thanks to a very cold winter, many fruiting trees started vegetation very late (now) and escaped -8 degree cold 2 weeks ago so, this year we will have walnuts, mulberries and others it applies to many decorative plants that escaped late frost by starting vegetation later than in previous years
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Anonymous05/13/26(Wed)16:44:42
>>2868543 Besides physical barriers and spike strips, also look up what other plants to pair them with that deter pests and even those that improve the health of fruit trees. Rats are less likely to try to chew through metal wire if there something nearby irritating their eyes and noses.
I put peppermint, lavender, rosemary, and basil around my deck patio and the feral cats aren't hanging out under there anymore. And I recently found a lot of rat shit in a outdoor storage chest, so hopefully they won't come back either. All these herbs can be easily propagated, so I'll be putting them around all my bushes and trees too.
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Anonymous05/13/26(Wed)18:20:21
So is this the thread to ask about lawn care? I was thinking of overseeding my front yard because it looks like shit.
>Prickly pear cactus (Opuntia spp.) species range from hardy to USDA Zone 3b, with many, like O. humifusa, surviving freezing temperatures down to Zone 4 (-30°F). They thrive in full sun and well-drained, sandy, or rocky soil. Essential care requires minimal water, and while they shrivel in winter, they recover in spring. >Cold Tolerance: Many species, particularly Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly Pear) and Opuntia polyacantha (Plains Prickly Pear), are extremely cold-hardy, withstanding significant snowfall and sub-zero temperatures. >>2868578 I'm so mad at the Chipmunks and Squirrels right now
>>2868586 >So is this the thread to ask about lawn care? Maybe.
>I was thinking of overseeding my front yard because it looks like shit. I overseeded without doing proper research. Now I'm cursed with bermuda randomly popping up.
Your front yard probably looks like shit because of shit soil. If the bad spots used to have anthills on them you have to dig those spots up and refill with good soil. Ants literally know how to make mini concrete bricks by mixing clay and sand, which makes it hard for grass roots to penetrate.
And buy the lawn pogo stick, which is superior to aerator spikes and core aerator. Makes it easier to put in sod plugs of grasses that have no seeds like St. Augustine. And makes it easy to work in good soil; pull out 3"x3" plugs of mediocre soil, sprinkle good soil in, and grass should cover it up quickly.
Sprinkle in clover seeds because their roots are strong and grow 18-24 inches deep, which break up compacted soil allowing weaker grass roots to grow deeper in future seasons. While you wait they'll at least cover bare spots and can survive mowing and foot traffic. You'll just have to use clover safe weed killer or start weeding by hand.
Worst case you or someone else used too much weed killer and/or fertilizer and you'll have to wait.
>>2868617 >I'm so mad at the Chipmunks and Squirrels right now I just remembered realistic rubber snakes, owls, and birds of prey can scare rodents, but you have to move them around once in awhile.
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Anonymous05/14/26(Thu)06:13:04
>>2868621 My house is old and we have had it for 5 years and the front has always looked bad. I was thinking of just hiring some Mexicans to do core aeration as that's about the same cost as renting a unit to do it myself in my area. After that likely overseeding with a tall fescue mix because I need cool weather grass that also has some moderate wear resistance and drought tolerance. I figure I will overseed at the end of summer and then try to keep on top of fertilizing it next year and hope for the best.
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Anonymous05/14/26(Thu)07:56:24
Fuck snails. That is all
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Anonymous05/14/26(Thu)15:08:14
>>2868625 You should sprinkle in compost or manure into those core aeration holes.
Make sure to locate utilities before work starts. My comcast coax cable wasn't even buried 6" likes it supposed to be. It's literally sitting ontop of the soil.
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Anonymous05/14/26(Thu)20:27:46
>>2868578 Last year rabbits ate some of my marigolds to the ground and then built a nest underneath a lavender plant. They just don't care.
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Anonymous05/14/26(Thu)23:19:24
The plants have been out in the green house for about a week. But there's a cooler spell starting tomorrow, so I'll have to bring them in at night for at least 5 days. Sunday won't be warm enough to even bother putting them outside.
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Anonymous05/14/26(Thu)23:23:50
bruhs the weather has been absolutely dogshit in ny
>Cabbage is a highly hardy, cool-season biennial that easily withstands light frosts (28-32) and, once established, can endure temperatures as low as (15-20) >>2868621 Imma go with the fake owl and snakes then.
