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| I know I am impulsive as a gardener, and I let these volunteers go, but what would you do with these volunteers? I can let them grow and run rampant, or I can try to plant these elsewhere. Do you think at this stage they would survive transplanting? |
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| If you can spare the space you could thin them out a bit. I am the same way - hating to pull up volunteers, but they don't produce very well when they are so cramped. Linda |
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| Heirlooms-Yes. Otherwise-No. I transplanted and cared for several last year that weren't heirlooms. The skin was tough and they were very bitter. |
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- Posted by carolyn137 z4/5 NY (My Page) on Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 18:06
| If you do thin the out and they are OP varieties, not hybrids, don't expect to be able to ID all of them. I used to take about 15 volunteers each season from the field where I grew hundreds of plants and varieties, and transfer them to a separate area, just to see if I could ID them. remembering that volunteers came from dropped fruits whose seeds made it through the winter, there's a good chance, as I found out, that some of those seeds were from X pollinated fruits, so no way of Iding them. But it was fun anyway, Carolyn |
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| Better chance of survival by far had it been done several weeks back. At this point survival is doubtful IMO. If you have the time and room and what to see what happens, fine. They won't do anything like that so thin them out substantially and see what happens. Personally, I'd probably pull and pitch them and use the space for something with assured productivity. Dave |
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- Posted by afishlady 8b (afishlady@yahoo.com) on Fri, Apr 25, 14 at 21:18
| Looks like you have flowers already. You can taste test some in just a little bit and decide to pull them later if they are yucky. I too would have a hard time pulling such healthy plants :) |
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