Funky Amaryllis Bulbs?

Great Idea, I'm going to do that this spring. I have Poke Salad, you know what that is??/
I really need to hit them hard. Thank you,
Talking about pennies, did you all know they are worth more at recycyling for their weigh
than at the bank. Amazing isn't it. Would it hurt to sprinkle salt around the plants. Slugs dissolve in salt.
Poor (sic) things, what a way to go....dissolving away.
Charleen

Except that salt will also kill the plants....

Well, i didn't know that. Isn't there a salt in some fertilizers?

I use a lot of vinegar for housekeeping tasks. It'll freshen a stale room when poured in a saucer. I also use it for window cleaning.
I'll keep it mind.
WIB,
SW

Yes there are organics salts in fertilizer, but they're not sodium chloride. In ancient times, when one civilization wanted to destroy another, they'd salt the fields. It would destroy their ability to grow crops for years.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salting_the_earth

I read an article a few years ago about someone who was plagued by snails and slugs and destroyed her garden by spreading salt to kill them. Vinegar contains some kind of salt, which is one reason it's effective as an herbicide---but it may not be sodium chloride, and it's not in the same concentrations as table salt. You could use salt around gravel or paved areas, but I'd be really cautious using it where it could migrate into the ground where you have "good" plants.

All right, very interesting article. Thank you.
Guess I better behave myself and stop
aggravating you good people.
but I still love you and your plants too.
Charleen

No aggravation!! I'd just feel awful if I saw a posting about something I knew might be harmful to a garden and didn't say anything.....and I hope you all would do the same for me----goodness knows I've already come up with more than my share of "I wonder what would happen if's".

I know,I love our discussions.
Makes for lively topics not to
mention our lovely Funky flower.
This plant is like a Brug, no dull moments always
coming up with something different to talk about.
HUH???

Works for me! I don't care if we go off topic. I learn more that way. : - )
WIB,
SW

You all want some Brugs, they're NOID but sure is pretty. Comes out yellow, starts turning pink. It is a single and I have it in a bucket, but wanted to see it finish blooming while I had buds. She has kept me entertained all summe. You are welcome to them, just let me know. Made it thru the hot gA. summer, maybe they will make it there. If I keep all the cuttings I'm not going to have room for anything else. Please take them....^_^
Charleen

Beautiful brug Charleen.

Do you want one? Marie. I really do want to give them away and this is above the Y. She should take long to bloom after she grows. The Momma plant was about ^ft. tall but I don't think she will be that tall. Unless you want a bottom cut. But you really are welcome to her.
I have an aquarium with some brug cuttings and I am wondering what the heck to do with those, Send me a D-mail girls . I don't want to toss her out. That is so brutal.
Charleen

Charleen you are too sweet but I am a serial brug killer. They hate our climate here in the desert.

Goodness, Girl. I an't neverheard thelike. What do you do to them (still laughing) child?
What if I start it for you??Iwish I could help you overcome this most serious illness.
It is probably way too dry. I hadn't thought of that. Have you tried to grow one in a pot?
I have one in a pot and it is blooming. Just have to keep it watered when it wilts. I have had them to wilt but they snap
back after I water it. You just grow the crinums? Bless your heart.
Charleen

LOL It is too dry here and the spider mites are horribly bad ont his plant for some reason. We have one or two on the SW forum who grow them that have ponds and I think
the hummidity from those help. But I have spent way too much money on these and a few other plants that do not like the desert. I do gorw lots of bulbs and like anything that grows from a corm tuber or bulb. I just have better luck with them.

I love them, too, but it gets cold enough here that (despite heavy mulching) just about the time they finally get over all the frost, bugs, etc. set buds, it's time for frost again. 30 miles north my friends have them as landscape trees! REEally frustrating. I've got 3 in big pots and this year when they die back partially I'm going to try covering them with bell jars. I did get a few blooms off my white for the first time in years last month. But now they're looking like it's getting too cold for them, even tho we haven't had frost yet.

