Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical Garden #65, 0 by 3jsmom31

3jsmom31 wrote:
I leave spiders to do their job, even in my growing area. If I were to see a dangerous one, I might get a little nervous.

Tropic, your spider, is it as big as your hand? It looks big! I'd hate to walk into that web! Pretty flower and tree pictures. Nice range of colors on the Corymbia ptychocarpa, and the Asteromyrtus symphyocarpa is so bright and cheery.

Joeswife: Thank you for sharing your light set up. I want lighting to supplement on gloomy days but the fluorescent hoods would be in the way and too easy to water, lol. Your smaller and brighter lights may be the better way. I mist the ones by the woodstove everyday, but what was the mix you use for misting? I use the ceiling fan to keep it warmer even on the lower levels now and it dries them all out without misting. I am so happy to finally have a place that I can spray, slop, spill and no sweat. We built this poured area 2 years ago, and I kept begging for it to be bigger. Nope, so now it's full, lol. Great news about the gingers and dahlias. What a pretty mg? flower. I haven't planted them because of the wild ones that come up around here, but I will have to reconsider.

Metro, your dewy web pic is neat :)

Prita, thank you for starting a new thread. What do you call that philo? Beautiful variegation, and the contrast from leaf to stem is pretty. I love your setup in that picture, too. I wish I could just walk through and see all the surprises you have in there :).

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