Need Gardening HELP Please

[helsonwheels]

WOW quite the setup Helene! Does everything goes into the garden?

Yes all of them will go. But I do a lot of “straight seeds” into the garden. Like my carrots, zucchini which I tried inside as you see grows too fast, leeks, beets, chard, fave beans... I also do plant shallots. Love them more than onions. This year I’ll only plant just a couple of potatoes in them green bags.

Can’t wait to move in a few years. I’m looking for my cottage along a lake but I want minimum one (and more) acreage so I can plant all my veggies for my winter months, need a good size greenhouse and a few chickens for my eggs..I’m a “city girl” but like my tranquility.

 

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[MENTION=15310]helsonwheels[/MENTION] here’s a gardening question for you. I moved into my house end of September 2017 and the previous owner was a huge gardener. I pulled a bunch of stuff up so I can start my own gardening/plants but her stuff just keeps popping up (strawberries, garlic, lilies for example). Is there any way to actually stop them from coming back year after year?


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[cefe13]

@helsonwheels here’s a gardening question for you. I moved into my house end of September 2017 and the previous owner was a huge gardener. I pulled a bunch of stuff up so I can start my own gardening/plants but her stuff just keeps popping up (strawberries, garlic, lilies for example). Is there any way to actually stop them from coming back year after year?


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I would guess you need to dig up all roots to get rid of the previous plants - pulling them up might not be enough. You might need to change soil too.

 

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I would guess you need to dig up all roots to get rid of the previous plants - pulling them up might not be enough. You might need to change soil too.

I should clarify...I didn’t just pull them up, I used a shovel to dig them up by the roots. Maybe it’s just a process and something I have to do more than once.


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[cefe13]

I should clarify...I didn’t just pull them up, I used a shovel to dig them up by the roots. Maybe it’s just a process and something I have to do more than once.


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OK! Some plants are stubborn

 

[helsonwheels]

[MENTION=15310]helsonwheels[/MENTION] here’s a gardening question for you. I moved into my house end of September 2017 and the previous owner was a huge gardener. I pulled a bunch of stuff up so I can start my own gardening/plants but her stuff just keeps popping up (strawberries, garlic, lilies for example). Is there any way to actually stop them from coming back year after year?
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You’re not digging deep enough but what’s odd is garlic usually never regrows unless you plant the bulb end of the fall season. Like [MENTION=9875]cefe13[/MENTION] mentioned strawberries don’t have a long root n lilies. When you say you dug with a shovel, how deep did you go? You need to go a good 2’.

 

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You’re not digging deep enough but what’s odd is garlic usually never regrows unless you plant the bulb end of the fall season. Like [MENTION=9875]cefe13[/MENTION] mentioned strawberries don’t have a long root n lilies. When you say you dug with a shovel, how deep did you go? You need to go a good 2’.

I did not go 2 feet. I dug and just pulled the plant up with the roots. I know strawberries spread very easily. I’m assuming it’s garlic that’s coming up cause that’s what it was last year. And I’m not exactly sure the kind of lily but they’re super tall. The other day is when I noticed them coming up again. Once it stops raining I’ll get out there and dig them all up again and go deeper.


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[helsonwheels]

Sadly Citty you need to dig deep without breaking the roots or they will come back. Your lilies, what like of flower was it? You have a pic? I have a funny feeling it’s day lilies.

 

[Cbrugs]

Sadly Citty you need to dig deep without breaking the roots or they will come back. Your lilies, what like of flower was it? You have a pic? I have a funny feeling it’s day lilies.

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Not the first picture, something closer to the second pic. They’re just now sprouting through the ground but last year they got fairly tall.


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[helsonwheels]

Not the first picture, something closer to the second pic. They’re just now sprouting through the ground but last year they got fairly tall.

