Posted on 05/18/2019 6:44:12 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
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Here is an oddity: I by whole celery at the market and when I have used the stalks, I plant the stump in the garden. First, I score the bottom with a knife. About two out of five stumps grow enough for me to get something again.
I am wondering, if I leave the immature stalks in the center standing when I replant, if they will mature to full size. Anyone know?
This works for whole lettuces bought, too.
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I don’t see why not! I would leave the leaves on those inner stalks; once air and sunlight hit them, they should grow.
They’re always kind of yellow, though - direct sunlight might burn them. Maybe try that in a shady spot, first?
We’re swamped with asparagus, probably due to the rain, rain, rain.
We’re headed to the local Farmers Market this morning. Plenty of plants for sale, Mennonites and their wagons, local friends...
I think they are yellow because they were crowded out and never got any sunlight! Will try this technique this year with some replanted buttercrunch lettuce, which can be bought whole.
One worry that I have, worrier that I am, is that whatever the plants have picked up from the previous soil, (in Mexico, etc) will be transported to my own garden system. But, heck, I am eating the plant, anyway....
Thanks, Diana!
Neat. I’ve never tried that, but why waste it? Good idea!
okay sort of off topic but I watched a you tube video on how to get those huge trailing hanging baskets and one of the tricks is to use a 20-20-20 fertilizer...anybody have an exp with this??
Newbie question.
Several years ago I planted an herb garden in a sunny corner near the house. Rosemary, thyme, sage and oregano. They grew beautiful but had no flavor or even good smell. In fact they all tasted the same. Little dirt.
Wondering if anyone knows what I did wrong.
Did you plant from seeds? Sometimes, the desired seeds never sprout and something else comes up that is cared for like it was the correct plant because the ‘newbie’ gardener isn’t familiar with the appearance of the young plants.
I have seen people grow ‘high heaven trees thinking they were maples, crazy as it sounds.
Part of gardening is the constant learning and then relying on experience.
No. They were farm stand plants. And we’re fragrant when they first went in.
Well, I am stumped. Might want to ask someone else to see if they can smell the scents from the herbs. Good luck!
Excellent.
My father did that all the time in Chicago. He had a beautiful backyard garden. He bought the hydroponic lettuce that was marked down, usually 4 cents a head, slice off the top and plant the stem with the roots. He grew whole new heads. Our market just pitches them so I haven’t done that myself.
I’m thinking they cross pollinated and lost their original qualities.
Not a gardening plant but I found this violet today. We are in the woods for the most part in west Michigan. We have many wild violets, the purple, lighter blue, yellow, white, a white with a purple center and this one, spotted today, never seen before in the 35 years we have had the property. Right up by the house at the base of the bird bath. I am thinking it is a hinky cross between the purple and the white. Have looked all over the internet at violet pictures and can't find anything like it. The whole patch looks like this.
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