tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post781213277811434659..comments2023-11-17T12:32:11.301-05:00Comments on Daphne's Dandelions: VolunteersDaphne Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-70918059659258852202011-05-29T01:44:50.730-04:002011-05-29T01:44:50.730-04:00I love volunteers, Johnny Jump Up is one of those,...I love volunteers, Johnny Jump Up is one of those, strangely I have yard long beans volunteers this year, they sprouted in mid 30F, go figure.machttp://highdesertgarden.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-53552841583943852952011-05-27T10:36:32.275-04:002011-05-27T10:36:32.275-04:00Gosh, I never gave it much thought! But now I am g...Gosh, I never gave it much thought! But now I am going to purposely spread more dill and cilantro seeds :)<br /><br />I do have both of them volunteering in the herb garden and on our patio sidewalk cracks!, but I am going to let them spread elsewhere :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09069117326093443006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-69328517017782759412011-05-27T09:22:06.729-04:002011-05-27T09:22:06.729-04:00My dill volunteers every year. What I plant inten...My dill volunteers every year. What I plant intentionally doesn't seem to mature lately. I have one green mass in my small vegetable garden this year that looks like a lush green moss or ground cover. I went to investigate and it is dill seedling. I am afraid when I till the garden they will have to go.<br /><br />I have had parsley live and come back every year here and not from volunteers.wildernesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03527833260038141710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-59954970169969400462011-05-27T07:16:45.852-04:002011-05-27T07:16:45.852-04:00Vanessa, At my last house it used to come up so he...Vanessa, At my last house it used to come up so heavily in one bed that I could just thin it out at a couple of true leaves and get a good harvest. <br /><br />Jeremy, wow I've never had a pepper self seed here. Tomatoes yes, but never peppers.<br /><br />Mark, My last oregano never self seeded. I keep hearing they take over the garden, but mine never did. I'd pull the potato volunteers too. I know some let the grow, but the chance of blight is just too big where I live.<br /><br />Karen Anne, I try to only put cooked potatoes in my compost so they don't volunteer for me. lol But right now I have some kind of squash volunteering in the back. It is a race to see if I cover it up first or if it can outgrow me adding things.<br /><br />michelle, I have sweet alyssum this year too. I always wanted it to self seed at my last house, but it never would. I'm really hoping that this year it will.<br /><br />Jody, it swarms with hoverflies and wasps of all kinds. I've got one of those squash growing too. I wonder if it will live.<br /><br />Brie, I never get melons volunteering. I always have to plant those. <br /><br />Granny, I can only hope my forget-me-nots and my borage volunteer next year. I have them under the gas meter. The soil is really crappy and shallow there. But I hope they grow anyway. <br /><br />Crafty Cristy, well cilantro is coriander. I always let it go to seed so I can get the coriander too. Same with dill. I collect the seed to cook with. And even if you try to keep the seed heads collected, you will miss some anyway. Though I so scatter it occasionally around the garden on purpose.<br /><br />villager, in my last garden the black-eyed-susans would volunteer all over the place. I considered this a weed and ripped them up. This year I'm having trouble trying to start them from seed. Sometimes nature just does a better job. <br /><br />Wendy, they are!<br /><br />Raechill, tomato volunteers are pretty wimpy for me too. But mostly that is because they start so late that they can't keep up with the ones sown indoors.<br /><br />NellJean, melapodium is so cheery. I've never grown it myself though. <br /><br />Sue, I like to weed too. But I've learned what those little plants look like. As long as it has one true leaf I can make sure it comes up. And I usually weed by hand, not by hoe so I can see them and leave the ones I want. I also find the weeds are easiest to pull when they have at least two true leaves or bigger. Otherwise they are just too tiny.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-80889070142873016272011-05-27T03:31:44.716-04:002011-05-27T03:31:44.716-04:00I never get volunteers-but that's my fault-I a...I never get volunteers-but that's my fault-I actually enjoy weeding and do it often. I think I weed out the freebies unknowingly. I have to learn to relax because I'd LOVE some volunteers!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-57208460245205039712011-05-27T00:58:38.336-04:002011-05-27T00:58:38.336-04:00Love the Violas most of all. Melampodium is a summ...Love the Violas most of all. Melampodium is a summer fav along with Madagascar periwinkle.Jean Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09000315400392984647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-75538837617545371082011-05-26T21:05:08.735-04:002011-05-26T21:05:08.735-04:00My cilantro is in bloom in a new-ish bed. I hope i...My cilantro is in bloom in a new-ish bed. I hope it self-sows and I get volunteers. I had some tomatoes volunteer last year but, they were pretty wimpy.Raechillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01476848446486926124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-4491945683297541352011-05-26T20:38:05.966-04:002011-05-26T20:38:05.966-04:00Johnny Jump-ups are the best!Johnny Jump-ups are the best!Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024791145077764161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-22213523333763711032011-05-26T18:36:27.803-04:002011-05-26T18:36:27.803-04:00Fennel volunteers for me in the herb and butterfly...Fennel volunteers for me in the herb and butterfly gardens. I always have plants to give away. And this year I had a purple perilla volunteer in the herb garden. It's always hard to get this one started from seed, but I guess the volunteer had the conditions it needed.Dave @ HappyAcreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03441364543023807886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-28783092713829869682011-05-26T14:46:28.444-04:002011-05-26T14:46:28.444-04:00I am going to have to plant dill in my front flowe...I am going to have to plant dill in my front flower bed. I would love to have more butterflies by my front window. I tried planting milkweed there, but all of them died. Dill is much easier to sow and grow than milkweed. I haven't planted it because I don't care to eat it. <br /><br />I didn't know that cilantro would self-seed either. I will have to let my baby one go to seed at the end of the season. I love cilantro and would really like to help my beneficials. They have really been helping me in the garden this year. It's alive with the 2 types of beneficial wasps, and lacewings have been spotted too. I have only seen one ladybug, but am happy for any help I can get.Cristyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11885394458317264217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-57990926201850939462011-05-26T13:38:11.038-04:002011-05-26T13:38:11.038-04:00You know I already hoed up my forget-me-nots, thin...You know I already hoed up my forget-me-nots, thinking they were weeds. My dill went downwind, and is growing in the neighbor's yard. I am babying one volunteer tomato, because I know it is a small early variety that I can tie to the fence, but I've purposely pulled all the others. Last year I had volunteer yellow summer squash, but the plants weren't very productive. My best volunteers this year are the sweet alyssum, and I'm letting it grow wherever it wants.Annie*s Grannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772261218172078099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-2682300372489135942011-05-26T11:42:32.367-04:002011-05-26T11:42:32.367-04:00I am going to plant more dill for the butterfly! ...I am going to plant more dill for the butterfly! I had the most beautiful and large two-tailed yellow swallowtail in the yard yesterday on Jupiter's Beard.<br /><br />My volunteers are cantaloupe and watermelon from the compost. I had 16 sweet cantaloupes one year. My co-workers were very happy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-73610400507167563922011-05-26T11:15:12.840-04:002011-05-26T11:15:12.840-04:00Very nice. I didn't know that cilantro had ben...Very nice. I didn't know that cilantro had beneficials. We use it a lot, and definitely encourage it's growth. We have a volunteer squash growing in our compost bin this year, and every year we're sure to get tomatillos. They're prolific volunteers.Jodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05442310215979259623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-91104742041301655612011-05-26T10:48:08.467-04:002011-05-26T10:48:08.467-04:00I encourage volunteers in the garden! Like you, I ...I encourage volunteers in the garden! Like you, I love to let the cilantro bloom all over the place amd sweet alyssum also, they both draw beneficials in droves. This winter I let some chamomile volunteer and bloom like crazy and found that the beneficials love it also so I plan on scattering seeds of it around the garden as well. A couple of native plants are allowed to volunteer in the garden - California poppy and Claytonia, one for the beautiful flowers which the good bugs love and the other to add some variety in the winter salads. And those cute Johnny-Jump-Ups, they volunteer around my ornamental beds and love the gravel patio. That's my current list of favorites!michellehttp://fromseedtotable.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-48786098769728106382011-05-26T10:45:01.874-04:002011-05-26T10:45:01.874-04:00Potatoes volunteering in my compost pile, two year...Potatoes volunteering in my compost pile, two years in a row.Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-53641422377243963842011-05-26T10:20:48.803-04:002011-05-26T10:20:48.803-04:00I also like seeing the volunteers come up. I have ...I also like seeing the volunteers come up. I have loads of tomatoes, but also coriander, oregano and endives coming up all over the place. I'm not so keen on potato volunteers though because I have read that they can harbour diseases, especially blight - which is very prevalent here. Fennel and Good King Henry are also prolifif self-seeders in my garden.Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-57796589359159549552011-05-26T09:44:48.241-04:002011-05-26T09:44:48.241-04:00I also love Jump-ups! The vast majority of my flow...I also love Jump-ups! The vast majority of my flower/herb beds are volunteers. Dill, basil, even habeneros down here in NC! My flower beds are cottage style so it is always a surprise with the flowers!!Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01258859538747035809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3698134075709295915.post-60367659997278930802011-05-26T09:34:54.744-04:002011-05-26T09:34:54.744-04:00I've never even thought about allowing cilantr...I've never even thought about allowing cilantro to self seed. I normally pick it all and then have to reseed the next Spring. But like you said it takes awhile to get going and by the time I actually get it sown and then it grows in I have had to buy cilantro at the store. I'll have to try and let some of it go to seed.Vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14668241377667731288noreply@blogger.com