all43

Best time of the year!

SodaBananas

Hmmmmm….
Making me think about my plants i have planned
Just waiting for purchasing season to come around basically (For me)

cincinnana

You guys in warmer grow zones are a few months ahead of me

My basjoo are still 6 inches below grade awaiting their turn for spring growth.

Mekongs and basjoo were fertilized and spring mulched with 46-0-0 and woodchips a few weeks ago before the wet season.

A lot is happening underground with the formation of runners and pups and once the soil temperature stabilizes they will become active.

Ferns and spring ephemerals are just breaking the surface.

Container plants are on skids under lights in the basement waiting for the average temperature to rise a bit before moving outdoors.

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sirdoofus

OK, OK, I know its a bit redundant, but this time of year is so exciting I just had to take more pics.

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all43

Absolutely agree, favourite time of year!

sirdoofus

Helen's Hybrid survived the winter outside with minimal protection. First time that's happened for me. Definitely an attribution to the mild winter we had, not anything I did. Normally a pic would accompany this post but the upload feature doesn't seem to be working at the moment.....not that the pic is very exciting....a brown p-stem with a Sun starved leaf protruding from the top

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all43

That's cool mate, my HH also survived in my green house unheated for the first time!

sirdoofus

Excellent, that's fantastic. Would love to see a pic when the function is working again.

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all43

She's the middle one still sleeping!

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subsonicdrone

awesome that you guys got another variety other than basjoo to survive the winter this year!

i havent uncovered the basjoos yet .. it actually snowed a bit yesterday
no accumulation though. the long range forecast still has some cold nights expected
one pushing through the pile in the backyard and 3 pushing through in the front yard so far

sirdoofus

Wow, that was a long road to the light

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subsonicdrone

about a week ago when i noticed the first one to emerge in the frontyard...
i pulled a bunch of chips away from it to add some worm castings
noticed it was coming from one of the old stems and the stem was still solid
the top of the stem wasnt under as much chips as i thought..maybe a foot and a half
then i piled the chips back on as i knew there was more cold nights expected

sirdoofus

Nice, about as far along as mine

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Just pulled my Zebrina (right) and Matooke (tall one on the left) out from their winter hidey hole to join us for a drink on the deck. I am very impressed with how well they do inside.....beyond watering, pretty much maintenance free.

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all43

I've lost my Zebrina and had no back up, it's not a variety we often see in the UK sadly, but it is very attractive plant.

sirdoofus

Sorry to hear that!!

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And the garage contingent heads outside.....all Helen's Hybrids.

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sirdoofus

Lets try that again: Orientation issue seems to have changed (been fixed?) since yesterday.

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