Clematis: Spring is here!, 1 by citybusgardener

citybusgardener wrote:
Pirl,

That fert is perfect ! We have a K mart out towards the more country side of town, so I could do that. Walmart..not a chance. I've had to go a couple of times because back then they were the only place that had any mustard without soy. Scared me have to death, plus I saw families that made me just want to cry, and it bothers me to this day. Our Walmart is out in an area long called felony flats, and for good reason. Different places, different cultures huh ? Here in the middle of a very liberal, west coast city, hydroponics stores are all around, and in nice neighborhoods. Besides living under cloud cover most of the time, folks do grow indoor veggies and spend lots of money on them. Not scarey at all.


So updates from my garden:
The plants fed the new fert are today looking so good. They seem to have developed more 'muscle', if that's possible is such a short time.

I now have caught Arabella and her tricks. What she's doing is facing east in the early morning, then turning south to follow the sun. Turning a LOT. Sort of like a sunflower would do.

And 'Countess de Bouchard' seems to be a little stinker too. Photo's to follow. I planted her in a large pot when purchased last year and placed her where I want a clem. Facing east on the side of my little garden shed. Gave her a couple limbs to climb up for now, before building anything fancy since this is a test. Cut her all the way back in early spring as instructed here and she has been coming up nicely. She reached the top of her limb and started to fatten up and create buds. It all looked good till just the other day. now it seems the weight of the plant itself has pulled it entirely over the side of the limb..towards the shed, away from the east..main view. And she decided to bloom facing the shed ? west.

First picture shows how she flopped her entire self off the limb, next picture is how pretty she is if you stand to the side of the shed and peek in plus she has an admirer...that more reddish tone vine is a porcelain berry vine sneaking over toget acquainted it seems . LOL Funny stuff what these clems are doing. It's like I have a group of terrible twos living here. :)





This message was edited Jun 1, 2013 8:50 PM