Ideas to prevent potted plant theft
lucillle
8 years ago
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Comments (9)I've always removed the flowers on young potted nursery stock but but this year I'm doing it alittle different. Last spring I got a bunch of tiny tissue culture plugs and they grew very strong so I'm going to leave a very light crop on them this year. I pruned out all the small twiggy wood and any branches that grow in ward to the middle of the plant. From there I left only 2 fruit buds on the the tips of the remaining branches. Hopefully it's not a mistake? We shall see! It won't hurt my feelings if I lose few anyway cause I got too many as it is. Emerald is great plant but will need protection in your zone. I put up a PVC frame around mine and cover with plastic if I need too. It only takes a few min to assemble and then place a small propane heater in there with it. Here is recent pic of my Emerald and it's just about in full bloom now. How much fruit can expect from a Emerald this size? It's 6ft x 5ft and loaded with buds. I will thin it some but I know Emerald is in a class of its own production wise. It leafs out very strong and can handle huge crops. This will be my first real harvest on this plant. Does the 5 or 6 bud rule per branch still apply here to this variety???...See MorePlant Clems in V. Large Plant Pots in the Ground?
Comments (10)Sure, I definitely plant many of my hydrangeas in pots during the summer months, but then in late fall I dig them up & place them along the north foundation & give them a good cover of mulched leaves. I have many, many Endless Summers....which are zone 5 root hardy, but not necessarily bud hardy. The first year I had them I found that out the hard way, and then read that was pretty common. Winters in the Chicago area are sometimes fairly mild, but then the next year we can get a terrible winter. I also make sure their winter homes are dug so that the pots are slightly slanted downward so they don't get waterlogged...from rain or snow. They spend the winter near our north-facing foundation, and in the spring they are planted on the east side of the house...on both sides of a path...very, very pretty, if I do say so myself. (grin)...See MoreSuggestions for preventing theft in community gardens?
Comments (6)If the government won't provide a fence, then the gardeners must have permision to start putting up their own. After all, one large fence around the outside of a whole garden will NOT PROTECT your individual plot. Believe it or not, many community gardeners feal that if you haven't picked your flowers/fruit/vegetables *yet*, then you must not want or *need* them. You will find that theft originates both inside & outside the community garden plots. It's a slippery slope that many community garders descend. They start to feal that if you are not picking your stuff, then they are helping to avoid *waste* by picking it for you! It's especially easy to justify when it comes to food crops. It's also a problem with items that get harvested late in the fall like pumpkins & gourds. These are items that have ready cash value & are easy to spot in a mostly dead garden. You really nead to both fence them in & hide them with garden debris to avoid theft. We've found that a five foot tall, wire fence with a locked gate is a good deterent. Obviosly, if people wanted to start using bolt, or wire cutters they could easily cut through the fences, but they haven't so far. I think people need a psychological detterent to keep them from getting greedy! Other ideas would be to adress waste at a meeting in the spring. Some gardens have rules that fruit & vegetables must be picked, or you must give the garden management permision to pick for you & donate to charities. Also, you might want to have some standards for fencing. I am in a community garden that is about 35 years old ... you wouldn't believe what some people call a fence. I must admit that I still haven't replaced some of the old fencing that I inherited, but I am working on it. Some of the "fences" are made of indoor quality particle boards & various other scraps of plastic & rotting wood & lethal looking bits of wire. Also, unless you rule it out, people can start putting up stockage type picket fences that will totally shade out their neighbors. Best to have a rule that fences should consist of a single layer of wire fencing material & wooden or metal support posts. (Also, be sure to specify no presure treated wood, as it's not aproved for food gardens.) I am also giving you a link to this Community Gardening organization ... they have other suggestions for reducing theft. Scroll down the page of the link that I am giving you. Look for the list titled : Troubleshooting. They have more ideas there. Here is a link that might be useful: American Community Gardens Association: TROUBLESHOOTING...See MoreTheft of Plants
Comments (19)I am at work 7;30 to 6:30 6 days a week. I plant 3 ac to veg that a friend sells at his farm stand. 2 years ago I came home in the middle of the day and saw a person picking cabbage and putting it into the trunk of a car. I did not think much of it but when I talked to the stand owner a few days later I asked if his truck broke down. He said no but when I told him what the car was he said it was one owned by another stand owner 5 miles away. The friend only pays for produce he sells as fresh (2 day old peaches come back to me for making wine). I went to the other stand owner and tripped a few times , might have upset a few bins of tomatoes and stepped on them getting up. I told the owner he had a nice car when he was done with it I would like to have it for a target. Just park it by my garden any time. MY crop yield improved the next year. I would sell to him also but I don't think he could keep with my standard . If you say it comes from here It will be better than just good. Answer one question how can I make it better. And third do you plan on storing it so it should be picked 2 or 3 days earlier than it is fully ripe. (I poor my corn flakes before I go out to pick the peach to cut up on them, then add milk) gramp was always a fresh stickler....See Morelucillle
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