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Kara
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when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Having lived in an apartment for a while, I haven't had to do a whole lot of gardening.
The house we just bought has tons of impatients planted outside that are waist high (they're HUGE!)
At what point do I pull them out of the ground? Do I just yank them out? Yank them out and turn the soil?
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Posted 10/18/07 3:04 PM  |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Keep them in until the first frost. They'll die after the frost and you can pull them out then.
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| Posted 10/18/07 3:05 PM |
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Kara
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Okay. Thanks.
I'm not in a hurry to get them out - I plan on replanting next year. I just had no idea when I was supposed to remove them.
My system was going to be wait until you see the neighbors pulling theirs out and do it then... 
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| Posted 10/18/07 3:14 PM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Impatients die and you buy new ones next year to plant. I don't think you can replant them.
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| Posted 10/18/07 3:23 PM |
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Kara
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Oh NOOOOOOOO that's not what I meant. I meant to say I plan to plant impatients again next year.
My mom planted them every year of my life - I DO know that much. 
ETA - I just looked at what I wrote and see how that was confusing.
I just meant "I'm not going to be that gardening idiot who just has dirt in front of her house... I'll be planting flowers again next year." 
Message edited 10/18/2007 3:49:09 PM.
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| Posted 10/18/07 3:48 PM |
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PotofLuck06
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Ah, gotcha!
I interchanged this year - I bought impatients and marigolds. Next year, I'm buying more, and planting them every other, cause they really do bloom largely!
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| Posted 10/18/07 3:57 PM |
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married53005
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Wanna hear something weird...... Every year I plant TONS of impatients in my front yard ( I have a very large garden in front ) I didn't this year because I was in Greece for the whole first 1/2 of the summer . Well , almost all of impatients grew back this year....... They are deifnitly not supposed to , bu last year I don't think I bothered to pull them out when they died either....... Very strange.........
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| Posted 10/19/07 8:43 AM |
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cjik
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
We have impatiens growing in spots around our house, and we planted none this year. I've seen that elsewhere too. I think seeds must get released into the soil.
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| Posted 10/19/07 11:26 AM |
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Kara
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Re: when do I have to dig up the flowers?
Posted by cjik
We have impatiens growing in spots around our house, and we planted none this year. I've seen that elsewhere too. I think seeds must get released into the soil.
I think you're right. My mom changes the color flowers she plants every year, but some years, the previous year's colors start popping up. I guess from the last year's seeds.
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| Posted 10/19/07 2:21 PM |
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