Praying for a kinder cycle and continued good news!!! I’ve been relay cropping and didn’t know it was a thing! Now I know intercropping vs relay. Thanks for the great video!
I also did Astors and cosmos this past year and my Astors were consumed. 😂 I’ve been trying to find the best companion for my garlic as we do a few hundred of them and it feels like so much “wasted” space. This has given me some new ideas though. Thank you!!
I’m looking forward to part 2! Thank you! I’m so sorry E had a rough round this time. Glad you’re over the hump and making progress. I think of your family often.
Loved this very educational video. I learned so much. Really love your clips of E. She is strong like you and Eric. Hope the next round is a breeze. You are always amazing and inspiring. We are blooming from you lol
This is a great video. I’m expanding this year due to finally having a florist co-op to sell blooms to but want to do it smartly. Have so many ideas but probably too long to type. Anyway, these video are always helpful reminders. Important to consider similar water needs when intercropping too.
Not me in my living room crying about E’s success 😭 those good scans bring a rush of relief most people will never know. Right here alongside you celebrating all her small wins!
haha this video makes me think of a couple things: - the definition of relay planting vs succession planting is off when I compare what I am learning in my master gardener training program vs my flower farming workshop, which could be a little confusing, but no biggy. - you are so smart to interplant based on sun/shade needs, the tulip/lily combo is a new one to me, would be interesting to try out sometime. in the landscaping world, it's common to interplant early and late season bloomers to get a longer interest in the same area. like perennial asters, can mix well with lots of spring/summer blooming plants that it's just a green growing filler in the beginning and then shine in the fall.
I think that relay planting is a type of succession planting, kinda like a rectangle is a square concept. But to your point, it’s about getting more out of a space at different times. This is a good point and one I should have mentioned. Relay cropping is good to master if you have a really small space and need continuous blooms and can’t afford to wait to flip a bed!
Good news! Sorry so rough on her this time...sorry that you all are going thru this.Like this lasagna planting stuff..never heard of it. Will be looking for another space for tulips as I've moved them around all my spaces available. If I plant them in vert. bed with small amount of dirt and leaves..do you change out that dirt for next yr. cause of blight diseases,etc? Will look for your video on that one! Hang in there guys!!! Prayers for E!!!
Yes!! Well I changed out the soil in 2 beds and ran out of time. But you should swap out the soil to avoid tulip fire. I like using the raised beds to dump in food waste at the bottom, and use that to help amend crappy planting medium like mulch. Then, when I take out the soil, it’s actually a compost like material I can amend in other rows, all while it was helping grow bulbs ☺️
Great news on E! I played with intercropping ranuncs and Lizzie and it worked great. Going to do some experiments with my veggies this year. Great video. ❤
Great news on E. It is amazing to see her being happy and excited being on camera. Adorable! We are experimenting with lasagna-planting garlic with tulips this year. So far it looks like squirrels avoid that bed. I also intercropped fall planted stock and ranunculus in the unheated greenhouse hoping stock would be done by the time ranunculus bloom but they seem to be growing together in a unison and, fingers crossed, we will have them both blooming for the Valentine’s Day. I’ll def try growing ageratum with silver shield this year. Thanks for the tips!
One relay cropping, I tried this year was too plant my fall cool flower in between rose of buckwheat. Knowing that the buckwheat would die back with colder weather. But here in Phoenix area I did not get the cold weather when I thought I would. 🥴 I had planted successions of Persian Cress and it was well into being a success out growing the buckwheat as it got cooler. But I had ground squirrels come in and eat it all down. I am hoping the Persian Cress will regrow if I can protect by netting.
what! squirrels eat persian cress?! i had no idea! i actually intercroped persian cress with garlic. It worked but then we had a giant windstorm and the persian cress needs to either be netted or grown really closely together. so all of my stems were lopsided 😅
Thanks for all your intelligent and informative videos. I'm so relieved that E had a good scan result. I only watched your 'day in the life' video last night and I was in tears and wrung out at the end. No one should ever have to go through this. You are handling it with power and determination and we in the ether world are all pulling and praying for you.
