Beginner with a large garden
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Beginner gardener help with Raspberries
Comments (2)Yes, you made a mistake. Your biggest mistake was listening to the neighbor who obviously knows nothing about raspberries. Your second biggest mistake was cutting out next year's crop. Those "non fruit bearing stalks" are the first year canes, known technically as "primocanes". They overwinter and bloom and bear fruit the second year, when they are called "floricanes". IF you have a fall-bearing type, the primocanes bloom and fruit in the fall of their first year, as well as the spring/summer of their second year. Then they die. Well, you probably didn't entirely ruin next year's crop, because the plants will regrow yet this year a bit, and you will probably have some short canes with a few berries. There isn't any real way to "rectify" it other than make sure those emerging new shoots are kept well watered so they put on the maximum amount of growth to be as large as possible for next year. You could apply a VERY light dose of fertilizer now to help them grow, but nothing after this, because if they are too soft and green going into the fall/winter, they will just winter kill. You DO need to cut out the canes that had berries this year as soon as they are done bearing. They die after fruiting, and the sooner you remove them, the more light and air the emerging new shoots from the roots will get. Chalk it up to experience -- look at it this way, you know a LOT more about raspberries now than you did a few days ago....See MoreBeginner 'cutting garden' gardener - what would you plant?
Comments (8)Good idea on the winter sowing. I was stunned with my great results last year at growing all those perennials I could never grow or paid too much for. I even cut a delphinium bloom here in Missouri in November! My seed order should be here any day for winter sowing; however, for direct sowing, I enjoy cosmos and Benary's zinnias for many blooms in mid to late summer. I noticed that this site no longer has the history it used to have. I picked up many good ideas from some of those older posts. Teresa...See MoreBeginner Gardener, I really need help or any advice with my problem.
Comments (6)It looks like everything isn't getting enough water. The amount of water a plant needs is highly dependent on the soil that it's in, and how much heat/sunlight it gets. That soil looks like it's very fast draining so you may have to water more than 1 time a day, and for longer periods of time (try to keep the flow low). The perlite mixed into the soil makes it drain really fast and the roots dry out shortly after the soil does. I have a lot of plants in containers and I use an automatic watering system for them. They get 10 minutes of water every morning from 1/2 gph emitters for 1 gal containers, and 1 gallon emitters for the 2-3 gallon containers. Anything larger than that and I use variable emitters. In summer, I change it to 8 mins, 2 times a day. You can get one of those timers for your hose and just leave it on real low for a few mins each day for these. As far as if everything is savable, everything except maybe the first picture has a really good chance of being saved, and that first plant might be savable but I'd give it a lot of shade for a few days and definitely give it regular and long watering....See MoreCan I (beginner) install large format rectified tiles (13' * 39') ?
Comments (23)Emma - we've done a number of tile jobs DIY with good results; however, not 13 x 39. That's a whole 'nother creature we were not prepared to tackle, especially on a vertical surface. We used that size tile on our fireplace and these two craftsmen spent most of the day getting it right. I think this large a format is too big for a backsplash. We do live in the Bay Area (Marin) and would be happy to share the guys who did this....See Morechaven
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