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Fri, Mar 4, 11 at 8:38
| Because I have developed arthritis in my knees in the last year, I am trying to get my beds in such good shape that a trowel will be the only tool I need. I have taken off all the pinestraw mulch(it never rots), covered the bed with shredded leaves and will spread a large load of compost from the city next Sat. I have some things from last year coming up-lambs ears, monarda and sedum.
should I pot them up till the bed is finished?, lift them up higher? or just work around them? My concern is if I raise the level of soil around them they may rot. What do you guys think? Opinions and suggestions wanted. Thanks |
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| Hey guys! I realized that this might be the wrong forum for this question so I posted in the Soil forum. Sorry. I feel like I know the people in this forum! Hey if you have advice I would be glad to hear it! |
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- Posted by ladyrose65 6bNJ (My Page) on Fri, Mar 4, 11 at 18:47
| I know what you mean. How many inches? I've seen Monarda get very tall. I don't know about the others. I would work around them, until they got to a decent height, and build up the soil. |
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- Posted by countrycarolyn 6-7nwTN (My Page) on Fri, Mar 4, 11 at 22:24
| Ya know that is one good thing about planting flowers, herbs and veggies. They are not picky. You can plant them deeper then what they were germinated. It doesn't hurt flowers at all. Of course at first you may notice some leaves closer to the bottom drop off, but the main "integrity" of the plant will be ok. I rather plant a flower veggie or herb to deep than not deep enough, if it is to shallow the root may be to exposed, then it will act like it is suffering from lack of water, then heat wave may equal death. Now I DO NOT advise to plant shrubs or trees in this manner. Trees and shrubs must be planted at the exact same level as when they were grown. No deeper, no shallower!! To deep they drown, to shallow they thirst!! |
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| Linda Jo, that organic matter should break down pretty fast and the soil level will be pretty much back where it was before. I do it all the time, level of the bed never seems changed after the OM rots. I'd leave a few inches clear around the existing plants, though. Karen |
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| Thank you all for the good advice. I am reassured that I can mix in the compost and plant. Planted poppies already! My first ws seedlings. It rained today and they are so perky! I feel like I have a bunch of gardening friends. So glad I found gardenweb. |
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