I found a bag of potatoes in the basement frig that had turned to sprouts. I’d already planted my chosen varieties, so I threw them in the compost pile — whole. Do I need to dig them out and cut them in pieces, or will they eventually decompose?
I planted a lot of sunflowers (mixed variety) because Diana told me to. They are up about 4 inches. I think that ALL of those seeds sprouted. They were in a medium that just looked like bran — very few seeds. The seeds did not even look like sunflower seeds, just shriveled kernals. There must have been more seeds than I thought in the mix because they are really coming up thick.
The box said nothing about thinning them, or what the final distance should be for the seedlings. I’m going to have a sunflower jungle to go with my tomato jungle.
An article I read at lunch today on sunflowers said “plant 5 seeds and thin to three” — again no spacing suggested. I probably have 50-60 healthy seedlings. I can transplant some, but these little plants are barely an inch apart. The are predicted to be 3 - 10 feet tall (mixed varieties). They are in one of the perimeter beds around my veggie garden.
Any suggestions?
Another question: (Have I used up my limit for the week yet?)
I also planted one of those “roll out butterfly gardens” where the seeds are embedded in a matt. Again, everything sprouted. Should I try to thin out those plants. I have no idea what they are, except a lot of them are seeds that Diana recommends for her “Beneficial Bug Mix”. They are very close together, and I cannot imagine that they will grow well that way. And I see Oxalis in there. You all know how I feel about Oxalis (false shamrock).
I guess you never heard of the "RETURN OF THE KILLER POTATOES" a saga set in the wilds of Wisconsin? Actually they could produce a bumper crop of I-De-Hos best so relax and enjoy the ride. It was a grueling day here on the Vast Bender Estate as we are 3 or 4 weeks behind and while my live-in gardener keeps going like the Energizer Wabbit and I got stuck with a defective battery pack and the warranty has expired according to the French talking Tech guy in New Dehli. Spent a hour at the Church checking out the lawn sprinkler system which consists of 3 electronic controllers operating 24 valves needed due to the extremely low water pressure over there...