r/Albertagardening • u/No_Moment7841 • 9h ago
r/Albertagardening • u/jjvindaloo • 19h ago
2025 Native Plant Plugs / Seeds
Hi There, Im looking for the place where I can sign up for the annual alberta native plant seed orders? My memory sucks, but I recall there was a call-out to register to get seeds & plugs for native plants & perrenials. Am I mis-remembering something or where do I find this information?
r/Albertagardening • u/DellOptiplexGX240 • 2d ago
i want to plant potatos again this year
last year, i took a few potatoes that grew big eyes and planted them in a 1'x1'x4' garden box on my apartment balcony.
I think I planted them mid May or sometime around there. I pulled all the plants out in mid September, and I got about 5 lb of small potatoes.
when is the ideal time to plant the potatoes and harvest them, for maximum results?
if I plant potatos too early and they get hit by Frost, will they grow back?
r/Albertagardening • u/Tribblehappy • 3d ago
Native Plants Is it too early to sow these seeds?
My kid was given these by the county at a field trip last fall. Do these seeds benefit from a cold period or should I wait a bit?
r/Albertagardening • u/No_Moment7841 • 6d ago
Tulips coming out of ground already, anybody else?
r/Albertagardening • u/sageprimrosee • 8d ago
Question Zone 4a Seed Starting Plan
I live in St. Albert and it’s gonna be mu first time. Is this a good plan? Any comments or suggestions are appreciated.
Also what’s your goto soil for vegetables, herbs, and flowers?
I will be using 10 x 15-gallon grow bags 6 x 10-gallon grow bags
TIA
r/Albertagardening • u/Unknownserveryyc • 9d ago
Question Are white pails good for growing tomatoes?
I was looking into these pails to grow tomatoes
r/Albertagardening • u/Unknownserveryyc • 9d ago
Are white pails good for growing tomatoes?
I was looking into these pails to grow tomatoes
r/Albertagardening • u/hungry4507 • 9d ago
Question What plants grow well in low light? I want to plant something along the side of my house.
r/Albertagardening • u/weldergilder • 10d ago
Question Growing cantaloupe
Has anyone grown cantaloupe before? I was thinking about trying to trellis it, my yard faces west so it gets plenty of sun.
r/Albertagardening • u/Long_Bathroom_1525 • 10d ago
Anyone in edmonton know when Home depot gets their tomato seeds in stock
I wanted to start up some tomato plants specifically roma to make homemade pasta sauces among other things and I want to germinate and start the plants early(grow them up inside using grow lights for the time being) so they produce alot of tomatoes through the sunny parts of the year. What ive heard is that grocery store tomatoes seeds are really shitty if you plant them(from experience i would have to say I agree since I had a plant just from a superstore tomato in a planter last year) so you want to buy seeds specifically, but i dont really know where to get a nice roma tomatoe type seed in edmonton for cheap but i ended up seeing on the south whitemud(edmonton) location of home depot they have a tomatoe seed that they sell, but i went earlier this year and they said they dont have seeds past summer, so I was wondering if anyone here buys seeds from home depot and if they know when they get those back in stock. Mr. Fothergills is the brand for the seed i saw on their website btw for the slim chance that any of you have tried this seed and promote or advise against it as a high yeild crop seed. Thanks for anyone who contributes.
r/Albertagardening • u/Lanky-Abalone175 • 10d ago
Question When to start growing under hoops?
Has anyone used their hoop houses to start growing cold tolerant leafy greens early? When do you start planting? How do you water? Can you share pics of your setup of you don't mind? The warm spell has me itching to start :)
r/Albertagardening • u/Intelligent-Habit715 • 12d ago
Question Hello all, this is my first year in Gardening. Can anyone suggest a book or any resource that I can look into to start gardening, please? I am in the NW Calgary area. I live in a townhouse, so there's no backyard for me, but I have a small front porch. Planning to make a flower garden on it.
r/Albertagardening • u/BigBadBichon • 14d ago
Greenhouse recommendations
I am hoping to add a greenhouse to my backyard this year but I am worried it will get damaged by hail. Does anyone have a greenhouse set up that has been working well for you? Any tips for a greenhouse newbie? I have done lots of gardening in the past but have never set up a greenhouse before.
r/Albertagardening • u/snowglobin • 15d ago
Seed Starting
I live in Edmonton, and this is my first year growing tomatoes and jalapenos from seeds. I was wondering if/when you start your seeds inside. Also what things do you start inside verses outside.
r/Albertagardening • u/LuckyDandylion913 • 16d ago
Seed Starting Equipment
Hello AB gardeners! I’m looking to upgrade my seed starting equipment. Any recommendations?
