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[desert2garden]

Winter Tour 2019

[phishouttawatta]

Here is the scarlet-bodied wasp moth I saw in the garden yesterday that I couldn’t get a good shot of on the live video feeding on some Plains Coreopsis I’ve been seeing a lot of biodiversity out in my garden, and it feels so awesome . . . #nativeplants #nativegarden #scarletbodiedwaspmoth #nativeinsects #insects #moths #Cosmosomamyrodora #americanmeadows #nativesoutheastwildflowers #wildflowers #biodiversity #zone9a #coreopsistinctoria https://www.instagram.com/p/CgS9zBYu99J/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[genna-riggins]

A bit of sketching in the garden before work today. And yes, I know the weeds have gotten a little out of hand. I know it’s weird but I don’t mind the weeds to an extent. We have reached the point where it’s time to pull some up though. What are you up to this weekend? #sketching #sketchbook #vegogarden #gardensketch #gardensketching #garden #outdoors #backyard #zone9a #zone9agardening (at Houston, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/CcIeK8VuNmb/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[coldearthranch]

Earthworms, evdience of a healthy, living soiling. #zone9a #earthworms #healthysoil #gratitude #vegasgardening #vegasvalley #livingsoil #wintergarden https://www.instagram.com/p/CadCzWPPs2G/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tfbtfarms]

No, those aren’t peppers. They are tomatoes, San Marzano tomatoes to be precise. This variety is a type of plum tomato that originated in Italy and has a deep, rich flavor making them great for eating fresh or canned. What’s your favorite variety of tomato? #sanmarzano #tomatoplants #sanmarzanotomatoes #italiantomato #plumtomatoes #stillgreen #unripe #zone9a #green #fruitsofinstagram #juicy #rich #sunset #gardenpics #inmygarden #boldflavour #fruitofthespirit #gardensofinstagram #houston #farmers #canningtomatoes #tomatosauce #needtime #houstonfood #houstonfoodie #houstonproducer #houstonmarket #perfectpearmarket #comingsoon #growbabygrow (at The First Best Thing Farms) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjPKYcBgDu/?utm_medium=tumblr

[crazybirdlady]

My hibiscus is going to bloom again sometime in the next week and a half or so. This is probably my second favorite flower, and I feel like it’s also probably one of the few plants I own that I could get more of without adding too much extra work for myself.

I don’t think I’ll ever stop being amazed by all the different types of plants that can grow in this climate. I haven’t lived here my whole life, but I did spend my childhood here, and I still feel like I’ll never know if it was just me and my “learning curve” in figuring out how to grow things, or if I really did notice climate change over the past 30 years. All I know is that I attempted to grow lemon trees in probably about 1992-1993 in this same area, but couldn’t even get them to sprout.

A few years ago, I found an old magazine article from 1989 or 1990 (my family saves everything, and I come from a long line of gardeners) that said this area was zone 7b. I’m not sure when the change happened, but we’re now considered zone 9a.

As long as the soil drains well, most citrus trees do well in this climate year around. Now that I know this, if I had a bigger yard, I’d definitely plant all those trees pictured above.

[lindsayryan]

⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #containergardening #garden #gardener #gardenersofinstagram #gardenhumor #gardening #gardeninglife #gardenjokes #gardenlife #gnomes #greenthumb #growforit #growyourown #growyourownfood #happygardener #homegrown #homestead #organicgardening #plantjokes #plants #plantsmakepeoplehappy #plantstagram #thehappygardeninglife #tomatoes #urbangarden #urbangardening #zone9a #texasgarden https://www.instagram.com/p/CfZjLlFOy5z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[louisianasimpleliving]

Tamarillo tree and fruit #backyardgarden #backyard #organicgardening #instagram #instagood #photooftheday #photography #picoftheday #follow #nature #repost #summer #instadaily #instalike #photo #nofilter #bestofthedayphoto #tamarillo #containergardening #growfromseed #zone9a (at Baton Rouge, Louisiana) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDrGaXyA8yT/?igshid=1cc6qqaok0x5d

[dancingtreeco]

Help! Do you have a banana tree? This is my first year having one, and I need to know how to care for it during the Winter. Located in zone9a Magnolia Texas . . . . . . #bananatree #growingbananas #bananatrees #zone9garden #zone9garden #MagnoliaTexas #banana #fruittree #growyourownfoods (at Magnolia, Texas) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5mpmMMHO6f/?igshid=1093rqpm87l0g

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[desert2garden]

Anna Apple Spring 2019 Update. https://youtu.be/JjFDgpNuV9E

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What Is Companion Planting? Take companion planting guides with a grain of salt, because truly the bro-science runs rampant within this topic. All it takes is a gardener with poor soil who can't get radishes to grow near sunflowers - next thing they're spreading misinformation about how the two should NEVER be planted near each other. If you're a seasoned gardener looking to explore some plant synergies, great, dive right in and remember to empirically test all your companion planting attempts so you have real evidence and observation. If you're just starting your gardening journey, companion planting "rules" will overcomplicate things and make you feel like you can't do anything right if it's not 100% perfect. This can be completely overwhelming and is not helpful info when you're just starting out. Let's jump into the various goals you might have with companion planting, their efficacy, and approach. Companion Planting [...] ✨ TO KEEP READING FOR FREE, click the link in our bio! ✨👨‍🌾

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How to Choose a Grow Light for Seedlings If you're looking to get into starting seedlings indoors to get a jump on the gardening season, you're in the right place. Let's talk about how to choose a grow light for seedlings. I've found there to be roughly 2 main categories of indoor grow lights: -Cheap ones (like blurples) that will do the trick for young seedlings-Expensive ones with a refined full spectrum which can flower and fruit plants Using Cheap Grow Lights I find that the cheap lights like blurples are more cost-effective for the first 3-4 weeks of plant growth, whereas the expensive lights will give the plants a huge boost after that and prepare them for life out in the sunshine. One mistake I made was trying to rely on cheap lights to raise my plants up for multiple months indoors. Instead, I now use cheap lights for germination and early growth, [...]

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What Are Trap Crops? Trap crops are grown to take some of the pest pressure off of your main crops, by being even more attractive to pests. They are a diversion, a metaphorical bone that a gardener throws to the pests so they ignore your real food. For example right now I've got strawberries as a main crops with clover as a cover crop interspersed. The clover fixes nitrogen, which feeds the soil and is occasionally trimmed short and chopped + dropped. That clover is also acting as a trap crop. With a thriving thrip population that's showing no signs of stopping, you'd think I've got a bit of a problem on my hands - yet I don't. I don't because the thrips are targeting only the clover and are completely avoiding my strawberries altogether. The nitrogen-fixing cover crop is also "trapping" (distracting) thrips making them a total non-issue. Now that's [...]