I Regret Growing These Plants - Here's Why
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- Опубликовано: 15 авг 2024
- You asked... what is one plant that I regret purchasing? In today's Vlogmas Ask me Anything I reviewing 3 catergories of plants that I wouldn't grow again and why. Check it out this list for Central Florida.
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You want to see big box death plants, go to Tractor Supply. Just about every plant they sell is from zone 5-6 and will only survive in zone 5-6. I was there in March with my wife. She's saying, "Oh look! Apple and pear trees! Oh wait, MacIntosh, Bartlett. Nevermind."
Hey there, me and my wife live in Melbourne. Just wanted to say hi.
Hey you and wife 😄
Hello. Coming from Pine Island Florida. Hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and a better New Year. Love your channel.
Lori, if you want some local seeds and cuttings to restart your garden, sign up for a free Seeds of Hope packet at Urban Harvest. Elise is mailing packages free of charge to anyone whose gardens were set back by storms, but she has a special soft spot for Pine Island. Best wishes,
Note to self: Never ever eat or drink while watching a new Wild Floridian video; possible death by snorting and chocking. But thanks for a great laugh, I love that you can share your less than triumphant choices with such humor.
I have had 100% success with Lowes' fruit plants, compared to an on-line Florida specialty nursery (who shall not be named) that had 50% survival. I have been saving my receipts and original containers to see if Lowes will honor their 1 year money back guarantee on perennials, but have not had a chance test that, yet. My $12 papayas bought in May this year (grown in containers!) are starting tiny fruits, and their flowers smell so good!
I once returned a plant to Lowe's and they did honor their 1 year warranty. It's been a long time since I did that, I don't even remember what kind of plant it was. It died no matter what I did. I don't usually buy from the big box stores. They're too expensive for me.
@@shirleyk623 TY. Good to know, though I hope I never have to use it.
I LOVE 💕 my red pagoda plants in my big butterfly yard but they pop up all over which is fine with me but my yard is purposely wild and free. I get lots of compliments on the big red plants that bloom year round but it isn’t a plant for someone who has a planned groomed yard
I agree 100% with you. When I see the invasive plants at Lowe's and home Depot and they say Florida Friendly 😡😭. Great. Great video.
I learn alot about home D. One time, I bought plant, price was 35.00. I fixed my pot, took the plant out of pot, what? No roots. I returned the plant,❤ from then till now, at lowes, or Depot, I take the plant out to see the roots, if someone working there, I tell them why❤ sometimes, the cut the stem, put it in dirt sell it to us❤
I used to work at a plant nursery that had a fallen ficus tree next to their green house. The roots were bigger than the trunk of the tree. It took a bobcat and a backhoe to remove the tree and roots.
Ficus do allow for being shaped as in topiary. Probably a good plant on the back forty with no other foundations around.
My pet peeve about store bought Poinsettia, the growers set the root balls in some sort of cardboard fabric, perhaps to get the plants started by cuttings. Over time the roots have no where to grow to help support the plant. A lot of times it doesn't get good drainage, will get root rot and die. I did gardening for a gal that had a Poinsettia shrub that was 10 feet tall and red in color. It was so awesome! After a few freezes and hurricanes it eventually died. It sure was pretty while it lasted.
Happy Gardening!
I guess I'm plant snob but I never by from big box stores. I buy from local nurseries n heritage as much as possible.
Normally I don't like snobs... but on this front, I'm 100% supportive of your snobbery 😂
@@WildFloridian ❤️🧡💛 I figured as much 😆 🤣 😂
Four o’clocks are invasive, air potato is horrible, amaranth drop seed everywhere and Everglades tomatoes are all over cause the birds eat them like crazy. I agree with your invasive list totally. My aloe and amaryllis give me great joy. And, I bought 25 cent dollar tree seeds that are quite nice. I hate paying $12-15 dollar plants and then watch them die. My green thumb is kinda brown and I haven’t had a lot of success - could never keep myself alive off my harvests but I keep trying!
Oh. Mercy yes. Air potatoes are the worst!!!
Luffa..... I agree. It is an every 3rd year plant. I no longer buy sponges but I have plenty, even with giving it away.
This video was a real eye opener! I have a plant (chayote), that I will now plant in a pot as it seems to have an invasive trend. Love your videos!
I have the worst luck with berries in central Fl. Something (guessing birds) eats all the goji berries, the leaves on my blackberry bushes (vines) always have issues and the plants hardly produce, mulberry tree is just pitiful so far, no growth from Barbados cherry…dwarf banana plants are slow growing…but the salad hibiscus and porterweed are growing EVERYWHERE.
Oh no... at least the birds are fed 🤷♀️ As the soil gets better (takes a couple years) you may find many plants take off and become resilient.
Sunflower/cucumber is a good combo!
Weave some garden twine around several sunflower stems about half way up the stem for extra support
Thank you Linda!
Hello hon. Love all your videos 😊👍
You speak about having too much papaya.
