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Misc Gardening Thread

Any Banana plant growers on here ? I have several. The artic blast we got in December knocked them all down. Even my Basjoo's that are very cold hardy. All well established corms so I hope they all bounce back in spring. My Basjoo's ,during mild winters , provides instant tropical foliage in Feburary and March . 6-10 foot stalks will begin to push out leaves early in Spring. Will be ground up this Spring.
 
BHAMWX said:
Avocado, Coffee,& Pinapple ? In NC? You have a greenhouse ?
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The plan is to get a greenhouse. I have them inside my house currently. They are really beautiful plants which is why I held off on the greenhouse for now. If your having trouble with Banana plants, consider getting a Grand Nain. I have one in my house and it will only reach 6-8 feet and it's really sweet.
 
severestorm said:
The plan is to get a greenhouse. I have them inside my house currently. They are really beautiful plants which is why I held off on the greenhouse for now. If your having trouble with Banana plants, consider getting a Grand Nain. I have one in my house and it will only reach 6-8 feet and it's really sweet.
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All my Bananas are outside in ground. Established several years now but this recent cold snap is rare so I have to cross my fingers and hold my breath . I have Basjoo's, Saba, Black Thia, and Giant Yunan. Have had and lost Raja,Blu Java, and Giant Napal. I have a few groves with 75 + stalks last year when I did a quick count. Grand Nain is the commercial chiquita varity banana, correct ? I threw a grocery store bought Avocado seed in the ground last year for the fun of it. It grew to about a foot tall and Fall killed it off. I grew Carolina Reaper peppers one year outside. Beautiful ornimentals when full of peppers ,not to mention, the fun taking them to work and watching my idiot co-workers attempt to eat them. I may get some more this year to grow just for ornimentals. I may try coffee . Take it inside when cool weather approcahes.
 
BHAMWX said:
All my Bananas are outside in ground. Established several years now but this recent cold snap is rare so I have to cross my fingers and hold my breath . I have Basjoo's, Saba, Black Thia, and Giant Yunan. Have had and lost Raja,Blu Java, and Giant Napal. I have a few groves with 75 + stalks last year when I did a quick count. Grand Nain is the commercial chiquita varity banana, correct ? I threw a grocery store bought Avocado seed in the ground last year for the fun of it. It grew to about a foot tall and Fall killed it off. I grew Carolina Reaper peppers one year outside. Beautiful ornimentals when full of peppers ,not to mention, the fun taking them to work and watching my idiot co-workers attempt to eat them. I may get some more this year to grow just for ornimentals. I may try coffee . Take it inside when cool weather approcahes.
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Yup your right about the Chiquita. That's the only plant that was the shortest, but apparently it tastes better than the commercial grown ones, well see. it's on it's 10th leaf now. The peppers sound like a great idea! How did your Blu Java taste? I heard good things about that one.
 
I’ve always wanted to plant a pomegranate and a pineapple guava plant. The arboretum in Raleigh had a 25 year old mature guava plant that would have ripe fruit in the fall. Loved to pick it. It’s rated zone 8 a . Lowes was selling them once
 
severestorm said:
Yup your right about the Chiquita. That's the only plant that was the shortest, but apparently it tastes better than the commercial grown ones, well see. it's on it's 10th leaf now. The peppers sound like a great idea! How did your Blu Java taste? I heard good things about that one.
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Well, the Blu Java got 12-15 feet ( it got freaking huge with a massive trunk) tall but never produced before winter killed it off the first or second year. I did not plant and protect the corm well enough. My Bajoo's produce hands of fruit every year but they are inedible. I guess my growing season is not long enough for my Saba to produce. My Saba is a Plaintain and comes back every year. The only reason my Basjoo's produce fruit is becasue the stalks survive the mild winters, go doremant, and pick up where they left off the previous season. Once the stalk fruits, they die. My single stalk Raja & Napal fruited the first year and then they were goners. Neither pushed up any babies before fruiting. My Yunan is becoming invasive. I'm digging up runners and throwing them in the front entrance of my neighborhood. Parts of it is just over grown weeds so I'm going to liven it up a bit with tropical plants.
 