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)01:35:01
>>2868648 Oh that's a pretty good idea, I'll try to remember that. All my utilities save water are from a pole.
I forgot about my ginger and it started growing so I put it into a potting mix about 2 weeks ago, anyone has any experience growing it? Can I plant it outside or will it just rot during wet, cool nights we get here?
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)12:59:48
>>2868716 You have to tell us where you live anon. Wet and cool relative to what?
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)13:01:59
>>2868718 Central Europe Nights below 10 C are pretty common even in summer, it can even dip to about 5 C at times and it's decently rainy here with clay soil that holds moisture well
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)13:53:25
>2 of the new honeyberries out of 8 seem to be dead That was the worst storm season we've ever had probably, just storms literally every other day. At least one was a repeat so I still have 5 different varieties, maybe they'll bounce back but no new growth in a couple weeks.
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)13:56:02
>>2868667 best you can do for rabbits is plant decoy plants.
>>2868737 After Now that I terminated winter rye I just need to till in compost and I can start planting summer crops
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)18:19:26
>>2868727 So fucking jelly of hot weather chads My cukes are still 2 inches tall
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)18:22:20
>>2868736 >>2868737 >>2868738 you garden pics are my favorite. that said, that isn't how you terminate rye. You wait for it's "flowers" to pop, then your crimp them at the base. at least in theory.
>You wait for it's "flowers" to pop Flowers did start to pop up, it's just hard to see on the photos since they are still pretty small because this spring is cold and I seeded late last season
>crimp them at the base I don't have anything to crimp with so I just use lawnmower and rake after which seems to work well enough
>>2868741 I don't like tarping, takes a long time in cool weather like mine and you lose out on fresh greens for the compost pile
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)18:48:58
>>2868744 those are some healthy looking leeks do you always do it like that and does it require lots of watering i havent frequented this thread in many many years so sorry if dont regocnize youre yard but i like it
>>2868746 >healthy looking leeks do you always do it like that It's winter garlic actually and I only do this if I'm testing new cultivars against each other to ensure apples to apples comparison or if I don't have a good garlic spot to plant in that won't be disturbed or shaded by something else from November to July next year which can happen if I want to change a big chunk of my growing space like building this tomato netting last year, anything in there would have been trampled This year I'm testing two new cultivars "Ornak" and "Cyryl" against my best performing "Lubasza" I started using exclusively last year after it outperformed "Harnaś" I've been using before under all conditions I have tested them in
>does it require lots of watering Yeah, it does, pretty much every day if it's hot and sunny I started automating container watering last year and it does help a lot
Don't apologize anon, you don't have to know everyone that frequents this general
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)20:46:40
Hi /hgm/. I recently acquired a 1 acre property and started a garden with a couple raised beds. I have almost zero experience with growing things but was hoping to grow vegetables to be more self sufficient in the kitchen. I hadn't done much research into it and just kinda threw a whole tray of Spinach starters into half of one of the beds... What I didn't realize is that they had overseeded the trays and when I transplanted them all I was actually transplanting 3-4 plants into each spot. I started to research more and realized my mistake, but at this point I don't know if it's too late to fix it. All of the spinach is growing, albeit slowly, but it's also yellowing and I suspect it's from the overcrowding. Is it too late to thin them out at this point? Since summer heat will be coming soon to my zone, I'm not sure if it will make any difference.
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Anonymous05/15/26(Fri)20:56:12
>>2868752 It's so unreal for me to see other gardens that aren't infested by 5+ invasive species.
Several below freezing nights coming up including -4C Monday night. My grow lights are still setup so I'll just bring everything inside until Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)00:24:27
what weed killer do you niggas use? im the only one on my street that has dandelions covering the front lawn
>>2868779 The city I live in is extremely communist and started a movement to not mow at all during May and coupled with how much they hate lawn care in general there has been an enormous boom of weeds city wide. Next year I'm going to load my lawn up with pre emergent because this lawn of dandelions shit is awful. I also grow a butterfly/bee garden in between the sidewalk and road because I hate one of my neighbors.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)01:38:54
>>2868782 based city you should grow more "weeds" and let them outcompete your stupid grass
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)02:07:42
>>2868783 No it's fine, dandelion front yards look like shit and make it hard to do things like play with children in them. I'll mow my lawn, use fertilizer, herbicides, pesticides, and water it. It will look amazing while everyone else has shit and is proud of their race to the bottom.
