What'cha got sprouting? (other plants)

[sunfish]

I have some Passifloa Maliformis sprouting,seed from this plant
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=37962&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=37962)

[Willow87]

Thanks Sherry! congratulations on your tomatoes and congratulations on your passionflower seeds Tony. That is one gorgeous bloom

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Thanks Cam! ;)

I'm going to sow some more marigold seeds today too because I accidently killed my other little sprouts by leaving a window open all night. :(

I'll send ya some seeds later because I remember you said that marigolds are one of your favorites, Cam. Mine too. I have seeds for a dwarf type that only gets 6" tall and is an assortment of reds, mahoganies, & gold colors. I think you'd like them and they grow terrific indoors, even over the winter. :D

: )

[Bob]

:pics:

Ha ha:03:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Coming soon, but thanks for the reminder, oh pal of mine! :ha:


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

:woohoonaner: Texas Mountain Laurel - one is sprouting and one is swollen:

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38559&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38559)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38561&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38561)

~JaNan

[Willow87]

Wow Janan! I'm going to wait to plant mine LOL. maybe even trade them because I have 48 of them and I dont want to plant all of them LOL

[island cassie]

Time for planting here now as it is cool and damp - the 20 geranium seeds I planted on Sunday are nearly all up, and the tomatoes are several inches high - nice compact plants too. Waiting for periwinkles and busy lizzies to show themselves now, and have squash seed ready to sow. Geraniums are unobtainable here because of the humidity I think, so I can't wait to see if these survive to flowering size.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

I love Geraniums Carol, and I've been growing them from seed for years. They even grow and bloom indoors here over the winter! I wish you luck with yours. ;)


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[Willow87]

My red yucca seeds are finally sprouting. Practically all of the 130 i planted are coming up.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38604&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38604)

[Willow87]

here is an update after a few days.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38646&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38646)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38645&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38645)

[Olafhenny]

...but I think it is interesting nontheless

Changing of the guard (-flowers)
The roses may look a bit bedraggled, but they are the last of 2010 and have been outside in -4^ C (25^F) before I brought them in here on Nov. 18.

Also on Nov. 18, in order to prepare for a table display of greens for a pre-Christmas get together, I clipped a small twig off my Winter Jasmine, to gauge the timing for the opening of the blossoms, and I had the first fully opened blossom on Nov. 21, just 3 days later, representing the first life blooms of 2011 here in Hardiness Zone 6. The photo was taken to day, Nov. 24.

Winter Jasmine is supposed to flower in late winter, usually late January through March, but can be forced to early bloom indoors. I have always used these pretty little life plants together with evergreens and Wandering Jews in X-mas displays, but this is the earliest I have ever tried it.
Best,
Olaf

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38803&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38803&ppuser=7269)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Very nice, Olaf. ;)


Here's some new "Patio" tomato seedlings I am growing...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC00236.jpg


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[Olafhenny]

Here's some new "Patio" tomato seedlings I am growing...



So what is your timing? Looks to me, that you will be eating tomatoes, before I get around to planting mine.
I could not find an icon for 'jealous', but I am!

Best and good luck with it,
Olaf

[The Hollyberry Lady]

LOL Olaf!!! :ha:


I like to harvest them over the cold months inside. Here's are some I just harvested from my windows last week...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC00044.jpg


I also have some more little "Table" tomato seedlings popping up now too. :goteam:


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[Olafhenny]

LOL Olaf!!! :ha:


I like to harvest them over the cold months inside. Here's are some I just harvested from my windows last week...

I also have some more little "Table" tomato seedlings popping up now too. :goteam:

: )

Hi Sherry, I'd love to Imitate your indoor gardening prowess (though with some help from you), but we are heading to Vietnam for much of the winter and I cannot overburden our house sitter with too much plant care obligation. :(
Best,
Olaf

[sunfish]

Topical Guava. These are sprouting outdoors with lows of 37F

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38905&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38905&ppuser=2868)

[Jananas Bananas]

My Texas Mountain Laurel seedling this morning. It is growing pretty fast though not like I expected it to. I thought it would shed the seed coat and the leaves would come out from there, but instead it came out from the side.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38931&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38931)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38932&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38932)

~JaNan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

2 Super Dwarf Cavendish puppies sprouting...



http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC00041.jpg



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[Dalmatiansoap]

Few various seedlings
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39084&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39084)
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Passiflora Edulis Albina(white flower)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39227&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39227&ppuser=2868)

[island cassie]

As it is currently cool (78f) and damp I have squash, zuccini, basil, coriander, spring onions and lettuce sown in the garden - some sprouts showing but not sure if they are weeds yet. The tomatoes are about 2ft tall but looking a bit leggy with no flowers yet - here's hoping!

[justjoan]

I need some help and wondering if anyone has an answer. I have a Clivia that produced 1 seed pod and question is how do you tell when its ready to plant? It is green now and about the size of a dime and still attached to the plant flower stalk. Since this is an indoor plant I was surprised this happened but the breeze must have been right one day and it got pollinated. Thanks for any help here.:2722:

[sunfish]

I need some help and wondering if anyone has an answer. I have a Clivia that produced 1 seed pod and question is how do you tell when its ready to plant? It is green now and about the size of a dime and still attached to the plant flower stalk. Since this is an indoor plant I was surprised this happened but the breeze must have been right one day and it got pollinated. Thanks for any help here.:2722:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CDMQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Flongwoodgardens.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F04%2F10% 2Fgrowing-clivia-from-seed%2F&rct=j&q=Clivia%20pollination&ei=GWUCTfDHCpG6sQOLg-TnDQ&usg=AFQjCNFhS8Iii-7USMoK2FC0inUCZKBs3Q&cad=rja

[Willow87]

Hi everyone. My kiwi seeds finally germinated. I also want to post pictures of my cypress vines
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39328&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39328)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39327&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39327)

[Jananas Bananas]

Here's another Texas Mountain Laurel sprouting and the first one I posted beside it. (This was the swollen seed in the earlier pictures.)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39331&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39331)

~JaNan

[sunfish]

Not sure what they are.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39388&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39388&ppuser=2868)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39387&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39387&ppuser=2868)

[soundofthemusic1]

Hi, everyone,

Congratuations to you all on your success.

