Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[Cebarmlds]

Can anyone identify this flower? I mowed the fields this weekend and left a number of patches where there were a lot of these. The bees seem to like them. I thought maybe Bee Balm since the flower looks similar but from the pictures I find on Google, the leaves are somewhat different and mine are alternating on the stem, the Bee Balm seems to be bilateral.
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Looks like some sort of Aster.

 

[Sueby]

what did you think you were buying and from where?

It was just your basic cuke from the garden store. I had started seeds but they didn't do well so I bought a 4 pack, the other 3 are normal cukes. That's why I think mutant.

 

[sharron]

It was just your basic cuke from the garden store. I had started seeds but they didn't do well so I bought a 4 pack, the other 3 are normal cukes. That's why I think mutant.

i buy my seeds mostly from territorial seeds, altho i do buy from other places if i like whatever they're selling, mostly flowers tho, once in awhile i buy a flower from the livestock auction and some herbs, but been getting my cucumbers from territorial for about four years cause i just love these cucumbers, marketplace i think they are, good taste, and i firmly believe if its not broken, don't fix it. i picked two big ones yesterday and today theres a couple that will be really tomorrow, good producer
as for your "mutant" whoever packed the seeds, might have missed a few of those and mixed them in or the machine did

 

[Sueby]

I've definitely gotten the wrong seeds mixed in - last year I had a zucchini mixed in with all my summer squash.

 

[R2elk]

i buy my seeds mostly from territorial seeds, altho i do buy from other places if i like whatever they're selling, mostly flowers tho, once in awhile i buy a flower from the livestock auction and some herbs, but been getting my cucumbers from territorial for about four years cause i just love these cucumbers, marketplace i think they are, good taste, and i firmly believe if its not broken, don't fix it. i picked two big ones yesterday and today there's a couple that will be ready tomorrow, good producer
as for your "mutant" whoever packed the seeds, might have missed a few of those and mixed them in or the machine did

Marketmore are wonderful cucumbers. The ones I used to grow (Marketmore 76) say 67 days to maturity on the seed packet. With my short growing season, I switched to Burpee's Early Pride Hybrid listed as 55 days to maturity. They have done extremely well for me.

Territorial Seed Company lists their version as Marketmore 97 with 55 days to maturity.

 

[sharron]

Marketmore are wonderful cucumbers. The ones I used to grow (Marketmore 76) say 67 days to maturity on the seed packet. With my short growing season, I switched to Burpee's Early Pride Hybrid listed as 55 days to maturity. They have done extremely well for me.

Territorial Seed Company lists their version as Marketmore 97 with 55 days to maturity.

thanks elk, i had forgotten the name but i do like the marketmore, thats the last one 've tried except for the mexican gherkins, don't care for those myself but husband likes them so i plant them for him, he like to snack while in the garden lol

 

[cavemanrich]

That's why I think mutant.

As long as they don't turn out like this,,,, you are safe.

Spoiler: super mutant

 

[Sueby]

As long as they don't turn out like this,,,, you are safe.

Spoiler: super mutant

That is kind of what they look like!! A little fuzzier maybe.

 

[cavemanrich]

Zone 5 update,,,,,,, well that is not needed, we all know its HOT. Took some pix of my container grown plants, and flowers. Some garden pix as well. We had a good dose of precipitation due to Barry, so the rain was welcomed here.
Lillies doing well.

Hostas doing well, but not yet blooming.

I purchased a couple rose bushes. They were discounted 50% so I just could not say no to myself

Black eyed Susan starting to bloom. I have them in 2 areas of garden.

Another daylilly

These are my Blackberries. The plants died back due to severe cold snap during winter. All this new growth looks good, but new growth does not bear fruit first year.

Container planted 2 types/kinds of rhubarb. Cages are to prevent my chickens from snacking on the growth. I will transplant into garden ground when these grow out. Both were from seeds.

Container grow 4 containers of sorrel. Cages keep chickens out to a point. They nibble anything that grows out of cage.

My dill is doing so so. Earlier in growing, squirrels got in and devastated the tiny sprouts,, Still those tree rats, so I forgave them

All my geranium hanging baskets, I save from year to year in utility room over winter. most survive, and regenerate in spring when placed outdoors, and fertilized. Some,,,,,,,,, after a few years do bite the dust.

Zinnias ,,,,,,seeds planted outdoor after frost danger past, as well as all the other large pots.

In this picture , the middle, and lower pots have an unusual green weed growing. Well,,,,,,, it is the work of those squirrels burying sunflower seeds. I cant get mad at them, They are industrious working to make sure they have food stashed for later times.

 

[Sueby]

Beautiful, thanks for sharing!! I love pics.

& Your dill looks better than mine! I decided a couple years ago that apparently I grow dill for the swallowtails, not me. I have a HUGE pot that I grow it in and they decimate it every year. I have not one tiny sprig of Dill left.