Oops?
Maybe I shouldn’t have bought so many daffodils.
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That is not a lot of daffodils. I had ~450 blooms this year, which is several hundred less than my peak year.
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NO SUCH THING AS TOO MANY DAFFODILS
OR TULIPS
Or daffodil’s cats sorry so sorry couldn’t stop myself on that one but her cats are really flipping cute
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Ok, maybe the real thing is I shouldn’t have spent so many dollars on daffodils…
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I didn’t actually look at the price of the daffodils I was just surprised when my total came to $330.
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Yes, they are more economical when you buy the bulbs in the fall.
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Here to endorse daffodils and cats.
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The cost of impatience.
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Yes but it’s pandemic money so with the exchange rate to pre pandemic money that’s more like $50? (It’s probably for the best that I’m not an economist.)
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I guess to be fair basically all the money I usually spend on food I just spent on daffodils instead.
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I prefer tulips and hyacinth myself. Probably going to order a bunch this fall, have some holes in my tulips and no hyacinth at all.
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My local store either didn’t have tree spray or didn’t have people who knew what the heck tree spray was. Anyone know anything about spraying fruit trees/what kind of spray to get/where I can order it?
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Depends on what you’re trying to control. There’s like a bazillion different sprays.
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I’m trying to just make sure it fruits and I think someone said I would have to spray it… but I don’t know with what.
I should ask my neighbor, who has an assortment of fruit trees.
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Asking your neighbor is a good idea! In my climate I only have to deal with birds/squirrels making off with fruit so I haven’t had to research anything for the early fruiting stage.
I am thinking it doesn’t really matter in year 1 for sprays, or at any rate, maybe it is too late for it… (?)
You do need to generally spray for things like peach tree borer (or peach twig borer) in some areas, because they will kill your tree right quick. Growing fruit organically is very difficult.
Some sprays like dormant oil must be applied before bud break (so too late for that).
Check your extension website to see if you have IPM updates, we have 2 different services you can sign up for emails for IPM (when to spray and what pests are active when), and I suspect you have the same. It 100% depends on where you are. Our extension monitors for pests so that you don’t have to spray for things that are not active.
With the planting of trees, I think peaches like full sun (my neighbor has 2 trees that are the same age but one has shade part of the day, and the full sun one is much bigger and produces a lot more peaches). Make sure not to plant below the root flair. Do not amend the planting hole with anything (only use native soil to backfill).
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My yard is pretty sunny; no trees yet in the front yard. If I put it SW of my house (my house faces SW-ish) like, 7-10 feet from my house would that be too much shade? I think putting it in the dead center of my yard would look kinda weird.
Baby kale just poking its head up.
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I gotta tell you, it was a struggle not to grab like a million more things. Their brassica starts looked so HEALTHY.
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