[Willow87]

Here is one of 4 kiwi plants the sprouted today
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39398&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39398)

[soundofthemusic1]

Here is one of 4 kiwi plants the sprouted today
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39398&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39398)

Great job, Cameron.

This is the first time I see someone grow kiwi. You told me kiwi's are very attractive vines. So I imagine once you get them going, they are not too hard to take care of except that they don't like the summer heat.

Good luck with your kiwi seedlings!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

I've got a 3rd SDC pup sprouting today! :goteam:


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[Dalmatiansoap]

Washingtonia Robusta sprouts to keep me in shape during my dormant period:ha:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39413&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39413&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39414&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39414&ppuser=2868)

Coral Trees

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39415&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39415&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Have some more Japanese Red Maple seeds popping in my fridge right now. :D


This dragon fruit cutting is sprouting roots off one of the new branches growing...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC00771.jpg


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[Greenie]

...got some sugar cane sprouting!:08:

White Transparent "Cristalina"
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39425&size=1

Ribbon
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39424&size=1

Cristalina Rayada "striped"
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39423&size=1

[sunfish]

Hey Ante now what do I do'
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39445&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39445&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Dance!
:woohoonaner:

[Dalmatiansoap]

Joke a side, place them half burried in 1/2l pots, water deep and soon U will have beautifull palm seedlings and U can use them later for live fence arround money pit!

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39454&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39454&ppuser=2868)


Jubaea chilensis

[Dalmatiansoap]

Congrats!!!
:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

Congrats!!!
:woohoonaner:

Oops Took a closer look it's not Jubaea.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Have one of five blood orange seeds sprouting, and some genovese basil as well.


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[sunfish]

Unknown seed and seedling
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39485&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39485&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39483&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39483&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Chambeyronia macrocarpa
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1167.jpg
Guava
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1168.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[Dalmatiansoap]

Coccothrinax miraguama
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1193.jpg
:nanadrink:

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Palms/?action=view&amp;current=Picture187.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Palms/Picture187.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[eric27]

Colocasia Gigantea Thailand Giant Strain.

Doing well. A few just put out the first true leaves. Very prone to fungus so will see what makes it...

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39678><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39678&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39680><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39680&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39679><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39679&size=1 border=0></a>

[Dalmatiansoap]

Few from Tonys seed ;)
Guava
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1310.jpg
Set of Queen palms
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1297.jpg
Passiflora
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1296.jpg
Coral tree
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1295.jpg
:woohoonaner:

[PennyG]

Looks good :woohoonaner:

[Bob]

I didn't sprout it myself but I just got this little Macadamia seedling:
http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss149/bob_075/DSCN0799.jpg

I'm hoping to grow it for about 4-5 years in a pot and then test it as a hardiness experiment protected and in a warm microclimate next to the house. Dont know but , I always buy something completely ridiculous for my zone or conditions during the winter and this year it was this seedling!:ha:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

You've been telling me about that seedling and I've been dying to see it, Bob. It looks so great! ;)


: )

[PennyG]

How cute.....well done.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Bob, I was wondering...is that an "Amythest Beautyberry" shrub in your picture with the Macadamia nut tree seedling ???


If it is, it looks fantastic! ;)


Please tell us about your macadamia nut seedling (how cool!)....have you known others that have done this experiment and succeeded? What makes you think it could work? Where does this tree originate?


: )

[Bob]

Yeah its tucked in between the beautyberry's,and a bromeliad that was flowering that i rescued from a dumpster and produced the twin "pups" after the parent plant died next to it .

I got the seedling from someone in Georgia if thats what you mean. Otherwise all the macadamias I've ever heard of were from Hawaii.

I dont know anyone up here whose ever done this but was inspired when I saw a Jeff Earl ( of Ca. Gold fame) tv news program and he was growing one in zone 8 I believe it is in Modesto California so.......I got the bright ( typical mid winter:ha:) idea that if I grew one fairly large and was able to plant it in a suitable microclimate next to the house foundation...... prune it in to a small bush and protect it much like I would a fig or hardy palm then just maybe.......:2200:

[john_ny]

That's interesting. Good luck with it!

[sunfish]

Volunteer Passiflora Mollissima

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39790&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39790&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Yeah that is way cool, Bob. Please let us know how it works out for you.


I think you need to start a new thread (hint hint). ;)


: )

[PennyG]

How cute, Tony:woohoonaner:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39833&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39833&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1486.jpg
Trachycarpus fortunei

[Dalmatiansoap]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35744&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35744&ppuser=2868)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=35743&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=35743&ppuser=2868)

Any updates?

[sunfish]

Any updates?

Haven't grown much. I need to get some deep pots.And some time to repot them.

[Caloosamusa]

A couple of months ago the Hollyberry Lady said Callicarpa americana could be grown from cuttings. I had to trim one of mine so I shoved a cutting into an available pot. I have watered it a couple of times since, but other than that gave it no special care. It is now sprouting. Thank you Hollyberry Lady!

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39910&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39910)
:jalapenonaner:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Very nice...congrats! ;)


: )

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39922&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39922&ppuser=2868)

[Dean W.]

You got your hands full, Tony!:2738:

[sunfish]

You got your hands full, Tony!:2738:

I'm hoping the Palms grow real slow,or I'll have to start putting plants on my roof.

[Dean W.]

Some Bhut seedlings.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39941&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39941)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Cool Dean! :08:


This sprouted up for me a couple days ago. It's a red dwarf canna pup among some succulent cuttings...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC01748.jpg


: )

[Dean W.]

Did you nick the seed or was it a volunteer?

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Nope, I cheated Dean...it's a pup that grew off the mother plant! :ha:


: )

[PennyG]

Nice everyone :goteam:

[Dean W.]

