BYC gardening thread!!

[dan26552]

Sounds like Joseph's Coat!  Is it vining?  They don't really climb!  http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/367/   

Hmm interesting. Yes it is vining, I have to retrellis it every year otherwise it takes over the yard, and come to think of it it's in a VERY shady part of the yard, I don't think it ever gets full sun.

 

[marktoo]

We had a couple Joseph's Coat on an arbor for many years. Very pretty but had the sharpest thorns I've ever had the displeasure to encounter!

 

[dan26552]

Lol. Yeah it's got some pretty nasty thorns.

 

[marktoo]

Found some veggie 6 packs today for $2.50 ea. Got some Japanese Long eggplant, some Black Beauty eggplant, Fresno Chili & a sweet Bell. Got lucky, most places are selling single plants at a price I'm not willing to pay. Gotta start my own seedlings regardless of the water outlook here in Cali, even if I gotta just let em die. I wasted too much time & money chasing these, than I ever would have starting seedlings. Lesson learned....this time....maybe!

 

[Kraftcrazychick]

I love roses but I prefer less fussy plants. @City farm , yours is beautiful. I've actually been trying to kill a scraggly rose in a bad spot for a few years. It just look depressing and in the wrong place, too.

Built and painted a few raised beds yesterday out of a few scrap pieces of picket from my Father in Law. We also bought 2 x 4s for framing out the coop. Which I am told is my next project instead of my patio table (he said something about priorities- guess he doesn't want indoor chickUNS).

I still need to find my sd card so I can start taking photos. I owe someone pictures of my growing setup in the basement.

 

[Peep_Show]

Ack! Ack! Ack! We had two mornings of cold weather and one where it dipped to slightly 30....which took out a lot of our cherry crop which was pea-sized and decimated most of the red grape growth.

(The white grapes are still viable as they hadn't budded or unfurled yet). The apricots look undamaged, but won't know about the apples until the next big wind (and April is our very windy month) as to whether they have frost death.

You can control the fertilizer, you can control the water, but you cannot control the weather.... sigh......

 

[dan26552]

Ack! Ack! Ack! We had two mornings of cold weather and one where it dipped to slightly 30....which took out a lot of our cherry crop which was pea-sized and decimated most of the red grape growth.

(The white grapes are still viable as they hadn't budded or unfurled yet). The apricots look undamaged, but won't know about the apples until the next big wind (and April is our very windy month) as to whether they have frost death.

You can control the fertilizer, you can control the water, but you cannot control the weather.... sigh......

 

[Kraftcrazychick]

@Peep_Show that's terrible! I hope they bounce back.

I'm almost ready to start planting- I think next weekend I'll be ready. Hopefully my pumpkins aren't super tangled in the pot and transplant well. M cerry tomatoes are now about 2 inches tall. Do you think they could survive outside now?

 

[dan26552]

Some grapefruit seedlings I started a few weeks ago

 

[hennible]

Neat