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Garden Update and Help with plant ID!
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Garden Update and Help with plant ID!
Here’s the latest garden tour (Southern Illinois, zone 6b/7a, current temps around 85/65, but barely any rain at all in my spot). I have at least 3 places in the video where I can’t figure out what’s growing (amusingly, most are choose your adventure: squash or brassica). Also, the thumbnail, but I’ll make a separate post about that, because I need more pics of stuff in my garden for it.
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Are you using shredded paper as mulch?
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Yep, for tomatoes and peppers. My in-ground at the big garden have a thin layer of shreds because the weather is so dry and I didn’t have a good natural mulch source. The bags/containers over at the house have it since containers can dry out quickly. I tell you, in those poly bags, with the shreds, and letting them be in partial shade (technically full day of sun, but not 100% all day blazing like at the garden), I seldom have to water. The soil isn’t soggy, but it doesn’t dry out easily at all. I used to have to water containers daily here, but not this time with the changes.
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Use what you’ve got!
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