Nope, I cheated Dean...it's a pup that grew off the mother plant! :ha:


: )

I didn't see the momma plant. sorryyyy:ha:

[Jezebel]

Fritillaria bucharica "Nurek Giant"


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39777&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39981 border=0></a>



<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39985&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39985&size=1 border=0></a>



<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39982&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39982&size=1 border=0></a>




<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39984&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39984&size=1 border=0></a>




<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=39987&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=39988 border=0></a>

:0517:

<a href="http://www.wunderground.com/global/stations/17219.html?bannertypeclick=big2"><img src="http://weathersticker.wunderground.com/weathersticker/big2_both_cond/language/www/global/stations/17219.gif" alt="Click for İzmir, Türkiye Forecast" border="0" height="60" width="468" /></a>

[Jezebel]

Lycoris radiata



<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40004&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40005 border=0></a>
<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40004&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40004&size=1 border=0></a>

[The Hollyberry Lady]

This little guy showed himself this morning...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC01862.jpg


It's a Texas Mountain Laurel sprout. Seeds from JaNan! :D


: )

[sunfish]

Mesquite
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40049&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40049&ppuser=2868)


Tomato German Green

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40048&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40048&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Volunteer Passiflora and Guava

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40138&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40138&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40137&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40137&ppuser=2868)



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40139&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40139&ppuser=2868)

[sultry_jasmine_nights]

Just planted beans from a few different kinds of cacoa pods. Will post pics soon as they germinate.

[notrecruiting]

in the egg tray
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40150&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40150)

in the cup
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40147&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40147)

Just a few of my sprouts.

[notrecruiting]

My lime seed broke surface yesterday and I put it in a cup.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40165&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40165)

[Jezebel]

Haemanthus deformis



<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40174&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40174&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40175&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40175&size=1 border=0></a>

[Jezebel]

My Tacca:08:

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40176&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40176&size=1 border=0></a>

[Jezebel]

unknown lily


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40177&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40177&size=1 border=0></a>

[sunfish]

Anadenanthera colubrina


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40172&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40172&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

whats the mixture ratio in baggies?

[sunfish]

whats the mixture ratio in baggies?

About 4-1 Perlite to vermiculite

[notrecruiting]

:woohoonaner:My O.V.O.B. has sprouted!!! It stands for "Our Very Own Basil". I mentioned in my "call me cheap" thread that I brought home some basil from work. It was mature basil (as it was harvested for sale). So, when I got it home and rooted it, it was already budding. Well...the flowers bloomed and seeded. I planted the seeds and they sprouted!!!! I'm so excited!!! I'll post a pic tomorrow. Talk about getting something for nothing :08: :woohoonaner:

[notrecruiting]

unknown lily


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40177&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40177&size=1 border=0></a>

I have some plants with very similar holes in the leaves. What could be causing those? Should we be conserned that bugs are going to devour our plants?

[notrecruiting]

OMFG!!!! My ghosties just broke soil too!!!! Holy %&#$!!! I can't believe it!!! That'll be another pic for tomorrow. I didn't think they'd break so soon. I put them in my starter pods Jan 23. I heard it takes forever for them to germ...it's only been two weeks.

[notrecruiting]

Bhut Jolokia...Ghost pepper sprouts. Planted Jan 23, sprouted Feb 7.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40197&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40197)

Basil

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40198&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40198)

[Caloosamusa]

The Sweet Orange I planted a couple of weeks ago has sprouted as did some Shinus with it. I broke the top off weeding out the Brazilian pepper(Shinus).
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40199&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40199)
:jalapenonaner:

[sunfish]

Palo Verde,Mimosa Silk and Fraser Fir trees

[PennyG]

Nice everyone. :08:

[sunfish]

Some Mexica Red Bird of Paradise,Blue Shrimp plant,Red Yucca and lots more Palms

[Dalmatiansoap]

Dragon fruits and pigmy date palms :)
:nanadrink:

[palmtree]

I had a passion vine in my unheated garage all winter and I took it inside the house this weekend. I potted it up, cut it back, gave it some water and sun, and it already has a TON of new growth! I cant wait to bring it outside.
I also potted some cannas up so they can get an early start but nothing sprouting from them just yet.

[sunfish]

Siberian Pine
Montery Pine
Chinese Allspice
Canna Tropic Rose

[Dean W.]

Siberian Pine
Montery Pine
Chinese Allspice
Canna Tropic Rose

Got any pics of those?:2738:

[sunfish]

Got any pics of those?:2738:

Just pulled them out of the baggies and potted them.Probably a week or so before they break surface.

[Dean W.]

Cool!

[sunfish]

Sabal etonia

[sunfish]

Texas Ebony,Red Yucca,Bottle Tree,Japanese Pagoda and a couple ensete perrieri.
All these seed are over two years old.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40280&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40280&ppuser=2868)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

"FireCracker" hot pepper sprout...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02046.jpg


: )

[Dean W.]

Peppers
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40287&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40287)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Awesome Dean...what kind are ya growing ???


: )

[sunfish]

Monterey Pine

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40291&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40291&ppuser=2868)

[Dean W.]

Awesome Dean...what kind are ya growing ???


: )

Bhut Jolakia and Vietnamese peppers.

[PennyG]

Nice everyone.:woohoonaner:

[Willow87]

Here is my largest passion vine from seed. I got the seeds from sunfish. Thanks again =)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40310&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40310)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Mint is sprouting in my aero~garden...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02077.jpg


: )

[PennyG]

Awww, a wee baby sprout.....too cute!

[sunfish]

<a href="http://s950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/?action=view&amp;current=Picture087.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i950.photobucket.com/albums/ad348/musanamwah/Picture087.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40324&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40324&ppuser=2868)

Anadenanthera colubrina

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40326&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40326&ppuser=2868)

[Willow87]

Wow Tony thats a nice set up

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40324&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40324&ppuser=2868)

Anadenanthera colubrina

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40444&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40444&ppuser=2868)

[sunfish]

Monterey Pine

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40291&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40291&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40443&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40443&ppuser=2868)

[Jananas Bananas]

These are a type of eggplant - Solanum Ovigerum sometimes called the Easter Egg Plant.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110222065.jpg

If you will click on this link and scroll down you can see what the blossoms and fruit are supposed to look like.

