Gardening for Old Folks (Adaptative)

[chickadoodles]

I still have a critter eating my Apple cuttings.

 

[N F C]

I still have a critter eating my Apple cuttings.
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What about using the peppermint like you did on your other plants? Maybe put some sort of cover on the woody part?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I don't know why seed companies charge so much for so few tomato seeds either. I did not get very many in my packets either.
But I will save my seeds from my crop this year.

Unless you are only growing one variety, or you are careful to pollinate and protect the blossom from cross pollination the seeds won't be true to the parent stock.

It takes money and time for companies to develop varieties, and produce seeds, so they do need to make a profit. It's still way cheaper than buying tomatoes in the store, and there are super cheap varieties that can be had as cheaply as 10 cents a seed packet. The better varieties cost more as they should.

 

[chickmom3941]

I still have a critter eating my Apple cuttings.
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Rabbits, maybe? I discovered yesterday that rabbits have been chewing our fescue grass down to stubs. I know you have to trim it in the spring anyway, but the rabbits chew it so low they damage the roots. We've lost a few fescue plants in the past due to rabbits.

Do you think your apple cuttings will survive?

 

[chickadoodles]

I waded through the mud to check my grow bags from last year. And my chocolate mint is growing.

 

[chickadoodles]

Rabbits, maybe? I discovered yesterday that rabbits have been chewing our fescue grass down to stubs. I know you have to trim it in the spring anyway, but the rabbits chew it so low they damage the roots. We've lost a few fescue plants in the past due to rabbits.

Do you think your apple cuttings will survive?

I hope so. I think this time it was a squirrel. It's still budding out. So I hope so.

 

[rjohns39]

Silly question: Will my ginger come back this spring? I failed to put it in the greenhouse before the freeze came.

 

[N F C]

Silly question: Will my ginger come back this spring? I failed to put it in the greenhouse before the freeze came.

Not sure how it will do in TN but my ginger in north FL came back every year. And north FL does get frosts and an occasional freeze. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, keep us posted!

 

[lazy gardener]

If your ground freezes, I think your ginger is toast.

As for tomatoes, and beans, you can safely save your seeds with very little likelihood that they will cross with an other variety even if it is growing near by. And, even if you grow a hybrid variety, saving the seed is not out of the question. Growing the seeds of hybrids will not produce a plant identical to the parent, but it may very well produce a plant with many desirable characteristics, and may even yield a plant that you like better. (though those odds are great.)

Here's a quote from a thread search regarding tomatoes.

Many edible plants such as tomatoes are self-fertilizing or self-pollinating. This means that you only need one plant in the garden for fruit to set. In the case of tomatoes, the male and female parts are contained in the same flower. This truly makes tomatoplants a top contender for container gardening.Jul 23, 2012

 

[chickadoodles]

I grew purple Cherokee tomato seeds from the previous year last year. They did not turn as dark or produce many but a still got a lot of tomatoes.
I knew tomatoes were self fertile. Thanks lg. I have grown only one tomato plant many times.

But I was not sure of cross pollination with them thanks.

I guess I got a little jelly hearing everyone talk about planting bulbs. So I just ordered 40 glad bulbs in mixed colors. The lillies I had in my front bed disappeared. So I needed to plant something out there. I will mix some zenias in front of them.