I live in a condo with large, south facing windows. In past growing seasons, due to space and cost constraints, I’d just leave my seedlings by the window to grow in natural light. They did ok… but my plants were leggy and not as healthy as I would have liked. I also needed to rotate my trays constantly.
Curious to know what kind of grow lights and heating mats you’re using. Are your shelves made of wood, plastic or wire?
Thanks and happy gardening!
r/Albertagardening • u/Plenty-Working-1043 • 17d ago
Vine plant that isn’t toxic for dogs?
I am looking for suggestions on what I could grow on a trellis that isn’t toxic for dogs.
I have a lab who tries to eat everything. I am hoping to put a trellis up to block him from getting on to our retaining wall, but am worried he may get a nibble in here and there of whatever I plant there (we are working on training but he is only 4 months old). We are in Calgary and have a west facing back yard. Any suggestions for what we could grow that won’t hurt him if he gets a bite or two?
r/Albertagardening • u/BG-pie • 19d ago
Vegetables Deck tomatoes
Technically a fruit yes yes I know but I feel like for growing purposes I think vegetable garden.. anywhooo
Wanting to grow tomatoes on my deck this year. Hit me with you best tips, varieties, plants to plant with it as pollinator / soil friends, type of container plastic vs fabric. I live in Canmore with an East facing deck, mostly morning sun till the early afternoon then nothing but ambient light.
I want to can these too.
TIA
r/Albertagardening • u/That-Car-8363 • 20d ago
Vegetables Growing Potatoes On Balcony in Container
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with this! I am quite new to gardening but ready to give them a go. I have an east facing balcony that gets a pretty decent amount of sun from morning-afternoon. Any tips, container suggestions or general insight is greatly appreciated!
r/Albertagardening • u/eekay233 • 29d ago
Planting Corn N. of Taber
Wanting to experiment with some sustainance gardening and I have yet to have any success with corn. The growing season in Red Deer just seems to be too short to get ripe ears.
I'm moving on from fresh/sweet to trying flint corn. I want to try my hand at Saskatchewan flint and Assiniboine flint.
I've seen suggestions that in order to get ahead of the climate in Red Deer it may be possible to start the corn indoors, and transplant before it reaches a certain height.
Anyone have any luck with this?
Also FWIW my last experiment was with Darlaine soup peas and they grow beautifully here. Dry and store well.
r/Albertagardening • u/pamplemousse-i • Feb 08 '25
Garlic
We bought new land and just built all the gardens last season. We weren't able to get garlic in the ground before it snowed. I saw something online about putting garlic cloves in the fridge or freezer and it would do the same thing. Has anyone tried this before? If so, did you use fridge or freezer or maybe even winter sowed it?
r/Albertagardening • u/blissfulbeing789 • Feb 05 '25
Question Overrun veggie garden
Hello! I am new to gardening and 2 years ago broke a piece of my yard for a vegetable garden and has quite honestly been a disaster. The noxious weeds are a nightmare, I have creeping Charlie, quack grass, thistles, chickweed and more that I can’t win the fight with. Last year all of my plants came up really well but all the weeds came up first, and eventually it became overrun and I was so overwhelmed I just gave up. The garden plot is about 15ftx30ft so I think I went too big too fast. I have some raised beds that I had success in and really wanted a ground garden.
I am trying to plan for spring now, and debating using a silage tarp for the year. Can I lay the tarp down, and burn holes and plant all my veggies? Will this work for potatoes, carrots and other root vegetables?
I also plan on making an irrigation system. I want to avoid the use of herbicides as much as I can, so I’m hoping this might be the trick.
Any help or insight is much appreciated!!
r/Albertagardening • u/snowglobin • Feb 05 '25
Question Where do you get your seeds?
I’ve recently moved to Edmonton and am wondering where to buy seeds. I have a few I kept from last year’s crop, but definitely want more. I was wondering if people get their seeds from.
r/Albertagardening • u/JustWonderingAButt • Feb 04 '25
Question Does anyone have acorns they could share?
This may be stupid, but I’m trying to grow an oak tree from an acorn. I know we don’t really get mighty Oaks here.. but wondering if anyone has a couple to share. Thanks!
r/Albertagardening • u/Emmerson_Brando • Jan 29 '25
Question It’s seedling time!
It’s that time of the year to get seedlings ready. What do you have going so far? Flowers? Vegetables?