Is it even worth buying some plug plants just to have something in the beds?
― djh, Sunday, 10 September 2017 15:14 (six years ago) link
IMO yes; at best you get something to harvest (or at least add to store-bought greens), at worst you're out ten bucks or so.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 10 September 2017 16:26 (six years ago) link
(UK) Any suggestions as to what?
― djh, Thursday, 21 September 2017 22:37 (six years ago) link
Hmm. Tiny white mites in the base of an aloe vera plant ...
― djh, Sunday, 24 September 2017 10:02 (six years ago) link
get some rosemary oil and mix with water in a spray bottle, supposedly does the trick for little bugs
― clouds, Sunday, 24 September 2017 14:37 (six years ago) link
My chickens got into my pots and dug up all my little greens starts :(
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 24 September 2017 15:11 (six years ago) link
They were root mealybugs, apparently.
― djh, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 20:26 (six years ago) link
... And, on closer inspection, were on both my Aloes.
― djh, Wednesday, 4 October 2017 20:38 (six years ago) link
Leaf curl/leaf fall/eaten leaves on my Pachira Aquatica, too. Grr.
― djh, Wednesday, 11 October 2017 21:42 (six years ago) link
Had beautiful raised beds made by here: https://raw-workshop.co.uk/bespoke/
― djh, Saturday, 14 October 2017 20:07 (six years ago) link
(in Oxford).
I hadn't planned on growing anything this year, but I sort of unleashed a neighbor into being a gardening demon when I showed him my Baker Creek seed catalog. Among the dozens of things he ordered were my two favorite varieties of cherry tomatoes, and he gave me seedlings of both, so I had a late-starting bonanza of Matt's Wild Cherry and Blondkopfchen. Saving seeds of both right now for next year.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 14 October 2017 20:15 (six years ago) link
I should really seed cover crops today.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Sunday, 15 October 2017 15:20 (six years ago) link