island cassie

Stumpy - those sound wonderful! Can't wait for the pics!

stumpy4700

Its supposed to be sunny tommorrow and I plan on updating all my pics in my albums....

saltydad

Stumpy, how big are the plummie cuttings? I have some that show a leaf after 2-3 months, and some that take forever, or give you a flower but no leaves. Hang in there, they're worth it.

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stumpy4700

They were 11-16 inches when they arrived. I planted them 4 inches deep.

stumpy4700

Heres the pics:

Either the "Wah Gor" or a "Rim Fire"


which ever the one above isn't "Wah Gor" or a "Rim Fire"


This one was labled. Its a Danai Delight

saltydad

Very nice. looks like you pot up your cuttings same as I do. I use perlite and MG potting soil 50-50, then top with pea gravel.

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I picked up a real nice 7 gal Needle Palm at my local HD for $45, and planted it where my needle that didn't survive winter had been. (This one WILL be protected for the winter.) Also put in some dwarf mondo grass as a border plant around the pond beds.

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stumpy4700

Yep thats exactly how I did it. This is my first try at cuttings. The first two are cuttings and the third one has some roots. It was grafted from the seller.

angsaidso

So today, being that I SO want to grow unusual tropicals here in zone 5, I decided to try something I had been reading about. After I was done setting this up, I realized I probably picked everything out wrong, but considering the back breaking (or potentially back breaking) work, I went small to start ... if it DOES actually work, next year I will fracture something to get it totally right. But if it fails, I will not be rubbing down with BenGay and sucking Advil like candy for no reason! ;-)

TIRES. There are tires everywhere in land fills and all over the sides of the highways in areas, and from what I read, Canada is great for culturing their potato crops early in mulch inside tires ... in zones as high up there as 2!! So, for those of you who haven't read about tires, just a quick summary ... the idea is to dig out a hole deep enough (in Canada anyway) to sit three tires on top of each other inside the hole ... the sun, being hotter than it feels in winter months actually heat up the rubber and start their little potato"lettes" growing way early in the year to extend their growing season by something like four months. It creates an open topped "hot house" of sorts.

So, Ang being the inventive and creative sort, thought ... if zone 2 can grow potatoes that early (and later too) in the year, why can't I winter over some of the corms, tubers and bulbs of my fave plants outside in tires in zone 5???? Right?? Seems logical. At least to me anyway. With a little extra mulching for heat retention and exposing the tire edge, it should work, right?

Well, I used an R14 tire (kinda small), and then like the rocket scientist that I am not, picked, of ALL things, Xanths, to plant in it. I used only one tire, not three, as I only had one on hand. Like most insane plant persons Helll bent on a project, I could not wait til tomorrow to acquire any more tires (although I will get more to do more beds tomorrow)! Xanthosomas being HUGE, with a small tire for a "bed", may not work out at all, and I realized this after I got everything done and stood back to admire my handiwork. What a dummy! But anyway ...

Visit my album to see the tire attempt as I have not figured out how to get photos embedded here yet. I will post a few pics as soon as I am done here.

I dug out and placed the tire with the sidewall at ground level. Remember, you have to rely on that tire to heat up in winter and it can't do that very well if it is totally submerged in soil. Then I filled in the entire tire itself with the dirt from the hole I dug, leaving the rocks and some assorted plant leavings from mowing the lawn. I packed it really well to prevent air pockets inside the tire to kill roots. Then I filled in along the tire's edge on the outside, making sure to fill it in tight. Included some rocks and debris then more soil from the original hole.

Next I mixed a batch of ProMix (my favorite soil) with very light spatterings of pebbles, heavy compost and some peat. Filled in the center of the tire, once again double checking to make sure the inside of the tire itself was packed full. Planted the Xanth in the center and then added about two to three inches of red cedar mulch over the top of the whole thing, including the tire sidewall, for summer "looks". When colder weather knocks the ears down, I will go and scoop the mulch off the tire itself and throw it to the center for added insulation, leaving the sidewall exposed to the sunshine. I have not decided yet if I will actually cover it further. Will have to do more research on that. Maybe a slighty raised glass pane or something.

Tomorrow I am going to do this again (time permitting) and plant some C. illustris in the tire. They are SO hardy, I would think they will surprise me. But then again, this whole thing might be me grasping at straws!!! :::sigh:::

Thoughts? Further ideas??

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saltydad

Fascinating idea. A much larger iteration of the water columns for tomato plants. Keep us posted.

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harveyc

Today I planted a Lord Howe Island Banyan tree. Jeff Earl gave it to me yesterday. he had just moved it up from a 15 gallon pot into a larger stone pot and he had a hard time pulling it out as the roots had really filled up the pot. It's about 5' tall and the trunk is about 1" in diameter. He just didn't have room for it and told me it should grow like a weed until we get a winter down to 24F or so. In the meantime, I can dream of building a tree house in it and swinging from vines some day when I'm really old! LOL

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Scuba_Dave

I planted a bunch of tomato, pepper, cuke, summer squash & pumpkin plants from my sunroom to the greenhouse. It was a LOT hotter yesterday then I thought it would be.

Still a lot more to plant
I think I have 100+ tomato plants
Pepper seeds took a long time to germinate & grow
I'll need to start them earlier next year
I had notes on last years calender on germination time frames
But the wife threw the calender out
So now everything is on the computer

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Spark

I planted chard seeds today, and catgrass, and also repotted some succulents, and put out some aloe cutting to see if they root.

Scuba_Dave

"Final" count

I only counted each planting once - even tho in some cases there may be 2-3 plants in that planting

Over 112 tomato plants
Over 3 dozen pepper plants
Over 3 dozen cukes
Over 3 dozen summer squash
Lots of carrots, lettuce, beans, peas, zucchini
not sure what else

now I wait

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Caloosamusa

Two dozen "apple" mango seeds for rootstock.

WV Girl

Let's see...knockout roses, hibiscus (in planters), a black elephant ear plant, clematis, needle palm, pindo palm , and an asiatic lily plant. Last week, I finished my garden plantings of cukes, tomatoes, peppers, some squashes, and a watermelon plant to go with my lettuce and chives. (My basjoos are almost ready to go in the ground, I can't wait!)

Caloosamusa

I planted a Papaya, Mastic tree, and some native wildflowers on my farm property.

Chironex

2 laterita corms from Brent (bananaman88) Thanks!

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Taylor

Wrong plant thread, Scot This is the "other plants" one.

And congrats!

Chironex

Crap! Ok, well I planted some Elephant Amaranthus then. Pauly gave some to me.

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