NOW PAPA-PEPPER IS BUYING FLOWERS?
What gives?
Trust me guys, it's not what you think! I have my reasons!
WHY BUY?
Okay, you can see a pretty good cartload there, so I'll let you in on my reasons. I know that propagating plants is cheaper than purchasing them and that growing your own from seed is cheaper than buying seedlings from the greenhouse or garden store. However, cost isn't everything, now is it?
Well, the purchase price certainly did have something to do with it. At the moment I've got limited space, so I can only start limited numbers of seedlings. I'm trying to rotate through things and get them moving from seed, to seedling, to planted in the garden as best as I can, but I'm expanding the prepared garden area as I go too, so it's a lot of effort. To get five plants for fifty cents is only a dime a plant, so that helps out, especially since these are ready to plant.
You may also know that I prefer to grow food over ornamental plants, but this one has more purpose than just looking pretty. You see, this is a Marigold, and that is a special species of flower with well known pest repelling properties. As always, everything is disputable and many researchers would beg to differ, but I still like to grow these anyway.
The reduced price was because a lot of these "six packs" were more like "five packs" or even "four packs" since some of the flower seedlings had died. Also, some were broken or damaged, but the I think that the plants will live on, they're just tough like that. Since we have quite a large garden area, we've got room for some flowers anyway, and the large, bright flowers should help attract pollinators to the garden too!
Like all of the @little-peppers, Red-Pepper likes to help out with everything that we've got going on. She was my marigold planting helper, and enjoyed the task. I'm sure it'll be exciting for her to watch "her flowers" (AKA the ones that she planted) grow this season. In fact, we all will! Do any of you grow marigolds?
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-cheap-marigold
Until next time…
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Awesome! I bought a rose plant from Walmart the other day for 3 cents. Hell yeah discount plants!
Wow! Now that is a discount! Great buy!
I see
I know quite a bunch of pest repellant plants over here as well.
As you said though, science hasn't proven a lot of them - still I have all the proof I need.
Thaks @gamsam!
I've heard that they can be pest repellents, but I can't say for sure. I ended up putting chicken wire around my raised beds. Otherwise the rabbits would just feast on whatever I had there.
The price isn't always the final criterion for me. I was trying to get my tomato plants to grow, but something happened and I lost them. I saw a plant at the store for $2 and bought it. I know I'll get more than $2 worth of tomatoes off it and it's fun to see it grow as the spring and summer progress.
this very beautiful flower, in our place very much this flower plant, in our place the name of this flower of gold flower.
I am interested in this seed, because the leaves of this flower plant there are benefits to cure stomach ache in the wind.
in your place what the name of this flower @papa-pepper.
It looks like some version of a marigold to me.
Yes.
Beautiful looking this flowers gardening....I appreciate this life. best of luck my friend...
We appreciate this life too! Thanks @triptybarsha!
Most welcome, have a nice day.
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What a nice choice of flowering plant to grow.
I love this plant in paeticular since its has a repelling properties for insects.
But to your question sir.' Do u grow marigold'?
No i dont grow marigold.
But if iI have the means, then I dont think anything will stop me not to grow them.
Thanks for the post @papa-pepper
Glad I found your profile! Lots of interesting stuff!
I try. Life is interesting, so I live it and share it. Thanks!
I love marigolds, they are so pretty, they smell good and they are so easy to grow. Thank you for rescuing them from the store! I tell my husband if there is any green on the plant bring it home and I'll make it grow! Most times this is true.
Marigolds are great borders, and I'm not sure if they get rid of the bugs, but the plants around them always do well. My marigolds got so big that the blooms were too heavy and the plants split in half. They still bloomed until the end of the season!
Getting seeds from them is simple too. At the end of the season those little flowers will give you next years plants, so you really did get a great deal! So glad you have help in the garden! Your dirt is so dark. It looks wonderful.
I hear you! That's how I feel about it!
It's not like everyday I stumble across great post but you are the charm of the steemit community.
Everyday you bring in freshly brewed content you are sharing everything like I learnt something about gardening a little bit about parenting from this.
Papa is versatile
#papadoesit hisway