I use green papaya as I would zucchini 😊
You can slice it thin or I even use a shredder and sauté with onions and garlic as a side dish or mix in with rice, potatoes or pasta. Yummm 😊
Other times I shred it fine and add a tablespoon of flour, salt, pepper , anything else you’d like and fry spoon full like mini pancakes . Nice and crispy. Dip in sour cream 😋
I’m new to gardening and new to Florida. Wanna learn to like ripe papayas, but not yet 🤢lol but I do eat green like a vegetable 😁👍
Lol...I knew it was a ficus before you said it! Happened to me too!😂😂😂
Wow, you just described my back yard and why I think I have a green thumb. Do you have any planning tips? Where to begin? I have a mango I'm trying to get to fruit and want to start growing natives and edibles. I'm off to dig up my snake plant forest.
It's ridiculous how lots of people talk about putting invasive plants in pots. Most invasive plants spread by both broken-off pieces and seeds ( both which can be spread far by wind and rain). Containers do nothing to control any of that. Containers only work for containing plants that can only spread by runners (which are very few plants). Also if the container is sitting on the ground the runners can still eventually enter the ground and spread.
I regret where I placed my tree marigold. Now I have a big job to try to dig it up and move it as soon as it's done flowering for the year.
I don't regret adding it to the garden it's a cheerful plant with bright yellow flowers in fall when so much is dying down.
Zone 8b Florida
Rookie gardener here. I learned it is not a great idea to buy a papaya plant from a hardware store. I had more success buying a ripe fruit from an exotic market and cultivating the seeds indoors first.
That is resourceful!
Mums can be planted and will recover for the next year. I have 2 of them that are two years old, 3rd bloom. Partial shade.
In the Rockies it's "Russian Sage"! Stuff will take over the whole Neighborhood! Seemed like a good idea at the time 😮
Bleeding heart vine is the most invasive plant I’ve ever planted in the ground. I’ve been trying to “kill” it for years. It even comes up through the tiny space between concrete pavers.
I have a question. Have you thought about having an area where you would sell your seeds so it would make it worth it if you over grew an item like your loofah? I’m sure people would like to buy from you, they see the plant growing. I keep trying to grow plants but so far the only thing I’m able to get things to work with are the jalapeños. You encourage me to keep going. I’ll let you know when I have better success
Love the answers to these questions. I love the thought that you have put into your answers. Thank Yous!!! I would agree with the invasive species. One that I bought at Home Depot with tiny buttercup flowers for a foundation plant. It spread everywhere by seed and I'm still pulling them out two years later.
Yep. But what are we supposed to do after Christmas? I still need your knowledge and inspiration. I ordered a lot of seeds...
I’m curious about how or if you water your garden, if so details are very welcome! I’ve had a rough time with gardening in FL, pests & mildew among others seem to take down whatever comes up…
Good question, me too! I am battling with spider mites at the moment, on my bay leaf. They are though!
My husband had the best laugh at me when we moved down here because I was complaining about all of my money I had spent on houseplants over the years and down here they are growing like weeds in abandoned lots! 🤦♀️
LOL! So true! Also tell your husband I cleaned my gutters 😉 but he can’t see it until next week
@@WildFloridian 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I can't wait to show him, he'll be so proud of you and Ben. Gutters are his pet peeve. 🙄🤷♀️
That and dog hair in the house. We have 5 dogs 😒😒😒😒
I have two native plants I kind of regret planting: American groundnut and Florida betony, both of them for the same reason... THEY GROW TOO WELL! They both spread rhizomaticly and will spread if not contained. The American groundnut is less of an issue since it needs something to climb, is easy to spot when it sprouts outside its original bed, fixes nitrogen in the soil, and has 2 edible parts - the tubers are like a nutty potatoes and the vine grows beans! The Florida betony on the other hand is EXTREMELY aggressive mint family member and I should've kept it in a pot! If you like radish its tubers are a great substitute and as a bonus it has pretty flowers that the bees go CRAZY for.
Fun video to watch with you. 😊
I use loofah to scrub pots as well as dirty feet from gardening barefooted.
Nice!
I was warned about Mexican petunia but planted it anyway and have spent the last 15 years removing it. I have it now in one contained area but it is a prolific reseeder. Two others that I love but now only in pots Turkish Cap and Trumpet Vine the orange one. It can take over your property.
I made the same mistake with the Mexican petunia. Pretty, but it is taking over my front flower garden, and needs to be constantly “managed”. Question: Do you recommend a rose variety that grows well in zone 10? I would love to try one like Rosa rugosa for the hips to make jelly.
Your video on snake plants and aggressiveness was a life saver. I will forever place in a container. How do you feel about palms do you think they have a place in a natural garden?
🥰🥰 I’m thinking I’ll use this question for a video Kim!
Home depot and lowes bulbs and bare roots are awful. But I must have been fortunate that the live plants have mostly survived and done well.
That is awesome Bobby!
Weird that the Monarchs leave my Butterfly Weed alone and hammer my Swamp Milkweed.
I have a few regrets. At my current house, I thought OH I need something bushy and green and fully of flowers! So I planted some Bidens cause hey, they grow everywhere. Since then, I tried replacing the area with native rockland lantana and Coreopsis lanceolata, but the Bidens are STILL THERE! UGH. The soil is sandy loam but slightly closer to sand. The Asclepias tuberosa isn't growing much and beach morning glory took over the area. Don't tell anyone ;) but I have an endangered wild cotton plant flowering too. I also have like 5 Asclepias perennis but after a year they never really grew bushy like they originally did.
