tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post3331626761965600602..comments2024-03-28T01:32:46.604-04:00Comments on 66 Square Feet (Plus): Edible plants for shadeMariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-23730887412176552672016-10-22T11:12:51.341-04:002016-10-22T11:12:51.341-04:00Thanks, Katie :-) I know, the term "pests&quo...Thanks, Katie :-) I know, the term "pests" is relative.<br /><br />I'm not even sure my critter is scale. I need a macro lens to capture it - I may have two problems, and will post about them soon to crowdsource some informed opinions. Not an infestation, by any means, as I remove what I am currently calling scale as soon as I see it and spraying Neem oil. <br /><br />I would also trash a badly infected plant but these two limes are dear to me! In the garden I do zero pest control (not true - beer dishes for slugs), letting the other insects help out (as well as our baby possums, I suspect), so this OCD approach is new to me. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-47608990572023048152016-10-22T11:01:36.787-04:002016-10-22T11:01:36.787-04:00"Pests" is a funny name, as I'm curr..."Pests" is a funny name, as I'm currently actively raising cabbage butterfly caterpillars outdoors on nasturtiums. The winter songbirds here on central coastal CA love to eat them. From gifts and grocers, I've inadvertently brought home all manner of Homopterans - scales, mealy bugs, and aphids (both green and black). From my IPM (integrated pest management) class years ago for my entomology degree, I've tried soapy water (diluted Dawn dish soap in a spray bottle) - it's such a mess and hard to keep the fallen insects from simply sitting on top of the container soil. Generally, I simply smoosh the mealy bugs and aphids by hand BEFORE their numbers get overwhelming - like I said, it takes some attention. As for scale insects, they are hard to pry off woody plant parts unless they're soaped first. If the infection is severe, I hate to say it, but I simply trash the plant. I don't even put it in my compost, because I don't want my other plants to be infected, too. That's why I said it feels defeating.Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-49404299220426942302016-10-21T18:59:03.382-04:002016-10-21T18:59:03.382-04:00Carrie, yes it was you! Thank you for commenting. ...Carrie, yes it was you! Thank you for commenting. It led me on an interesting search and I realized there were more edibles than I would have thought.<br /><br />I hope it helps :-)Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-89863246579628325592016-10-19T23:28:17.186-04:002016-10-19T23:28:17.186-04:00A few weeks ago I left a comment asking for just t...A few weeks ago I left a comment asking for just this - I suppose I may be the reader you mention?! - and here it is! <br /><br />Aside from being exactly what I need for my shady window boxes, it came at the perfect moment, as I am sitting here post-debate trying to focus on the positive and hopeful things in our society. Thank you, Marie, for being both helpful, and kind. Tonight you have helped one person feel peace. <br /><br />Now, to go read about these beautiful plants! Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856710809802056227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-89892068780025686632016-10-19T21:16:54.818-04:002016-10-19T21:16:54.818-04:00Mine did get leaf spot towards the end of the seas...Mine did get leaf spot towards the end of the season (now), and I just took it as normal. But if yours are spotty right through the year it might be time to choose something else. Munstead Wood was quite spot-free (red flowers) and very perfumed. I don't really know your growing conditions so can't say if that is contributing factor. Kockout roses are supposed to be very resilient but I don't like them, personally, as they are unscented.Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-48841063390072738262016-10-19T20:54:41.869-04:002016-10-19T20:54:41.869-04:00I have 2 Abraham Darby's in a vase next to me ...I have 2 Abraham Darby's in a vase next to me right now....They open beautifully and have a sweet scent, but the leaf spot! Do you have a good recommendation? I'm so sorry you can't grow roses right now, but a shade garden can be so lush!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763294379013514654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-16135002009570201272016-10-19T17:21:35.306-04:002016-10-19T17:21:35.306-04:00Thank you, Katie. How do you treat the pests?Thank you, Katie. How do you treat the pests?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-31246504418708009252016-10-19T17:15:38.876-04:002016-10-19T17:15:38.876-04:00I had that problem last year when I sowed the mach...I had that problem last year when I sowed the mache too early. It was too warm for it to germinate. The second sowing germinated poorly but enough came up to overwinter and really bounce into life this spring. The plants coming up now are self-seeded from those, and came up when our night time temps started dipping into low 50's. I doubt the seedlings like our current heat wave. Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-33641164752730170542016-10-19T17:13:18.879-04:002016-10-19T17:13:18.879-04:00Aw...I really, really miss having cut roses, Lisa....Aw...I really, really miss having cut roses, Lisa. But I just did not have enough sun, and then in the front of our current house. with their backs against a hot wall, it was too hot for roses in midsummer. But I miss them. Do you want a different rose?Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13632520557553405790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-87419553800660990072016-10-19T17:10:07.474-04:002016-10-19T17:10:07.474-04:00I am now ready to pull up my Abraham Darby rose b...I am now ready to pull up my Abraham Darby rose because as you were, I'm tired of fighting the fungus. You mentioned what you replaced it with but I can't remember?<br />Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11763294379013514654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-78751864410503846162016-10-19T16:44:05.678-04:002016-10-19T16:44:05.678-04:00None of my mâche has come up this year, despite th...None of my mâche has come up this year, despite three different seed sources; usually I always have some in the fall and spring.Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07291223943168030684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8603107829473043654.post-75540079148164275582016-10-19T15:30:08.374-04:002016-10-19T15:30:08.374-04:00I, too, have found scale and mealy bugs on my indo...I, too, have found scale and mealy bugs on my indoor plants, particularly those my husband brings home as gifts from school or from potted herbs from the grocer. Trader Joe's and Lucky are our local germ farms. Since I now refuse to use most manufactured pesticides in my home, it feels defeating in some way. I have raised a variety of plants to fruit indoors, and outdoors I am happy for the birds and moths. It takes some attention, but having a small space with limited water resources is a different kind of work compared to a full yard. I hope you find comfort wherever you find home, Marie.Katie (Nature ID)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17730655720390625839noreply@blogger.com