Oh Ella you are so sweet! I got some cat grass in the mail today! Thank you I'm off to plant it lol OOPS not today have to do some soil first lol
Seed Swap & Chat # 52
Lea -- I found the Barley cat grass i have... germination will start [be slightly visible] in less than 48 hrs... by day 3, most the seeds have germinated.
No more snow here... it was sunny this morning but cloudy now. probably got 8+ inches, ,as last night they said 'the big air port' was at just over 8" and it was still coming down hard... i'm only 4 miles away... so we usually go by what they say for O'Hare.
there was a lot of drifting... so i really have no idea how much there was.
We usually get drifts so we can't tell how much snow we got but not this time or the last that's pretty unusual for here.
I have awnings and momma cat and Stump are always watching the birds out my bedroom window on the butterfly bush, a big crash of snow fell from the awning and you should have seen those cats run LOL
It's an all day job just to keep the squirrels and starlings out of my bird feeders about every half hour I have to open the back door and clap my hands real loud to scare them sometimes that doesn't work and have to get the pellet gun after them! They can clean a feeder out in no time and that darn bird food isn't cheap! If I mess around and hit my three cylinder feeder I'm gonna be mad lol Those darn critters won't leave ometimes until I hit something I need to put a board at the bottom of the pole it's hanging on to hit with the pellet gun lol
I have a different mold now it's the prettiest teal mold! Dang!!! It's on the dirt from the annual geraniums this time I hate going out and buying seed starter mix but the last couple of years I've delt with this and I'm tired of it :P
Ella and LeBug: Thanks for your suggestions. I'll check out those instructions and maybe make a stand out of PVC for myself, Ella.
I'm starting quite a lot of heirloom tomatoes, some to give to my daughters to set out and some for our own garden. Last year I started Black Krim, Rutgers, Cherokee Purple, German Pink and a couple of others. Boy, were they good! I really don't care that I have tomatoes galore, 'cause the neighbors are glad to get them, too.
Don't know if you got the plans for the plant stands Hemo but here it is:
http://www.tsflowers.com/plantstand.html#BLANK
It's really easy seems like they talk about a pvc pipe cutter in there I got one and it was hard to use I just used a vice to hold the pipe on the stairs with then used a hack saw it was a lot easier to cut it with.
Ella -- Charlie thanks your for the cat grass seeds.
LOL... That shoudl keep Charlei busy for awhile. heheheheheh
He gonan be cat grass heaven.
I almost lost my seedlings today, sun came otu and not used toseeign it and it got hot on the glass . Had a few wiltie s and a coupel of dong to that big dirt heaven in the sky.
But when I go tto my mimulus i yahooed. the bloom coming out bigger. It gona be yellow. hoep tommorow have enough light to take a pic. My first oen ever.
Finally had soem pepeprs pop and egg plants and mroe dianthus
Looking for some help today.
In the swap I got some Dahlia seeds that stated the cultivar "Wells Fargo"(?)
I can't find any info anywhere on that name.
Hoping whoever sent them in can send a pic or givr some info
on these. Planted them anyway, might just have to see what I get.
Thanks,
Cris
gotta say... nothing like a good bottle of wine after a long day.... amazing how fast it;s going down.........
Might just join you Terese.
So much snow I'm going house happy. DH even worse & driving me
right up a wall.
geeze... finished the WHOLE bottle..... time for bed.
Ella this is a first for any mimulus? I love those little flowers I always plant it but never have much luck with them I keep trying different spots. I need to grow some this year in a pot so I can move it around and see where they like it at here. Mine stay so small I can barely see them sometimes around the plants.
How is the weather there ours is getting a lot colder at night think tomorrow or tonite it’s going down to 9 degrees! I hope you are staying warm!
Terese the WHOLE bottle LOL I forgot I have a half of a bottle in the fridge from SB night ;P Not in the mood tonite though been going thru paper work to pitch now that every thing is over I’m so cottin pickin glad I can get rid of this stuff around here now :) I should finish my bottle while going thru more tomorrow lol
Cris sorry can't help you, I have Red Figaro from Summer Hill I'm sure you've checked the seed companies Harris Seed, T&M and all those. I tried to collect them this year but it just rained too much for me to catch them they all looked moldy to me. I did hang them up to dry like Neal said it was just too much rain.
Happy Anniversary tcs :) Sorry late.
I read up some more on the spices. I ordered the Sweet Bay, Star Anise, & Allspice. Well found out the Allspice will definately NOT work because it is unripe berries that are used for spice. Forgot to order the Peppercorns. The Star Anise should work winter sown. I'm not real sure about the Sweet Bay because I can't tell if they are fresh enough or not. I soaked them & can hear something rattling inside when I shake the seed. Should I take the outer coating off or leave it to come out on it's own?
