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re: Gardening - Anyone grow any interesting peppers?
Posted on 1/23/11 at 9:38 am to Jabberwocky
Posted on 1/23/11 at 9:38 am to Jabberwocky
With the depth on my bed, I've never had any issue with roots having room. Usually the root balls are monsters and I have a hard time removing the plant remnants once they've run their course.
Plus, considering how roots behave, once they hit the hard clay soil beneath they would probably not venture into it. The plants get acclimated to the soft soil in the box and don't want to suddenly start punching into clay.
Plus, considering how roots behave, once they hit the hard clay soil beneath they would probably not venture into it. The plants get acclimated to the soft soil in the box and don't want to suddenly start punching into clay.
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Posted on 1/23/11 at 11:31 am to RaginCajunz
But how again do you control weeds? I have raised beds but I'm always picking weeds. If you use a pre-emergent weed preventer, does that hurt your pepper plants?
Posted on 1/23/11 at 12:06 pm to tewino
I'll get weeds in the winter, but I rarely grow a winter garden. Crab grass seems to be my #1 enemy, and it gets in through gaps along the weed barrier. Otherwise the only weeds that can form are blown in from the breeze.
Starting the beds with a high quality soil helps. Any of the compost mix/bed building soil from Nature's Best Organics (sold at some of the nurserys around the area) are a good start.
Last year I used composted cotton bur as the mulch. That stuff seemed to work wonders.
Starting the beds with a high quality soil helps. Any of the compost mix/bed building soil from Nature's Best Organics (sold at some of the nurserys around the area) are a good start.
Last year I used composted cotton bur as the mulch. That stuff seemed to work wonders.
This post was edited on 1/23/11 at 12:07 pm
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