Use green papaya in thai papaya salads so good
What’s your favourite plant you’ve grown to date?
I didn't actually plant them, but here around NE Florida, I have invasive "non bearing " mulberries. The neighbor has 1 bearing mulberry, and OMG oodness the roots grow for miles.... they are horrible.. .
Just found you on RUclips. Love all the information especially the watering can what kind is it?
Absolutely love this video….real life
Omg yes home depot hasn’t been a good place to get flowers from ..
Sorry you had the same experience... live and learn 👩🌾
I thought Ficus was an inside or patio plant in Florida. In Palm Beach they have huge hedges out of it.
We don't even love papaya here so that's exactly why I won't plant it
I also don't like Mexican petunias. I had them growing in front of my house. They got so tall, I could sit on my front porch and nobody could see me from the road. Fortunately they were surrounded by concrete a sidewalk and couldn't grow past the concrete. I ripped them out and took them to my mom's house and replanted them. They are pretty but invasive.
Memories of Mona cosmos 😭 can’t get rid of them now
Thank you so much for all the great advice. I do have one question regarding insects.
It seems I am always behind on treating my plants and by the time I treat most times I end up losing the battle.
Is there a way to know when to treat before the pest pressure?. I realize bugs have seasons as well but how do I stay one step ahead of the little buggers?!. Thank you.
When I bought my house there was Paper Mulberry trees growing in the back yard. 4 years later they are still popping up everywhere. It's a constant battle trying to find the roots and destroy them. If you know of a way to kill the roots without having to kill everything in my yard in the process please let em know.
Have you tried eating young luffa? I saw the young vegetable is edible. It would likely produce more with some picking too.
You can make green papaya chili 🌶️!!!!
Thank you for your information
Thought I was getting native blue porterweed but no, it was the non-native kind. So aggressive. And heleconia. Or should I say HELLiconia. Makes me want to stay away from anything with tubers!
Ugh… just planted sunflowers throughout the garden yesterday 😅
Agree with ferns!
i have a climbing rose i dunno what it is but its long thorn city
I have found a few natives that just outgrow their space - which I have very little of, so I have to dig out "babies" so that they don't overwhelm the flower beds. Helianthus Augustafolia gets about 7 to 8 feet tall, and Elliot's Aster also get very tall and both spread underground as well as by seed. they are both beautiful but can easily take over. I have a Firecracker plant (not native) that has been spreading like crazy and requires digging new ones out. But learning as I go along. I don't hesitate to pull things that overtake my space.
Amen sister !!!!
Hi, I live in Miami and have a loofah that I planted in February and now has 4 very big loofas and a few little ones. After I harvest them can I trim it and keep it to grow more again next year? Or should I replace it with a new seedling?
Before I watch my guess is lantana
I HATE lantanas! I dont like how they smell, they make my skin angry and red. And i have such a hard time getting rid of it.
I don't understand why big box stores are allowed to sell the invasive species 😕 I like to hike and I have seen snake plants, Mexican petunias and non-native Lantana growing in many of our state parks. They shouldn't be allowed to sell the invasive species!
Lantana from big box stores are awful. I only use our native Buttonsage Lantana.
Are you happy with your Beautyberry?
I did luffa for the first time this year. Three plants and they completely took over the fenced in part of my property where the dogs run. (1/8th of an acre?) I mean, they ran the whole span of this fence. I just walked out there every couple days and wound the plant around the chain link to keep it a bit more condensed. And I let it go pretty natural, I did NOTHING to this plant other than help guide it.
At first I was freaking out! because Ants LOVE THIS PLANT! But I was like, just let nature do its thing, watch and see what happens. They weren't fire ants so, eh?
Now.. I evidently haven't mastered when to harvest them. Or the humidity just wasn't good this year. I waited until they were brown and cracking a bit and when I peeled them open the luffa itself was anything but white. Some of them looked even rotten. BUT BUT BUT
The bees LOVED these flowers! I would see bees and wasps and butterflies and even dragonflies all over this plant using the leaves as places to rest, or just eating up that nectar. I really need to do some research on the ants that flock to this plant because they were all over every inch of it the moment it started to bud.
In the future.. ONE plant at a time and heck, I may just keep it because I could completely neglect it and it would just do its thing and the pollinators are STILL buzzing around it in November and I planted it in April.
try getting them when they are yellow turning to brown and letting it dry out i heard that works
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Your knowledge is outstanding but it pains me when you use la gauge taking the name of God in vain. I can’t watch your vids when my exchange students are within earshot bc they don’t understand the language and why they hear the Lords name.
Sunflowers actually act as a natural healer if the soil. Evidently contaminated soil is prolific this year, and according to Jess (Roots and Refuge farms), who got a bad load of contaminated soil, she planted sunflowers and also used mushrooms to try and heal the soil. .🙏🦩✌
I planted gold lantana , i was not a fan but also who knows it mighta been the soil