What Has Everyone Been Planting Today ?.

[Cnsper]

I planted some bad ideas into the heads of my grandkids today. Only mom thinks they are bad ideas though...

 

[Sewingcreations15]

@Cnsper is that not the role of grandparents, after all so long as they are not too bad ideas .

 

[Tank-Girl]

I've decided that I planting the edges of my designated pathways with comfrey, bush beans and mixed coloured silverbeet.
I may also plant my spinach and kale in that way depending on plant spacing and how many meters of path I have.
I have a lot of kale - red russian, scarlette curled, black dino tuscan, curly, and spanish collards to plant so they'll make good edging plants so I don't have to waste
valuable long straight rows on low growing plants.
I think the dark red kale and multi-coloured silverbeet will make a very pretty display.

 

[Patchouli]

I haven't looked around for comfrey. Do you plant seed? I'd love to grow some. It makes a great fertilizer tea.

 

[Tank-Girl]

I haven't looked around for comfrey. Do you plant seed? I'd love to grow some. It makes a great fertilizer tea.

There are sterile and seed bearing varieties of comfrey.

Both are awesome and both can be propagated by root cuttings.
And, trust me, you don't have to be too precious with how you divide them or plant the root cuttings either.

This is a very good YT video on how to plant a lot of comfrey very quickly.

 

[Patchouli]

Thanks, Tank-Girl. A few years ago the f d a was freaking out about comfrey being used medicinally by herbalists, do you remember?
What is this guy telling us? That comfrey acts as a barrier to weeds and other intrusive plants?
What do you use comfrey for?

 

[Tank-Girl]

Thanks, Tank-Girl. A few years ago the f d a was freaking out about comfrey being used medicinally by herbalists, do you remember?
What is this guy telling us? That comfrey acts as a barrier to weeds and other intrusive plants?
What do you use comfrey for?

All of the above and more.

Livestock feed mulch, weed barrier, on wounds, in healing slaves, compost tea.
You don't even have to make tea out of it which really REALLY stinks.
Just dig a trench in the garden bed fill it full of comfrey leaves and back fill.
As it rots down it makes it'sown tea without the stank and effort.

 

[Dutchs]

Hoping my Perpetua blueberries get here today. Some Giant Mum's are scheduled too.... I'll get them planted today.

 

[MoBookworm1957]

Transplanted Burpless Cucumber four of them
Zucchini Straight eight
Tomato plant (Little Tami) grape or cherry depending on size.
Strung up the trellis for cucumbers and zucchini
Planted Asparugus in whiskey barrel.
Got Romaine Lettuce planted in wash tub on stand
Along with Rainbow Swiss Chard, carrots, radishes.
Been awful dry and windy here, so water several times a day.
Herb garden is looking pretty good, most everything has come back again .
Haven't see the Fennel or the Dill yet, but it's kinda early for Dill.
Got some Marigolds planted, Rose Moss is planted too.
Rose Moss is in Coal Bucket sitting under water pump.

 

[Dutchs]

I got a set of Georgia Jet Sweet Potatoes today. I won't be able to plant them until Friday afternoon. Any suggestions how to keep them until then? They say they are very tough so I just wrapped them in a wet dish cloth and put them in the fridge. Don't know if they need to be in the fridge or left out. Just guessing here....

 

[Tank-Girl]

I got a set of Georgia Jet Sweet Potatoes today. I won't be able to plant them until Friday afternoon. Any suggestions how to keep them until then? They say they are very tough so I just wrapped them in a wet dish cloth and put them in the fridge. Don't know if they need to be in the fridge or left out. Just guessing here....

You could put them in a bucket of water so long as the leaves are clear and it doesn't get too cold.

They're a heat loving plant.

 

[Tank-Girl]

Today I planted snow pea seeds into my raised beds.

I planted another half a 72 hole flat in multi coloured silver beet and a whole 72 hole flat in mixed kales - dino, scarlet, red kabor and red russian.
I replanted a 1/3 of a flat in broccoli from a fresher packet after the seeds I sowed failed.
I want to plant equal amounts of short and long season cabbages and I have spanish collard and champion collard seeds to plant.

I have 6 72 hole flats left to plant and I'll do multi sow them with butter swedes, hakari turnips, spring onions, capsicums, chili and herbs.

I got seed coming for fresh capsicum seed because I'm pretty certain the capsicum seed I planted will fail because it's old.

I ordered two packs of determinate dwarf tomato seed because my trellising panels will be taken up with the indeterminate Sprint tomatoes.
The KY1 tomatoes only get 65 cms tall by bear a LOT of fruit and seem fairly disease resistant. I'll have them in a windy spot so they'll be staked to
stop them from falling over.

I'm glad I'm planting in flats because I hate having gaps in my rows where seeds failed to germinate......it bugs me to death actually.
Yes, I am that.....ahem...particular.

