jbyrd88888

Look what stuff I found!

Just a normal walk in the park Might stay alive?
And some stuff crowding their pots. I refuse to use big pots

Ears nanas and weeds. . . maybe I should rethink this??? NAH

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wolfyhound

I planted three new bare root roses. I went to the place to get some wood, came out with roses and wood. Not too bad considering my normal inability to leave without new plants.

Also hacked off the dead plants(and dead leaves and pseudostems of bananas) in the yard and hacked my thumb at the same time. This new machete just wants blood every time I use it.

Kat2

Planted horseradish cuts--36. Healed them off then read elsewhere I should have soaked them. Who knows? They'll be watered well in the morning. If I had ever had a patch that wouldn't die I'd be more optimistic that these would take.

Finally got 8 (5 white/3 red) sugarcane starts in dirt--got them from someone who'd soaked them then let them dry out so they may not happen. Stuck some cherry (not sure what kind) and orchid tree cuttings in a pot after dipping them in Rootone. I probably waited too long to do this but at least I tried. Next time I go where I'm going to be handed cuttings I'm taking filled pots and Rootone with me so there's no down time.

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Kat2

That fuzzy gray plant looks like Stachys byzantina (Lamb's ears). If so, know that it is not a forest plant but escaped someone's garden. Not hard to control but they do seed a lot. (There's a non flowering variety.) They're not pretty dried IMO but you can do so and use it in arrangements.

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cincinnana

So you got 36 cuts from the root.........neato..!

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Kat2

That wasn't my plan but was the result. I figure if just a smidge left in a bed can get you in trouble, some will grow. I didn't split thick roots; I did cut them to 1.5 to 2" lengths. I did split a couple of crowns. Everything I found discussed 6 to 8" pencil roots; these were thick but I could see "nubs" on them. (I didn't realize that commercial farmers lift the plants 1 to 2 times a season and trim to ensure fat roots--no wonder mine were always an alien looking mass.)

My grand experiment involved using 3x3 pots and burying 1.5 to 2"; all but the bud sections were placed horizontally. (Any clue how long I have to wait to see if they'll sprout?) No, I daren't put them in the ground where I am; if so, I would have planted them like fig branches in a trench then cut them apart between leaves after they came up. Kinda hoping very few take because I'm out of big pots and decent dirt so I'll be scrambling to find new homes for any that do. And then again I'm hoping for 100%.

We'll see....

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tasanas

I plant ginger near the kitchen to be at hand when need.

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jbyrd88888

Found something new! I have watched my friends and family's unsuccessfully (slow growth) with store bought bamboos, and only know a couple people with this stuff growing around their homes. If this bamboo can take NC weather, I want it!
The Question is: Will daily urination from my dog and I kill either?
1 type seems taller (12'-25') GREEN
other is shorter (7'-20') YELLOW
I don't really care to research this weed but I hope it grows!

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wolfyhound

Amethyst beans, Kiwano melon, Ananas melon, Banana melon, pepino melon,(I like melon!), bulls Blood beets(for dye), potatoes, blue sedum and red hen-and-chicks so far(in the last couple days).

Today I should get indigo, woad and tobacco seeds into the seedling trays.

I also got one of those carpets you roll out and water and it turns into lavender plants. I don't really believe it'll work but for $6 and lavender plants... I had to give it a try. Seems like it's drying out way too fast to grow, but... we'll see.

Edit: Also I put three types of sunflower in the ground and morning glories(3 varieties) into seedling pots.

Snookie

24 Varieties of Figs and a half dozen or so of sprouting Moringa Seeds:

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wolfyhound

Oh!! And one pineapple top! I thought of asking my local Publix supermarket if I could have the pineapple tops off the ones they cut up for fruit salad. I want to do that in person to a person I've talked to in the past though.

pmurphy

Well as we can't seem shake winter - we had 6" of snow 2 weekends ago that turned to rain, only to snow again this past weekend, which has now melted away with more rain - I have resorted to starting the seeds for my gardens to help with the urge to get outside and start the "spring clean up"

To start the seeds I had to set up a room in the basement with lights and fans and so far most of the seeds have started germinating (mostly vegetables but with a mixture of unusuals such as mountain papaya and banana yucca etc.). But the big surprise were the Jicama seeds that I planted about 3 weeks ago. Not only did they NOT take the 1 to 5 months to germinate that I was told (actually they took less than a week to sprout) but I have since had to plant them into 1gallon pots and give them something to climb as the tallest in now about 8" tall and growing fast.