Shop by Color - Purples - Ornamental - Wonder - Easter Egg Plant Seeds (Solanum Ovigerum) (http://www.onalee.com/catalog.php/onaleeisrael/dt69605/pd1741873/Ornamental_-_Wonder_-_Easter_Egg_Plant_Seeds_Solanum_Ovigerum_)

~JaNan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

I have seeds for that too JaNan...got them from Penny! Her and I have traded tons of seeds and are in the same province. ;)


I think it's some kind of Eggplant, isn't it? Get some water into that soil, will ya girl? :ha:


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

Yes, a type of eggplant. I have read that it is and isn't edible. Yes I just misted them then went and got the camera for pictures. I think the plants look so cute when they have little water droplets on them. :ha:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

They grow fast & easy and they're very ornamental.



: )

[PennyG]

Nice everyone :woohoonaner:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Lots of pepper seeds sprouting in my aero-garden...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02245.jpg


: )

[PennyG]

Aww, too cute :08:

[Caloosamusa]

I have some Seminole Squash that have volunteered. Pictures to follow when they get a few more leaves. :jalapenonaner:

[Jananas Bananas]

Sherry and Penny, did you try eating your Easter Eggplant? If so how did you prepare them? That was why I got it so I was just wondering. I have read that they are a very popular eating eggplant in Italy. (Penny, I haven't forgotten about your Marble Pepper seeds, I'm waiting for you guys to get warmer weather)

Here are various popping seeds:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110124031.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110124024.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110124003.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110124002.jpg

~JaNan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

I ended up giving my seedling to a friend but it grew like a charm for me for the first couple of months. I think my friend (who begged it out of me :ha:) enjoyed it for ornamental use only though and didn't actually eat the fruits.


Very nice sprouts, JaNan! :03:


: )

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40443&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40443&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40470&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40470&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana/King palm sprouts
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40476&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40476&limit=recent)
:nanadrink:

[Jezebel]

Mondia whytei :03:

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40480&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40480&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40483&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40483&size=1 border=0></a>

[The Hollyberry Lady]

"Little Blue Pot" hot pepper...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02359.jpg


: )

[Jezebel]

Diospyros

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40504&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40504&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40505&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40505&size=1 border=0></a>

[Dalmatiansoap]

Phoenix Reclinata
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40524&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40524&ppuser=4565)
Queen palm
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40523&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40523&ppuser=4565)
:woohoonaner:

[Jezebel]

Streptocarpus Blue Leyla

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40528&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40528&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40526&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40527 border=0></a>


:0517:

[sunfish]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40470&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40470&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40538&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40538&ppuser=2868)

[Dean W.]

Pine?

[sunfish]

Pine?

Yes Monterey Pine

[The Hollyberry Lady]

I'm too excited because this morning I noticed a very cool mystery sprout in a pot in my cool bathroom window sill! :goteam:


The pot has a Holly cutting in it that's now rooted. Whatever this seed is, it took a year to germinate and it even pushed through the little purple stones...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02498.jpg


I like that it has a set of three leaves instead of the usual two of most seedlings. Wonder what it could be...


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

Kumquats are a little more visible now. One has two coming up from the same seed - I have heard that is a good thing.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110306036.jpg

That will be fun to watch - a mystery sprout! :goteam:

~J

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Yes, I'm looking forward to figuring out what it is. Here it is this morning. One of the leaves is opening up...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02515.jpg



Congrats on your Kumquats, JaNan! :goteam:



: )

[Willow87]

I wanted to show everyone my lotus seeds. its day 2 for them.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40640&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40640&ppuser=5867)
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40639&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40639&ppuser=5867)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

YAY!!! :goteam: Nelumbo seeds are so fun to sprout and grow! Enjoy, Cam!


Here's my mystery sprout this afternoon...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02522.jpg


Here too are some of Blake's Chilly Chili hot pepper sprouts...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02532.jpg


: )

[Willow87]

I got one of the seeds to sprout after 3 days! I'm so happy. The other 2 dont look any different but maybe they are slower to germinate. I still hope they are viable
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40652&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40652&ppuser=5867)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Three days is normal when the seeds are still fairly fresh, so that's good you got some extremely viable ones, Cam.


Congratulations on germination! :goteam:


: )

[Willow87]

Thanks Sherry, one of the sprouts has already come up and its starting to get longer. Now the challenge will be keeping them alive lol

[notrecruiting]

LMAO....I've been saving my coffee grounds in a bucket by my kitchen sink, and threw a single canteloupe seed in there a while back....It's sprouted. I wonder if it'll survive there.

[Willow87]

Wow thats amazing! I hope it survives for you

[Jananas Bananas]

Sherry what do you have in with the purple stones? Is it just water with rooting hormones, or any soil or peat under them or.......inquiring minds want to know? :ha:

I asked at Lowe's if they had any of those hydroponic clay balls which they didn't, but they told me I could just root things in water with some florist marbles and I was wondering if that was basically what you had done there.

~J

[The Hollyberry Lady]

It's soil under the purple stones, JaNan...I just put them there to make it look nicer. ;) Neat the sprout pushed up through them though.


I'll show it again in the morning...


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

I've got a few Kiwi sprouting (thanks to you Cameron!):

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110311021.jpg

And this is my Kumquat orchard this morning! :ha:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110311011.jpg

I started a few more citrus seeds a few days ago and the seeds are already starting to open! :)

Do you have any new leaves on the mystery sprout yet Sherry?

~JaNan

[Willow87]

Wow Janan thats great!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

No true leaves just yet but here's how the mystery sprout looks tonight...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02591.jpg


It'll likely develop more leaves next week, but no doubt it's building a root system right now.


: )

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Guess what?!


Beth (lorax) on another site, tells me my mystery sprout is a Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arum) sprout!!! :woohoonaner:


I did sow some seeds for it awhile back but forgot which pot I had them in. Another guy on the site confirmed it and said he definitely thinks it's an Arum seedling too. How totally cool! :D


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

I opened up a baggy that I had forgotten about and had sprouts in it. I had three different kinds of seeds in it and two of the three have popped. One set is a golden bell pepper, the other were passi seeds of which none popped, and I have to check the original bag for the other. They were all in the same coffee filter but very distinctive looking, so I didn't have to worry about mixing them up.

Sprouts are so stinking cute to me! :) ~J

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Very cool JaNan...always fun finding forgotten sprouts!


