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The Hollyberry Lady · 11-03-2010, 12:25 AM

Autumn is the time to bite the bullet and take out plants that haven't worked...for whatever reason.

Gardening is about change and no garden is ever finished. It's best to just acknowledge reality and remove a mistake, and spend the winter visualizing the great new plant you now have
space for!

Sometimes a plant just won't grow well. The climate is favorable, you've prepared the soil correctly, watering and feeding were done properly, the light was right, but no matter what, the plant just didn't grow the way it should and seems sickly or sulky.

Dig it up and toss it!

If a plant fails to thrive. the mistake may very well be yours. Perhaps you put a good plant in a bad place...you didn't check out the light requirements, you forgot how boggy that corner gets in Spring...though you knew the plant required excellent drainage.

Or maybe it wasn't an oversight...

Maybe you just wanted the plant in that space so much, you tried to force it!

Well, sometimes that works, but sometimes it doesn't.

Remove your mistakes in Autumn, while you are cleaning up and getting ready for the new year...

: )

11-03-2010, 12:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
The Hollyberry Lady The Hollyberry Lady 's Photo Gallery Find me on the map! Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 15,161 BananaBucks : 1,447,036 Feedback: 1 / 100% Said "Thanks" 12,042 Times Was Thanked 11,326 Times in 5,311 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 102 Times	Facing Your Mistakes! Autumn is the time to bite the bullet and take out plants that haven't worked...for whatever reason. Gardening is about change and no garden is ever finished. It's best to just acknowledge reality and remove a mistake, and spend the winter visualizing the great new plant you now have space for! Sometimes a plant just won't grow well. The climate is favorable, you've prepared the soil correctly, watering and feeding were done properly, the light was right, but no matter what, the plant just didn't grow the way it should and seems sickly or sulky. Dig it up and toss it! If a plant fails to thrive. the mistake may very well be yours. Perhaps you put a good plant in a bad place...you didn't check out the light requirements, you forgot how boggy that corner gets in Spring...though you knew the plant required excellent drainage. Or maybe it wasn't an oversight... Maybe you just wanted the plant in that space so much, you tried to force it! Well, sometimes that works, but sometimes it doesn't. Remove your mistakes in Autumn, while you are cleaning up and getting ready for the new year... : )