Goodness, Well you have enough other plants to make up for it. But now this spring I am going to get you all some of those bulbs in
that pic up above. i have plenty of those, Just have to dig a trench next to them to get them out of the ground. Those rascals are getting tooo big for me.
When they bloom I'll be sure and get you a pic. they are white with pink stripes on the petals. If I remember right. They have been in that spot for about 10 years I guess. The leaves are strap like. But flop over.
I'm sure it 's a crinium of some sort.
Charleen

Well I am sure I will have some bulbs to share too. None of mine have grown like yours but most have just been planted a year or so. I do grow other plants just making fun of how difficult it can be to grow some things here in the desert :o)

Mine didn't bloom at all this year in the gh. So I brought them out into the courtyard and put them by the fountain. Still haven't bloomed. If there is a frost warning I will cover with a sheet. I am not moving them again.
Yours sure were pretty ridesredmule. Mine are white? Or maybe yellow? You see it's been so long since they went and bloomed I forgot!
Weird how that works being in the same zone, but not having luck with the same plants. It's the micro climates.
WIB,
SW

That is what makes it so difficult to grow things slated for certain areas.
I always have to look up by my name to see what zone I am in,can't remember, so i finally just wrote it down.
That helps. I think it has to do with the humidity, don't you??
Charleen

The datura growing wild on the farm was really happy, but the stuff in the pot is probably overwatered, or overly humidified, which is why I moved it onto the courtyard. I'm going to leave it there and just cover it when we have frost warnings, and see if it is happier. Seems to me it bloomed the last time I just left it alone. So short answer is that too much rain/humidity causes it to put on leaves, when it gets dry enough it flowers?
I think anyway, rrm.
Speaking of which, cold here and I should check on and move some of my plants.
WIB!
SW

I /don't really have to grow Datura, It comes up in my pasture: Thank God
The longears don't eat it. We used to call it pigweed. Why?? It used to grow down by the
pigpen and the only water it got was from the sky or the animals. It does have a funky smell,
so that is why they don't bother it. They are the noseiest critters I ever saw. They find things to get nto. DH has to keep
a chain on the garden to keep them out. they keepus on our toes. Once in a while they escape, then I have fun (not)
They are my furbabies and I love their little onery butts.
Charleen

Charleen,
We had a whole bunch of pigs dumped out here by their owner. One of my neighbors took some in. One of my neighbors renters was feeding the sow. When she moved, she called Animal Control and they chased them onto our farm. Animal Control refused to come onto our farm and chase them. All they had to do was ask, but instead they chewed up drip lines all summer around the Monterrey pines. Lousy pigs!
I do admire the Momma pig. She protected her babies from the hungry coyotes!
Last October she'd had enough, and she and her piglets (she had seven, one died at birth, one was given away, one disappeared, and the rest showed up at the Pumpkin Patch and walked into the petting zoo enclosure. One of my guys, thought quick and closed the gate on them. They were real good at eating rotten pumpkins so we let them stay, and eventually found homes for them. See photo.
Life is never boring on the farm.
We don't plant datura either or worse yet blue curl. That is really stinky stuff.
Not much blooming this time of year. Except in the gh.
You should have your FB soon, let me know when they get there, okay?
WIB!
SW

Oh, You are so sweet. I know I am going to dig up that crinum for you. We wnt to a nursery yesterday and I saw a Giant crium. Have you heard of them, it has a red stem, should have taken a pic of it, but durn, you know how us old folks is...hehehehe.
The stalk was about the size of a coffee cup , if you don't use a big mug. It was a bout 3' tall with stiff leaves.
Want me to wait til spring, I can dig it anytime you want.
I'm going to put mine in a Gallon pot and set it where I can watch it.
I know I'm going to love it.
Those little pigs look like Vietnamese Pot belly pigs. Isn't it amazing the way people judt discard animals after they get tired of them?? they do it everywhere.
Thanks for the pic. i loved it. They were sure enjoying those pumpkins.
Charleen

RRM,
Tis the season. I'm kinda tired of pumpkins myself. Mainly because no one gets a day off, and everyone gets tired and cranky by the end of Oct.
I sent you a dmail. Come summer I would love to collect and trade crinums with you. If you still want to.
Those pigs and the ones my other neighbor took in, were abandoned right after the housing market fell in. Our county is the worst hit in the nation. People were abandoning their houses and their pets. It was upsetting to me, and my neighbors because these were pets, and not equipped to live in the wild. Mostly if not rescued, dogs, cats, birds, are eaten by coyotes. The pets have no idea how to survive in the wild. Momma Pig was smart, and quick, and I'm glad she has a good home now.
I've been really upset about people dumping their animals here for years. Animal Control knows me really well. I catch 'em and contain them, and only then will Animal Control come out. Sad but true.
Sometimes I can find them homes, and sometimes I can't, and have to call AC. I can't take care of all of them critters, and have been working hard to get the cats (Feral included) and dogs, spayed or neutered as necessary. Ooops. Let me step off my soap box. I feel quite strongly on this subject, and you inadvertently pushed my button. My apologies.
Anyway, I hope that next year will work for you RRM on the FB crinums. Since they went and sprouted already. Something to look forward to! : - )
WIB,
SW

Charleen I have a crinum that has a trunk of at least 20 inches around ( I will have to go home and measure now for sure.) I have a couple of the red leaved ones too. But I doubt I will see any blooms for another year or so since I have had to move them.

