wolfyhound

3 different types of exotic melons: picano, kiwano and banana? I think? I'll have to double check my name tags again.


3 types of mint cuttings: peppermint, spearmint and chocolate mint. These are to be given away later when they've rooted.

GardenBee

GREAT TOPIC. I guess I will have to plant something to keep up! I can see that many of you have such exotic plants. I need to relocate to warmer pastures.

Richard

Cherry "Minnie Royal"
Cherry "Royal Lee"
Pluot "Flavor Grenade"
Passiflora "Fredericks"
Nectarine "Snow Queen"
Persimmon "Izu"
Kumquat "Nordmann Seedless"

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from the sea

cassava and katuk cuttings

Richard

Cleveland Sage
Greek Sage
Lemon Verbena
Male & Female Kei Apple

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I_GROWER

Dragon fruit

Richard

Cherry Of The Rio Grande.

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I_GROWER

I planted this Monroe 2 weeks ago. Got it from Lara Farms 1gal.



New growth



Winter avocado ( check)

kubali

you will love that cherry Richard I got them and they are sweet.
kind of a slow grower though

laserlight

Silver Rose garlic. Is that a good garlic to grow? Im a garlic newbie and I ordered them last spring because I didnt know you have to wait till fall to plant them. So I had to wait all summer for them to be shipped. I like garlic!

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Brian_Banana

I don't know the answer to your question, but do you separate the cloves and plant those individually? Garlic sounds pretty cool.

Wonder if grocery store garlic would work as well.

Thanks

laserlight

Yeah always separate the cloves and plant those but it has to be done about 3 days before you plant them. Try to get some of the root end on each clove then set them someplace cool and dry.

I read that they use a chemical on the garlic at stores to give them a longer shelf life and the chemical makes it difficult for them to grow. But we did have 2 garlics in the fridge last year that didnt get used and they sprouted lol. Mom just tossed them but thats when I decided I wanted to try growing it.

Btw I did a lot of reading about garlic. Your in zone 8a so the best time for you to plant it is February or March. If you get any frost there then you need to plant it one month before the first frost. You can plant it in the spring too but it wont get as big and you lose a lot of the flavor too. Just plant each clove pointy end up and 2" deep and 4" apart in soil with lots of organic stuff and nitrogen. It will sprout in the spring and it will make a whole new bulb full of cloves from May to June.

Im gonna keep 2 cloves from each garlic and plant those. That way I will always have garlics to plant.
Oh I almost forgot. Garlic is a insect repellent so you wont have any issues with bugs - on the garlics or other plants that are near them.
Good luck with your garlic project.

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Richard

in climates where there is a sustained winter freeze.

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laserlight

Oh. Thanks for the heads up about that. We get sustained winter freezing here so that works for me. Dunno about Florida.

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Richard

Add many parts of California to that list. The bugs I have here could care less that the plant they are eating is surrounded by garlic, shallots, and scallions.

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laserlight

Yeah I really wont know if that works till next summer since I never planted garlic before.

I was reading a newspaper article and I found more helpful information. I would post a link but its not in English but this is what I learned.

1. Rotate every year and dont return to the same area till after 5 years.
2. Never plant where onions were planted. Also not where nightshades like tomatoes, peppers, or eggplant were growing because the garlics could get Fusarium.
3. Its okay to plant them where melons, pumpkins, squash, zucchini, cabbage, or legumes were growing. They really like where strawberries were growing.
4. Use a sandy loamy soil but not too loose. In hard soil they can get squeezed up out of the ground in the winter and freeze.
5. No manure before planting. Prepare the soil with 20-30 grams of superphosphate & 20 grams of potassium fertilizer per square meter of soil.
6. You should also use 10 grams of ammonium nitrate per square meter too.
7. Garlic hates shade + moisture. That combination can be fatal.
8. To prevent diseases soak the cloves for 2-3 hours in a pink solution of potassium permanganate.
9. To be even safter you can also soak them for 2-3 minutes (never longer) in 1 tbsp salt per gallon of water or 1 tsp copper sulfate solution per 2 litres of water.
10. Never press the cloves into the ground when planting. Pressure can damage the part that makes the roots. Just put them in the holes then cover them with the soil.
11. Mulch the area with 2-5 cm of peat humus or sawdust. Remove that in the spring. The mulch will hold the snowcover and helps to keep them warm.

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scashaggy

Just picked up my first DF cactus, it said it was the Halley's Comet variety. I set a pole for it and will top it off with something in the future.

I am also looking for DF cuttings of different varieties in the South FL area.

Here is my setup as it currently stands.



I also planted some cuttings of the HC that were loose or broken due to transport.

Richard

My opinion is that newspaper article is a bunch
of B.S.

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laserlight

My friend Rico has been growing garlic for 8 years in Berlin and he linked that article for me to read. He hasnt had any issues in Germany but if you think those tips wont work in America then please explain.
Sorry but "a bunch of B.S." isnt very helpful.
Btw this is the article I got the information from.
Сажаем озимый че�нок: 5 маленьких хитро�тей дл� большого урожа� // KP.RU

If you dont read Russian you can copy & paste to Google Translator to read it.

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Show me a horticultural study published in a peer-reviewed monograph or journal that verifies any one of those results. In your search, I believe you will find the opposite.

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