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Really, Drunkie? There was a lily-of-the-valley patch at the house I grew up in. Most pathetic, half-hearted sorry excuse for a flower bed I've ever seen. Might be climate-dependent, though.
edited 3rd Sep '12 8:03:45 PM by Madrugada
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Street Writing Man
@maddie: Up here, it grows like crazy. The main reason it's so hard to remove is the root structure; it makes this grass-like mat of roots, some of which are nearly a foot underground.
And it makes a lot of them; my mother's property has them, and they keep choking out smaller stuff she tries to plant. So we endeavored to remove them. We pulled four wheelbarrow-loads of plant matter (roots, stems, etc.) out of a patch of ground 2 feet by five feet. And you know what? the bastards are still there.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
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Sounds like it calls for Round-up and weed mats for a season.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Street Writing Man
@Maddie: they appear in beds my mother wants to keep poison out of (she's a firm believer in only using poison when absolutely necessary, as it messes with the soil) and she's tried weed-mats. They don't really work.
Also, it grows as ground-cover, so poisoning would damage the plants she actually wants to keep.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
I had that problem with snow-on-the-mountain at the old house. Here thistle and garlic mustard are the bane of my existence. We have lilies of the valley but they are like Maddy said, kind of pathetic.
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Mmmm. Then shovels and elbowgrease it is.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Nemesis
Yeah, it's probably a lot more suited to the climate where the Drunkies live than where you are, Maddy.
I asked my dad about stuff like the sumac and he pretty much confirmed what (Lera?) looked up. It's a nightmare to get rid of or even control.
A brighter future for a darker age.
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Ok, then, I'll chop it back and paint the stump with Round-up. I missed exact window this year, but I'm assuming that it's growth-stage of the plant, rather ant exact calendar date that matters.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Correct. Plants can't read calendars. Growth stage is the important telling point and that's not going to match the calendar this year on anything.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
I potted two of the mint cuttings. One of them will be my best friend's Christmas gift, so it's in a much nicer pot than mine.
edited 5th Sep '12 12:16:28 PM by Leradny
Just pulled some swiss chard after the rain. A rain washed cherry tomato is a wondrous thing.
Ooh la la!
Well, my garden cannot be saved even just by the 2 hours of rain we had this morning. The beans and peas were horrible, but at least we have a few lemon tomatoes (they stay yellow and don't turn orange/red) and the nice little carrots and tiny potatoes I like to dig up this month when it gets chilly and cook in a pot roast.
I also have a very nice crop of apples this year in our apple trees! Stay away, Bambi!
Saving a file as dlsfkjgldfgjdf because I'm too lazy to think of a title.
Someone is offering a free 52 gallon compost tumbler. While it is... to put it lightly, extreme overkill for my meager collection of potted plants, I can't help but feel that I should get that.
Just in case.
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Get it. Compost makes lovely gifts to friends and acquaintances who garden. Besides, I somehow doubt that your meager collection will remain meager for long. The gardening bug has long fangs and tenacity that makes terriers look like they have no staying power.
edited 5th Sep '12 11:22:46 PM by Madrugada
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Yes, I already sent a message to the person. With any luck, I'll be able to borrow my sister's car to get it.
Street Writing Man
Awesome acquisition is awesome. Good soil is actually rather hard to come by; if you can get a device that will help you make it for free, grab it.
If I were to write some of the strange things that come under my eyes they would not be believed. ~Cora M. Strayer~
It is nice. Just to make sure to keep rotating it regularly. They can spontaneously combust otherwise.
Reality is that, which when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. -Philip K. Dick
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Did you get it, Lera?
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
The person hasn't answered my email yet, so I'm still in waiting limbo.
Edit: The ad was taken down by its author and I still haven't gotten an answer, noooooo
In other news I heard that one could just scoop out seeds from store-bought stuff and plant them, so I cleaned off the seeds from pulpy innards on the cutting board. Forty tomato seeds and seventy jalapeno just from leftover bits. I hope they do grow. If not, at least this only cost my time.
edited 7th Sep '12 11:45:50 AM by Leradny
Oi vey. Someone planted peppers, peas, and cucumbers right now. In pure, unfinished compost. And then asked why everything was dying.
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There's no reason they shouldn't grow. And if you do heirloom varieties later, save the seeds from them and you'll only have to buy once.
...if you don’t love you’re dead, and if you do, they’ll kill you for it.
Still, that person planted a bunch of spring crops outside, at a point where it's just going to get steadily colder even in California.
And I'm pretty it's bad to plant seedlings in material that gets very hot in a matter of days.
edited 10th Sep '12 9:03:31 PM by Leradny
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I'm sorry. I was talking about your seeds. Not the stuff planted in raw compost. That shit was doomed — there's a very good reason compost is often referred to as "cooking".
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Ahhh, sorry.
I looked around to see if grocery tomatoes/peppers would grow from seed and a lot of sites mentioned, "It's possible to grow them from seed, but they might not grow true if they're a hybrid". I don't know what hybrids have to do with growing true.
Or even what either of those words mean, when applied to plants.
Aww dang, I just looked up lily-of-the-valley and it looks like if you brushed against the stems the flowers would make gentle ringing sounds.