 

[TMT Tactical]

@Peanut : Peanut, you are wearing my out just reading all you do. As for the gaps, that wold drive me crazy too. I would have to plant something there or it would bother me until all is harvested. I am an engineer type, so these things don't fit into my mind set.

 

[Tank-Girl]

*SIGH*

I have to restrain myself from over watering my broad bean seeds because I'm pretty sure I've killed over half of them with dampening off.
I'm starting to realize that I need to treat them like pea seeds.
Water them once at planting and then leave them alone until they sprout then give them another drink.
I hate wasting seed because of silly mistakes.

I have a clan of Australian ravens that live in a tree across the road.
I do like them because they chase off hawks and Eastern Brown snakes.
I even share my chicken eggs with them every now and again when I have too many.
BUT...because they are highly intelligent they're naturally curious.
I have a lot of seedling flats and punnets on my pathways at the moment and they've gotten in the habit
if tipping them over and digging through the potting soil destroying all my efforts.
I can see that I'm going to have to cover the flats with netting to keep the sticky beaks out of trouble.

 

[Terri9630]

*SIGH*

I have to restrain myself from over watering my broad bean seeds because I'm pretty sure I've killed over half of them with dampening off.
I'm starting to realize that I need to treat them like pea seeds.
Water them once at planting and then leave them alone until they sprout then give them another drink.
I hate wasting seed because of silly mistakes.

I have a clan of Australian ravens that live in a tree across the road.
I do like them because they chase off hawks and Eastern Brown snakes.
I even share my chicken eggs with them every now and again when I have too many.
BUT...because they are highly intelligent they're naturally curious.
I have a lot of seedling flats and punnets on my pathways at the moment and they've gotten in the habit
if tipping them over and digging through the potting soil destroying all my efforts.
I can see that I'm going to have to cover the flats with netting to keep the sticky beaks out of trouble.

Don't be to hard on yourself. I've killed lots of plants making silly mistakes. A few years ago I couldn't figure out what was happening to my bean plants. Turns out I locked a rabbit IN the garden fence. Don't know how it got in but it was hiding under the sage. Took a game camera to catch it.

 

[Dutchs]

Don't be to hard on yourself. I've killed lots of plants making silly mistakes. A few years ago I couldn't figure out what was happening to my bean plants. Turns out I locked a rabbit IN the garden fence. Don't know how it got in but it was hiding under the sage. Took a game camera to catch it.

That's just crazy....I would have been kicking myself for a week......

 

[Patchouli]

Tank-Girl, I've been looking for ravens a long time. Maybe they need their own garden with pots of soil and trinkets to find. LOL

 

[Terri9630]

Tank-Girl, I've been looking for ravens a long time. Maybe they need their own garden with pots of soil and trinkets to find. LOL

Come on down, we've got plenty. Help yourself to however many you want. Just be warned, they build nests 5ft wide, 3ft deep and can/will kill newborn goats and rabbits of all sizes.

 

[Tank-Girl]

Come on down, we've got plenty. Help yourself to however many you want. Just be warned, they build nests 5ft wide, 3ft deep and can/will kill newborn goats and rabbits of all sizes.

They kill off my baby chicks and ducklings and if I don't keep the gate of the chicken pen shut before lunch they help themselves to my eggs.

They leave the adult healthy birds alone though and they chase off hawks which will take an adult chickens and ducks.

 

[Patchouli]

brutal! I didn't know they hung out in an unkindness or conspiracy. Guess what? That is what a group of ravens is called. Is it funny, because it sounds pretty accurate.
https://www.livescience.com/12781-ravens-group-living-stress.html

 

[Terri9630]

brutal! I didn't know they hung out in an unkindness or conspiracy. Guess what? That is what a group of ravens is called. Is it funny, because it sounds pretty accurate.
https://www.livescience.com/12781-ravens-group-living-stress.html

I didn't know that. Apparently my husband did though....

 

[Dutchs]

I swear i am Hopelessly obsessive compulsive! My Georgia jet Sweet Potatoes are here so I will plant them this weekend. My Honeysuckle Vines are here and those will be a Nice cover on my fence by my new dwelling when it comes they should be large and nice. I also just got these to use for Ground cover and to grow in the garden

ASIATIC LILY ROSELLA'S DREAM
ASIATIC LILY KINGDOM
ASIATIC LILY YELLOW COUNTY
SWEET PEPPER GURNEY'S GIANT II HYBRID
DAYLILY LITTLE BUSINESS
HIBISCUS MIDNIGHT MARVEL
STRAWBERRY GURNEY WHOPPER
And these are coming Saturday

SUGAR BABY CARPET BORDER LILY TM
BEE BALM COLLECTION
BUTTERFLY HYBRIDS CONEFLOWER MIXTURE 15 PLANTS
BEE BALM MIXTURE SUPER SAK
LONGFIELDS BLACK MAGIC REBLOOMING DAYLILY
FOXGLOVE COLLECTION
MILLENIUM DELPHINIUM COLLECTION
SONGBIRD GIANT COLUMBINE COLLECTION
DELUXE DUTCH GLAD MIXTURE/ZB
GLAMINI[R] GLADS MIXTURE SUPER SAK[R]
FAT DOMINO MOUNTAIN FLEECE
RAVING BEAUTY PHLOX
CATMINT WALKER'S LOW
KALEIDOSCOPE DINNERPLATE DAHLIA