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Why don’t you just dig around them a good foot to grab the whole thing n transplant them elsewhere or divide it into 2 parts? You can even cut these flowers for the house. Plant them in a good sunny area. I recall when I was young 20ish....I always wanted a flower garden n couldn’t afford all the flowers I loved. I would go dig them out from people ‘s garden. Yes I asked first lol... that’s how I learned so much about gardening. I for sure went through all sorts of issues but keep learning from my errors. Why I got a green thumb today. I never destroyed any plants, I always used them throughout the garden or simply plant what I didn’t want on the other side of a fence.

 

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Why don’t you just dig around them a good foot to grab the whole thing n transplant them elsewhere or divide it into 2 parts? You can even cut these flowers for the house. Plant them in a good sunny area. I recall when I was young 20ish....I always wanted a flower garden n couldn’t afford all the flowers I loved. I would go dig them out from people ‘s garden. Yes I asked first lol... that’s how I learned so much about gardening. I for sure went through all sorts of issues but keep learning from my errors. Why I got a green thumb today. I never destroyed any plants, I always used them throughout the garden or simply plant what I didn’t want on the other side of a fence.

I don’t mind the Lily’s so much as the strawberries. The strawberries cover half of my yard. I did want to try planting a hydrangea where the lily’s are.


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[helsonwheels]

I don’t mind the Lily’s so much as the strawberries. The strawberries cover half of my yard. I did want to try planting a hydrangea where the lily’s are.
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Remove the lilies n plant them elsewhere. For the strawberries, yes if half your yard is only that you’ll need to dig them out or rent yourself a rototiller to turn the earth which that will ripe all roots for sure. Then you just have to pick up the roots n discard them. Landscaping is not an easy job but great exercise.

 

[sisters3]

Yes all of them will go. But I do a lot of “straight seeds” into the garden. Like my carrots, zucchini which I tried inside as you see grows too fast, leeks, beets, chard, fave beans... I also do plant shallots. Love them more than onions. This year I’ll only plant just a couple of potatoes in them green bags.

Can’t wait to move in a few years. I’m looking for my cottage along a lake but I want minimum one (and more) acreage so I can plant all my veggies for my winter months, need a good size greenhouse and a few chickens for my eggs..I’m a “city girl” but like my tranquility.

Omg sounds like a dream! Oh and I adore shallots! Can’t wait to see pics of your garden! I can envision your future cottage too!

Oh, I want to purchase the fertilizer food for when I re-pot my seedlings. I saw this one in an article https://www.amazon.com/Neptunes-Har...ro-20&linkId=3dde486a7d13a9c25d07382ca1e7e11b

Thoughts?? I've read that once I re-pot the babies I should begin feeding......

 

[helsonwheels]

Omg sounds like a dream! Oh and I adore shallots! Can’t wait to see pics of your garden! I can envision your future cottage too!

Oh, I want to purchase the fertilizer food for when I re-pot my seedlings. I saw this one in an article https://www.amazon.com/Neptunes-Har...ro-20&linkId=3dde486a7d13a9c25d07382ca1e7e11b

Thoughts?? I've read that once I re-pot the babies I should begin feeding......

I only stick to good old fashion fertilizer like my grandpa was chicken manure. Man his tomatoes were massive. I do like shrimp fertilizer too. But bare in mine it all depends on the soil of YOUR garden. You might need a fertilizer that’s completely different. Basically if you have a good solid root, your plant will thrive. For tomatoes, you can buy a tomato fertilizer.

 

[sisters3]

I only stick to good old fashion fertilizer like my grandpa was chicken manure. Man his tomatoes were massive. I do like shrimp fertilizer too. But bare in mine it all depends on the soil of YOUR garden. You might need a fertilizer that’s completely different. Basically if you have a good solid root, your plant will thrive. For tomatoes, you can buy a tomato fertilizer.

Thanks Helene! My tomatoes are going into grow bags this year so I will purchase good soil. All that I've read says that I should start feeding the seedlings after the first (2) sets of true leaves BEFORE planting outside. One with the N, the P, and the K......