About a month ago I planted a mix of around 20 healthy mexican fan palm seeds, canary date palms, and dragon palms seeds in a clean container, about 1-2cm below the surface, in 2 parts peatmoss 1 part sand. I water every second day, enough that it is wet on the surface, and not soaked, and the soil is mostly dry by the next watering. 3 weeks later, none of the seeds have appeared to sprout. I keep them in a warm environment beside a closed window with no dry radiator heat.

Right when I was ready to throw them all out, I read that the seeds may take up to a month to sprout, so I gave them one last chance. One week later I noticed how finally, two of the mexican fan palms sprouted just about about the surface, even though there was no sign on the seeds beforehand.

Only problem is -- the sprouts appear to go so deep into the soil I cannot even dig down deep enough and reach the end, without disrupting the other seeds. I researched online as to what could be the problem, but to no avail. Should I do something? I feel I should transplant the sprouted seeds before it is too late..

Hello everyone, I'm here to share a YouTube channel that still has a small audience but explains very well how to take care of our little plants. The guy is Portuguese but thanks to him I managed to save my Calathea Musaica and I hope I can help you with this post! 😃 Here's the channel link https://youtube.com/@bicho_do_mato?si=jYkrm8CR8hYy8qSc

Is this an acceptable location for a garden? As you can tell, the house is pretty well populated with trees?

I’ve had a garden in the back yard and it’s been interesting, with a small plot getting sun most the day.

Hello lovely gardeners!

I have extremely limited space for gardening so I choose my vegetables for this year very carefully which means that I ended up with a bit more space than I anticipated. I got some cucumber seeds that I would like to grow indoors under a heat lap.

Since cucumbers have shallow roots, is it really necessary that I plant them in 18l (5 gallon) pots? Can I use a smaller pot and simply use my homemade fertilizer once or twice a week? I am going to put them in a mix of homemade compost and potting soil. What is the smallest pot in which I can successfully grow Julian F1 cucumbers?

Edit: I feel like I am just deluding myself and I should get some big pots but the question still stands, what is the size that will give me successful results?

How do you deal with pests living in mulch?
As soon as I started mulching my containers were invaded by an army of ants. There was also an increase in other insects too but the ants were out of control... They occupied every big-leaved green plant and sucked them dry.
Also had a lot of issues with those leaf-burrowing worms that left squiggles in the leaves...

Should I just not mulch if it's so attractive to pests? It's so hot and dry here it seems silly not to use mulch

I'm from Portugal and I'm gardening for 2 years now and still can't find the answer for this question. For the articles I saw it's being told if you want more flowers or bigger fruits you should fertilize with phosphorus, but in here the products meant for small garden are all like rich on potassium instead. You see a label that says perfect for blooming and you go check the Npk and it's like 2.5.8. Why all the products are rich in potassium and not in phosphorus when they say is for blooming and bigger fruits?

Hi, I’m kinda new to gardening and I’m not sure what to do with my seedlings I just started indoors. I don’t have space to keep them inside, I do have a sun room that has not been used but gets freezing cold in there if temperature is too low. I live in Ohio zone 6a/6b. Is there a way to keep them in my sun room? Maybe if I get one of those Portable Greenhouse with PVC Cover for Indoor and leave it in my sun room, would that work? If yes, how early could I start my seedlings (flowers, not vegetables)? Thank you in advance for your help, much appreciated.

Yes, they are a cute purple flower. But yes, they are also an invasive weed that's been hybridized and much much more prolific and difficult to kill than the English variety. I've been pulling them up on sight for the last 7 years and still in the spring they come up, maybe in everrr-so-slightly reduced numbers. I've stopped digging them up because that just leaves a thousand tiny bulb clusters behind. Weed killer just makes them happier. They laugh in the face of boiling water and vinegar. I've pulled up garden fabric that's been in place for years covered by 6 inches of gravel to find networks of pale bluebell shoots searching for the tiniest hole to explode through. Do I just resign myself to pulling them up every spring for the rest of my life? And no, "letting them be" is not a solution. I have much better, more diverse, native plants that need the space that would soon be completely overrun with bluebells if I didn't keep them in check.

