tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post1118987671710315669..comments2024-03-26T17:53:49.471+00:00Comments on Mark's Veg Plot: Enrolling some volunteersMark Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-51939057339389482582016-08-10T22:25:03.088+01:002016-08-10T22:25:03.088+01:00I hope my Verbena Bonariensis seeds itself. I'...I hope my Verbena Bonariensis seeds itself. I'd actually like that but haven't seen any sign of it happening yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-20193298368983705762016-08-07T01:52:24.111+01:002016-08-07T01:52:24.111+01:00At least you know where your volunteer plants have...At least you know where your volunteer plants have come from Mark, last year we had two new flower plants appear, this year we have had three so far I have not identified them, I suspect they have either been dropped by birds or come in a seeds of various plants I've bought in pots.Anne Wilsonhttp://anirishalternative.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-73145347196390299182016-08-06T17:52:38.480+01:002016-08-06T17:52:38.480+01:00I am not familiar with verbena that tall. But I lo...I am not familiar with verbena that tall. But I love plants that self seed and can be increased from cuttings. We had a wonderful melon from a volunteer.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03183553318309692138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-19109393592546439102016-08-06T16:46:55.616+01:002016-08-06T16:46:55.616+01:00Coincidentally I have sown some fresh thyme this y...Coincidentally I have sown some fresh thyme this year from seed. Our old plant has hung on for years. Horrified to read of your bug attack. I thought they were as tough as old boots. Volunteers is a term I only find myself using for those random potatoes that crop up right in the middle of seed beds. Proof that a weed is just a plant in the wrong place. Self seeded plants = "free"" plants!Malhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17169050358049841998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-2478804032862691722016-08-06T15:29:10.292+01:002016-08-06T15:29:10.292+01:00Volunteer plants...that's a nice name. Not sur...Volunteer plants...that's a nice name. Not sure I can apply the term to me "Volunteer" weeds that self seed :)<br /><br />I always have plenty of volunteer beans, tomatoes and best of all chard, beetroot and parsnip but I've never fully appreciated what the term was meant when people used it. Heard it plenty of times but hadn't given it any thought before.<br /><br />I often pot up volunteers. Just today we found 3 or 4 raspberries that had grown from seed...as if we need more considering how they multiple by root :)Andyhttp://ourlittlefield.blogspot.co.uk/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-69694652584732422732016-08-06T15:27:48.553+01:002016-08-06T15:27:48.553+01:00I wish my thyme had self sown - as it usually does...I wish my thyme had self sown - as it usually does. I need to sow some more as my old plants have now gone.<br />I like my Verbena bonariensis to grow high at the front of a border as a curtain plant.<br />We ate volunteer potatoes last night but you might not approve.Roger Brook - No Dig Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16210160273591839142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-1562187857830361092016-08-06T12:36:22.809+01:002016-08-06T12:36:22.809+01:00Good tip about the pinching out, my verbenas are v...Good tip about the pinching out, my verbenas are very tall and the stems are not things of great beauty! Will try and control them a bit next year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com