FYI, Pachyrhizus erosus, commonly known as Jicama or Mexican yam, or Mexican turnip, is the name of a native Mexican vine, although the name most commonly refers to the plant's edible tuberous root.

merce3

i hope you got clumping bamboo and not a running type. the running kind is exactly like a weed and can take over your yard/house/whatever. especially with the fence there. it might pop up on your neighbors side.

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Kat2

Yet trying not to collect plants, I stupidly wandered into Lowes discounted plant section where a fairly happy Yellow Wing Hibiscus with a bloom and a bud called to me and begged me to take her home. She was only $1; yes, I caved. On the way home I began counting stems--5! From experience I was pretty certain that mean 5 individual plants; I was right. All of them are now in pots. Realizing that FL summer is fast approaching and that my tomato seedlings may be too late I picked up a double stemmed/2 plant German Johnson at Ace (I purposely chose that one pot because I know I can divide it and I wasn't about to pay $3.49 plus tax for one stinking weed). Surgery accomplished and 2 pots, which will be set in indirect light for a week or so, are watered. Why German Johnson? Because the only other choices were OPs/Heirlooms I already have. Not that I have that many...I so need to get settled and get my nursery license so I can introduce Floridians to real tomatoes!

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Abnshrek

I planted me 5 Tomater's and 2 Cayenne Peppers.. I need to prep my pepper bed so I can plant the rest.. :^)

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Kat2

Peppers have been in here for nearly a month. I got so discouraged buying plants only to have them die last year that I just started tossing cores from red peppers in the dirt. I ended up with easily 30 plants! Left half in Jacksonville and brought the rest with me. I've got peppers on my largest one--the one I babied in a pot. The others are perking up and blooming also. My sole jalapeno was one of more than 30 but something ate my experimental lemon seedlings to the dirt and only this guy survived. I also have beans in the pot with the pepper but I think I'll let those go to seed.

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pmurphy

The sun and warmth are finally here, so I got out and planted a few vines the other day:
a pair of actinidia arguta "ken's red" kiwi
a pair of actinidia chinensis (golden) kiwi
1 passiflora incarnate - maypop passion
1 passiflora suberosa - cork bark passion
And just to add some color, half a dozen purple pasque flowers - pulsatilla vulgaris

Brian_Banana

Finally warming here in South Carolina. The planting fever has hit me.

Brown Turkey Fig. I'm not sure if I'll set this out yet as the leaves keep turning brown and drying out. I cut them off to see if it will improve.


Sunshine Blueberry. I may also keep this one in a pot. Depends on how big it gets.



Celeste Fig. Most of the top part shows no sign of life. I was going to take it back, but I saw some green buds down low on the trunk. Wait and see.



Indian Blood Peach. Seems to be doing quite well so far.



One of two Elberta Peach. Seems to be doing Ok. Other one seems to be still dormant.



Belle Of Georgia. Still dormant.



Methley Plum. She's a bloomin' !!!



Here's my Florida Queen after 2 years of an encounter with a buck deer. My back yard is a major pickup place for the local deer population. Not much hope after the grafted trunk has been destroyed. Will wait to see what it does.



Honey bees have been installed in their new homes. They eyeball the fruit trees anxiously.



Rabbit Eye Blue Berrys. One planted back in March. I don't think it made it.



Tomatoes. Big Boy, Whopper, Big Beef.



I started a stand of Thornless Black Berrys when the mother plant started sending off shoots like crazy. Can't wait.



Italian Honey Fig. May wait till it's a little bigger B4 setting it out.



Cabbage and Bell Pepper (task for tomorrow). Love 'em



I've appointed a guard over the backyard. She's replenishing her strength before going out and patrolling the area.



Brian

Kevin2685

Planted a lavender twist weeping redbud tree and a bi color butterfly bush

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