r/gardening • • 5d ago

Friendly Friday Thread

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This is the Friendly Friday Thread.

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r/gardening • • 3h ago

Blooming Brilliant!

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644 Upvotes

Wondering when Mother Nature will close the show but so far the flowers are still “blooming brilliant”!


r/gardening • • 10h ago

The cyclospora outbreak inspired me to start my first ever garden

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I’ve always wanted to grow my own food ever since I was a little girl, and this year I finally said screw it and gave it a shot. I am SO happy I did! Picked up 3 used earth boxes from Facebook marketplace and DIY’d the cover with old soil bags. This entire process has taught me so much and it has been a great lesson of patience and diligence. I dealt with some thrips at the end of summer and now am struggling with the lower sun, but just getting this far is a major success for me!

My romaine is otherworldly and finally sweetening up as the nights get colder. Hopefully in about a month my kale can start being harvested as well. My herb box is being taken over by my bolting cilantro but its flowers are pretty so I’m leaving it be. I’m so excited for next season now that I (kinda sorta) know what I’m doing!


r/gardening • • 2h ago

What’s eating my succulent??

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Hi! I am not an experienced gardener, but I’ve reagent my been inspired to get more into it. I have several potted succulents, but just ONE is getting munched on and I’d like to know what’s doing it and if there’s anything I can do to stop the villain. I’m in Northern California if that’s helpful.


r/gardening • • 9h ago

Mid/late Autumn marigold harvest for some yellow dye

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238 Upvotes

I love how they keep my garden colorful all season long ❤️


r/gardening • • 5h ago

Weather Gonna Change: last weekend in my messy Minnesota garden

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82 Upvotes

After a long gorgeous fall, it’s about to get rainy and cold in the coming week. Here’s to the last days of supper in the garden: Until we venture out again next May. Salute!


r/gardening • • 1d ago

By far my favorite flower ever. I could sit and stare at it all day. The second year of my “Midnight Tryst” hibiscus blooming. ❤️

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2.3k Upvotes

r/gardening • • 3h ago

Heartbreaker

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39 Upvotes

I was really looking forward to harvesting these Asian eggplants for some stir fries, but the first frost got here too soon.


r/gardening • • 11h ago

Probably, my favourites

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179 Upvotes

r/gardening • • 1h ago

Pothos from my dad’s funeral going three years strong

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I was so close to my dad, and I was distraught of him passing. I didn’t do anything for about a year straight. My husband kept the Pothos alive during that time, and I am so thankful he did. I now have my own greenhouse business, and I have given and sold so many starts from her. It always makes me think of him, and makes me feel like I am still sharing his love to others. We just got her set up inside for the winter!


r/gardening • • 19h ago

Feverfew aka Mini Daisies, mom and I grew this summer at home :)

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501 Upvotes

#kohimaNagaland of NE India


r/gardening • • 16h ago

Little did I know I’d love this Red Mexican Sunflower.

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288 Upvotes

My grandma got impatient and just threw the seeds in the corner. Little did I know I’d actually love it and now I’m gonna save seeds to plant along the back of the house! This is roughly 3-4months old!


r/gardening • • 11h ago

My carrot is being bullied

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101 Upvotes

r/gardening • • 3h ago

Why do my mums always look like this?

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Every year this happens to my mums. They look great in spring, but when they flower in the fall all the leaves turn brown.

Zone 7b, northeast USA


r/gardening • • 5h ago

Marigold seeds worth saving?

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Just found these marigold seeds glommed together behind my microwave... are they worth saving, or goners? They would have been saved from my marigold flowers from last fall.


r/gardening • • 3h ago

I'm having issues with this winnower and I thought maybe with all the seed savers here someone might be able to help.

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I'm trying to figure out the problem, I don't really have any idea. Some, but very little chaff is actually being separated. I removed the front plastic cover. The white packing material is to keep it air tight, and in the bottom right opening it's stuffed with the same white packing material.


r/gardening • • 15h ago

How many colors do you see?Hibiscus

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114 Upvotes

Got this baby as a lil cutting two years ago. Now it’s huge and blooming these outstanding colors.


r/gardening • • 6h ago

What is this and do I kill it?

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19 Upvotes

Found a bunch on a pepper leaf.


r/gardening • • 8h ago

:) I think it's beautiful

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25 Upvotes

r/gardening • • 1d ago

Are these safe to eat?

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756 Upvotes

I was clearing out a raised bed my mom used to plant in to use once it’s spring and I found these potatoes, I have no idea how long they’ve been in there


r/gardening • • 5h ago

Sensory Friendly Plants?

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Hello, looking to grow a plant for my son with autism, any recommendations or tips? He’s really into nice smells and soft textures.


r/gardening • • 21h ago

Still thriving in the Midwest

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235 Upvotes

r/gardening • • 3h ago

What happens if you don't thin your carrots?

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I normally never do. This was from a small raised bed sown two wide across roughly 60cm rows. I don't thin them because I get a variety of sizes. I love the bite size ones, and so do my children. The biggest ones I cook with, or eat raw. The medium ones are for anything.

This is just to show yield for thinning vs not thinning. For me, I love the taste of home grown ones vs store bought. I don't care what they look like because we always have enough and the size variety is useful. I hope this helps 👍

I'll replant the smallest ones shown in the bowl. They do sometimes survive the winter zone 5A PA USA.


r/gardening • • 13h ago

Red Rubin Basil - The smell is intoxicating 😍

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43 Upvotes

The top looks like a Pagoda. Do you see it?


r/gardening • • 1h ago

Can I save this fern?

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