The last big sowing of the season
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Just ate last "Black Beauty" mulberry of season
Comments (32)So cool to hear about your nigra orchard Jacky5! A lot has changed with mulberries for me since I started this thread (under my previous name)... I still prefer the taste of BB mulberries, but they are too tart for everyone else in my family. On top of that, they have turned out to lack vigor and productivity for me. All of my attempts to propagate them have failed, including the air layers, which declined over a few years. Now one of my two established trees has died, and the other is unpredictable. So I have turned my efforts to illinois everbearing and similar varieties. They are much easier to propagate, are very vigorous, and I'm hoping productive here as well. Unfortunately my dreams of rows of bush size BB's propagated from my original trees won't become reality, but I'll likely be picking mulberries of some sort through much of the summer in a few years....See MoreWinter sowing did not work for me last year help!!
Comments (21)I would have thought it was your soil also,maybe you started some of them to soon? My first year, I sowed Sun Flowers in December,nota! A few weeks ago, I did about 10 containers of columbines,if our friends here, would not have told me when I sowed them, that they will be the very last to germinate, I may have tossed them, but now I know, I will be babying them well into fall, and they will bloom next year. Don't give up,oh, and I use the 1/2 gallon paper milk cartons, so far, they are my favorite, I cut mine length ways,you will get more seeds in there. Good luck,and have fun. cAROL...See MoreI declare my 2007 winter sowing season over!
Comments (3)Congrats! Good for you. That must feel great. I dumped all but one container a couple weeks ago. The problem is I'm still sowing seeds in extra little pots and old annual six-pack containers. I read that some sow biennials and perennials now so they can bloom the next year, so I decided to give that a try, as well as some ornamental cabbages and kales and pansies for fall. I just can't stop! I need help, lol. My deck looks a LOT better than it did however. I have a mini (and I mean mini) unheated green house with four small shelves on the deck, so that keeps a lot of it out of the way. I do have quite a few pots lining the outside of the deck, but just around the outside, so it is quite an improvement. I think my DH was more than ready to see the lasagna pans go :) Enjoy the fruits of your labor!...See MoreI Didn't Winter Sow Last year...
Comments (3)Randy, I was wondering how the clean-up was progressing, but hesitated to ask 'cause I didn't want to "bring you down" if it was going too slowly....or getting monotonous or depressing. So, is this storm clean-up now your least favorite gardening chore ever, or can you think of something even worse? (How about digging a lily pond by hand...in clay soil....that's a pretty sad and monotonous task, and my least favorite thing I've ever done in the landscape.) I hope you'll winter sow a few things next week. It is always nice to get a head-start on spring, and it sounds like you could use a little break. I'll be winter-sowing some flowers and herbs next week and also starting my tomato and pepper seeds indoors under lights. I am tired of clouds and cold temps. and NEED some sunshine and blue skies....and warmer temperatures! Dawn...See MoreMarkay MD-Zone 7A (8A on new map)
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