Blooming Idiots the Sequel

[seen2much]

This thread is for those people who love to garden whether planting or viewing.  In the old forum we posted pics of our flowers and if anyone had any gardening questions we tried to help.  It was opened to anyone who wanted to come and visit or offer tips or maybe answer a question posted by another person. 

Gardening is my therapy 

[seen2much]

Dahlia


Asiatic Lily


Ice Plant


Bleeding Heart Vine


Coriopsis

[mcgonser]

Welcome aboard SeeN: Glad to see you. Great pics

[mageepet]

Charisma Rose

[mageepet]

Charisma Rose

[Bo D]

I have a very small raised bed garden plot. So small that all I have room for is about 7 or 8 tomato plants. So naturally I have to plant in the same spot every year. Does anyone have a cure for nematodes?

[mageepet]

I don't know how I got that same post up there twice!

[seen2much]

Hi Bo D,  your question sent me running to Google and then to one of my gardening sites.  I posted a link below that should help you.  For those of us that don't have any idea what a Nematoad is, there is a good description of what it is.  I hope this helps. Others may have had first hand experience with their control and can give you further insight.

http://cestanislaus.ucdavis.edu/files/227.htm

[mcgonser]

I don't know how I got that same post up there twice!

Just gifted I guess magee! 

[Bo D]

Hi Bo D,  your question sent me running to Google and then to one of my gardening sites.  I posted a link below that should help you.  For those of us that don't have any idea what a Nematoad is, there is a good description of what it is.  I hope this helps. Others may have had first hand experience with their control and can give you further insight.

http://cestanislaus.ucdavis.edu/files/227.htm

Thanks!!!!!!! But the primary advice in your link called for fallowing for one, preferably two, years! I don't know if I can go without tomatoes for that long!

I read somewhere that using crab meal helps. Has anyone ever heard of that?

[mcgonser]

Bo, could you put your tomatoes in pots for the 2 years and let the ground fallow. You could put the pots in the same spot, just not in the ground. or around the yard wherever you have room. I do alot of pot gardening now. It is easier on my back.

[Freethinker]

I picked up a couple of cool-looking plants yesterday called Sun Parasol... suppose to bloom all summer. Hope so!

Here's a link to what they look like:

http://www.sunparasol.net/gardeners-varieties/originalgroup/darkred1.html

[mageepet]

Are yours dark red like that?  Those are really pretty!  The flower kind of reminds me of a balloon flower, (I believe that is what it is called.)  Be sure and take pics of it!

[Freethinker]

Yes... a couple of deep reds... Hope I can find my little trellis... It may have disappeared into moving hell, though.

[mageepet]

Damn moving hell