Not ready to go out and about yet....
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While planting out should I have to worry about slugs yet?
Comments (11)I read another post, perhaps on another site, that said newly ground coffee - applied heavily - will keep the slugs/snails at bay. The caffeine (needs to be fresh, not yet used) kills them as they slither through it. I'm on my way to Costco to get their cheapest bag of beans and try it out. I read in the same post that Sluggo kills beneficial bugs too. I used Sluggo last year and it worked well. I'll use it again if the coffee fails....See MorePotted figs ready to go out?
Comments (7)My vote goes for leaving the figs in the greenhouse until all danger of frost is past. The green leaves and new green growth can and probably will be damaged by temperatures at 32F and below. The mature wood from which the the new growth emerged will probably survive unless the temperature is well below freezing, but the growth of the figs will be set back considerably. About 5 days ago, we had two unusual late frosts here in Zone 8B Texas. The first night, the air temperature was about 33F. There was a light frost on the ground. The second night, the air temperature was about 33F or 34F, but the air was still and there was a fairly heavy frost on the ground. We have 14 in-ground fig trees and many more in pots. The figs in the large pots were just breaking dormancy and survived relatively unscathed. The first night, we covered 13 of the in-ground fig trees. (One is too big to cover.) After we removed the covers the next day and assessed the status of the new growth, it was pretty much a wash. I think that the covers did offer some protection, but the weight of the covers moved by the wind on the tender new growth did significant damage. The second night, when there was a heavy frost, I did not cover the in-ground figs. New growth at ground level was killed outright, but most of the leaves that were higher from the ground survived, although some of the youngest terminal leaves were damaged. Several weeks ago, after an unusually mild winter, my in-ground Mission fig tree broke dormancy and leafed out. A 29F night killed all emerged leaves on the Mission tree. However, it has rebounded, more growth has emerged, and the tree has young, healthy leaves over most of the tree. It would have been better to leave your fig trees dormant as long as possible, but as they say, "hindsight is 20-20"! If the roof of your greenhouse is sturdy and won't be damaged by the fig branches pushing against it a little, I would let the fig trees be. If you think that the greenhouse would be damaged, I would prune the trees back a bit. I suspect that they will endure that indignity better than a freeze. Many of my small potted figs leafed out 1 1/2 mo. ago. I got them through the few frosts since then by trundling them in and out of a storeroom. If potted figs are dormant or even have a few leaves, you can give them a degree of protection in temperatures hovering at the freezing point by keeping them close to a dwelling under a covered deck with open sides or by keeping them under the canopy of a large tree. If the temperature falls much below freezing, though, those measures will not suffice for figs that are not dormant....See MoreHAVE: Free Liriope dug out ready to go
Comments (0)I have about 15 clumps of green Liriope / lilyturf to give away. I dug them out and left in shaded back yard under trees. Please let me know if you like to come get them. I'm in Milton (part of the Alpharetta split out / GA 400 exit 11). If you have any common prolific annuals or others to spare I'll check them out. No trade needed....See MoreTomatoes not ready yet...normal??
Comments (14)My plants look GREAT and there is no signs of a bug or a bird near them what-so-ever! I was just getting worried that everyone else was taking out their plants already for a fall crop and here my spring crop is just coming in!!! I have never had 2 crops of tomatoes before!!! I will have to research on how to use a root cutting to get some more for fall on July 1st! O.k...I think I am ok. then! I was looking today and about 10 of them are turning pink/red, so I think I am doing o.k.!!!???? Part-shade may-be the way to grow maters here!? I have 6 varieties...I have the tags out there but it is too dark for me to go look now..I will get back to you on that! So I can really take root cuttings and plant those in the beds after I take these plant blooming now out??? Any recommendations on what to fertilize the soil with between plantings or when I put the new ones in, being the old ones will have eaten a ton of the nutients! I currrently use....top soil, peat moss, and manure with compost to make up the bedding mix. With some of the pink bottle osmocote from Lowes in the holes when planting! I love the advice, thanks much!...See Moreparty_music50
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