Help! Should I let my onions bloom?
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I won't let my cherries freeze! ... (but I need help!)
Comments (4)I guess I did the wrong thing then, I tied black plastic garbage bags over my two brand new trees I just planted about two weeks ago now. I'm more worried about keeping the leaves, just breaking dormancy with swollen buds now, because there's usually no fruit for a couple years anyway. If nothing else, it would have protected them from the harsh winds to some extent. Obviously I don't know what I am doing. I did hear do this do that and did was was easiest after covering other plants. I did leave them on for two full days this past week, but did take them off in the daytime when it was going to be above freezing for enough hours. I was kind of winging it and even though my old ones, same variety, North Star, very hardy, produced every year for over 30 years until they died, we have never had anything as bad as this past week for as long as I can remember. Maybe doing nothing would have been better, no way of knowing now. There is a thread on the old garden roses forum where they are talking about everything in their region. One of the measures commercial growers take is to irrigate the trees with spray, has to be done right, but there is something about the physics of the water and heat released if you keep up continuously while it is freezing. Also some resorted to a product called Wilt Pruf? which works to 27 degrees a few resorted to are are assessing the damage of lack thereof. Look for post by york rose about 2/3 the way down the page (now), or search on "fruit". I think some of you are on to something with the lights, and this doesn't happen that often for a lot of gardeners to have had to improvise, in the fall sometimes I threw a cotton rug over my flowers to prolong the bloom, that was about the extent of it for me. There ought to be some way to build a portable mini greenhouse with plastic for the dwarf varieties, you'd had to DIY because if there were such a thing, it would be expensive. Heavy clear plastic, pvc pipe and stakes come to mind . . . Here is a link that might be useful: Devastation in the garden thread (lots of southern people) posting...See MoreMy apple tree is blossoming! Should I let it?
Comments (5)mama: It won't have any affect on the tree one way or another. Probably the fruit won't get very big even if you leave it till next year. I'd probably leave it just to see what that fruit does. You likely won't get cold enough to hurt the fruit this winter so maybe it will make a mature fruit next summer. Might be interesting to see and it won't hurt next years crop....See MoreWhat should I do with my onion set?
Comments (2)Are they growing? As in green tops? If so, you may want to pot them up. If they are dormant, then store them like, well, onions. Cool, dry, maybe even dark. I wouldn't mist them if they are dormant. It may be a while before the soil is workable. tj...See MoreShould I cut down my lilac and let the suckers grow out?
Comments (8)google rejuvenation pruning of flowering shrubs.. to get a general feel for what you are doing ... done right.. its a 3 year process .. of which.. you already did year one.. and the result are those new suckers ... and yes.. it can be a bit ugly during the process ... but keep in mind.. the leaves are the food making machines.. and if you take out the whole big chunk left.. you will be relying on ONLY those leaves from the suckers .. and thats not a lot ... i think i would take one half of that Y .. after it flowers ... and probably that last old hunk... late next spring ... you CAN NOT KILL A LILAC BY PRUNING... i do it year around.. whenever the darn thing tees me off ... never heard the winter part before.. unless its specific to where ever you are????? in the alternative.. again.. noting you cant kill them.. and you dont care if you miss the flowers.. take it all out .... been there.. done that ... it really boils down to whether you might want to do it 'right' ... and look at a heapin mess for 2 more years... or just want to be done with it.. knowing you cant kill it anyway ... no theory necessary.. as to determining your state of mind.. flip a coin ... ken...See Morerainypnw
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