Join me as we celebrate, explore, find success and failure in my Maine gardens. I will share tips and tricks and lessons learned starting from planting that very first tree in our landscape. Come along with me as we explore and check out other people's gardens (mostly with their permission;) and other beautiful Maine gardens. Our season for growing is short in Maine so we appreciate every new bloom and blossom. I'm excited to share my Maine gardens with you!
Great video! I especially liked the tips about the root slayer shovel and letting the root rest a day after digging so it won't be so brittle. I'm working on a collection of older double varieties and have many planted already, but the oldest are only 3 years old and I haven't done this dividing yet. I only want one of each variety on my list, so I'll be giving roots away too.
Oh that is wonderful. I will let him know. He will love that:) Thank you. There is another video here we shot earlier in the season when they were in bloom and he offered some great tips then too…
That is so nice of you! I have a media(tv/radio) background and host a gardening segment on WABI TV5 in Bangor, Maine. Feel free to share your thoughts with the Magnolia Network;). Seriously... thank you for your comment and for watching!!! Happy gardening!!!
I'm curious - what brand of slicing cucumber did you plant? We're having moderately good success with "Sweet Success", but not much from Straight 8. Our current favorite peppers are "Carmen" - an elongated (bull's horn type)variety that's very prolific and delicious green or red or in-between. Our location: a few miles north of Ellsworth.
Yes it works. I have revived many petunias and she(Maine gardens) showed the Petunia plant was not rootbound. It was mostly soil and if this is the case, all that was needed was the coffee filter I use it even On all my pots, it provides great drainage, prevent the soil from seeping onto your deck or the concrete floor. It is recommended that you change the coffee filters every two years.
If The petunia was root bounded. It is recommended to increase the pot size stimulate the roots and add the coffee filters and fertilizer. They are heavy feeders.
I just cut my petunia hanging plant way back. It looks like it got a crew cut. Afterwards now looking at it I'm saying to myself what have I done!! This video reassured me there is life after buzz cutting a plant.😅
Hi Sisters!!! Met you at the Milbridge day Cod race… I was looking for your pics from the race, couldn’t find them.. you had a beautiful day in Bar Harbor and on the water!!
@@02markcal i’m in southern california so pretty hot. my soil is pretty dense so i’m scared of overwatering and getting root rot. also i don’t have much space and the way the garden is set up is kind of in the shade so it gets maybe 4 hours of direct sunlight. i don’t think it’s windy enough to properly pollinate… so many variables i don’t know what the problem can be
I loved this video! It’s the middle of July, we’ve had a drought & bad storms that ruined my beautiful petunias! I’m going to use your technique & cross my fingers.
I agree on good soil. In the Midwest we have a lot of clay. I use mowed leaves every Fall & my homemade compost. I own a dwarf bunny to use his pelleted manure as fertilizer. The fertilizer is well rounded. Not just nitrogen. Too much nitrogen, & you get full lush leaves & no fruit. I also use fish emulsion on young plants. Watering deeply is important too.
Hi…. It really starts with filling the beds with good stuff then I used a fish fertilizer last year. Worked well. This year I’m trying a few new things. I planted the tomatoes with tomato tone and will again use the Neptune fish/seaweed blend and I am going to incorporate some cal-mag. Watch for a video from this years beds … fun to see what works and lessons learned. Happy growing!
That should be absolutely fine. Some suggest using play sand if you don’t have access to beach sand. So this should work. You can add some salt (not table) mineral (I use sea salt) to add nutrients and/or some manure mixed in. Good Luck and thanks for being here!
So glad to find your video! Easy to grow, huh??? This is my second summer trying to grow them and have already had to move it. You encouraged me to keep trying!
Oh gosh I hope you find a good spot for them. I have moved some of mine too mostly when the location had too much sun and the leaves curled. Good luck!!
I bought a dragon wing begonia. Its in a 9 inch container. Its still happy and healthy. When should i put it in a larger pot? I wish you would have shown a different angle of yours so i could see the size of container.
Hi Amanda:) I really appreciate that. Thank you and thank you for being here. Hopefully more of our videos will be fun and informative for you too! If you ever want to visit Maine… happy to offer some travel tips! Deb
I LOVE peonies. I can remember wanting these in my wedding flowers. It was December, so of course, the florist said it was a no go lol. That was almost 18 years ago so I was young and had no clue about anything 😄 Im currently trying to take care of some petunias that aren't looking so great. I did watch your sad petunia video and it helped tremendously. You just made it make sense by explaining why you cut them back and talking about the energy going to the new growth. Makes perfect sense so thank you. Ive never had a green thumb, but my granny's did! They could bring anything to life. I wish I'd paid more attention when I was younger especially now that I'm no longer able to ask them all their little tricks. Anyway, I really appreciate your channel and will continue to follow. ❤
K:).your comments made my day! So happy you are here:). your grannies are no doubt channeling their green thumbs to you. Good luck reviving the petunias. Keep me posted! I love your peony wedding story:). So sweet!
