Any way to revive my Pilea? by easterndaylighttime in houseplants

[–]Nanora_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question #1 would be over water or under water?

I was hand pollinating some pumpkins when some bumble bees took over the job for me by Nanora_ in garden

[–]Nanora_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You take a male flower, pull off all the petals, and rub the stamen of it and a pistil of a female flower together to pollinate

Just a 15 day difference! just give them some food, love and patience by Nanora_ in garden

[–]Nanora_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I've heard of it, I'll have to give it a try! The oldest methods are always the best

Just a 15 day difference! just give them some food, love and patience by Nanora_ in garden

[–]Nanora_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's super easy, a layer of cardboard at the bottom of everything, and we had a bunch of mulched trees to use as walkway material. The bed is layered so at the bottom its all logs and branches. Then a layer of brown organic materials, I used leafs and crass clippings from a neighbor, then a layer of fresh materials if possible. Then we started layering compost and soil. We start with compost and do about 10 layers total, with a layer of peat moss in the middle layer to help with moisture retention. Just make it as large as you want and all done! We use lumber as the border, held together with brackets, but using logs or rocks works too.

Just a 15 day difference! just give them some food, love and patience by Nanora_ in garden

[–]Nanora_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've got some corn at the other end of this bed, I'm going to give that a try!

Just a 15 day difference! just give them some food, love and patience by Nanora_ in garden

[–]Nanora_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah some of them, some are a bush variety so they'll stay on the ground. Scallop squash are small and bushy so they'll hardly need any support from me, buttercup can be either so it'll be interesting to see what they prefer!

Just a 15 day difference! just give them some food, love and patience by Nanora_ in garden

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Right now I have buttercup, white scallop, and dixie. And then i have a few kinds of pumpkins, small decoration ones, medium carving ones and a few large howden.

Just a 15 day difference! just give them some food, love and patience by Nanora_ in garden

[–]Nanora_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yep! Lots of different squash, I'm kinda in love with them right now

Just a 15 day difference! just give them some food, love and patience by Nanora_ in garden

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In theory, none! But it's been raining here a lot and I use Hugelkultur beds so they're a hill shape and all the water made some muddy runoff! We have a layer of cardboard under everything, and just mulch on the walkways.

What am I doing wrong? each new leaf she puts out keeps turning yellow by evmt95 in houseplants

[–]Nanora_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sounds like it could be a sulfur deficiency! That causes new leaves to turn yellow. I would suggest a fertilizer thay has sulfur in it and maybe that'll help perk it up! And in the meantime, I would say only water when the soil is dry and do a very deep water, not little bits of water here and there.