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Monthly Gardening Discussion Thread - November (aussie.zone)

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Posting this a day early while I remember.

Spring. A good time for vegetables. According to some table it’s a bit late now to sow tomatoes from seed? But you could still buy seedlings.

In the warming weather what do you have planned for your landscape, pots, patch, window box - or even the lone houseplant/cactus in your apartment?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I have way underestimated the amount of potting mix I need. The pots are only 30cm in diameter I think but they’re huge. Almost took half a 25L bag each to fill two. Does that sound right??

I’ve got two of the largest seedlings planted out and that’s almost all the physical energy and soil I have for today.

The holes at the bottom were so large I lined the pots with pieces of the tough brown paper from Coles bags. I didn’t have any newspaper which I was meant to use and the closest shop didn’t either so I hope it drains well enough through the little holes I stabbed with a biro.

I also don’t think I planted the zucchini plants deep enough, and am scared that the pots could be too large for them at this stage so the water in the lower half doesn’t get used and the soil goes rotten…

But who knows. They’re tough. Maybe they’ll grow fast and be fine. I didn’t expect almost all to sprout and survive the snails.

I might have to abandon some of the smaller plants to be taken by other people.