For some reason whenever we try to grow strawberries they don't do to well here

Is it because of our climate/environment

Can I improve it somehow

Strawberries are usually like weeds. What state are you in?

Anyone have any experience with edible/medicinal mushroom cultivation?

I've helped my mom grow some in logs before. I think they where morales?

Not sure if anyone has posted this guy's videos before, even as an urban farmer in Canada he does quite well and has some great tips. My husband and I have been enjoying them.... https://youtu.be/neqT2bruHwI

First lil red potato of this crop!! It’s so cute I had to share!

Spuds! 😃

Spuds! 😀

Spuds! 😀

@Olivia M Looks fantastic!

Ok. Really excited about this. Not gardening related per say, but anyone use one? Our yard only ironically for Florida needs mowing 5 times a month. Bought some corn seeds while there. Have had some decent success with that.

@Olivia M and I will soon be pulling Winter crops. Back before citrus became king, Central FL did grow cotton, corn, tobacco even etc. Tried cotton, seeds came from Oregon and think were duds. I like to keep garden natural and how it would have been for a settler minus watering. Just no farmland around here anymore and enjoy growing crops you see further North of here.

Corn is hit or miss.

I tried one of those. I never figured it out. In show's about the 50s they always show dads pushing them around like they are going for a stroll. I tried and tried but it either didn't cut, or it jammed up.

I see people in our historic districts use them all the time, grass always looks good, but every one I see isn't painted. So different brand for sure and they are bigger.

@Algrin "Bailey" Bagley - PA You just set it high, and go slow. And then lower it a little bit and cut again to the length you like. Then you best make sure to cut twice a week to keep it that way.

Push...pull back...push...pull back. Kinda like mopping, for that first cut 😛

It's a lot of work, good exercise. You learn fast why gas mowers became so popular lol

Ug. Twice a week? How about twice a month? Mabye I'll I give it another chance. @Phillip Wiglesworth - FL

Wednesday’s and Saturdays...welcome to living old school 😂

Our potatoes are popping up! Grabbed a few for dinner! Exciting!

@Olivia M#0852 I grew a quarter acre of reds and blues once!

Nice! I’m just amped that I was able to do it in FL of all places

Is the soil not conducive to it down there?

The heat is more so the issue I think. But sweet potatoes do great - they love the heat.

What are you guys growing now? I got blueberry bushes for my birthday!

What kind of climate do you live in?

Zone 7ish.

Lol

Ahh im dumb MD

Oof

Well, if you have a fence along your property, jasmine is always a great choice

Gravy.

I don’t own it. These are going in large box planters and relocating when we move. We’re hoping to buy a property in the next year.

Does anyone need help planting their garden?

I need tricks for keeping seedlings from wilting over

What kind of plant?

Well cucumber seeds but also growing pine trees. The pine tree seedlings seem to get wilt over quite quickly

I'm not sure about cucumber but you need to grow the pine tree seedlings indoors until they are between 6 and 12 inches tall.

Yea they wilt over after a week of sprouting

I bought a grow light and it worked better

But now they get fried too. Maybe I shouldn’t use the heat matte

The needles get fried

Cinnamon helped with wilt over to an extent

One per pot. Water frequently and make sure your soil pH isn't messed up. You can buy test strips at any garden store.

It has to be very acidic I’m assuming. I have one per a pot. I don’t let them dry out so I don’t think it’s an underwatering issue.
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I’ve done this for a couple of years but only managed to get a handful out of hundreds.
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I’m thinking maybe I should use a different soil type even though they recommend vermiculite and peatmoss

It should be 5.5 to 7 unless your trees call for something else.

Ah ok

Could it be damping off disease?

Sterilize your equipment and get fresh potting soil if so.

@therealmissesgreen-MD yes that is it, and cinnamon kills the disease. However, even with fresh potting soil and clean containers it seems to happen. The stems choke off near the roots

Boo, sorry! I can never win between leggy seedlings and damping off.

Neutral soil- too much fertilizer will fry the little things.(hopefully you don't use chemicals but...)

Also move the lamps away from your seedlings you could be burning them

Use the hand test- not too hot or too cold

It could be a few things but it's usually the little easy things that get you...

Oh yeah!!! Don't over water and almost more importantly make sure you have a fan circulating air around the seedling and the soil

This will aerate the soil keeping anaerobic bacteria at bay as well as help create a stronger stem

(Don't create a hurricane around the poor bugger but you get the point)

I bought a Japanese maple and it looks like it’s dying. I’m not sure how to treat it if I’m even able to save the tree.

My wife says it may be too much sun, just leave it there and it will adapt.

Has it been at a Home Depot or a garden center of some sort?

I didn't even realize this garden server was here! Awesome

I was told to try Ortho Fungicide. But it was purchased at a local nursery.

Don't use fungicides!!!

Fungus plays a very important part in the soil food web and messing with it is just asking for problems

It’s consumed my tree so fast, I’m afraid whatever this is will take over the entire tree in the next week or two.

Japanese maples are supposed to be a hardy tree. 🙄 I’m now nervous about planting the rest of our shrubs and flowers. Ughh lol

It's honestly probably just heat

It doesn't look like anything fungal to me, nor does it look like a nutrient deficiency

It doesn't look like anything is eating it either

What does the rest of the plant look like? If it's even all over like that I'd have to agree with Alfred up there- probably too much sun

@MaryJuneVoss - SC#2855 do you use chemical fertilizers? The more I look at it it looks burned(like a chemical kind of burn)

@MaryJuneVoss - SC That top picture is sunburn. No question.

@MaryJuneVoss - SC give it some miracle grow and it will perk right up. The problem is the roots have not adjusted yet and are not naturalizing into the soil. Looks like not enough water as well

Reeeee don't poison your soil with that garbage

It’s done wonders for my Pine and fir trees

How often do you have to feed it?

It literally kills everything in your soil so you have to keep using their chemicals

It may as well be named "miracle soil sterilizer"

Well to get them established, I would water them with it every other week for 2 years. It’s at my parents and they were able to become established and they do fine on their own now

I didn’t know that but I haven’t had any problems, maybe that’s how I have had problems growing seedlings then

Like less than an inch tall

Yeah man it messes with the soil food web big time

If I didn’t use it on all those trees I planted they would have died like the ones my dad planted haha

I suppose your right

Oh

But the soil was clay anyway, so it isn’t idealistic to grow in

Most soil has clay in it. If you feel the need to feed the soil something just make some compost tea or something

Feed the soil not the plants...

Seriously though all these plants did fine for years without us

Yea, I’m impatient