mskitty38583

planted 25 angle trumpets seeds(3 different kinds) my thanks to kylie, a croton, and more loofa seeds. night before last, it was nana feeding time at the zoo. have to start buying shredded cabbage in bulk! a 12 oz. bag isnt gonna cut it anymore! lol. have to fert. everything else tonight!!

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My 7yr old grand daughter helped me hunt for seeds this morning and before the day is done we'll have them planted in something..... We collected blue Morning Glory and Angel's Trumpet seed pods full of seeds. Both plants grow wild, like weeds here. I didn't even realize that the huge bush that sprang up by the pool last summer was anything but a pretty weed! Every evening we would watch fasinated by the moths that looked like humming birds buzz around the flowers. We left it as it was hanging over one side of the pool looking beautiful! We thought it was the prettiest weed we ever saw! LOL
If anyone wants any of these seed pods for morning glory or angel's trumpet just PM me with your address as there are a lot still on the dead plants outside. I'm assuming the seeds are ok?
Deb
Ok, I've just sat and did alot of reading and looking at pictures and I don't have Angel's Trumpet like I thought. I have Devil's Trumpet. It seems to be related but I think mine is more of the wild flower/weed variety! It stood up tall and leaned over the water like a canopy and was pollinated by huge moths that looked like humming birds. Flowers didn't open up until evening. I don't remember the folige having an unpleasant smell though. I copied a website for you and mine looks exactly like the pics from HarryNJ
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/26850/

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mskitty38583

its not what i planted...its what i dug up. today i dug up and re-planted a clump of lambs ears that weighted about 20 lbs. a plot of iris that had almost 60 rizones in it. solomons seal(that i forgot i had planted there) one canna that i left in the ground, and some daylily tubers that i apparently missed the other day when i dug up the parent plant.

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Deb, PM sent, Thanks

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Kylie2x

Deb!! That is Datura.. It is no weed..LOL It is a cousin the the Brugmansia and a beautiful plant to grow.. There are many colors.. Dbls,Trip, yellows purples, swirls /bi-colored. and some that open only a night.. I have many Brugs but I always keep some Dat's around as well..
I potted up another handful of Brug cuttings today..and started some of the German cross seeds I have.. I am very excited to get them going? I So ready for Spring..
Kylie

CookieCows

Kylie I almost missed your post .... If I don't stay logged onto the forum the new posts I haven't read go away if I can't read them all at once.

Well I guess I'll let the plant stay by the pool as it really looks tropical with the huge leaves and the flowers have traces of light purple. Some of these plants I looked at online don't have as big of leaves so I do like this one... and those moths are amazing! My husband and the grandkids were saying they were humming birds and I sat quietly on the steps close to the plant to watch and it was hard to tell as it was dusk.. but I had never seen a humming bird out at night LOL I had to do a search on them online to figure out the mystery.

I am so ready for spring too!! I have leaf and butter lettuce that just sprouted.

Deb

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Richard

Here are two Walkers Low Catmints (Nepeta racemosa cultivar) that I planted out this morning. I bought them late last spring in 4" pots and then raised them up in 3 gallon pots. It is now January in San Diego, so they are showing some winter color from overnight lows of 35 and 40 (F). Spring through Fall they bloom incessantly if you are frugal with water. Behind them I am building a planter for a bareroot Mohawk Pecan hybernating in the garage.

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magicgreen

Deb, I sent a PM to you. Thankyou Much!

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bencelest

union bulbs and cilantro seeds, bulbs of narcissus, wild flower seeds

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dablo93

Here are the narcissus already flowering since the beginning of december.
never had so early flowers, normally they flower here in march.

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bencelest

i GOT MINE FOR $1.99 a bag that usually sells for $6. Apparently it's way past season but the bulbs are still viable.

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mskitty38583

i planted 6 lavander ornatas, 2 bronze ornatas (thanks to chris) and re-potted my monstera...and it is a monster to repot. still have some yams to plant. whaoo!

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MsKitty where did you get yams? I never see them in the stores! Are you growing them in the house?

Deb

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when i got my box of bananas today it was cracker jack time. i opened the box and i got a suprise!!! and no it wasnt a tattoo. rotflmao!!! they are chinese yams i have to do some reading on them before i plant them. they will probably be grown in the house. and they smell good too! everything i got today smelt good!!!


let me correct myself they are from the phillipines

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CookieCows

LUCKY YOU !! How fun!! Now you have them forever. Good luck with them .... are you going to take pictures of them growing?

Deb

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oh yes i will take pics.i did a little reading and they are purple. that is awesome. now i just have to find out about the planting. i was so excited when my box got here today. i get to keep them forever and ever. wahoo!

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I planted 2 pineapple papayas (babaco) that I rooted in pots last year from cuttings. I also planted a 3rd from a cutting taken today and coated with a little Rootone. No picture today, its too dark and gray outside.

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Here's those Babacos from yesterday. The one on the far left is 3 years old and bearing its second crop which will ripen in April. 2nd from left is a rooting that is too short and dark to see in the photo. The 2 on the right were rooted in pots from cuttings last spring. The farthest right is multi-trunked with three stout leaders.

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mskitty38583

i have 2 fall glo tangerines coming up! yeah. still waiting on my lemons....

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Well....... I walk by the pineapples in the store and they all cringe. I'm working on my second failure I think. Didn't have any dirt and the rest of the goodies for the first one so followed step by step directions (with pictures) off the web that ended in a glass of water. I KNOW I've been taught by Logos posts NOT to root in water but it's all I had. It got slimy and the leaves went crispy. Now I have lots of stuff... garden soil, sand, peat moss, spaghum moss, perlite, that rooting powder but didn't have it in the beginning of my second one so it got slimey and the leaves started to die.. and then I scraped the slime off near the root area and put it in 50/50 spaghum moss and perlite and have it sitting next to the heat mat that has a tray on it so can't put it on the heat mat and have a full spectrum light about 10 inches over it and I'm hoping for a turn around .... but ........... we all like pineapples so I'll go buy another one soon.

Deb

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