Short answer is that it depends on what types of plants you are planting outside now and what their cold tolerance is.
Good Luck!
Anyone into gardening here?
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sburns
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Sunflowers.... might not have been a good choice, but it's the only thing that works for me...
Dirty Frank
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JS.
My wife was so excited to see her crocuses poking through the dirt and adding some colour to our front flower beds again after a long winter.
2 days later what I'm going to assume was a rabbit came along and ate the heads off every single one of them.
2 days later what I'm going to assume was a rabbit came along and ate the heads off every single one of them.
We moved into a neighbourhood with trees and squirrels.
Wife: "Oh they're so cute"
Squirrel runs off with green tomato
Wife: "&*^&%$^##"
Can't entirely tell. Looks like crab grass. It's hell. Pull it all. Spray with vinegar and soap if you don't want to bend over. It makes tons of seeds and spreads fast. You can get selective chemicals from the states to control it but they are banned in Ontario unless you are a golf course or park. The mind boggles on the stupidity of it all.
I planted a Magnolia tree today and did a half acre of grass seed with a couple yards of triple mix on the problem areas. Will do another acre of seed and triple on Wednesday.
Magnolias are beautiful trees. First to flower on the spring. Nice bright leaves the rest of the season.
Whatever you do, do not rake up the blossoms and leave them in a garbage pail that will get water in it.
They will rot and smell like pig chit. We put them out for collection and they smelled so bad the garbage men wouldn't take them. I had to bury them in the garden.
Even in the paper yard bags they smell if they get wet. I wait until they dry after they fall off. The leaves are also tough and heavy in the fall take up. But worth the work.
Neighbour is giving us a tree from his yard and I'm planning on taking it up to the cottage and planting it up there.
Not sure of the type, but I plan on digging it out tomorrow after work and then finding time to drive it up to the cottage and digging a hole for it.
Anyone know what kind of timeline do I have here? 1 - 2 - 3 days? less? more?
Not sure of the type, but I plan on digging it out tomorrow after work and then finding time to drive it up to the cottage and digging a hole for it.
Anyone know what kind of timeline do I have here? 1 - 2 - 3 days? less? more?
Do you have to dig it up right away? I would prepare the hole at the cottage first if possible. If you have to keep it at home first, cover the root ball with some kind of wrap or garbage bag and keep moist and in the shade.
Yes I need to dig it up tomorrow. Been working putting it off for a few weeks and guys getting edgy.
I’m hoping to get up to the cottage tomorrow night, and then dig a hole at lunch / after work.
So 24hrs at least out of the ground.
I expect it will be far more upset by the transplantation than the time out of the ground. Try to take the biggest ball you can move. If you are transporting it in the wind, try to cover the canopy so it doesn't get battered.
Digging trees up sucks. Good luck. I dug up one cedar that came with my house. They planted it too close to a walkway and it blocked it so I cut it down and then dug up the root ball. Wtf. The root ball was surrounded by a cage of chainlink fence. Presumably that was from the nursery to allow the installer to move it easily via machine. Giant prick when in the ground though. Really puts a hurting on saws. I ended up using an axe for most of the roots. Took me almost a day to make that tree go away.
Spring is a good time to transport trees a couple of weeks ago might have been better.
As GG said make sure to protect the tree from the highway wind blasts. Good luck. Free is good though.
As GG said make sure to protect the tree from the highway wind blasts. Good luck. Free is good though.
Here’s the tree…
That's not too bad. The cedar I fought with was probably 12' with an 8" trunk and armor plated root ball.
Green Meenie
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For what it's worth ... I always make sure I fill the new hole with good soil such as some black earth mixed with peat moss for good hydration. I also sprinkle some bone meal which provides phosphorus, crucial for strong root development. Doesn't hurt to add a little blood meal as well; blood meal is a good source of nitrogen, which promotes healthy foliage and overall plant growth. Hydrate well after planting. Try as best you can not to stress the tree by keeping it moderately hydrated the first year after planting while it establishes itself in it's new home.
Serviced the mower and put on new blades. Cut the back half of the property as it was growing wild with all the rain. Unbelievable how quickly things have changed this spring..
