Looking for something to do this Saturday night? Come jam to some cool bands and show some support for our Michigan music scene at the Sugar Bowl. 🥣
$10 Cover
Doors at 7pm, music starts at 8pm.
I have a large plastic barrel container ( it's maybe 20-30 gallons?) and am debating on trying my hand at blueberries in it this year. I'm going to drill some additional drainage holes in it as well. The pots location would get 6+ hours direct sun in the afternoon and evening. I'm still in the research phase so I know that I need at least 2 plants in close proximity to each other. I've not done soil testing (yet) but am able to amend soil with ph buffering/get specific soils for them since they would be in a container if needed.
Is this feasible or will 2 plants in the same container compete too much?
Are there specific kinds of blueberries that would do best?’
My SO is convinced they would not do well in the ground due to our soil being quite compact and clay based.
I'm a newbie to growing peppers, but picked up two absolute beauties locally today. Repotted in 2 gallon pots from starts, with pro mix and granular fertilizer.
I'll likely be growing them in 5 gallon buckets as they mature.
I grow a myriad of other fruits, veg and cut flowers in my raised beds but these will be containers only due to my zones unpredictable weather as of late. (6a)
Any advice is welcome. 💚🌶️
Has anyone tried to grow these/eaten them? I spied some absolutely gorgeous starts and have never seen variegated leaves on a pepper plant before. I'd love to have one in a pot to try but I don't want to have my heart broken if they're super finicky or don't taste great.
Since I moved 3 years ago and lost my DIY wall trellis I've been dragging my feet about how to get my queen situated properly again. She's been lazily trailing across my craft area and I've been letting vines do their thing(1st photo). Today I finally untangled the vines, and got everything a bit more orderly(2nd photo).
6+ years going strong with this plant and I just love my pothos so much. 💚
My significant other hated how unorganized looking my beautiful pothos looked while trailing out of her pot...So I made sure my marble queen could SLAY in my SO's face each day instead. 🌿💃
Each year I grow a lot of strawberries and raspberries in my garden. My friend dropped by a few weeks ago to borrow something for a home project and was absolutely gushing over my (currently small) patch of strawberry starts.
Our families are very close and they and their kids love our homegrown strawberries, raspberries, and veggies.
I recently had a birthday and she gifted me a little strawberry harvest holder. I feel like she's more excited about this season than I am, and I'm touched by the kindness.
She is not super garden savvy, but I'm trying to think of ways I can brighten her July birthday a bit. I'm thinking maybe a small gift of potted runners she can try her hand at them? They always get lots of small harvest baskets of extras during the season but I want her to feel special.🍓
I have two Supertom hybrids that are about two and a half weeks old. All variables for planting time and depth, seed source, lighting, water, soil (generic cocoa seed start), are the same. One has developed trichomes and the other has not. Neither has true leaves yet.
They cannot go outside fully yet as the weather in my area (5b) has been very cold and unpredictable, with some days/nights as low as freezing and 75-80° sunny days peppered in. They got some nice weather and protected exposure outdoors for a few hours here and there.
I have a different variety as well (beefsteak) that is shorter but developing true leaves, no wild trichomes.
Does earlier trichome development indicate a stronger/weaker seedling at all? Is it irrelevant? I'm pretty new to tomato growing and I love learning all the little tidbits.
Preface to say I'm 3 years in with my fiancee (32M), no bio children of my own (33F). 50:50 custody a week on and a week off, however I do take them to school daily and have them daily in the summer. I'm totally fine with the arrangement and BM is pretty easy to deal with (though we are generally on strictly neutral terms, no real communication other than what's needed).
I'm a homemaker, but not anyone's maid.
With SS10 and SD9 I have been making it a point to be more conscious about caring for their personal items and being accountable for their messes (ie. Dishes, random things in common areas, basic household etiquette). I'm admittedly a type B-C as far as cleaning, but common areas are always presentable and they are aware of what is expected.
I love them immensely but I'm having a huge issue with having to micromanage SS10 to get him to take care of things. I'm basically having to follow after him to remind him to clean up things to which it's 9/10 times he is off doing something else when I happen upon a disaster at the last place he was (food and sauce spilled on the table, plate sitting in the same spot, chair pushed out all haphazardly ) and he goes "I forgot, sorry!" And takes care of it.
He also consistently is forgetting things ( especially his water bottle) and then complaining of headaches, etc or chugging water when he gets home from school. I've got my own struggles with ADHD (which he does not have to my knowledge) and while I know he's likely not doing this on purpose, it does make me feel like he's not being set up for success if I just do things for him. If I don't "remind" him, things will sit for hours upon hours or just not get taken care of.
I feel like I have to basically be right there to almost nag him into taking care of his things. Both SK have free access to throwaway water bottles/propel at their bio moms house, use paper plates there, throwaway utensils, etc so I'm thinking there may be a habit of just throwing things out and moving on at her place.
I know kids forget things, and doing dishes sucks, but SD9 does her part without needing to be reminded consistently. I'm just not really sure how to proceed with helping SS10 understand without constant reminders from me?
I grew cucamelon (mouse melon) last year for the first time and am sad I only took one photo.
It produced SO many tiny, delicious cucumbers I had to gift to all my friends and family for salads.
I am debating on growing it again but it was super unruly and I was slightly overwhelmed with how much it produced. 💚
Friday night and no plans? Night owl with anxiety and too much caffeine but can't jam out at home without upsetting your neighbors?
Bring a friend, or just yourself! Hang out and enjoy some metal and punk rock music and drinks tonight at Mulligans. 🍻
Doors at 9, music at 10.
So we're going through some oddball weather in my zone, excuse the state of some of my plants. I was wondering if anyone uses/recommends using risers(sorry if this isn't the right term) for their plants when they begin to fruit?
I have some new seascape strawberry crowns I've added to my established beds. I tend to get huge leaves and lots of berries, but between the birds and bugs, it seems I end up with a lot of insect issues as it gets closer to ripening for my berries. I see a berry that's ready, turn it over and there's little chomps from bugs.
I have started being more diligent about using Diatomaceous Earth and have some improvement, but I wonder if caging the plant a bit around when fruits form would help keep them from being as accessible to the soil dwelling bugs along with the DE?
edit to add I'm also companion planting, painted rocks, pinwheels and faux snakes are the bird repellents