Am i stone cold crazy? Or just totally obsessed?? This is only about half the total

 

[Tank-Girl]

I swear i am Hopelessly obsessive compulsive! My Georgia jet Sweet Potatoes are here so I will plant them this weekend. My Honeysuckle Vines are here and those will be a Nice cover on my fence by my new dwelling when it comes they should be large and nice. I also just got these to use for Ground cover and to grow in the garden

ASIATIC LILY ROSELLA'S DREAM
ASIATIC LILY KINGDOM
ASIATIC LILY YELLOW COUNTY
SWEET PEPPER GURNEY'S GIANT II HYBRID
DAYLILY LITTLE BUSINESS
HIBISCUS MIDNIGHT MARVEL
STRAWBERRY GURNEY WHOPPER
And these are coming Saturday

SUGAR BABY CARPET BORDER LILY TM
BEE BALM COLLECTION
BUTTERFLY HYBRIDS CONEFLOWER MIXTURE 15 PLANTS
BEE BALM MIXTURE SUPER SAK
LONGFIELDS BLACK MAGIC REBLOOMING DAYLILY
FOXGLOVE COLLECTION
MILLENIUM DELPHINIUM COLLECTION
SONGBIRD GIANT COLUMBINE COLLECTION
DELUXE DUTCH GLAD MIXTURE/ZB
GLAMINI[R] GLADS MIXTURE SUPER SAK[R]
FAT DOMINO MOUNTAIN FLEECE
RAVING BEAUTY PHLOX
CATMINT WALKER'S LOW
KALEIDOSCOPE DINNERPLATE DAHLIA


Am i stone cold crazy? Or just totally obsessed?? This is only about half the total

My sort of crazy Dutch!

Embrace it and own it.

Try looking for black hollyhock seeds.
They're stunning and they give a eye popping contrast to the other traditional colours in the garden.

 

[Dutchs]

My sort of crazy Dutch!

Embrace it and own it.

Try looking for black hollyhock seeds.
They're stunning and they give a eye popping contrast to the other traditional colours in the garden.

I couldn't find those anywhere so I got 200 of these bulbs for a big section of my drive....It's about 800 Yards so this will be the beginning up front. I have Daffodils coming for one side and Tulips for the other for about another 200 yard stretch. I think These I just bought will do about 100 yards....

Ranunculus Mixed (Persian Buttercup)

 

[Tank-Girl]

I couldn't find those anywhere so I got 200 of these bulbs for a big section of my drive....It's about 800 Yards so this will be the beginning up front. I have Daffodils coming for one side and Tulips for the other for about another 200 yard stretch. I think These I just bought will do about 100 yards....

Ranunculus Mixed (Persian Buttercup)

Black Hollyhock isn't grown from a bulb or a corm but from seed.

I found some at Baker's Creek seed.

https://www.rareseeds.com/jet-black-or-nigra-hollyhock/

 

[Dutchs]

Black Hollyhock isn't grown from a bulb or a corm but from seed.

I found some at Baker's Creek seed.

https://www.rareseeds.com/jet-black-or-nigra-hollyhock/

Ooops...It's out of stock......I do have some of these coming in Black.....

Longfields Black Magic Reblooming Daylily

 

[Tank-Girl]

Ooops...It's out of stock......I do have some of these coming in Black.....

Longfields Black Magic Reblooming Daylily

Oppps...I am sorry Dutch.

Here is another supplier who does have them in stock.
http://www.floralencounters.com/Seeds/seed_detail.jsp?grow=Hollyhock+-+Black&productid=99715

That day lilly cultivar is stunning as well Dutch.

 

[Dutchs]

Oppps...I am sorry Dutch.

Here is another supplier who does have them in stock.
http://www.floralencounters.com/Seeds/seed_detail.jsp?grow=Hollyhock+-+Black&productid=99715

That day lilly cultivar is stunning as well Dutch.

Very cool...I'm a get me some of those......Nice color contrast like you said. Would like nice with these i have coming too....

Midnight Marvel Hibiscus........

 

[Dutchs]

And these....Told you. I've gone to be The Mad Gardener!!

Little Business Daylily.....

 

[Tank-Girl]

Today I planted more herbs.

I find that lemon basil is a better choice than lemon balm.
It's more vigorous, less fussy about conditions and it's a bigger plant that produces bucket loads of seeds.
I like it better than sweet basil.

I also planted lime basil in a lesser quantity because I've never tried it before.
I have a recipe for watermelon salsa that calls for lime basil so I'll grow it for that.

Other herbs I planted are Calendular, Huacatay - Tagetes minuta, Dill, Borage, Broad Leaf Plantain, and Soapwort.