new house with enormous yard troubles!
John Kuhn
4 years ago
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New to this and having trouble with berry bushes
Comments (15)thanks Glenn i knew i was taking a risk with these to begin with as i also grow live plants in my fish tanks (my main hobby) so i decided to just get the healthiest looking canes i could find. i did want to go to a local nursery to get plants or order them offline,however i ended up going to walmart instead. If these current plants dont work out how long do i have to replant another set of raspberries/ black berries? as right now only the blackberries show green and only on the bottom half of the cane, the raspberries havent really changed in appearence. they are all in 1x3x3 hole i dug out and i hope to use the fencing as trellis so they act as border plants as well. as for the strawberries mine are in 2 rows of 10 plants each in a rough 15x3x.75 foot bed i dug out a filled up. all of them were bareroot and so far are doing well, half of them were already waking up by the time i planted them so these already have 5-6 leaves and the other half some are starting to wake up and grow. my concern with these is that the bed is just a little lower than the actual ground so my idea was to put a small 6-12" high wood box around the bed, and fill it up and replant the berries so they are elevated. also with the actual cane plants i was wondering if i could also do the same thing sorta like how Larry gene mentioned? thanks for the help guys i really appreciate it!...See MoreOptions for troubled front yard?
Comments (9)Tiemco makes some good suggestions. I've used perennial rye successfully in the past to control erosion and found in mild summers it survives very well. One point I would like to add is regarding the soil conditions. Working in the Atlanta area myself, I've battled our red clay for years. You also mentioned some oaks nearby and moss. Under and near the canopy of large oaks, compacted soil conditions tend to be exaggerated by a few factors. The main factor being that the increased draw on the water from the tree roots creates meniscus pull on the soil particles and draws them together more tightly. That combined with the reduction of water being filtered in due to the canopy of the tree, leaves soil that is much harder to grow grass in. I point this out to emphasize the importance of preparing the soil for growing grass. Fescue turf often gets a bad rap because it is used as a shade grass, and thrown in to conditions like those described above, without the proper soil preparation. Mixing in a few yards of quality compost prior to planting will improve your results for years to come, as it will help prevent the clay from binding up and reducing root function. For some simple tips and helpful photos, I have added the link below, which had an area similar to the one you described. Just click on the pictures for additional information. Also, feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. Here is a link that might be useful: Serenity Lawn Service Facebook tips...See MoreTroubles with new Campanula Carpatica (Blue Clips)
Comments (9)Obviously, I am a massive fan of campanulas....but the clips are annoyingly fleeting and fussy little plants despite the fact that there seem to be absolutely loads of them. I couldn't really say why you are having such bad luck (although August is getting late in the year, even for the supposedly free blooming carpathian bellflowers - I probably wouldn't be counting on another lot of blooms here in the UK). Although they are ubiquitous, please don't give up on bellflowers but next time, try with something like the lovely fairy thimbles (C,cochlearifolia) or the dalmatian bellflower (C.portenschlagiana -I know, it's a swine to pronounce so ask for Birch Hybrid and you will get summat similar) or even better, the deep blue C.pulla. Then you can move on to the taller herbacious campanulas such as the absolutely easy and reliable peach-leafed bellflower (C.persicifolia) and the taller C.latiloba, Siberian bellflower (C,sibirica) and C.latifolia along with a slew of interesting asian types (C. punctata and an interesting white, name escapes me - possibly hoffmannii?) - avoiding the annoyingly rampant C.rapunculoides or C.glomerata). Finally, the stately C.lactiflora and biennial chimney bellflower,(C.pyramidalis) and you will be a campanula convert. Don't beat yourself up for the behaviour of the capricious and over-hyped Blue Clips type....See Moremy 2 new 36' trees in serious trouble
Comments (7)hey steve... i have no clue what to advise you in SoCA ... its a foreign land as far as i am concerned in z5 MI ... lol but i hoped you learned one thing.. buying bug IS NEVER advised ... if budget is a concern ... buy the biggest thing you can get in the car/truck .. and in 5 years time.. it will be bigger than buying big.. and waiting for them to get re-established ... you will pay 1/3 the cost.. and avoid the crane .. and it will be much easier to take care of all the variables .... smaller root ball... smaller hole... etc .... and as noted way back when ... TIMING is everything in transplanting ... do it at the right time ... and you avoid a lot of problems with leaf burn.. etc ... the leaves fell off every single tree in my yard in the last two weeks.. up here its called winter ... cant help you with leaf trouble down in nirvana in winter.. lol .. good luck ken...See MoreRevolutionary Gardens
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