Hi, I have a few direct questions, and then I would also greatly appreciate any advice on my garden situation. First, my plants:
Garden bed, raised-
Roma tomatoes, garlic, strawberries, carrots, habenero peppers, hot bell peppers, Serrano peppers. And
Seeds recently added but not yet growing- basil, dill, more carrots, cilantro, lettuce.
Planter-
Onions
Other planter- sunflowers
My questions:
My raised bed has a bunch of pill bugs, ants, earwigs, and centipedes/milipedes(not sure which, I realllly don't like bugs) I use a pesticide as the bottle directs but still have these bugs, are they damaging to my garden? If so, how do I remove?
I used to have okra growing, I bought it as started plants and they quickly got eaten up by bugs, as soon as I noticed I sprayed everything with pesticides(as directed on the bottle, again) would it be okay to get new okra and add it to the garden and spray it or would tiny plants like those sold at Walmart or Home Depot be too sensitive?
I would like to move my sunflowers to the front of my house, by move I don't just mean move the planter, I mean transplant into the 1 food wide patch of dirt that lines the front of my house. How big should I wait for them to get before transplanting? Would sunflowers do well on the west side of the house?
My house is rented and it came with 4 rose bushes on the south side. One hasn't had any roses yet and it is about a foot and a half tall. The other three are tall enough that my dad, who is 6 feet tall, had to reach as high as he could and gently bend the stems down to reach the roses on top and they've had dozens of roses that I've cut and given to friends and family of friends(moms not around anymore so I appreciate my friends moms greatly) but I haven't watered them in the 3 months I've lived here. Any tips on caring for them or since they continue to bloom should I just leave them be? I do not want to risk killing them seeing as caring for the lawn and landscape is in my lease.
When I water my garden, I also water the grass in the back yard, I only water the yard every other day though and a lot of the grass seems to be dying, should I be watering more? Less? I don't know what type of grass it is, but if grows over a foot in two weeks if I don't mow it. The dirt in my back yard does not let most things grow in it, I tried planting my garden in there but nothing grew and everything that was transplanted died within a week.
As for my garden situation, the bed is on the east side of the house, a bit south of the house too so it gets full sun. I've been watering it somewhat randomly, I know not to water with the sun directly hitting the plants, but I water anywhere from once every two days to twice in a day. I add a mix of vegetable food and fertilizer every two weeks and I spray pesticides every three weeks(bottle says min 7 days between, max 4 applications per growing season, I've used 1, the next is in 3 days) my older carrots are about an inch or two long( I occasionally check) and my Serrano has had 2 peppers the size of a nickel for several weeks now and they haven't grown at all.
Sorry for this being so long, I'm almost done I swear.
I also plan on planting an herb garden, I'd prefer to keep it inside, doesn't make a difference where in the house it is. I have south, west, east, and one north facing windows. Which would be best for various herbs? I have 12 different herb seed packs so I'd like to keep several together, but I have space to keep others separate. they are: Parsley, Lemon Basil, Thyme, Dill, Cilantro, Sweet Marjoram, Oregano, Chives, Garlic Chives, Mustard, Savory & Sage.
Any suggestions on windows, watering frequency for each, and which to keep together and which separate?
That's all. Thank you so much for any and all help!
LeslieM peoria az
grubby_AZ Tucson Z9
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