Lickdork said:
I’ve always wanted to plant a pomegranate and a pineapple guava plant. The arboretum in Raleigh had a 25 year old mature guava plant that would have ripe fruit in the fall. Loved to pick it. It’s rated zone 8 a . Lowes was selling them once
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My wife purchased a Pineapple plant from the big box store. Fruit was about the size of a softball. I replanted it and put it outside. It did well all summer but I could not judge the ripeness of it. It just up and rotted one day. I was planning to pick it and allow the grandkids enjoy it. You get into some of these tropical plants ,its hard to keep them alive in our SE zones unless you keep them indoors and know how to care for them.
 
All of my Azalea leaves are brown, and my tea olive leaves are gone, from that worthless cold snap in December.
 
J.C. said:
All of my Azalea leaves are brown, and my tea olive leaves are gone, from that worthless cold snap in December.
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Hey, mine too. I'm hoping my Azalea's are still alive. Mine are newly planted in the third year. Going to be pee'd off if they were killed and have to start over with new plants.
 
J.C. said:
All of my Azalea leaves are brown, and my tea olive leaves are gone, from that worthless cold snap in December.
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I lost a good bit of my garlic crop. It usually can handle down to 10 but that one morning was too much.
 
BHAMWX said:
Cool! It should produce big time once summer hits.
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Honestly, it has been producing all winter under the grow light. The downside is whatever type this plant it produces small peppers. They are delicious, but not the best for poppers.
 
Ready to get my sunsweet tomato plants going ! We’re great and produced through October! Small yellow/orange grape tomato, very sweet! Can’t plant until June! ????
 
BHAMWX said:
We have some wild garlic growing . When can you harvest garlic?
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I usually plant in October and harvest in late April. The bottom few leaves start to dry and and then stalk will get thick and harder when it’s ready.
 
EmersonGA said:
I usually plant in October and harvest in late April. The bottom few leaves start to dry and and then stalk will get thick and harder when it’s ready.
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We had someone see it growing on our property and asked my mom for some. Its on acreage. I went to dig it up and it did not look like it does in the grocery stores. I think it was early spring and was not mature yet. I wanted some for myself too. I will remember April time frame. Its on a rattle snake infested part of our property we do not normally keep cut. I will keep it cut and accessible to at least the end of summer this year. I love garlic.
 
BHAMWX said:
Hey, mine too. I'm hoping my Azalea's are still alive. Mine are newly planted in the third year. Going to be pee'd off if they were killed and have to start over with new plants.
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Yes, i have some two year in the ground Azaleas that have many brown leaves. Not a good sign. Thanks to that worthless cold snap in December.
 
weatherfide said:
Yes, i have some two year in the ground Azaleas that have many brown leaves. Not a good sign. Thanks to that worthless cold snap in December.
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They should be fine. They are very tough! I’d be surprised/ shocked, if they didn’t start pushing out new growth in the spring, maybe even in the next few weeks!
Take your fingernail and scrape along a random stem, if the cambium layer just under the bark is green, it’s still alive and well!
 
NCSNOW said:
How bout our Vidalia's. When will they be coming up the hwy. April maybe with the warm wx? I can eat em raw they so good
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My grandfather would eat Vidalia sandwich with mayo. Back in the 70's I remember him talking about Vidalia onions and was big score if you got your hands on some. I think way before they started marketing the onion.
 
J.C. said:
Wow! I don't know that I can ever recall seeing one, I knew they were here, but damn there one is.
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I had used the wood to make things and seen a lot of black locust but these are a first. Mountain folk made home brew with the pods so I might have to try that in the fall.
 
J.C. said:
All of my Azalea leaves are brown, and my tea olive leaves are gone, from that worthless cold snap in December.
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I have 19 tea olives (1 1/2 years old) .Lost all their leaves-saw very tiny green buds this week.I'm in hardiness zone 7a-I got down to about 8 degrees during that cold snap.Might want to be patient a little longer with them.Beautiful shrub.Good luck
 
bamafan56 said:
I have 19 tea olives (1 1/2 years old) .Lost all their leaves-saw very tiny green buds this week.I'm in hardiness zone 7a-I got down to about 8 degrees during that cold snap.Might want to be patient a little longer with them.Beautiful shrub.Good luck
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We had he same deal with ours over here (we hit 3.9) and of the large number of them, all of them defoliated entirely except for some reason one shrub out of all of them kept one green leaf. We have yet to see buds on them yet but we know they're still alive.
 
bamafan56 said:
I have 19 tea olives (1 1/2 years old) .Lost all their leaves-saw very tiny green buds this week.I'm in hardiness zone 7a-I got down to about 8 degrees during that cold snap.Might want to be patient a little longer with them.Beautiful shrub.Good luck
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Well that is certainly good news, makes me feel a little more optimistic about it coming back.
 
