Summer gardening
What plants are you growing this year, or do you have in your garden?
Do you typically buy from the nursery or start from seed?
I’m also curious if you have any recommendations for plants that are low-maintenance, productive, and/or perennials.
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I’m currently growing tomatoes, peas, rattlesnake pole beans, sun chokes, green onions, zucchini, lettuce, kale, beets (kind of. I just threw some seeds in a pot and overcrowded them), marigolds and sunflowers.
I also grew spinach earlier in the season, but my spinach always bolts before I can get any sizeable harvest. All I get are more seeds!0 -
Basil only.
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@ttify said:
What plants are you growing this year, or do you have in your garden?Do you typically buy from the nursery or start from seed?
I’m also curious if you have any recommendations for plants that are low-maintenance, productive, and/or perennials.
I want to start growing something, not sure where to start.
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Strawberries, Raspberries, Garlic, tomato and cucumber.
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@Alexsolo said:
I want to start growing something, not sure where to start.
See if you can get your hands on seeds or plants for your favourite veg/fruit, although I'm not sure what would be good to start now at the end of June (and with it being so hot). If you like green onions or herbs like basil, you can get some from the store and regrow/propagate them to get the fastest harvest. That's what I did with mine.
You can also try growing some stuff as the summer starts to cool for a fall crop. I'd recommend lettuce, radish, and spinach for beginner gardeners because they grow quickly and it's more rewarding, but I personally have trouble getting any radish harvests, too, even though they're supposed to be easy to grow. You can also eat the baby radish pods like peas if your radish ends up going to seed.
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@G225 code IRSGE said:
Strawberries, Raspberries, Garlic, tomato and cucumber.I have strawberry and raspberry plants too that were gifted to us last year. Didn't get any strawberries last year and only 5 raspberries but both plants have grown in size and I can already see the berries forming already. Hopefully, they don't get eaten by a bunny.
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Strawberries are great. I have lots of them. After 3-4 years they won't produce much so I remove all the plants but new ones will grow and the next 4 year cycle restarts!
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Menthe is easy to grow.
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I have tomatoes, strawberries, and beans. Pretty easy to keep them going for the season although there's some staking or support needed for the beans and tomatoes
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@Mark123_2024 said:
Menthe is easy to grow.Yes, a bit too easy, haha. My dad grew some in the ground instead of a container, and it has spread quite a lot. I had harvested some, ripped the leaves off the stems and used the stems as compost, but that was a mistake because they started new plants.
What do you use your mint for? So far, I've made some drinks with them, used them as garnish, and my dad has cooked eggs with them as if they were vegetables (instead of herbs). I'm looking for more uses as vegetables.
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@Alaris said:
I have tomatoes, strawberries, and beans. Pretty easy to keep them going for the season although there's some staking or support needed for the beans and tomatoesYes, I like how low effort they are. I picked up some cut-off tree branches at the park to use as a stake so I could train my pole beans up to my porch rails. I'm hoping to get a whole net of beans this year and maybe even create a shaded section of my porch!
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I am trying with herbs inside because I don't have a garden but without too much success
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@FizzyFizz JQMPM said:
I am trying with herbs inside because I don't have a garden but without too much successWhat kind of herbs are you growing? Maybe you can move them to a balcony if you have one.
I'm thinking of getting some sage from the grocery store and propagating it into my own plant.0 -
@ttify said:
@FizzyFizz JQMPM said:
I am trying with herbs inside because I don't have a garden but without too much successWhat kind of herbs are you growing? Maybe you can move them to a balcony if you have one.
I'm thinking of getting some sage from the grocery store and propagating it into my own plant.Basil, sage, rosemary and mint. Basil's too hard to grow inside it seems. Mint is fine. Sage and rosemary, let's see. I'm not that optimistic. Unfortunately I don't have a balcony.
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@FizzyFizz JQMPM said:
@ttify said:
@FizzyFizz JQMPM said:
I am trying with herbs inside because I don't have a garden but without too much successWhat kind of herbs are you growing? Maybe you can move them to a balcony if you have one.
I'm thinking of getting some sage from the grocery store and propagating it into my own plant.Basil, sage, rosemary and mint. Basil's too hard to grow inside it seems. Mint is fine. Sage and rosemary, let's see. I'm not that optimistic. Unfortunately I don't have a balcony.
Yeah, I've noticed that basil loves the sun and heat. The plants that I have bought didn't survive long indoors.
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@ttify said:
@FizzyFizz JQMPM said:
@ttify said:
@FizzyFizz JQMPM said:
I am trying with herbs inside because I don't have a garden but without too much successWhat kind of herbs are you growing? Maybe you can move them to a balcony if you have one.
I'm thinking of getting some sage from the grocery store and propagating it into my own plant.Basil, sage, rosemary and mint. Basil's too hard to grow inside it seems. Mint is fine. Sage and rosemary, let's see. I'm not that optimistic. Unfortunately I don't have a balcony.
Yeah, I've noticed that basil loves the sun and heat. The plants that I have bought didn't survive long indoors.
The dill and parsley are ok too.
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@ttify said:
@Alexsolo said:
I want to start growing something, not sure where to start.
See if you can get your hands on seeds or plants for your favourite veg/fruit, although I'm not sure what would be good to start now at the end of June (and with it being so hot). If you like green onions or herbs like basil, you can get some from the store and regrow/propagate them to get the fastest harvest. That's what I did with mine.
You can also try growing some stuff as the summer starts to cool for a fall crop. I'd recommend lettuce, radish, and spinach for beginner gardeners because they grow quickly and it's more rewarding, but I personally have trouble getting any radish harvests, too, even though they're supposed to be easy to grow. You can also eat the baby radish pods like peas if your radish ends up going to seed.
Ill try that! Thanks for the recommendations.
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