I’ve been offered a goji bush in a 14" pot that’s either 3-4’ tall or 14" tall (I asked about size an initially got back: 14" height is aout 10". The response to my follow-up question was: I think it was 3 to 4 ft high. The branches hand over and spread. 14".
I called and they didn’t answer, so, it’s small or not-so-small, and has produced berries before.)
Does anyone have any experience with these? The internet suggests they are typically grown in containers or it looks like planted in the ground very young. Would it be a good idea to plant it in the ground when it is more established? Will it be able to over-winter if planted in the ground? If I keep it in the container, would it need to be brought in for the winter? Is there anything else I should be thinking about regarding the plant?
HTbF has a new friend who just moved to town. She’s renting in a house with a giant garden. Nobody who lives there has any gardening knowledge. We’re now part-time owners. We spent 3 hours in her amazing raised beds today, weeding and setting up some seeds and starts. So much sun! Waist-high beds! Worms out the wazoo!
I’ve never been jealous of someone’s worms before.
All the little baby turnips are popping up this morning, and quite a few of the rutabagas as well. We are going to have greens coming out our ears, and then we will have roots afterward.
A bigger, milder, slightly harder turnip. Keeps better; you can overwinter then in a root cellar. I think it was bred from turnips, actually. Greens are edible (like the turnip). It takes longer to grow. You might call it a Swede instead. The Scots call them neeps.
Help, I’m lost in a never ending line of pears (and apples?) to get cross pollination. Each pear lists another that will fertilise it, but when I go to that pear, pear2 needs pear3 to pollinate it, and so on. Is this true, or is it just because garden stores aren’t listing all possible cross pollinators? Do I need half a dozen pears? Should I accept that the pear at the end of the line (according to the garden store websites) will be unproductive?
Any pairs of varieties with an open square (in this case) are compatible, so in the case of the varieties shown here, there are only a few that are not.
Apple cross pollination charts should be even easier to find. Example:
You may also want to just check bloom times, so that they are somewhat overlapping. There should also be charts showing this as well, eg:
Here’s another example of a good source, if you click through there is info on pears, apples, and cherries (varieties suitable for the Pacific northwest US though). This site shows lists instead of charts, and I suspect that it’s because it’s matching bloom time (so early pollinators aren’t paired with late pollinators even though they may technically be compatible):
Here’s my yard progress picture! Trying to get as much space to grow as cheaply as possible in my concrete square, hence the creative raised beds situation .
Any tips on keeping things (probably squirrels, possibly also feral cats) from digging dang holes? They sometimes seem to be just digging to dig, sometimes do seem to target plants but I think it’s mostly random. Last fall I also lost my one likely butternut squash to some toothy jerk who gnawed bits of it off, then gnawed it off the vine. Anything I can do to deter besides covering everything in nets (which doesn’t really seem practical). I’m kind of hoping that as things grow up more they may just not be as interested when there isn’t so much wide open inviting dirt .
Yeah, we don’t have a sunny indoor spot for plants that is also catproof, so I’ve never tried this. I guess I could stick them under the grow light in our building’s basement?
It is finally warm enough for me to start placing tomato plants briefly outside for hardening off.
I’m grateful to be working from home; this is a huge problem every year, finding an hour or 2 of sunlight when it’s not cold and not raining AND I am home to run them back inside after.
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