Here's my little araesima triphyllum seedling this morning!!! It looked as though it had spider mite damage and I panicked while checking it over thoroughly. Not even one was present though so I can't explain the reason for the white specks on the leaves.

What's even more cool is that a 2nd sprout is coming up and you can see it to the right in the photo...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02606.jpg


I must have given up on the seeds or forgot about these ones when I planted the holly cutting. Here's the sprout from the back...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02607.jpg


I often do that, if seeds don't come up for me...I just sow other seeds over top of them in hopes that someday one will sprout unexpectedly. This is a classic example. I am so thrilled that a 2nd seedling is now emerging! How cool is that?! :goteam:


: )

[The Hollyberry Lady]

A better shot so you can see my 2nd Araesima Triphyllum (Jack-in-the-Pulpit) seedling emerging. It takes a year in cold soil for these little guys to germinate so I'm very happy to see them!


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02683.jpg


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

Wow! That second little guy came up fast since yesterday!

I bought this at Home Depot:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20100313063.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20100313061.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20100313062.jpg

I like sprouts on salads, and in pitas and sandwiches. So I thought I would give this a try. I'll let you all know how it goes - they are supposed to be ready to eat in 2 - 7 days.

~JaNan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Oh yes I love sprouts too JaNan and have grown them before as well. You're in for some tasty sandwiches and salads! :D Cool kit!


I just sowed some Osmin Dark Red Basil, Ruby Red Lettuce, and Baby Star mini-Romaine in a pot. Hope they sprout soon...


: )

[The Hollyberry Lady]

"Orchid Blue" Geranium coming up beside "Purple Beauty" sweet pepper...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02760.jpg


: )

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Oh and here are those two "Jack-in-the-Pulpit" seedlings that took a year to sprout, looking totally adorable today...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02773.jpg


Apparently these plants like deep shade so I intend to keep them in the bathroom for awhile, where they will enjoy afternoon shading. Too cool they came up after all this time! :D


: )

[Dean W.]

Guava seeds, thanks sunfish!

[Dalmatiansoap]

Any pics Dean? I have a few to and I have found them very slow growers.

[Dean W.]

Let me go take a pic. They're really small though just noticed them today.

Faster than my palm seeds!:ha:

[Dean W.]

Guava seedlings...:woohoonaner:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40846&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40846)

[Dalmatiansoap]

I ll take few pics of my seedlings tomorrow. They are on second set of leaves.

[Dean W.]

Cool, when did you plant them?

I have one that's about 7 inches tall I planted last year.

[Dalmatiansoap]

I dont remember, I ll have to check the box.

[sunfish]

pogledajte

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40849&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40849&ppuser=2868)

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40850&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40850&ppuser=2868)

[Dalmatiansoap]

Hvala!
:nanadrink:

[sunfish]

Hvala!
:nanadrink:

dobro došli

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Micro-Tom & "Thumbelina" zinnia...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02774.jpg


: )

[Dean W.]

How big do the Micro tom get, HBL?

[The Hollyberry Lady]

It's the smallest tomato plant in the world Dean, and it reaches 4-7 inches tall! :eek:


It produces tasty little cherry tomotoes. ;)


I have another type called "Table" and it gets around 8" tall & produces cherries as well.


: )

[Dean W.]

Cool!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Yup and they're surprisingly productive as well Dean...micro-tom. One little 6" plant produces a couple dozen fruits or more. :D


75-85 days to harvest.


: )

[Dean W.]

Wish I had some seeds.

Don't know where I can get some?:ha:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

You can get seeds from ME but wait until I harvest some new cherries in a couple months. ;)


: )

[Dean W.]

You can get seeds from ME but wait until I harvest some new cherries in a couple months. ;)


: )

Okay, I'll be waiting and wish you luck!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Dean, I'll send ya a few "Table" tomato seeds, as well as "Patio" too...these are 2 other dwarf determinate tomato plants with high yields.


Thanks for the well wishes!


: )

[BB73]

(WATER)MELONS:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40871&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40871&ppuser=5708)

three different kinds:
- one white skinned melon with sweet orange flesh (I bought it as "Jade Beauty", but names ....)
- watermelon with regular green skin, but yellow flesh
- seedless watermelon with dark green skin

I had no problems at all to germinate these seeds. Especially the seedless varieties (pot on the right) came very fast (two days), but I gave these some extra heat.
The other two took a few days longer and spent all the time in the greenhouse with heating mat turned on at night. They were all sowed one week ago.
I bought them from ebay seller planet_lotus in Australia and this transaction was very smooth.
They will be put in seperate pots soon and then go in ground in about a month. I should have ripe melons by the end of June/beginning of July!!!

[sandy0225]

100 or so different kinds of tomatoes. Guess what I'm doing next week?

[The Hollyberry Lady]

The red sprouts are "Dark Red Osmin" Basil, & the green ones are "Baby Star" mini-Romaine...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02788.jpg


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

Got lots of sprouts!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110319151.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110319043.jpg

My Kumquat orchard this morning!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110319033.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110319063.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110319065.jpg

[Dalmatiansoap]

Chambeyronia macrocarpa/Flame Thrower palm
http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww305/dalmatiansoap/IMAG1953.jpg

[Scuba_Dave]

I'm trying burpee white cucumbers this year

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41J1DD%2BUsFL._SL160_.jpg

[Dean W.]

Rose of Sharon
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=40908&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=40908)

[Scuba_Dave]

I have literally hundreds of Rose of Sharons growing
I'm going to be going thru the gardens & weeding out the seedlings

[Dean W.]

I hear they are a problem plant where it's moist.

[Scuba_Dave]

Yeah, they can grow like weeds around here

[Dean W.]

What colors do you have? Or have you cut down all the adult plants already?:2722:

I have purple.

[Scuba_Dave]

I have about every color combo except blue
Red, white, white carnation, purple, white w/red center, purple w/red center, pink w/red center
Not sure what other color combo's
I have maybe 100 adult plants, tallest is about 10'
Snow plows cut down 2 by the street, I put 2 more out there

[Dean W.]

Wish I could pm you. I'm looking for other than purple. I want to grow some from seeds.

