Planting Wild Sage next to Garden Sage?
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Comments (2)Which pesticide to use depends on which pest you have and what stage of development that pest is in. Spraying a disease (BT) that is effective at an early stage in a leaf eating insects life on a plant to control a boring insect is a waste ot your time, energy, and money. Spraying a contact poison, meant to kill an insect on contact, on a plant with the target inside the fruit where the poison will not reach is another waste of time, energy, and money. If you have a problem you need to understand what that problem is and if that problem really needs to be controlled, is the problem a really serious one or maybe just cosmetic or maybe is affecting only one of 100 fruits and can be left alone. Then you need to find the least toxic, and effective, means of control, what will do the job with the least damage to the environment. Apply that solution and then review what you did. If you have the larva of something eating leaves and they are at the stage of growth that the BTKs will work that is the least toxic and most effective thing to do, but BTK is not effective for some of the borers (and spraying onto the plant will not allow this stuff to reach the target) nor is it effective in later development stages....See Moreplanting russian sage
Comments (17)aliska: I looked at the photos, some of purple loosestrife, which is really a much maligned plant. It is that. Think my photo of P-LS is on that thread, was thinking when I took it up the river how pretty it was and that I'd like to grow some. Not sure but what I had some volunteers by the alley and it died away. But because it's considered invasive, is banned in some states, I concede to be "EC" (environmentally correct) and won't grow it, enough else to choose from. If you have enough sun, I think you'll love to plant it next spring--put it in your fire hydrant grouping, ha ha. miriam Yeah, I have some lilies there, pretty red freebie w/an order, not the ditch lilies some put by theirs) added a spring-blooming daisy (not oxe-eye - another invasive here alTHOUGH one clump in the back, I spotted some in that, freecycle trade, so I will have to be vigilant and yank any oxe-eyes that come up out). Anyway, I have a spot saved, you gave me the idea, thank you muchly, and that will be perfect. That whole front near the street and either side of the sidewalk is absolute, full sun, only place in my whole yard. We're really not supposed to plant there, but lots do. It probably tolerates dryness, too, and should really hide that hydrant although they might mess it up, my gamble, they being the city & fire dept, already splattered yellow paint on my daisy and lilies. And I didn't plant the common orange ones but a pretty freebie I got with an order. Dogs do their thing there, too :-(. The narrower side boulevard is full sun, too, but the street gets salted so I don't think it would be wise to try much along there....See MoreMoving sage plants, when?
Comments (11)No flowers on my sage. It was planted in several locations and never returned. In the same place now, grows some thyme. The sage in the photos look a bit diffferent than mine. Mine tend to have a silver overcast in the larger green color leaves, and my plans never grow about about 14 inches tall. When I harvested it during late fall, it was quickly dried in a dehydrator and then I had to 'rub' the leaves to crumble them as they seemed a bit fiberous and formed small clumps of dried fibers. The fibers do break down, but compared to rubbed sage you buy, its exactly the same cottony texture. The sage seed packets say 'annual'. My gard soil is very different in different areas. Blueberry bushes love damp acidc soil, so they are in an oak leaf covered area. Wild onions, and garlic chives are raised and have very good drainage in loose soil. I have sandy soil in an area where the greenhouse is, and black rich soil for the garden, where everything else grows. Additioanlly, I have areas where there is just plain rocky gravel. Because of all the added compost, and differet top soils, as well as amendments, locations of well drained vs. heavy damp, the soil on my property has almost every kind of soil, except heavy clay. Any seeds planted that say annual are usual just that. A few exceptions, if the plants go to seed are cilantro, dill, some flowers like portulaca, and only a few others like an arrant tomato that was cast off and its seeds survived a winter. Beyond that, winters are hard on anything I expect to return the following year. As in the case of rosemary, there may also be different sage types, and some are better suited for colder zones. A recent ad from Harris, states they grow their horseradish in Massachusetts as its hardy down to zone 3. Mine is well behaved, and the photos theyt had were exactly the size I have here (finger diameters). I bought a piece of root in an organic market and it was as big around as my wrist. I thought mine was doing poorly compared to that, but after seeing photos of the stuff that grows here, its not a concern anymore....See MoreSage vs Russian Sage
Comments (5)I had/have Russian Sage in the front yard garden. It spread like crazy. I dug it up this spring and moved it to the back yard. However, I have about a dozen new plants in the bed I replanted with other things. It's pretty. A nice silvery color and has the sent and flowers of other sages. Against a white building I'd be inclined to want darker leaves than Russian Sage offers. Sage wouldn't hurt your cucumbers, however. Here's a link to a companion planting site that could give you some other ideas. http://member.melbpc.org.au/~slees/companionrotationtable.htm...See More
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThe wild sage here seems to be Salvia and has the small purple flowers like them. The daily water seems to be the culprit, though I don't know why the roots would be dried up if that were the case.
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