04-15-2024, 10:27 AM
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#1461
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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Anyone have experience with planting/growing bamboo here in town? Is there a greenhouse that carries it?
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04-15-2024, 10:38 AM
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#1463
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: wearing raccoons for boots
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I believe thats the indoor stuff. Theres a fairly cold hardy clumping variety, Fargesia, thats ive seen mentioned for outdoor, but seems to be an ordering seeds online only thing.
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04-15-2024, 10:51 AM
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#1464
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Can it survive Calgary winters? If so, I'd be interested too!
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04-15-2024, 01:20 PM
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#1465
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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It looks like you lose the stems every winter and would be risky with rhizome underground. Hardy ones are zone 6 stems and at best a zone 4 rhizome. Risky, but with covering in the winter could be doable. Really needs a Vancouver climate.
https://bambooplants.ca/choosing-bamboo/
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04-16-2024, 12:42 AM
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#1466
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Franchise Player
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Aren't certain types of bamboo considered an invasive species in North America?
Not that it might be an issue in Calgary...
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04-28-2024, 12:13 PM
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#1467
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Deep South
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Does anyone have a good recommendation for a company to power rake and aerate a lawn? I'd prefer someone more reputable than those walking around neighbourhoods and taking cash, but maybe they are just as good?
We hand rake every year, but figured it has been long enough to do the full meal deal this spring.
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04-28-2024, 02:11 PM
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#1468
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Crash and Bang Winger
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We’ve been using Seedy Lawns for a few years. They do a great job and have been very reliable. I communicate with completely online and by text.
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04-28-2024, 03:06 PM
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#1469
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Franchise Player
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Anyone have a recommendation as to what I should plant in these things I have hanging off my shed? They get a lot of sun.
https://ibb.co/LxkjVHM
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04-28-2024, 04:13 PM
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#1470
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Such a pretty girl!
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by metallicat
Anyone have a recommendation as to what I should plant in these things I have hanging off my shed? They get a lot of sun.
https://ibb.co/LxkjVHM
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Strawberries!
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04-28-2024, 04:15 PM
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#1471
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Strawberries!
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Seriously? Just plant them and will they just grow downwards?
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04-28-2024, 04:29 PM
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#1472
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Pent-up
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: Plutanamo Bay.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by metallicat
Seriously? Just plant them and will they just grow downwards?
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Strawberries work great in pots. I’ve had 10 or so in pots for a few years.
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04-28-2024, 04:31 PM
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#1473
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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If the birds and squirrels don't get them first.
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04-28-2024, 05:14 PM
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#1474
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by Shazam
If the birds and squirrels don't get them first.
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04-28-2024, 05:27 PM
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#1475
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shazam
If the birds and squirrels don't get them first.
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Ya, that's why I keep my strawberries locked down in a hypermax. Squirrels wait until they are a day before optimum ripeness before they snatch them.
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05-08-2024, 10:58 AM
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#1476
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First Line Centre
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How does everyone cut the edges of their lawn along buildings or retaining walls? Does anyone use grass shears or clippers? If so, any recommendations?
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05-08-2024, 11:03 AM
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#1477
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Pickle Jar Lake
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String edge trimmer.
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05-08-2024, 11:39 AM
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#1478
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First Line Centre
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That's what I've always done in the past but it leaves clippings all over the side of our garage, leaves a green mark in the concrete when trimming against the foundation, damages wood retaining wall features and doesn't trim inside corners well.
Cosmetic issues aside, string trimmers also leave chunks of plastic all over the place.
So, has anyone tried out something like this?
https://www.amazon.ca/Gardena-Batter...939c8821a&th=1
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05-08-2024, 11:40 AM
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#1479
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Looooooooooooooch
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Is it too early to lay down grass/clover seed? Want to take advantage of this rainy forecast next week but I think it's still pretty chilly overnight...
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05-08-2024, 11:41 AM
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#1480
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by kevman
That's what I've always done in the past but it leaves clippings all over the side of our garage, leaves a green mark in the concrete when trimming against the foundation, damages wood retaining wall features and doesn't trim inside corners well.
Cosmetic issues aside, string trimmers also leave chunks of plastic all over the place.
So, has anyone tried out something like this?
https://www.amazon.ca/Gardena-Batter...939c8821a&th=1
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How about using a power washer, then filling in those gaps with a little bit of herbicide?
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