[Scuba_Dave]

Added you to my buddy list for PM's
I won't have any seeds until late summer, but I can save some for you
Last year I cut the trees short that run along the pool fence, sort of opens up the area
I basically let the seedlings grow, then move them to different areas once larger
It does take a few years for them to grow & flower from seed
I have a stream on the side of the property, so they are perfect to help hold the soil in

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/008-1.jpg

Red, I wish these were "carnation" style

Can't seem to find a pic of the red

Pink, supposed to be purple I guess

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/DSCF6972.jpg

White "carnation"

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/DSCF6971.jpg

Reg white:

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/DSCF6968.jpg


Purple

http://i767.photobucket.com/albums/xx319/DIYChatroom/Yard%20and%20Plants/RoseOfSharonpurp.jpg
,,,

[The Hollyberry Lady]

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02878.jpg


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

Sherry, what are all those little sprouts?

I have Mexican Bird of Paradise sprouting:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110322020.jpg

Cucumber

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110323107.jpg

Mango 1 and 2

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110323124.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110323132.jpg

Kiwi

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110323133.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110323134.jpg

Kumquat

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110323123.jpg

Mandarin Orange with Kiwi in the background

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110323125.jpg

~JaNan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

You mean these ones, JaNan?


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02903.jpg


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02902.jpg


It's dark red Basil and Romaine. ;)


: )

[The Hollyberry Lady]

These are a few "Royal Red" Lettuce sprouts...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02915.jpg


45 days to harvest! :D


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC02792.jpg


: )

[Jezebel]

"Quisqualis indica also known as the Chinese honeysuckle or Rangoon Creeper "


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41030&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41030&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41031&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41031&size=1 border=0></a>

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41029&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41029&size=1 border=0></a>


:goteam:

[Richard]

Quisqualis indica also known as the Chinese honeysuckle or Rangoon Creeper

Quisqualis is an important pharmaceutic plant. The taxonomic classification of Quisqualis indica (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30779) is incorrect, genetically it is Combretum indicum (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?412158).

[Jezebel]

:08:

Caesalpinia pulcherrima 'Rosea'

<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41037&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41037&size=1 border=0></a>


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41038&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41038&size=1 border=0></a>



.

[Jananas Bananas]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110324001.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110324010.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110324011.jpg

~JaNan

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Too small to show yet really, but I've got some carnivorous seeds popping in my aero-garden tonight...Drosera Capensis & Drosera Capensis Alba. :D


I've always wanted to grow a sundew plant. Of course the seedlings will have to come out of my system soon, because the fertilizer will kill them, but they'll be ok for a few days. ;)


What attractive sprouts those are, JaNan! :goteam:


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110325128.jpg

These are really growing very fast. I may have to take a few out and put them in soil just to see what will happen. I put a bunch of these in my salad last night (which I will post in the "dinner" thread - and you can't even tell anything is missing. They were delicious too, by the way!

~J

[Olafhenny]

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=38269&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38269&ppuser=7269)

This picture, which I posted once before shows last year’s castor bean plant to the left of the banana.


It is a very attractive plant, but poisonous. I do not know how it compares with oleander, Rhododendron
or other poisonous garden plants, but the fact, that the seed pods are so attractive makes the especially
dangerous to inquisitive children. So be warned.

I collected seeds, - plenty of them. I first soaked them for about 24 to 30 hours in plain warmish tab water
in a 26^C environment.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41093&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41093&ppuser=7269)

This photo shows in the upper row three seeds prior to soaking and the lower row 3 after soaking.

http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41095&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41095&ppuser=7269)

Then I placed them on top of some moist soil in an empty strawberry container, which allows with
the lid closed some ventilation, while keeping most of the moisture in.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41096&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41096&ppuser=7269)

After two or three days they looked like this, all shriveled back to the state before soaking.


Since I only wanted 2 or 3 plants, I had the luxury to split my seeds into 3 parts: 1/3rd I tossed back into the
water and left them there, 1/3rd I left on top of the soil and the last 1/3rd I buried lightly.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41092&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41092&ppuser=7269)

As you can see in this picture, there was no contest. The seeds in the soil won hands down.

I still have seeds left. I’ll be pleased to stick them into an envelope and send then to anybody, who wants some.
Just PM me your mailing address.

Best,
Olaf

[The Hollyberry Lady]

I knew those seeds looked familiar but I couldn't quite place them. :ha:


Olaf...


It looks like you have the purple/red leaf variety. I wonder, do your sprouts look like this when they come up? Are they the same color as mine were in the picture?


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/254.jpg


The person who sent me them told me they were the purple castor bean and when I grew one last year the leaves were purple-ish but it got hit with frost before it could mature. It wasn't quite as richly colored as yours is so I wonder if your sprouts look like mine did?


Yours is a gorgeous specimen, by the way! :D


: )

[Olafhenny]

I knew those seeds looked familiar but I couldn't quite place them. :ha:


Olaf...


It looks like you have the purple/red leaf variety. I wonder, do your sprouts look like this when they come up? Are they the same color as mine were in the picture?


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/254.jpg


The person who sent me them told me they were the purple castor bean and when I grew one last year the leaves were purple-ish but it got hit with frost before it could mature. It wasn't quite as richly colored as yours is so I wonder if your sprouts look like mine did?


Yours is a gorgeous specimen, by the way! :D


: )

I don't know, Sherry, we have to look and see. So far mine haven't been exposed to too much light yet and
probably won't be for another two or three days. Therefore they will probably remain pale yellow for the
better part of a week yet, before we will know.

But if you want some insurance in the meantime, I can certainly send you some seeds.

I bought the one last year in May from a local amateur, when it was about 1 foot high. It grew to about 6', but
developed seeds much sooner, as
you can see in the picture. If you want to get it to that height before frost, you should get started soon.

Best,
Olaf

[The Hollyberry Lady]

That's certainly very kind of you, Olaf. ;) I'd love some!


So your seeds definitely were collected from that purple beauty in the picture? It's just stunning.


The person who sent my seeds didn't tell me they were poisonous, or even what they were! :eek: I had to post a shot of them on banana org and someone told me. Then I finally did contact the person and they told me they were purple castor bean.


