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11th June 2023

Post reblogged from FatterSexierBitchier.rus.com.co.uk.ca.io.edu with 12 notes

fatsexybitch:

kontextmaschine:

Okay went to transplant those annuals and realized it’s a thing where there’s like clusters of bulbs down there each supporting two leaves and a flower, and I took out one cluster one-by-one keeping their roots from ripping and I had like 11 reasonable-sized ones and one big one and I’m like okay what the hell do I do with this.

And I realize my trying to save these specific flowers is maybe old personality hoarder instinct and I can just get whatever plants I want at the nursery after I get the yard redone.

So fuck it, gonna scrap them. Also retrieved some wood from Strawberry Ridge that was too thick buried too shallow and cut it up for the side fill of Blueberry Hill.

So tomorrow planting the first blueberries, got some coconut coir to mix with compost for water retention in one site.

You FOOL those are free plants!

Also, if your ‘annuals’ are pupping those are perennials, fyi

Duly noted on the terminology, but it’s kind of realizing that if the “plants” as I knew them were really like 8 bulbs grown around each other then reinstalling them one-by-one individually OR manually rearranged to iffily replicate the cluster probably isn’t going to replicate the “fan of leaves from one point” feel I thought of as “the plant”, so if I’m not even carrying over “the plants I had here” it’s even less vital?

Like, I have some of those types of perennials out front already too, but if we’re talking backyard, where the audience is me and my guests, I wouldn’t choose those species to start with, which is what I’d really be doing here

Tagged: gardening

  1. laikaspeaks said: I think you can just store them in a box. The ones I buy at the store come in a net bag like potatoes. Obviously do what you want with them! But if you plant the bulbs separately each bulb will eventually spread out into its own cluster. If you’re feeling generous and still don’t want them, I would recommended listing them for free on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace instead of throwing them away. There are gardeners that love getting their hands on boxes of unwanted bulbs and the like.
  2. fatsexybitch reblogged this from kontextmaschine and added:
    Likely they were planted as a single bulb 5+ years ago, as it rare to plant multiple pups together. The biggest one is...
  3. kontextmaschine reblogged this from fatsexybitch and added:
    Duly noted on the terminology, but it's kind of realizing that if the "plants" as I knew them were really like 8 bulbs...
  4. kontextmaschine said: @laikaspeaks do I have to store them under dirt like root vegetables? And my issue is kinda that neither uh, reinstalling the bulbs individually one-by-one or crammed together seems like it’ll really replicate the look, and “a weird awkward arrangement using the same flowers that were here when I moved in” seems even LESS necessary
  5. laikaspeaks said: With respect op, if they’re currently bulbs you can just store them in a cool dry place and they’ll keep for a while. You don’t have to throw them away.