OHHHH, That is a big one, Marie. don't forget to take a pic, if it blooms.
I am going to take one of the crinium that I have next summer for you all.
SW, sounds like you have enough to keep you busy, You will get a little rest after Halloween or do you have something lined up for Christmas Too?? Maybe by January you can get some rest.
Charleen

I will. I have been trying to dig down to get a baby from it but I am begining to think it is impossible!!! I will ahve some to share with you too.

We got plenty of time. It is so sweet of you to share.
Cause, I want to to. Do you have Amaryllis to?? I have a lot of red ones I can share. The leaves are still green so got to wait for them to turn yellow. Have Calla lily, white. Going to have a lot of them too.
Charleen

I probably will not be able to dig this one out but I have plenty of others. Do you grow your amaryllis outdoors?

Yes, I have better luck and they are just as pretty. Most of them are in a partially shaded area. I don't know why I put them there I just did.
they have been there about two years now. They are so pretty.
Do you?? I have one I rescued last fall from Lowes but they have not done anything yet. Will watch and see what they do next year. They are more in the sun. Til that doggone Lantana gets going. then it's every plant for it self. My Lantanaa gets tall.
Charleen

I'll be digging up some pink Naked Lady type amaryllis if you all are interested. Just let me know. I don't think I have any of the red ones.
Mine grow best in partial shade to full shade. I have them spread out all over the yard now. When I first came out to the farm, they were the only flowers out here, thanks to those Nubian Goats.
My Lantana comes back year after year, all I do is pile leaves on top. Mine lay down and don't get tall though. (Except DH managed to weed whack one to death!)
RRM, we take a short break after the Pumpkin Patch, go out and tag trees (we grow Monterrey Pines), for the choose and cut market - direct to the public, so we have to have all those trees above 5' tall tagged by the weekend before Thanksgiving (early tree reservation weekend). My sons will be working on that, because we also have the Bee Convention the week before etrw, down in San Diego. Then we open the day after turkey, to the public and don't quit until Christmas Eve. After Christmas we collapse for a week. Sure takes the fun out of the holiday.
Then we have the farm to ourselves again. Yippee!
Although I've heard I have family coming to visit after Christmas this year. Hmm. I'd better confirm that. My source of information is unreliable.
WIB,
SW

oh,oh!! Don't want any suprises. I have some red spider lilies,
if you want. Want some. They are over in a shaded area too.
I will have a pic here of Lantanas. I have to keep them trimmed
back to come out of that gate. These are Monster Lantanas.
That's supposed to be Uncle Sam. I painted.
RRM

Is that lantana RRM? I cannot believe how big it is. It is a standard landscape plant here but it is really short and close to the ground

Yes, dear. I have had that Lantana in that spot for over 10 years old. Got it in those little pots.
It is Miss Huff. I thought they stayed small too andI don't fertilize it either. At this rate I would be afraid too.
Shows the soil in those spots is not bad at all.It as that smell to it too. makes you itch when you
brush against it. But other than that a delightful plant.
RRM

RRM,
That is a monster lantana! I think it's a beauty!
Still to confirm about the visit.
Red spider lilies? What are they? Do you have photos?
WIB!
SW

They call them ''Naked Ladies" does that help,
I didn't take any pic. Dog gone it. Probably a red variety of the pink variety.
How does that sound?
RRM

Ok here is a picture of my largest crinum. I tried digging the baby out for SW but I think I killed it. We will see I have potted it up to see if I can save it.

That does look like a big one.
Are those babies coming up beside it? Have you ever tried washing one out with water??
Probably take a lot of water.
I going to try to dig up these ones I have this spring.
RRM

I just planted 3 "amarcrinum" bulbs I got from this guy:
http://www.buy-alstroemeria.com/bulb_cat.html