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untonuggan) wrote2016-04-02 09:13 am
Poll: gauging interests in gardening posts
Many of my friends now seem to have actual garden space, or want to do more with herbs or houseplants or whatnot. But if you haven't absorbed a bunch of gardening stuff from Master Gardener child-of-farmer for years, it can be difficult to know "what is enough water" or "how do you pick soil". So, I was thinking of maybe doing some gardening posts? If people are interested? Plus I know enough to know what I don't know, which...there is so much to know, plus cool science.
Thus, a poll:
Are you interested in gardening posts?
Yes, for my own current garden use
13 (43.3%)
Yes, for future garden use
10 (33.3%)
Yes, to share with someone I know
6 (20.0%)
I'd read them just to know stuff, but they're not a high priority
14 (46.7%)
They're not my thing
1 (3.3%)
What kinds of gardening info would you be most interested in?
How to water houseplants
14 (48.3%)
Choosing plants
17 (58.6%)
Microclimates or other science! thing
16 (55.2%)
Pruning: how to & seasonality
13 (44.8%)
Growing plants from seed
16 (55.2%)
What to watch out for on a plant label
12 (41.4%)
Plants I wish I could ban from nurseries
13 (44.8%)
Why being ruthless can be good for ecosystems
14 (48.3%)
Growing bulbs outdoors
13 (44.8%)
Other I will explain in comments
5 (17.2%)
Ticky!
How would you describe your gardening experience? (1 is "I have never touched soil" 10 is "green thumb")
Mean: 4.20 Median: 4 Std. Dev 2.27
| 1 | 2 (6.7%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 8 (26.7%) | |
| 3 | 4 (13.3%) | |
| 4 | 4 (13.3%) | |
| 5 | 2 (6.7%) | |
| 6 | 4 (13.3%) | |
| 7 | 3 (10.0%) | |
| 8 | 2 (6.7%) | |
| 9 | 1 (3.3%) | |
| 10 | 0 (0.0%) |
p.s. unrelated to current poll, am thinking of making a twitter that is me ranting about plant things that piss me off. (such as the massacres that power companies regularly do when people plant tall trees under power lines, which then weaken the trees anyway.) "plant rant" is sadly taken, but if you have any good twitter handle ideas let me know. was thinking of something Lorax related, but I find the whole "speak for the trees" theme kind of irritating even though that is kind of what I would be doing...
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But also if you know about this, I'd like to read about container gardening. I'm about to move into a place with some outdoor space but no soil, and I like the idea of container gardening but most of my attempts at it have failed.
(Then again, most of my attempts have been container gardening produce, which I'm not even going to consider in a shady garden in the UK. Hopefully decorative plants are easier.)
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i imagine container gardening in the UK is quite a bit different in terms of plant selection, but general principles are probably similar.
also fyi I'll add this before I write a big thing about it, my mom is *obsessed* with growing miniature conifers in containers right now. which seems like something that might work in the UK? (based entirely off the fact that conifers grow well in Seattle, and British flowers grow well in Seattle. I could be wrong about the conifer thing in the UK, and I don't know about availability.)
(just, uh, also check what people mean when they say "miniature" because a miniature version of a 100 foot tree might grow to be 25 feet and that is not actually good for a small container. here is one example with pretty good documentation.)