TIL that mustard plants grow very tall and have purple flowers that bees really like. I planted them because they're a great "grow literally anywhere" plant you can just yeet into the ground and leave to do their thing, and they're great at weed suppression and outcompeting grasses, but I didn't know they'd end up looking nice and making the bees happy too.
... now I'm in the mood to do some guerilla gardening.
@nblr I just ordered a shitload of seeds of various types, threw them into the soil, and let them sort the rest out themselves. the two varieties of mustard plant I put down took off in no time. low effort gardening ftw
@gsuberland@nblr a good admixture are clovers and lupines - bumblebees favourites and with their long roots breaking up compacted ground and their symbionts add nitrogene
on the subject of plants, my rokita pepper plant is doing very nicely. it's not been long since I transplanted it from the seedling trays to this pot but it's already outgrowing it a bit. iirc they don't fruit in their first year so it'll be a while before I get peppers from it, but I also really like the plant in general. it has been absolutely drinking water recently so clearly it's been soaking up the sun and having a great time.
although if we're talking about how much plants can do in a small pot, check out this absolute unit. this is the pot it arrived in when it had about six leaves, and as long as I keep it watered it just keeps growing and growing. I've got another pot to transplant it into but I haven't gotten around to it.
well I say "haven't gotten around to it yet" but what I really mean is I have been using it as a mulch pot to try to bulk up the soil a bit for when I do transplant it.
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