Any tips from anyone who's dealt with them?

I just got a lemongrass plant from my neighbour but I don't know how to grow it!

I bought some pretty tiny Italian Cypress trees to plant near my fence in the back yard and get some privacy. The second story of the house on the other side of the fence has a clear view of our whole yard.

I’ve done a little searching and found a good handful of recommendations suggesting planting them anywhere from 28”-6’ apart.

6 feet seems like a bit of a stretch to really create privacy? But I’m not sure, I don’t want to plant them too close together and prevent them from growing well.

So any suggestions or knowledge would be super appreciated

I planted 2 purple basil plants in this area last year not knowing or imagining that it would come back like this. I thought it was part of the ground cover I hadn’t weeded until it rained again and the purple appeared. I hate how much of this I’m going to have to get rid of. Each plant reached 3x3 last year. I don’t have the space for however many this actual is. Anyone else have purple basil they planted in ground do this?

Hi everyone I have a few questions. I'm semi new to gardening and I would like some direction to take with my indoor plants.

I have a Dracaena fragrans and a yucca elephantipes.

I've had the dracaena for 3 years and it's still in the plastic pot I bought it in. Dont know if it needs to be reported yet as she doesn't seem root bound and is growing well.

I've had my yucca for 2 years and it definitely needs a report.... Which brings me to my questions......

I am looking at different potting soils and wondering if I buy the succulent & cactus soil from miracle grow do I need to add perlite to the soil? The original soil it's potted in now has a large quantity of perlite.

Also what is a good fertilizer for a yucca? I've read conflicting information online and I am at a total loss.

I use Jacks classic 20-20-20 on my dracaena but idk if that is good enough for my yucca.

And finally if I wanted to start growing some herbs, can I use the cactus soil for them? I'm looking at herbs like catnip (for my cats), rosemary, parsley, cilantro, and maybe basil to start.

Any advice would be super appreciated. I just want the best indoor garden I can have (trying to have a green thumb & not kill my plants!)

Hello, I'm a newbie vegetable garden planter (pun intented)

I've been following various resources (X/Twitter) on getting started and found that its best to prep the soil and letting it settle for couple of weeks in the garden planter boxes. So, that the plants do not burn when you eventually put them in.

Regarding this idea, is it ok if it rains after I put the soil mix into boxes? I was just unsure how this works given I'd be mixing garden soil with manure compost.

Yes, its still raining where I live. Its very unusual for this time of the year.

Took a while to get them in the mail, probably 3 weeks. Bought 10 seeds but got 14. 100% germination rate on heating mat and in a dome. Pretty excited about them.

So I live in Central Texas, and want to renovate the flower beds in front of my house to become cactus/succulent beds and had a few questions.

-I plan on adding in some brick edging along the bed. Will I have to worry about excess water piling up if I do this? The bed itself will be a raised bed, but I’m genuinely not sure if that’d be enough. -The soil I currently have in my flower bed is some typical garden soil that came with the house, and clay underneath that. I know both would be bad for cactus since they retain too much water, but how much of it should I get rid of? Would I have to have a layer of something between it and the cactus soil? -Do I need to change the trajectory of that gutter lol?

I’ve included a pic of the bed. Please ignore the shrubs, I’ve already gotten rid of them. And sorry if these are amateur questions, but I’ve had trouble finding answers.

Can’t wait- planting next week zone 8b 🙂 Vincas, wave petunias, zinnias

I spent so long digging up this peony tonight because it was planted in my backyard under a staircase with no room and not enough light. This is my first Spring in this house so I’m planning on doing a ton of gardening. I have never dug up a plant like this and it was HARD WORK. I really hope it survives the move and thrives in its new spot in my front yard because there were many root casualties. Any peony growing tips? I have another to move as well if you have transplant tips as well! TIA

I don't know why it looks like its dying, the flowers are all falling and yellowing leaves. That on the picture is a week ago. Any tips? Thanks!🙏