I have a couple gardening issues that I have to deal with in the next 3 days. Basically I thought I’d have more time between spring and summer semesters to get this stuff done but I only have a week and ended up with dental surgery that knocked me on my ass and now I have no time.
I need to move two lilacs. They’re only 2 years old. One is thriving and the other is not (they’re only about 10’ away from each other - I have no idea why they’re growing so differently). I have never transplanted anything other than hostas and I doubt that a 2-year old lilac is as robust as a hosta. What is the best way to get them out of the ground without killing them?
I started veggies in a Burpee kit and it’s definitely time for them to go in the ground. This is where time is a problem. The space where I was going to put them has never been prepared for anything. It’s rocky and covered with grass and/or moss. I’m not sure I can get it cleaned up and ready for vegetables in time. Would it be better to grow them in pots? I have grown beets in pots with success but I have never grown these other veggies at all. I have carrots, peas, beets, cucumbers, zucchini, pickling cucumbers. How big should the pot be? How far apart should the seedlings be? Do I need to do anything special with the soil?
As for the peas, cucumbers, zucchini, pickling cucumbers, they should do well in pots. The peas and cucumbers need some sort of trellis or support for them to climb up a bit. A tomato cage might work or put the pot near the fence and let them grow on that. I would say a 12 in diameter pot at a foot deep would probably be Ok for those plants. Mine are growing up a section of no-climb that I appropriated from a friend who was rearranging her paddocks. I would probably use a bigger pot for the zucchini plant depending on the variety. They can get pretty big. I use one pot for each full grown plant. I really like Kellogg’s brand potting soil. They have one for raised beds and containers and another called “patio plus”. I have used both with good results.
I don’t know about beets or carrots in pots. I planted mine in raised beds that were about a foot deep. The carrots (short variety) were fine, the cat dug up the beets, so I don’t know about those.
Perfect! Thank you! I’m not worried about losing flowers next year since They haven’t flowered at all yet. I planted them as twigs so I probably have a few more years to go before I get flowers.
I thought we had an ongoing gardening thread but I can’t find it so I hope it’s okay that I use this one instead of starting yet another thread for my issues/questions. If mods or the OP would prefer I use a different thread or start a new one let me know.
I have 3 pineapple plants that I have repotted a couple times, they are huge now. I do not want to plant them in the ground because I am stil deciding on how to arrange my garden and I don’t want to commit to putting them in one spot. I think it’s time to repot and I wonder if it would be better to go with a pot that is wider instead of taller. Only one of these has ever produced a pineapple but it stayed small and never attempted to eat it. They are edible pineapple plants, I bought them as distressed plants at Lowe’s and was quite happy that they have not only lived but thrived, which is why I am afraid to mess with them too much since I usually have a brown thumb and don’t want to piss them off.
Also, when I do repot them can I put some kind of weed fabric around it? Their pots seem to attract weeds and because they are all prickly and pokey I don’t much like weeding them. I did have little pebbles around the base of the plant but it did not stop the weeds.
I have aloe and purple queen growing in a cutout are in my driveway. I want to use the spot for something else but I don’t want to just kill the plants so I want to try potting them. Will this work and how best to pot these plants. I’ve seen purple queen in hanging baskets so I think that might work for it but since aloe is a succulent would it prefer a more shallow, wide pot?