I tried growing crops on either side of a trellis of sweet peas for shade and heat mitigation. Successes = anemones were done before the sweet peas took off so were more like relay cropping, and ranunuclus are shorter and liked the shade. Failures = stock and snapdragons are taller when the sweet peas are tall and just got tangled in the tendrils and made a mess
Thanks for sharing! i think it goes to show how complicated relay cropping is, but it makes me even more motivated to figure out combinations and timing ;)
About your ranunculus/straw flower bed. I'm guessing this means you left the ranuns in the ground, and they were able to die back naturally. I'm curious if you dug them up after your straw flowers were done. And did you notice much difference is the ranunculus corms? Bigger, multiplied, etc. Also have you done any doubling up with larkspur delphinium? THANKS JESSIE!
You’re right! I did leave them in the ground. They sprouted in the fall and then the rabbits ate them up in the following spring (2024). I never redug them up after lol. Regarding delphinium, I have a couple of trays in the ground. I ordered them before E’s diagnosis. I likely would not have grown them for retail in all honesty, but I’ll make it work!
Great news! praying for a much better cycle next time! awesome video! Thank you!
This was so incredibly helpful! Sending so much love to E & your family.
I’m so glad to hear! Thank you ☺️
Wow, these are great tips! Thanks so much!
Prayers
Thank you for a really informative video!!
Praying for a kinder cycle and continued good news!!!
I’ve been relay cropping and didn’t know it was a thing! Now I know intercropping vs relay. Thanks for the great video!
Appreciate it Tara! And I’m not surprised to hear you successfully relay cropping given your crazy output!
I also did Astors and cosmos this past year and my Astors were consumed. 😂 I’ve been trying to find the best companion for my garlic as we do a few hundred of them and it feels like so much “wasted” space. This has given me some new ideas though. Thank you!!
I’m looking forward to part 2! Thank you! I’m so sorry E had a rough round this time. Glad you’re over the hump and making progress. I think of your family often.
Thank you! 🙏
Loved this very educational video. I learned so much. Really love your clips of E. She is strong like you and Eric. Hope the next round is a breeze. You are always amazing and inspiring. We are blooming from you lol
Thank you ❤️
This is a great video. I’m expanding this year due to finally having a florist co-op to sell blooms to but want to do it smartly. Have so many ideas but probably too long to type. Anyway, these video are always helpful reminders. Important to consider similar water needs when intercropping too.
Thanks also for the update at the end. Exciting that she’s had such a good scan❤
I can also recommend interplanting relaycrop with veggies. Like Sallad, raddishes, swish char. They grow quickly and don't mindre shade
I can’t wait to do that this year!!
Not me in my living room crying about E’s success 😭 those good scans bring a rush of relief most people will never know. Right here alongside you celebrating all her small wins!
aww thank you 💜
I am very happy with the good news.May God bless and help E through the next cycle. You're in my thoughts.
Lovvveeee! This!
haha this video makes me think of a couple things:
- the definition of relay planting vs succession planting is off when I compare what I am learning in my master gardener training program vs my flower farming workshop, which could be a little confusing, but no biggy.
- you are so smart to interplant based on sun/shade needs, the tulip/lily combo is a new one to me, would be interesting to try out sometime. in the landscaping world, it's common to interplant early and late season bloomers to get a longer interest in the same area. like perennial asters, can mix well with lots of spring/summer blooming plants that it's just a green growing filler in the beginning and then shine in the fall.
I think that relay planting is a type of succession planting, kinda like a rectangle is a square concept. But to your point, it’s about getting more out of a space at different times. This is a good point and one I should have mentioned. Relay cropping is good to master if you have a really small space and need continuous blooms and can’t afford to wait to flip a bed!
Lots of information to think about. Thank you! Such good news for E. Celebrate those wins!
