Post #1, I planted mine more than 3 weeks more like 6 weeks and some plants have nothing, but I can tell they are not dead.
For some seeds or seedlings, the soil has to be a certain temp. Outside, some will just sit and wait. Last few years, I had started with the little seed pots inside, in a window with lots of sun through the day, but didn’t know the nighttime cool was stressing them. No luck. This is especially when it’s a little starter pack. There isn’t the insulation of lots more soil around them.
I’ve already noted the issue with my portable bed is that it dries out sooner than a bed on the ground or containers on the ground or some solid surface. Freaking learning curves…
Well it rained hard last night, all my plants are happy.
We SO need rain!
OMG, I just bought a pineapple sage plant last night out of curiosity! Tell me some ways I can use the leaves! What kind of baking do you use them in???
First plant trip to the flower/garden store last night. Should have all my herbs planted tonight and a window box or two. Hanging basket shopping this weekend (if they are not too picked over - I usually wait till the week after Mother’s Day so they can restock).
I think I"m going to have to replace two knockout roses - 2 straight winters of frigid cold seems to have done them in. Not a sign of any green on them - think it’s ok to pronounce them DOA?? I’m in zone 6.
I don’t DOA them too fast. Cut them back and consider a diluted feeding. Also, are they in enough direct sun?
Yes, I just bought a knockout rose yesterday to replace the one I lost. My others all have lots of signs of life. I also bought a dappled willow shrub to plant where I took out some stella d’oro lillies that I moved because they needed more sun.
I don’t do my boxes and pots until Memorial Day weekend.
We desperately need rain, too. Can’t believe it after the awful winter and early spring we’ve had.
They are already cut pretty low. One of them especially struggled even last year. I think this years winter just put it out of its misery!
A question for those who grow lettuce: how do you harvest it to promote growth? Last year I would pick a few leaves off each plant, but that didn’t seem to be terribly effective in promoting growth. I was thinking that this year, I would just cut off the top off each plant. Would that work?
By the way, for those of you who like to get an early start on tomatoes: I highly recommend this product called Wall o Water. It’s a plastic plant protector. I put in my plants in late March – and I live in Colorado! [And expect snow tomorrow 
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I cut the whole thing, if it survives after that then I’m ok otherwise I’m off to planting other vegetable. I have problem with space and not the other way around.
I planted a lilac years ago which used to bloom nicely, but unfortunately our neighbor’s Norway Maple puts it completely in the shade now. Every time we have a windstorm I hope that darn tree will fall down! It sheds it’s leaves and nuts all over our yard as well as giving us a bunch of unwanted shade. I’m so cross with my contractors, I really want to work on my garden, but the guy with the backhoe is on vacation and I know he’ll bump into anything I plant when they finally get around to ripping up the driveway so I can put in a plastic grass paver system.
The sun is finally out here. I think it’s going to be a nice day. I went out and visit mom’s corner where I have rhododendron(not azealea) for husband’s mom and little Buddha for my mom. The blue crystal flowers and white vincas combination is so peaceful. It’s definite beautiful early in the morning here, the birds are singing/chirping, the garden smells just wonderful, I’m humming in my head the song " morning has broken" (by Cat Stevens I think).
I hope I get to do some planting today. Happy Mother’s Day!
5 inches of heavy snow. Massive tree damage. Fate of tomatoes and peonies unknown as yet. Rose bush probably a gonner. I assume so is my lettuce. Currently 31 degrees. Sigh.
Where are you, katliamom??
Denver?
Late snow sucks for gardens.
Goodness, katliamom!! No kidding. I would be so upset! Your rose should be ok if the roots and bigger branches did not freeze to the core. But your tender lettuce is gone, I’m afraid.
Indeed, Denver. Our second in a row snow on mother’s day. I had cut back the rose late last fall and it was just starting to grow back. Still holding out hope for tomatoes which I had in wall o water protectors and covered.
That’s brutal. Hope it warms up soon.
Friends in South Dakota report that they had over a foot of snow on Saturday. Yikes!!!
Back to the container garden. One success with the seeds; JALAPENO!!! The little sucker finally emerged from the seed cup on Friday. It took three weeks!!! Thanks to BunsenBurner for her words advising patience. Thinking now that I have to be as adroit as George Clooney in the “ER” to care for this lone survivor from my first round of seed planting.
Don’t call it lone survivor, I think they are just starting to come out. For vegetables, the germination period is about 4 weeks. For flowers, about 8 weeks.
We finally got some much needed rain yesterday. The seedlings I repotted last week are doing really well.