I just can't get over how dark maroon yours is though. :08:


The seeds sprout super fast...like 3-5 days! :eek: I had a picture of the one I grew last year but I can't seem to find it. The plants grow very quickly.


: )

[Olafhenny]

I am afraid, Sherry, you will have to PM me your mailing address.
Olaf

[Dalmatiansoap]

Brahea Edulis
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41126&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41126&ppuser=4565)
:nanadrink:

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Here are some Sundew seeds I was able to germinate in 10 days in my aero-garden. The other carnivorous seeds on the sponge are purple pitcher plant, but they're not up quite yet.


You'll need to magnify the shot to see the miniscule sprouts...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03016.jpg


This is a little "Dixter" burgundy Romaine...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03059.jpg


Happy sprouting, gang. :D


: )

[Jananas Bananas]

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110327016.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110327022.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110327024.jpg

~JaNan

[Olafhenny]

Hi Sherry,

the envelope with the seeds just went into the mail box (won't go out until tomorrow anyway). So I am home
free and it is from now on just between you and Canada Post :)

I hope it will arrive on or before Friday, so it and you won't be delayed by the weekend.
Best,
Olaf

[Jananas Bananas]

More things sprouting!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110329144.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110329143.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110329106.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110329029.jpg

Doesn't this Mango sprout look like a tiny little palm tree?

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110329135.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110329132.jpg

I have a red one also.

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110329124.jpg

~JaNan

[Dean W.]

Okra!:woohoonaner:
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41186&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41186)

[Olafhenny]

These things are faster than Formula 1 race cars!


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41191&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41191&ppuser=7269)

This Photo was taken yesterday morning and is already out of date


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41192&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41192&ppuser=7269)

This one followed this morning less than 24 hrs later, and already I am worried about their
“Lebensraum”



Unfortunately I have only room for 15 plants, as measured by the space my trays need. 14 were already
spoken for by other plants. In order to accommodate 4 Castor Beans, I had to improvise:

In order to give them max. soil with min. space I opted to cut the bottom out of 4 small square pots and
stapled them together


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41190&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41190&ppuser=7269)

Then I filled a large square pot half full of soil so that the small pots will reach the top of it. Thus four
plants can now share a large pot without the roots getting too tangled :)


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41194&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41194&ppuser=7269)

Pots - not yet soaked down with warm water - without the plants…


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41195&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41195&ppuser=7269)

…and as of this morning – with the plants



http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41197&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41197&ppuser=7269)

Though before I planted them into their new environment, I thought it prudent to show, that their root
systems develop equally fast as the tops


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41196&ppuser=7269><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41196&size=1 border=0></a>

There they are now, with their own little place in the sun (whenever it shines :)), to the right of the
Basjoo pup

[Dean W.]

More sprouts...

Texas Bluebonnets
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41222&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41222)

Balsams
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41223&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41223)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

"Fish" heirloom variegated hot pepper...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03342.jpg


: )

[Dean W.]

Sprouted awhile ago.
http://i232.photobucket.com/albums/ee185/Dean_Wil/SDC10701.jpg

[bananarama2]

Poisonous House and Garden Plants For Pets and Humans. (http://www.wereyouwondering.com/poisonous-house-and-garden-plants-for-pets-and-humans/)

I should have made this a link, but I encourage everyone who is sprouting new plants to check it out, in case you are not aware of the toxicity of the plant material you are handling. I grow many of these varieties myself, they tend to be extremely attractive and thus desirable. Most important is that you share your knowledge with guests to your garden, and make sure they are aware that these plants protect themselves with toxins, and we all should respect them accordingly. Not meant to discourage horticultural adventures, but as a community service......Happy (responsible) sprouting!:11:

p.s. Castor bean falls about 4 or 5 on most lists, primarily the seed. #1 most lists is oleander....both beautiful, but potentially deadly

[Jananas Bananas]

This is a weird looking sprout!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110406038.jpg

One of the Mexican Bird of Paradise has really taken off!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110406029.jpg

These are my little tomato spouts that had the leaves eaten off them. They are making new leaves so hopefully they will make it!

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110406044.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110406045.jpg

My red and green Mango sprouts have been re-potted because they were both touching the ceiling of their sprouting dome:

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110406033.jpg

http://i1140.photobucket.com/albums/n580/JaNan16/20110406037.jpg

~JaNan

[Olafhenny]

Poisonous House and Garden Plants For Pets and Humans. (http://www.wereyouwondering.com/poisonous-house-and-garden-plants-for-pets-and-humans/)...(snip)
...(snip)
p.s. Castor bean falls about 4 or 5 on most lists, primarily the seed. #1 most lists is oleander....both beautiful, but potentially deadly

Thanks, JaNan, I filed that URL away for future reference. The big danger about Castor Beans is, that the seeds are so beautiful, inviting small children to play with them.
Olaf

[Olafhenny]

I took some more pics yesterday, 1 week after transplanting the Castor Beans:


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41511&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41511&ppuser=7269)

To refresh: This is what the "beans" looked like right after transplanting


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41512&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41512&ppuser=7269)

7 days later: The rapid progress is made clear, when you see, how high they have grown up on
the Basjoo pup. I have tried to take this photo from the same perspective as last week's.


http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41513&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41513&ppuser=7269)

This pic. shows it all in more detail

The explosive grows appears to have slowed down a bit, since the secondary(?)* leaves have appeared.

*I could use some help here. I have tried to google that, but could not get anywhere. When seeds first
germinate they almost always always push through the soil with two oval shaped leaves, which I
thought were called 'primary leaves', while the next set, which resembles more the shape of the leaf
of the species were called secondary leaves, but I could not find any confirmation of that.

Olaf

[Dalmatiansoap]

Passifloras
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41524&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41524&ppuser=4565)

[Dean W.]

Mammoth sunflowers
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41530&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41530)

Tomatoes
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41531&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41531)

[Jezebel]

Puya "Sapphire Tower "


<a href=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41541&ppuser=8235><img src=http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41541&size=1 border=0></a>

[The Hollyberry Lady]

"Thumbelina" Zinnia & Blue Cornflower...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03377.jpg


Four Gaultheria Procumbens evergreen 'winterberry' dwarf shrublet seeds germinating on the edge of the sponge...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03378.jpg


: )

[Richard]

Eight plug trays with 50 varieties planted yesterday!

