Insomnia Thread...

[Willow87]

Hi Sherry and Janan. Yes Sherry I would love some of the beautyberry too.Thanks

[Blake09]

My order from cactuslimon:

[Blake09]

ps...


My Crown of thorns plant is blooming:

[Willow87]

Wow Blake those are some beautiful plants! I wanted to show pictures of flowering plants around my yard

Wisteria Bloom


Cross Vine bloom


Wisteria Tree


Lotus sprouts

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Wow, congrats on your crown of thorns plant blooming Blake...and on your new plants! They look great. Love the burro's tail...I have it too, as well as the baby type called "burrito". Good luck with your stuff.


I really like that Wisteria, Cam. Gorgoeus, and I bet it smells great! Your Nelumbo is coming along also.


I am so excited because I just got some Sundew seeds to sprout in my aero-garden!!! I've always wanted to grow one and now I am!


Hope everybody's enjoying their Friday.


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[Willow87]

Thanks Sherry. I planted the wisteria for my mom for mothers day several years ago. I'm going to try and get some cuttings from it so I can grow it in other parts of the yard. I love sundew plants

[The Hollyberry Lady]

They sprouted within 11 days of being in the aero-garden, Cam!


I have Drosera Capensis and Drosera Capensis Alba. Too cool to be growing them. Wonder If JaNan knows or saw the post. Not like anyone knows when the heck she's logged on!


So how are things going anyway, people?


I sowed some Gaultheria Procumbens seeds in the A-G late last night...they're the Winterberry evergreen dwarf shrublet. I know they'll sprout, just like the Beautyberry seeds. I'm so tickled though, with how much faster things come up in the A-G. Those Sundew seeds likely would have taken 4 weeks or more outside the A-G!


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[Willow87]

Wow Congratulations! I think my redbud seeds are sprouting, its too early to tell but i think I see a little green stem

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Thanks Cam...congrats on your redbud too!


I was just hovering over the aero-garden, gawking at the sundew sprouts again. I wish they were big enough to show. They're just ridiculously small and the shot I posted in the A-G thread last night was very blurry.


One of the Purple Pitcher Plant seeds looks very fat & swollen and I'm hoping to get a sprout from one very soon. How cool would that be?!


I think now that these sundew seeds have popped for me, I have developed a new obsession this season...for carnivorous plants!


I also sowed some venus flytrap seeds, so we'll see if they come up...


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[Willow87]

Thats great Sherry. I'm hoping my dragon fruit cuttings take root soon. I think a couple of them had roots on them. I want to look for the yellow dragon fruit because I heard that one tastes the best

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Cool, Cam!


I'm just gonna post a couple shots of these wonderful hot pepper seedlings I've got going, in the hot pepper-a-holic thread. One type is called "Little Blue" and other is "Black Pearl". They are so pretty the Little Blue plant has buds on it already! Yippeeeeee!!!

I'll post the shots here later too...


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[Linda_GER]

Cam, I hope your Nelumbo plants will survive this critical period. Mine (pics) didn`t, but I think I told you already. Let`s hope that the adult plant my parents bought for me will survive the winter/spring in our pond!

I wish you luck!

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Hi Linda! Nice you popped in to chat. Cool shots.


Ok Cam, here they are:


"Little Blue" hot pepper...





"Black Pearl" hot pepper...





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[Willow87]

Wow Linda, I'm so sorry to hear that yours didnt make it. Now I'm worried about mine. Its been taking a long time for the leaves to open and one still hasnt developed roots. Sherry those have such beautiful leaves. i love peppers

[The Hollyberry Lady]

In regards to Nelumbo...


It's quite normal that these plants go dormant, especially when the water temperature is too cold. Although they're perennial, they can sometimes be late getting started in the Spring until the water really heats up. Just when gardeners think their Nelumber tubers have kicked the bucket over the winter, in mid-may sprouts appear.


I think the water is too cold Cam & Linda, and the plants don't like it so they are dying back until things warm up. Likely deciding to work on their root systems and will send up more top growth when the temperatures rise.


This is my best guess as to what is going wrong, however I don't know what you guys are doing...are you adding fertilizer to the water? What kind of soil is in the container? I used a skimmer to get rid of algae until my pot went outside and then I got some minnows to keep things clean.


Cam, I can send a few types of peppers you'll like.


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[Willow87]

Well the water stays about 70 degrees, may be a little cooler at night and maybe a little warmer during the day. The containers are right in front of a south facing window, so both get plenty of sun. I used soil that was out in my garden and today I added a little earthworm castings to it.I still dont know why its taking them so long to open. I dont want to rush them but I want to start seeing the leaves come out of the water lol. I would love some peppers I'm still excited about the castor bean plant

[Jananas Bananas]

Hi Gang! I will be back here after while! I am trying to post a few pictures! ~J

[The Hollyberry Lady]

It'll be awhile yet before you'll see the aerial leaves, Cam. The floater leaves will actually shrivel up and die outside of the water.


Are the stems still growing longer, even though the leaves are not completely unfurling, Cam?


Cool, JaNan!


Glad you're around. I was wondering if you had a chance to see my lastest aero-garden success! I am so thrilled...beyond words. My very own sundew seedlings!


Looking forward to seeing your shots JaNan...


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[Willow87]

Oh wow i have one of the floater leaves coming out of the water but I added a little water to the container. I know the stems on both lotus plants are very long and since they arent in a huge container, they are curling back around. But the leaves are looking alot more promising

[The Hollyberry Lady]

Cam, because the stems are curling around, the floaters may be inclined to pop out of the water, so be sure to poke them back down or they'll turn black and die.


The aerial leaves that come later are different though, and they grow upright, out of the
container.


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