Hello my gardening friends! I’m designing an orchard for a nonprofit in the South Puget Sound area. What are your favorite places to get good quality fruit trees (bare root or otherwise)? Anywhere from Bremerton to Puyallup : ) Thanks!
This is my lovely avocado that I started from seed approximately 10 years ago. I can’t remember the exact variety I started it from but I’m pretty sure it was an organic Hass.
For the majority of her life, she’s been in a pot and outside for the spring/summer/fall, and hauled inside for the winter. I planted it outside this year, as it was simply getting too big for indoors in a pot! From the ground it’s about 7-8 feet tall, and 5 feet wide (she lost some height in an accident while moving outdoors). But appears very happy in her new in ground spot, as she’s starting to explode with new growth.
Where I live our winter lows are usually in the mid 30s, but can briefly drop to 15-20 degrees F, which I know is too cold for avocados. But she’s outside and I’m not digging her up, so please help me help my baby through the winter! I know I’ll need to cover the tree during cold snaps, but what’s the best way to do so? Focus on keeping the trunk warm? Try to cover branches too? Blankets? Burlap sacs? Specific materials that work best? Please help because I don’t want this winter to be my avocado trees last one!
Hello there! I recently went picking blueberries 🫐 and I opened one and found a bug inside. There was definitely a more than a handful with this inside. Should I be worried? My toddler loves blueberries but I’m worried they will have bugs inside. Recommendations?
New to gardening, just arrived in Oregon and dug these out while trying to plant herbs. Walnut-sized or a little bigger. They didn’t have any stems or leaves. And they don’t smell particularly like anything, but they do have small roots like the one in the front.
I did some research and learned Hellebore and Heather and winter pansies, but can anyone make some other suggestions? How does lavender do, or calla lillys?
Cherry husky reds, San marzanos, marketmore cucumbers, yellow squash. Located in North Seattle.
It is a random plant that was growing and I’ve just let it grow because I’m curious what it is. It did have a baby lupine in it but that died and this has been growing ever since.
Hi all. I recently moved to an apartment in Seattle with a balcony and I would like to start a mini garden on it. I drew a (shitty) diagram of what I would plant in each bed, and I drew scribbles for transplants and dots for seeds. Do you all think these pairings are okay and will do well in August and going into the fall? I know Seattle has been getting a bit warmer and the winters aren't very harsh.
I have a south facing slope where even the Doug-firs are showing signs of heat stress in the far northwest. I’m wondering what native or nearly native plants people are having success with in well draining full sun areas in western Oregon and maybe even nw California.
In particular I’m wondering how species like Saskatoonberry, mock-orange, and Scouler’s willow do as I find them naturally growing in full sun and thin soil plant communities up here.
Is it just me? The rain, humidity, cooler temperatures, and short growing season. My tomato crop always struggles every year. I used to live in Eastern Washington and Idaho and didnt have this problem.
Edit for clarification: my point is health of plants and productivity as compared to east of the mountains.
I’ve been working quite hard to get rid of a bad case of powdery mildew on my squash plants when I noticed these little bugs the other day. Can anyone tell me what they are, how much damage they might cause and if I should do something to get rid of them? Thanks so much.
And soon I'll be seeding in the fall/winter stuff, but the soil is actually fairly compacted. Thinking about adding an amount of compost/wood chips and rototilling that in. Bad season for tilling, but would be the best way to break up the soil and mix in the compost. Either way that's a tomorrow problem
I added some sedum to my front porch pots this spring, and I really enjoyed them. I'm in zone 7a, what's the best way to keep them over Winter?
Mongolian Giant sunflowers are bigger than I imagined they would be! They are just starting to get flower heads. Next year I won't put them directly in the garden bed. A fun experiment though! There are smaller Mammoth sunflowers in the rest of the bed that are working out well for the bees to nap on the leaves.
Does anyone have good advice for keeping squirrels away? I don’t have a huge garden or anything, just some strawberry plants in a stackable planter on my porch. They weren’t doing well early on so I put them in new soil and they finally recovered but every time they start to look good the squirrels come in and wreak havoc. They’ve ripped entire plants out of my planter. I’ve had to repot and replant the surviving ones multiple times now and I’ve already spent way too much money on these plants for what I’ll ever get out of them lol!
I read about using cayenne and garlic but I don’t want to repel the bees. A chicken wire cage seems like overkill but I’m open to it now if it’s my only option. I figured I’d check in and see if any of you have good suggestions/ideas?Thanks!
Aphids on a pepper plant leaf under a microscope.
I’m in Portland and I’m clearing out plants that have stopped producing so I have space for planting new seeds/starters. I want to focus on flowers for the rest of the year; cut flowers preferably. Any suggestions?
Has anyone really tried milk spray to treat and prevent powdery mildew?
If so, what's your ratio of milk to water and how often do you spray?