Remember to do your part and only grow pre-colonial plants.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)04:20:28
>>2868793 I really need to start taking screenshots of the people crying about how we need to plant native or the ecosystem will collapse in two more weeks You can't even imagine some of these creatures
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)04:20:29
>>2868758 >Is it too late to thin them out at this point? Experiment and learn. Thin some and see if it helps. Yellowing could also be from soggy soil or lack of nutrients in soil, if you just filled the beds with regular dirt lying around.
>>2868787 >No it's fine, dandelion front yards look like shit and make it hard to do things like play with children in them. I prefer nice thick privacy hedges when playing with children in my yard.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)05:19:09
>>2868793 I only grow invasive natives like black locust.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)05:23:37
>>2868793 I'm planting pawpaws in Europe. Cry about it.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)05:55:39
>>2868787 >and make it hard to do things like play with children in them Are your dandelions 7 feet tall or something?
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)06:19:22
>>2868802 They have out competed the shade tolerant grass and now there is mostly dandelions in half of the front. They don't feel good underfoot with so many combined with a fir tree it makes for a unpleasant time.
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)11:34:51
brehbrehs i cant wait until i can finally plant my annonas and bananas in my new house. bless you zone 9a. im going to abuse the no frost loophole to grow so many tropicals >>2868617 tastes like watermeloné. the seeds are bigger and the fruits are smaller but the flavor is stronger
>>2868793 I encourage native planting but there is nothing wrong with planting non-invasive non-natives. KBG can suck my dick though, rhizomatic bastard
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)18:48:10
>>2868827 >non-invasive non-natives I'm pretty sure invasive just means non-native
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)19:01:08
>>2868851 NTA but as far as I understood, not all non-natives are invasive at the very least, if there's no risk of them spreading without human intervention keeping them in check (or if human intervention is required just to keep them alive) then it's not really a cause for concern in the same way as kudzu etc
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Anonymous05/16/26(Sat)23:44:08
>>2868852 From what I understand the designation just means it's not part of the local ecosystem and therefore a risk to the food chain, but sometimes that's catastrophically harmful and sometimes it does nothing at all. Kudzu is actually not that serious compared to a lot of invasive fish and insects that completely wipe out similar/equivalent natives. This terminology gets confusing because it means native has to be really specific to your local regional ecosystem and even "native" plants (from your country) can be invasive in the wrong region, especially in a large place like America.
People like using invasive to mean aggressive spreader, which falls apart because some natives are extremely aggressive too and some invasive pioneer plants appear aggressive at first but are fairly harmless in the long term. The issue is often less that something like wineberry is an aggressive spreader, but that it likes to grow in the same conditions as local blackberries and could displace them, and displacing something from its native range often means extinction. It's still perfectly edible and provides nectar and pollen and protects the soil, so not that different from nature's perspective. There's also a bias towards familiarity because some invasions are inevitable natural selection, like fireweed and lambsquarter spread basically everywhere long ago. Dandelions are now present everywhere when they weren't a few hundred years ago, but could that have really been prevented?
This is a more complex topic than some people make it out to be, but the term invasive itself is not. All non-natives are invasive if they're growing in the wild in a place they don't belong. They're invading! The fact that most of them are unfixable/unpreventable/not-even-that-harmful is why a lot of eradication projects were dropped in modern times. Autumn olive and kudzu are here to stay.
Winds have really been whipping the hell out of all my plants. Lost a lot of blooms to gusts.
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Anonymous05/17/26(Sun)05:27:57
>>2868617 don't plant that shit anywhere near agricultural land it's a massive pain in the arse >>2868631 r34
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Anonymous05/17/26(Sun)05:32:27
>>2868719 ginger foliage dies back overwinter when it's that cold but it'll regrow just fine dig some sand into your soil though, the rhizomes rot easily in clay
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Anonymous05/17/26(Sun)18:49:03
Shitcago, zone 5b. Not even growing anything yet aside from already established stuff (strawberry, blueberry, golden raspberry, black chokeberry, chuck berry). Question is about hot pepper. What conditions yields the hottest? I understand genetics is a huge influence, and I'm too lazy to min max soil ph and nutrients. However, what I have read is that stressed plants will be hotter. Less water and so on. I haven't even germinated any seeds, so I might get a plug of something bushy that can grow in a 5 gal like thai Birdseye or whatever I can find at me-nards. So, stress them out to get hotter, or water them like I'm going to have to build an arc?