7/2007 10:43:17 AM   
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ORIGINAL: sub4hire

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ORIGINAL: pahunkboy



at the side of the road i can get rocks...free. certain rocks can cost $3 a piece at the nursery. i love to browse.....


If you were close to us you could have all of our rocks.  We have 5 rock beds around the house I'm getting rid of.
Thought about throwing them down the hill for erosion control, but the mayor claims that will pollute the stream we own and they will fine me.
So, instead I have to watch my yard slowly turn to cliff and fall into my own stream.

Anyway, I'm getting rid of the rocks and putting in wood chips.  Wood chips are also free around here.  You just have to load them yourself at the tree farm.



i wish i could.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/7/2007 1:11:22 PM   
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Status: offline 		I just finished my potting.  Except for the permanent shrubs (rhodies, azaleas, camelias, laurel) i do all my gardening in pots for several reasons.  I can bring the perennials (have lots of geraniums) in in the winter and enjoy them, i can move them around, and i can keep them pretty much away from the deer, rabbits and slugs.  This year i planted mostly pansies, petunias, marigolds, zinnias, dahlias, and different types of daisies. 

I also have some tomatoes and strawberries in pots.  I'm wondering what other veggies do well in pots--anyone have any suggestions?

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/7/2007 2:57:40 PM   
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Status: offline 		Proudsub herbs do well in pots, in fact with mint it stops them running wild all over the garden. I have taken to growing veggies the last few years and its great. When its about harvest time, i just nip to and from the grocers and chuck a few bits in the shopping bag.
Job done.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/7/2007 5:56:10 PM   
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Proudsub herbs do well in pots

Thanks, i do have a pot of basil, maybe i will try a few others.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/7/2007 11:53:46 PM   
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What about those people who water it down until all soil is wet.  Then have no drain holes in the pot?



If the plant has no drain holes, the emphasis should be on watering it enough to put some water into it, but not to drown the roots.

Slap them for not potting in a pot with drain holes.

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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/8/2007 3:56:36 AM   
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RE: R there any gardners in the house?? - 5/8/2007 4:35:51 AM   
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Status: offline 		the nurseries were sold out yesderday.  we have been seeeing an increaaase of eenthusiam  in gardens this year. i planted rose buuushes aaand cana bulbs.  the free mulch pile is like gone. i wonder if it was residents or resalors that took it. it was 10 feet high.

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