EmersonGA said:
I had used the wood to make things and seen a lot of black locust but these are a first. Mountain folk made home brew with the pods so I might have to try that in the fall.
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I almost feel like you have to at this point, I mean why not if you can home brew.
 
Just finished digging up and disposing of my Pampas grass after 15 years. Good riddance! Beautiful plant but hell to clean up after. I will never own it again unless I can strike a match to it every winter or spring. Kept it intact and drug it to the road (several pieces) with a chain and the crap is all over the yard. Will become my neighbors problem once the wind gets a hold of it.
 
I've got a lot of seedlings growing in the woods. It's overgrown, so the majority aren't in optimal spots/won't make it very long.

Does anyone have any experience transplanting/selling seedlings from the woods? I'm thinking I may as well give them a chance and maybe make some cash on the side too.

I've read that you need to be careful putting them in direct sun right away etc. And also the method of the larger ones having their roots broken in the fall before the actual transplant, but I am thinking I will stick to the new seedling growth first.. so the smaller guys without a deep taproot etc.

The types are cedars, pines, maples, etc. Basic Southern stuff. Some Holly too, which I am very fond of.
 
Shawn said:
I've got a lot of seedlings growing in the woods. It's overgrown, so the majority aren't in optimal spots/won't make it very long.

Does anyone have any experience transplanting/selling seedlings from the woods? I'm thinking I may as well give them a chance and maybe make some cash on the side too.

I've read that you need to be careful putting them in direct sun right away etc. And also the method of the larger ones having their roots broken in the fall before the actual transplant, but I am thinking I will stick to the new seedling growth first.. so the smaller guys without a deep taproot etc.

The types are cedars, pines, maples, etc. Basic Southern stuff. Some Holly too, which I am very fond of.
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I've had some luck but I would recommend taking as much of the soil from around them that you can. Be diligent with water too.
 
Shawn said:
I've got a lot of seedlings growing in the woods. It's overgrown, so the majority aren't in optimal spots/won't make it very long.

Does anyone have any experience transplanting/selling seedlings from the woods? I'm thinking I may as well give them a chance and maybe make some cash on the side too.

I've read that you need to be careful putting them in direct sun right away etc. And also the method of the larger ones having their roots broken in the fall before the actual transplant, but I am thinking I will stick to the new seedling growth first.. so the smaller guys without a deep taproot etc.

The types are cedars, pines, maples, etc. Basic Southern stuff. Some Holly too, which I am very fond of.
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If you transplant in winter, it’s your best bet with little seedlings , up to full size bushes. 98% of plants transplant best when dormant
 
Has anyone used Deer Busters heavy duty fencing? Wondering how it actually holds up over time IRL vs what they claim on their site.
www.deerbusters.com

7.5' x 330' Heavy Duty with Reinforced Bottom Edge

If deer and small rodents are entering gardens and causing crop damage, then you need this 7' tall deer fence with rodent protection. This poly deer fence is a reliable rodent barrier for all wildlife.
www.deerbusters.com www.deerbusters.com
 
tractor girl said:
Has anyone used Deer Busters heavy duty fencing? Wondering how it actually holds up over time IRL vs what they claim on their site.
www.deerbusters.com

7.5' x 330' Heavy Duty with Reinforced Bottom Edge

If deer and small rodents are entering gardens and causing crop damage, then you need this 7' tall deer fence with rodent protection. This poly deer fence is a reliable rodent barrier for all wildlife.
www.deerbusters.com www.deerbusters.com
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Meh .... looks very weak and easy for rabbits and groundhogs to get under.
 
tractor girl said:
Has anyone used Deer Busters heavy duty fencing? Wondering how it actually holds up over time IRL vs what they claim on their site.
www.deerbusters.com

7.5' x 330' Heavy Duty with Reinforced Bottom Edge

If deer and small rodents are entering gardens and causing crop damage, then you need this 7' tall deer fence with rodent protection. This poly deer fence is a reliable rodent barrier for all wildlife.
www.deerbusters.com www.deerbusters.com
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Deer can leap an 8’ fence in a single bound!
 
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