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/Eight_Plug_Trays_of_seeds_400x300.jpg

[Dean W.]

Eight plug trays with 50 varieties planted yesterday!

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/Eight_Plug_Trays_of_seeds_400x300.jpg

Nice setup!:woohoonaner:

[bananarama2]

This is for Olafhenny...and anyone else propogating from seed. There are two basic types of seed plants, monocots and dicots, referring to the appearance of the seed structure, the dicots having two (di) halves, which split to become the primary (sometimes referred to as false as well) leaves. These are essentially storage features, containing the undeveloped embryo, food energy in the form of starches, and initial moisture, proteins and nutrients to enable the seed to sprout. Your initial growth spurt is almost entirely the result of this stored food and water. Once the secondary or first set of "true" leaves develop, the seedling will begin to photosynthesis it's own food from sunlight, water and CO2 in the air. This is often a stage where 1/2 or 1/4 strength solutions of some form of liquid fertilizer can benefit the growth of the new seedling. Less is more, as the new roots can easily be burned by overly rich fertilizing. Hope that is of some help, and what you were looking for! :08:

[Olafhenny]

Thank you Rik, that is exactly, what I was looking for and could not find out from "Mr Google".
I have saved your post and stored it away for future reference, even before thanking you with this post.
Best,
Olaf

[bananarama2]

My Pleasure!:08:

[Richard]

And the winner is ... Diakon Miyashige!

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/Eight_Plug_Trays_sprouting_300x400.jpg

[The Hollyberry Lady]

2 Explosive Amber hot pepper sprouts...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03487.jpg


: )

[Richard]

Here we are in the evening of day 5 and most of the seed varieties have sprouted. Gotta love that bottom heat!

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/Eight_Plug_Trays_day05_300x400.jpg

[Olafhenny]

Hi Sherry,

I am wondering if you still have not received the Castor Bean seeds? It has been 15 days now. Maybe
somebody has heard the seeds rattle around in that little box, I sent them in and though (hoped?) they
were drugs?

Would you like me to send you a replacement?

Best,
Olaf

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Let's just wait and see if they arrive this week, Olaf. ;) I've never not received someone's seeds before so there shouldn't be a problem. The post office knows what's inside the envelope and they'll know it's not drugs! Too funny though. :ha:


Our mail service is slow but I'll let you know when they show...


: )

[The Hollyberry Lady]

http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03584.jpg


Callicarpa seedling (Amythest Beautyberry) sprouted from my own hand collected seeds. :D


: )

[Dean W.]

Balsams that I need to do something with.
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41753&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41753)

[Richard]

Balsams that I need to do something with.

Are those Impatiens balsamina (http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?19810) or something else?

[Dean W.]

I believe so they like water.

[Dean W.]

Beefsteak tomatoes
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41762&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41762)

Mint
http://www.bananas.org/gallery/watermark.php?file=41763&size=1 (http://www.bananas.org/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=41763)

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Four Gaultheria Procumbens (Winterberry) seedlings sprouting on the edge of the sponge. Centaurea Cyanus (Blue Cornflower) sprout in the middle...


http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo193/hollyberrylady08/2nd%20album/DSC03585.jpg



: )

[Olafhenny]

Okay, Sherry, I have waited long enough, This afternoon I received an email, confirming that a DVD,
which I had sent last Thursday to a friend in Germany, arrived there on Tuesday. That is in 5 days (minus
9 hours time zone differential).

I sent the seeds 18 days ago. Not even Canada Post can be that slow. Therefore 1 hour after
receiving that email, I had already wrapped - this time guaranteed not to rattle - and mailed 10 more
seeds for you.

You know, about 50 years ago I worked in Iran, while still headquartered in Germany. Any letters mailed
from Teheran arrived in cities with international airports in Germany on the second day after mailing and
in small towns on the third day; - just like clock work. And that was before everything got “streamlined”
with computers and postal codes and such.

Maybe we should farm out some of our postmasters to Iran for a while, so they can learn how it is done.
Best,
Olaf

[Richard]

When I send seed packets to Canada, I use a USPS flat-rate Intl envelope. I also put a label on it that says:
GARDEN SEEDS
MAY BE OPENED FOR
AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION.
It always takes 2-3 days unless going to some far-flung corner of Saskatchewan. Every packet has been delivered. Live plants though, is another story.

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Olaf I wish you had waited, or at least double checked with me to make sure you had the correct address.


In all my years of exchanging seeds, I've never flat out not received someone's seeds before. I'm more inclined to believe that perhaps the address was incorrect.


You really don't need to do anything special to send seeds to Canada and there's no need to write what's inside either. It's all fine and they will get here with no problems. ;)


Thanks for sending more though, Olaf. :D Nice of you.


: )

[Olafhenny]

Sherry, I have copied and pasted (both times) your address straight from your PM. You can check,
if it was correct in the PM you sent me. :)
Best,
Olaf

[Olafhenny]

When I send seed packets to Canada, I use a USPS flat-rate Intl envelope. I also put a label on it that says:
GARDEN SEEDS
MAY BE OPENED FOR
AGRICULTURAL INSPECTION.


Thank you Richard, that is excellent advice. However I was sending these seeds from Canada to Canada,
and such precautions should not be necessary, if no international borders are crossed
Best,
Olaf

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Yup, I just checked and it's correct, Olaf. ;)


I think I will get both envelopes in the end. Like I said, I've never ever not received someone's seeds before so you'd be a first.


Those precautions are not necessary even when mailing internationally, as I've exchanged seeds with people all over the world and folks just sent things the standard way without doing anything special, so don't worry about that.


I've always just mailed things to other countries the standard way for the most part too, except when I mail express post. I've never had any problems with people not getting my seeds, nor me not receiving theirs. :D


: )

[Richard]

All ready for the next 12 starter trays!

http://www.plantsthatproduce.com/image_gallery/Propagation_bed_prep_400x300.jpg