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Hi I have been lurking and decided it was time!!
My name is Brenda I live in Detroit Mich where the weather has turned off just great. I need to ask a question here... ok here goes...... all this summer I have made flower beds (wow broke my back on this stuff) had such beautiful results... but every so often my husband decides the plants need to breathe and digs up all around my plants which messes up my beds..Now I have been a florist for thirty years.. and have never heard of this.. I have such common plants..mums.. marigolds..nothing to be really worried about the care of... Am I mistaken that this action Doesn't have to happen... the plants are well watered and in good light and doing great!! is there such a need as to let them breathe and dig the soil up around them.. couldn`t this disturb the roots... just wanting to know....lol a very nice group you have here... didn`t mean just to jump in with questions... but I have to know before I take my stand :-) ~Bren |
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Brenda,
I'm going out on a limb here (no pun intended), but is your husband by any chance retired, with too much time on his hands? To the best of my knowledge, weeding is good, a bit of light cultivating is good, but plants don't really need to "breathe"!!! (Actually, whenever I feel that I may have been a bit too enthusiastic with my efforts in using a hoe around plants, I make sure to spend extra time watering them.) If you have the room -- or maybe even if you don't!!! -- you might might think about "His & Hers" flower beds. Let's see, it's mid-September, so we all will be knee-deep in gardening catalogs soon -- the major difference is that you in Michigan will have some time for leisurely perusal of said catalogs before you get geared up again for Spring, unlike those of us here in the triangle.gardens (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC) where Fall is a *blessing* (for me at least, but I'm a woman "of a certain age" in the sandy part of the riangle -- if I feel like using the garden tiller on New Year's Day, I pity the fool who'd tell me not to!) Sorry, sorry, back to the topic at hand: As I see it, you have two major options -- either lock up the garden tools (but he could go buy more, which you might be able to turn to your advantage) or let hubby work on his own plants. (If you really want to keep him occupied, you might suggest that he build raised beds & experiment with his own "soil-less mix"!) Good luck to you! And remember, when you envy us when we're talking about gardening in February, we'll be envying you in July (actually, this group can be pretty vocal in July, because some of us can't stand to be outside very long gardening in July). Anne Lurie Raleigh, NC "dixie dumplin" wrote in message ... Hi I have been lurking and decided it was time!! My name is Brenda I live in Detroit Mich where the weather has turned off just great. I need to ask a question here... ok here goes...... all this summer I have made flower beds (wow broke my back on this stuff) had such beautiful results... but every so often my husband decides the plants need to breathe and digs up all around my plants which messes up my beds..Now I have been a florist for thirty years.. and have never heard of this.. I have such common plants..mums.. marigolds..nothing to be really worried about the care of... Am I mistaken that this action Doesn't have to happen... the plants are well watered and in good light and doing great!! is there such a need as to let them breathe and dig the soil up around them.. couldn`t this disturb the roots... just wanting to know....lol a very nice group you have here... didn`t mean just to jump in with questions... but I have to know before I take my stand :-) ~Bren |
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You're husband has the right idea if you have hard clay soil and you feel
the roots are not getting enough oxygen or the soil is not draining properly. Otherwise, he shouldn't have to do this. Each season when planting new flowers, add a little compost and composted manure to your beds and you should have no problems with nutrition, air circulation for the roots and drainage. You can mix in a couple of bags of each and turn it over to make sure it's mixed well. I own a flower planting business in Raleigh, NC and plant flowers for residential customers every spring and fall. Once you get the soil in good condition, you should be able to plant the flowers, side dress with fertilizer and mulch the beds. You shouldn't have to touch them again until the next season. Of course, weeding and watering is a must. You can also boost them once or twice a month with a liquid fertilizer to give them their maximum color and growth. Hope this helps. Good luck. Penny Zone 7b - North Carolina (waiting for Hurricane Isabel) "dixie dumplin" wrote in message ... Hi I have been lurking and decided it was time!! My name is Brenda I live in Detroit Mich where the weather has turned off just great. I need to ask a question here... ok here goes...... all this summer I have made flower beds (wow broke my back on this stuff) had such beautiful results... but every so often my husband decides the plants need to breathe and digs up all around my plants which messes up my beds..Now I have been a florist for thirty years.. and have never heard of this.. I have such common plants..mums.. marigolds..nothing to be really worried about the care of... Am I mistaken that this action Doesn't have to happen... the plants are well watered and in good light and doing great!! is there such a need as to let them breathe and dig the soil up around them.. couldn`t this disturb the roots... just wanting to know....lol a very nice group you have here... didn`t mean just to jump in with questions... but I have to know before I take my stand :-) ~Bren |
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In article , dixie dumplin wrote:
Hi I have been lurking and decided it was time!! My name is Brenda I live in Detroit Mich where the weather has turned off just great. I need to ask a question here... ok here goes...... all this summer I have made flower beds (wow broke my back on this stuff) had such beautiful results... but every so often my husband decides the plants need to breathe and digs up all around my plants which messes up my beds..Now I have been a florist for thirty years.. and have never heard of this.. I have such common plants..mums.. marigolds..nothing to be really worried about the care of... Am I mistaken that this action Doesn't have to happen... the plants are well watered and in good light and doing great!! is there such a need as to let them breathe and dig the soil up around them.. couldn`t this disturb the roots... just wanting to know....lol a very nice group you have here... didn`t mean just to jump in with questions... but I have to know before I take my stand :-) ~Bren He's full of it. If it is fixed don't break it. No weeds, plants healthy, then leave it alone. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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Wes is correct.
If he wants to keep busy, try sending him on the worm hunt my grandmother used to send my grandfather on. It would keep him happy digging for hours somewhere else She told him that she needed them to help the plants. -- REMOVE PANTS WHEN REPLYING wrote in message . .. In article , dixie dumplin wrote: Hi I have been lurking and decided it was time!! My name is Brenda I live in Detroit Mich where the weather has turned off just great. I need to ask a question here... ok here goes...... all this summer I have made flower beds (wow broke my back on this stuff) had such beautiful results... but every so often my husband decides the plants need to breathe and digs up all around my plants which messes up my beds..Now I have been a florist for thirty years.. and have never heard of this.. I have such common plants..mums.. marigolds..nothing to be really worried about the care of... Am I mistaken that this action Doesn't have to happen... the plants are well watered and in good light and doing great!! is there such a need as to let them breathe and dig the soil up around them.. couldn`t this disturb the roots... just wanting to know....lol a very nice group you have here... didn`t mean just to jump in with questions... but I have to know before I take my stand :-) ~Bren He's full of it. If it is fixed don't break it. No weeds, plants healthy, then leave it alone. -- Wes Dukes (wdukes.pobox@com) Swap the . and the @ to email me please. spam@www.spam.com is a garbage address. |
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