Prayers for baby E! 💗
Bless her heart, she is growing up so fast. Hoping her next round goes good.
Wonderful news on E!!!
Good news! Sorry so rough on her this time...sorry that you all are going thru this.Like this lasagna planting stuff..never heard of it. Will be looking for another space for tulips as I've moved them around all my spaces available. If I plant them in vert. bed with small amount of dirt and leaves..do you change out that dirt for next yr. cause of blight diseases,etc? Will look for your video on that one! Hang in there guys!!! Prayers for E!!!
Yes!! Well I changed out the soil in 2 beds and ran out of time. But you should swap out the soil to avoid tulip fire. I like using the raised beds to dump in food waste at the bottom, and use that to help amend crappy planting medium like mulch. Then, when I take out the soil, it’s actually a compost like material I can amend in other rows, all while it was helping grow bulbs ☺️
Great news on E! I played with intercropping ranuncs and Lizzie and it worked great. Going to do some experiments with my veggies this year. Great video. ❤
oh that's a really interesting combination! i actually would never have thought of that! did you net the ranunculus too?
great video. super helpful. thank you. prayers for E
Great news on E. It is amazing to see her being happy and excited being on camera. Adorable!
We are experimenting with lasagna-planting garlic with tulips this year. So far it looks like squirrels avoid that bed.
I also intercropped fall planted stock and ranunculus in the unheated greenhouse hoping stock would be done by the time ranunculus bloom but they seem to be growing together in a unison and, fingers crossed, we will have them both blooming for the Valentine’s Day.
I’ll def try growing ageratum with silver shield this year. Thanks for the tips!
Thank you! And that’s exciting you May have two crops coming in for vday. Both would be such an excellent contributor to bouquets!
One relay cropping, I tried this year was too plant my fall cool flower in between rose of buckwheat. Knowing that the buckwheat would die back with colder weather. But here in Phoenix area I did not get the cold weather when I thought I would. 🥴 I had planted successions of Persian Cress and it was well into being a success out growing the buckwheat as it got cooler. But I had ground squirrels come in and eat it all down. I am hoping the Persian Cress will regrow if I can protect by netting.
what! squirrels eat persian cress?! i had no idea! i actually intercroped persian cress with garlic. It worked but then we had a giant windstorm and the persian cress needs to either be netted or grown really closely together. so all of my stems were lopsided 😅
@ these are ground squirrels, they barrow into the ground. They are grazers also eat my tomatoes and peppers and squashes.
Thanks for all your intelligent and informative videos.
I'm so relieved that E had a good scan result. I only watched your 'day in the life' video last night and I was in tears and wrung out at the end. No one should ever have to go through this. You are handling it with power and determination and we in the ether world are all pulling and praying for you.
Thank you for your kind words ❤️
I tried growing crops on either side of a trellis of sweet peas for shade and heat mitigation.
Successes = anemones were done before the sweet peas took off so were more like relay cropping, and ranunuclus are shorter and liked the shade.
Failures = stock and snapdragons are taller when the sweet peas are tall and just got tangled in the tendrils and made a mess
Thanks for sharing! i think it goes to show how complicated relay cropping is, but it makes me even more motivated to figure out combinations and timing ;)
About your ranunculus/straw flower bed. I'm guessing this means you left the ranuns in the ground, and they were able to die back naturally. I'm curious if you dug them up after your straw flowers were done. And did you notice much difference is the ranunculus corms? Bigger, multiplied, etc. Also have you done any doubling up with larkspur delphinium? THANKS JESSIE!
You’re right! I did leave them in the ground. They sprouted in the fall and then the rabbits ate them up in the following spring (2024). I never redug them up after lol.
Regarding delphinium, I have a couple of trays in the ground. I ordered them before E’s diagnosis. I likely would not have grown them for retail in all honesty, but I’ll make it work!
The treatments really are a long endurance event. I am glad she is doing better now.
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