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I’m in Brampton 6B and planted vegetable seedlings (tomato, luffa, peppers etc ) from a nursery about a week ago.They were doing really good. But in the last 2 days, weather turned cool, windy, and lightly rainy today.

I also sprayed diluted Alaska Fish Fertilizer 2 days back.(mainly for my DA roses).

Now ~25% of seedlings are withering, especially luffa, tomato, Watermelon, Eggplant. Is this due to: transplant shock? cold/wind stress? fertilizer spray?

Can they recover or should I replant later?

Can't click any pictures right now as its dark.But I'm attaching some pictures from last week. Any suggestions or advice would be really appreciated. Thank You..!

EDIT :: Thank you everyone for the amazing advice 🙏 I didn’t expect so many helpful replies. Definitely learned that I planted way too early 😅 Leaving this post up so other beginners don’t make the same mistake. Really appreciate this community! 🌱

It’s only a couple degrees outside but it’s time for them to experience the cruel, real world haha

Edit: I’m just hardening them off for the day and will bring them back into their little greenhouse later this afternoon :)

Edit 2: they are back inside, safe and sound and warm lol

This single Trout lily popped up in my front garden many years ago. It has never spread or multiplied but comes back every year. (and yes, I know about Periwinkle, it's well under control)

I've yet to add the trellis panels on the side, they will be spaced to be appropriate for whatever I plant

It’s our second spring in our new home. I planted some flowers last year but I don’t remember planting anything in this area. Google images says it’s Japanese knotweed.

Hello,

It’s potting up time in our place (SW Ontario, Canadian Zone 5b) and we’re doing a couple thousand seedlings.

Struggled to find a reasonably priced pot available to a non-business so went a little off book and found these 24oz deli counter containers at a local wholesale store. Heat up a screwdriver with a propane torch, melt some holes and voila!

You’ll want to do the hole making outside as it’s pretty smelly, but you can’t beat this value. Pots are nice and sturdy, I’m confident they’ll last a few seasons of reuse.

Thought I’d share for anyone else on the hunt for affordable pots.

Cheers and happy growing!

My partner and I just bought our first house and I’m working hard to identify and remove any invasive species. I already have a bunch of ditch lilies I have to dig up and now I came across this. If it is knotweed, does anyone have any advice on how to demolish this plant?

Tl;Dr: looking for something that tolerates full sun, fits in a 1×8 flowerbed, blooms all/most summer, provides vertical contrast to reds/oranges/yellows against a red brick wall, preferably in the blues/violets, foliage doesn't take up more space than its worth. Zone 5. Natives welcome.

Hello everyone,

I seeded Flander Poppies that I was SO excited to plant with blue cornflowers in my flowerbed due to how cobalt blue makes the red pop, which is important as my flowerbed is against a red brick wall and most of my other flowers are red/pink/orange/yellow. Cornflowers are, in fact, highly invasive so I am in the market for ecosystem-friendly alternatives. Do you have any suggestions that meets a similar criteria or would still work? If you have a better/different idea, I'll hear you out!

Baseline criteria: something that tolerates full afternoon sun and occasional drought that makes red shades pop out, like blue/violet hues. Fits in a flowerbed. I could have flowers this year, either bought flowering or from seed. Blooms all/most of summer. Self-seeding annual, annual, perennial, whatever. Open to growers/trellis ideas. Non-natives and natives welcome, even natives not usually grown for ornamental reasons. Bonus points: if native and/or beloved by pollinators, non-fatal to children + local cats, doesn't require constant deadheading to bloom. Zone 5.

What's already in the flowerbed: echinacea (in a patch), black eyed susans (in a patch), calendula, catmint, two pink hybrid tea bare roots, cosmos, will receive marigolds, nasturium and mission bells California poppies. Most of these are warm colours against a red brick wall, I need some contrast!

I'm researching blue flax, false Indigo, chicory, very intrigued at how I could try to make tricolour Royal Ensign dwarf morning glories or lobelia (RE colours are perfect but I'm concerned it would take up useful space as a groundcover, is there a climbing variety?), campanula, stuff like that. Borage seems too shrubby for leaf/flower ratio. I suck at keeping petunias and lavender flowering. Periwinkle is invasive. Help me out!

Crying in zone 4b 😭

And no, I dont have garden beds prepared. What's your point?

What on earth do I do about this? There’s a ton of bellflower on my new property, and it’s got my 6 beautiful trilliums totally surrounded. In the past, I’ve dug out the carroty bellflower tubers - but how can I possibly avoid hurting the trilliums!?

What are those? I thought they were Cosmos when the first leaves came out, but clearly that’s not it. Thanks