Keeping your thumbs green

Mark Dragt · 09-20-2015, 03:28 PM

What do you do to keep your skills in shape, your mind sharp, your thumbs green, when you put your bananas to bed for the winter? I decided to turn my attention to Phalaenopsis Orchids. Several years ago I received my first Phal. It was from an old lady down the road that passed away. The old lady's daughter was cleaning out the house and gave me the orchid. This plant was in bad shape. Aftert removing all the moss, cutting off allthe rotten roots, and repotting in bark chunks this plant really perked up. Soon it put out new leaves and in April it had the most beautiful purple flowers that lasted for 3 months. I was sold at that point. Last week I was working out of town and I walked over to the Lowes store next door and noticed 3 Phals on the clearance rack. So I bought the plants and they spent the night in my hotel room. The next day they traveled 135 miles in the cab of the dump truck I was driving. Yesterday I repotted 2 of them. The last one still has a few white flowers, so am waiting till they drop. Well that's my story, what's yours?

Kat2 · 09-20-2015, 03:35 PM

My stories are long ago from my youth. I have now moved to FL where, if I take care, I can grow the stuff I want to eat year round so I'm happier than when I cried out against the unfairness of a Halloween frost and screamed that spring should mean planting temperatures instead of a month or more perhaps of snow and such. At my advanced age, some on the Net think I'm 105 but I'm a bit younger, I'm not looking to conquer zones by more than 3 "skips" but settling into living with the creatures that surround my little area and figuring out WTF tomato plants totally croak in July.

Mark Dragt · 10-29-2015, 10:26 PM

I picked up another Phal orchid from the discount rack at Lows. $8 is hard to beat. Then I picked up a pot at Home Depot and will repot it this weekend.

09-20-2015, 03:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mark Dragt Location: Rochester,Wa Find me on the map! Zone: 8 Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 823 BananaBucks : 40,669 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,357 Times Was Thanked 1,718 Times in 635 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 332 Times	Keeping your thumbs green What do you do to keep your skills in shape, your mind sharp, your thumbs green, when you put your bananas to bed for the winter? I decided to turn my attention to Phalaenopsis Orchids. Several years ago I received my first Phal. It was from an old lady down the road that passed away. The old lady's daughter was cleaning out the house and gave me the orchid. This plant was in bad shape. Aftert removing all the moss, cutting off allthe rotten roots, and repotting in bark chunks this plant really perked up. Soon it put out new leaves and in April it had the most beautiful purple flowers that lasted for 3 months. I was sold at that point. Last week I was working out of town and I walked over to the Lowes store next door and noticed 3 Phals on the clearance rack. So I bought the plants and they spent the night in my hotel room. The next day they traveled 135 miles in the cab of the dump truck I was driving. Yesterday I repotted 2 of them. The last one still has a few white flowers, so am waiting till they drop. Well that's my story, what's yours? __________________ Mark's Banana Forest Paradise

09-20-2015, 03:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
Kat2 Location: Now nesting in Titusville, FL Zone: 10A or 9B ish. Like it matters? Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,153 BananaBucks : 255,387 Feedback: 0 / 0% Said "Thanks" 2,921 Times Was Thanked 2,669 Times in 1,322 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 595 Times	Re: Keeping your thumbs green My stories are long ago from my youth. I have now moved to FL where, if I take care, I can grow the stuff I want to eat year round so I'm happier than when I cried out against the unfairness of a Halloween frost and screamed that spring should mean planting temperatures instead of a month or more perhaps of snow and such. At my advanced age, some on the Net think I'm 105 but I'm a bit younger, I'm not looking to conquer zones by more than 3 "skips" but settling into living with the creatures that surround my little area and figuring out WTF tomato plants totally croak in July. __________________

10-29-2015, 10:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
Mark Dragt Location: Rochester,Wa Find me on the map! Zone: 8 Join Date: Apr 2015 Posts: 823 BananaBucks : 40,669 Feedback: 2 / 100% Said "Thanks" 3,357 Times Was Thanked 1,718 Times in 635 Posts Said "Welcome to Bananas" 332 Times	Re: Keeping your thumbs green I picked up another Phal orchid from the discount rack at Lows. $8 is hard to beat. Then I picked up a pot at Home Depot and will repot it this weekend. __________________ Mark's Banana Forest Paradise

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