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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 20, 2021 0:37:29 GMT -5
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Post by Shawn on Jun 20, 2021 4:57:12 GMT -5
They are all growing so nicely. Do you find any birds or animals bothering them?
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Post by Sher on Jun 20, 2021 5:30:59 GMT -5
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jun 20, 2021 9:36:53 GMT -5
They are all growing so nicely. Do you find any birds or animals bothering them? No issues with animals, birds, or slugs yet. I've seen a lot of different bugs in the barrels (spiders, ants, wood lice, etc) but nothing that would harm the plants. |
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Post by Shawn on Jun 20, 2021 12:12:46 GMT -5
That is great!
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jul 2, 2021 21:34:39 GMT -5
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Jul 15, 2021 13:33:00 GMT -5
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Post by Sher on Jul 15, 2021 15:04:57 GMT -5
WOW!!!  |
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 3, 2021 11:20:59 GMT -5
There are definitely a couple flowers now! There's also dozens of ground cherries, none ripe yet.  |
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Post by Sher on Aug 3, 2021 12:05:04 GMT -5
ERR0R1755, that is such a great way to garden. You won't need to fertilize for years!
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Aug 3, 2021 12:20:13 GMT -5
ERR0R1755, that is such a great way to garden. You won't need to fertilize for years! And it's very cheap, too! I bought potting soil (without fertilizer) at $12/bag, and each barrel uses roughly 3/4th of a bag at the top. Everything else was free. (barrel, logs, food scraps, woodchips) I haven't used any fertilizers on these barrels, I haven't had to water them, and they're 3ft tall so I don't have to bend down to work with them  |
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Post by Shawn on Aug 3, 2021 17:52:52 GMT -5
THey are really pretty flowers and YAY on the ground cherries
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Post by ERR0R1755 on Oct 22, 2021 22:36:38 GMT -5
This was a success! I got over a hundred ground cherries just from the one plant. Some of them were hard to get to as the french marigolds started to overshadow the ground cherry plant, so in the future I think I would try a shorter/understory flower (such as clover) alongside the ground cherries. I threw some of the ground cherries around the garden, so hopefully they will reseed themselves next year. I thought I had posted more pictures here, but apparently I didn't. So here's a picture of a bumblebee and a (very active) moth.   |
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Post by Sher on Oct 22, 2021 23:07:36 GMT -5
Congratulations on your success! And the photos are gorgeous.
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Post by Shawn on Oct 23, 2021 8:09:01 GMT -5
Nice photo and congrats on the huge harvest of Ground Cherries
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