Amazing that that one survived. IT is a keeper as it can survive the clay environment!!! Natural selection at its best-- maybe some neighbors with that clay soil would like a few plant . . . .Planted some onions and garlic today. I also tried to corral all my strawberry plants.
Our soil is mostly clay and the first year I tried a vegetable garden nothing really did well. I bought a few tomatoes, peppers and one strawberry plant. I left it all sit at the end of the season thinking it was more or lest a bust. I didn't think anything would survive the winter and assumed I would just start all over the next year.
Well, that one darn strawberry plant spread and almost three years later has attempted to overtake the rest of the garden and venture into the grass. I think I have more than twenty.Today, I gave extras to my mom as I wanted a vegetable garden, not a strawberry patch.
The right tools makes life much easier doesnt it?? DH bough cantalope seeds, so gotta get those in. We are officially in the past frost date so everything can get planted NOW.
That is wonderful that you share the interest in gardening and very thoughtful of you.
The right tools makes life much easier doesnt it?? DH bough cantalope seeds, so gotta get those in. We are officially in the past frost date so everything can get planted NOW.
or a Figgie pudding. I have ordered another i am hoping for better success.
I have an uncle who says that wood ash works wonders on fig trees, I don't know for sure cause I haven't tried it yet. Also figs produce on last years growth in case you didn't know.I bought a lonely fig last year at farmers market. Took it home płanted it, fed and watered it. Built a screen house around it. Had one little fig. Came winter. I trimmed it back some mulched it nice. It didn't come back. I was didsappointed i was looking forward to homemade Newtons
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/900111/how-to-grow-a-blueberry-bush
) I know they like acid and they're root system is shallow so I always mulch with about two or three inches of pine straw, the flowers buds are at the tips of last years growth they'll be the real plumb ones, I always prune some of those off (too many berries plus the bramble problem and I'd probably have 0 blueberry plants), you should prune out any canes at the base of the plant older than four years, those won't produce very many berries (kinda like roses). Most the time you'll need more than one cultivar because most blueberries need cross-pollination, there are a few that don't though, "Misty" being one of them, I have two misty's, and those do pretty well where I am (about two hours north of mobile) they have low chill hours so they suit our climate well, in mild winter places they are evergreen (sorta anyway, mine always turn red and then drop they're leave about January, wonder if the crazy weather we've been getting the last few years has anything to do with it.) Oh and they're root system spreads really far (but not deep), I watched a youtube video once and the guy said one time he dug up a blueberry and it's roots were about 6 feet wide.
