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Amending a garden bed with clay like soil
Comments (15)Hi Janice! Some ideas: 1. You CAN do a lasagne bed & plant in it now - (you'd have to remove your existing plants first) - just "build it", then "cut" the holes into it, add some soil or compost to the holes when you plant the plant into it, and voila! Several people on this forum have said that they've done this (prior to the lasagne bed decomposing) w/success. :) 2. Consider using STRAW as a mulch - w/ or w/o the other mulch you may use - straw is great organic matter and decomposes fairly quickly, and according to several posters on this forum, is pretty darn close to an ideal OM addition and/or mulch. 3. One thing to consider is that some bagged compost (although almost any compost is better than no compost) has less organic matter than others - e.g. a poster here pointed out that the "composted manure" (which I buy b/c there's no alternative @ garden center) that I buy has less OM than a vegetative-based (grass & leaves etc) compost has. 4. Another source for compost - check out your local municipalities - my County dump (which is different than my town recycling center) has FREE compost (made from leaves & grass clippings that other residents dump off), and I really like it too! 5. Do you have access to leaves? These are a great organic matter addition. Some use shredded leaves as a wonderful mulch that disappears into the soil and feeds the soil microbes. I added tons of whole leaves to my bed last year (w/some dried blood), and added a few worms this spring, and of course added compost & mulch, and we have tons of happy worms now :) Hope this helps, All the Best, Tree...See MoreMen Who Like 'Flowers'
Comments (83)Have been growing all types of plants and flowers since I was a young boy. It has been my lifetime passion and profession. Flowers do not threaten my masculinity! Here is a picture of me at 9 yrs old. This picture was taken 51 years ago! I would ride my bicycle to an orchid range that wasn't too far from my home and buy plants with money saved from birthdays and Christmas. Found some old papers in my desk and in the folder were my report cards saved by my parents from elementary school - one teacher wrote in the comment section that I was extremely good at talking about plants while giving a book report, but I really needed to expand my horizons! So I did - horticulturally!!...See MoreIm gonna start a gallica bed anyone like Belle de crecy?
Comments (14)A suggestion. Own-root Gallicas can be planted in the following manner to limit the uncontrolled spread of suckers: Purchase one of those large 32 gallon plastic garbage buckets (cheap Home Despot type, usually under $20), and cut the bottom out of it. Don't just punch holes - cut the whole bottom out. Discard the lid; you don't need that. Dig a hole large enough to accommodate the plastic bucket so that only 3 inches of it remains above the soil line. The idea is that you will bury the bucket and refill it with soil and then plant your rose in it, effectively creating a deep root barrier. Suckers don't generally travel more than a foot below the soil line, so with three feet of plastic barrier below ground, you are almost guaranteed to keep the rose restricted to a defined perimeter. It is a highly-recommended practice when dealing with certain varieties of Gallica! (Including the aforementioned "Chuck-The-Aggressor", 'Belle de Crecy', and perhaps worse than Chuck, 'La Belle Sultane') Fifteen years ago I planted 'Charles de Mills' in the garden and that plant now occupies dozens of square meters of space. Seriously....it has now spread to a diameter of approximately 24 X 30 feet and still spreading. Nothing will stop it now except a strong herbicide. Make no mistake, the Gallicas are still my favorite roses of all, but I do believe they are best kept on a short leash. You've been warned!...See MoreI would like to share some pictures of my new hosta bed...
Comments (28)ella - what a lovely space you created! To help keep the soil in good shape you'll need to add organic matter yearly. Compost spread as mulch in late fall topped with irregular wood chips has worked well for our beds. I reach into the beds in spring using whatever tool is handy to be sure the mulch is pulled back from the plants, but don't dare step into the beds because the soil is just too soft & wet. Slug control is 3 pronged - sluggo type bait, hunt & remove when soil is moist, & also spray with ammonia water... Repeat. Repeat. Especially vigilant late summer to get all the adults possible and in early spring spray often with the ammonia water to get in & around emerging hostas to prevent damage. You're right that Burgundy Glow ajuga spreads less vigorously than Bronze Beauty, but in my 9 month wet climate still spreads fairly well. --3 Burg. Glow bareroot starts from a plant swap this April -- poor soil mulched with coarse wood chips around stepping stones across a low area in part shade became 30+ by now in August spreading out 3 feet square! --spring planted Bronze Beauty 12" apart on center by the next spring was solid around stepping stones, hose reel, etc. That patch is easily 4 feet x 6 feet up & over each other so that not all even rooted just runners spread. Easy care for that area when stepped upon & an easy source of countless starts for other gardens. In another area about 10 runners removed & planted became 3 feet x 6 feet in a year's time growing over pathway rocks toward stepping stones in the middle of the path. If you keep an eye on it & remove the excess runners your hosta will be safe. Otherwise the ajuga will over run & shoot runners between stems & even into the crown. Since the biggest growth spurt is in late spring I just snip the runners in early summer before they root. I am running out of new garden space and friends who don't have their own ajuga patch....See More- 5 years ago
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