I grew what was supposed to be the Wild Blue Indigo years ago. Turned out to be creamy white. Oh well :) I had winter sown mine.
So far the cinnamon has worked for me & I haven't had any mold or bugs.
I have more babies! :) Here's what has sprouted for me so far:
Amaranthus (Love Lies Bleeding)
Amaranthus (Summer Poinsettia)
Begonia grandis (Pink)
Coreopsis 'Mahogany Midget'
Dahlia (Single Bright Red)
Nicotiana 'Perfume Lime'
Passiflora edulis
Salvia 'Pineapple Sage'
Spilanthes (Toothache Plant)
Weather is below average for our area this year. Very cold & wet. Don't even remember the last time I saw the sun shining here. Glad I decided to grow some things indoors this year :)
Hope everyone is doing alright.
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tcs: Some days are a 2-bottle day!
Chris... Pop over to the Dahlia forum. Think those folks know just about evry kind of Dahlia there is. They may be able to find it for you or at least break it down into the types of fargo dahlias there are for you.
LOL. Ther e are days I sure could us e a glass or two. Got me a big bottle of welches white grape juice yesterday gues s that gonan have work for me.
Lebug.. yep my very first. Nevr coudl get them to germinate before. Would try adn try and try and I know the companies I had bought seed from before of mimulus were good companies. I figrue d it was just me and gona be one of those 10 years later down the road, stil tryign to start type seeds, so I really tickled.
So far, against the gnats, yellow sticky trap about 40, vinegar 0 ! Wonder why it works on my fruit flys but not on my gnats. Guess they like a different vintage. I'm going to have to look up how to make my own sticky traps, as I've only a few left from last year, and at the rate this one is filling up, I"m going to need more!
Got another flat planted yesterday, but boy am I slow! Took me the whole afternoon to get one flat done! Arggh, and not organized either. If I could just get the seeds that like lower temps with each other, I could plant another flat that doesn't have to go on the mat... but even with a spreadsheet that seems to be too difficult.
tcs, turns out hubby and I were drinking wine with you. Cold wine with ice cubes in the hot tub. LOL
Kelly, at work we use paper with the sticky stuff on just one side. I've often looked at it and thought, its just like the yellow sticky traps, but white with only one sticky side. Every so often I have to throw it away cause they send us to much of it. Would you like a pack?
Oh, I'm so ready to start a few more seedlings with all of you stating what you are starting. But am going to wait till the end of the month. You zone 7's and above are driving me crazy!!!!!
Well good for you Ella I’m happy for you that you got some mimulus babies! I’m that way with that big sea holly that they say is so easy to grow I can’t grow it forget what the name of it is now I finally gave up after about six years of trying to grow it lol And I never see them for sale :( Here it is:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2666/
toofew, I want a hot tub! All of their zones are driving me crazy too! If I started growing all of my annuals even now they would be thru blooming by the time I could get them outside Ha!
Klstuart are you watering your seedlings with some H202? That’s suppose to kill the eggs in the soil.
Well the sun is finally shinning here but we are supposed to get more snow this weekend!
Lea,
Talking snow they are saying on the new's here we may see some Friday and Saturday night lol . I just am not ready for this and neither is South Carolina my area know some get above . Saw power people looking at line's on the street earlier so guess they looking to see what may happen.
I really just want some spring!!
The orange milkweed looking good girl just hope can keep them going , Where did you find purple never heard of that one .
Stay warm.
Carolyn
Oh Carolyn snow how many times have you had snow there this weather sure is a changin! This year here is reminding me of my childhood days lol We used to get all kinds of snow and deep!
Here's the purple:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/81058/
then I'm starting these too:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54062/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/54061/
I want every type of milkweed there is that's a perennial here for me :) I did find some more orange seeds yesterday lol I have seeds everywhere! I just wish I could fine a couple of annual seeds for flowers that I wanted to start I've put them somewhere and can't find them I'm on a search this morning.
Lea, I loved my A. Cinderella. Here is a picture. don't know why she died. :o(
Oh no Toofew, I hope it wasn't the milkweed blight that's what got mine last year I think I had it on one of my orange ones too it kind of bit the dust before setting seeds last year I'm going to dig it out this year if it comes up and it's going to kill me to do that they are my favorite :( Then I will only have one left but it is healthy thank goodness on the other side of the house that's where I'm putting all of the others I'm growing for this year I think I may change my mind when I see how many I'll have going lol She sure was pretty such a shame! Did you get any seeds off of her?
http://www.apsnet.org/pd/PDFS/1995/PlantDisease79n11_1176.PDF
Lea hopefully these babies here grow in the orange can send some to you lol they are cute about an inch high just hope the pink comes shineing thru.
Toofew,
Here in the south we always want to grow what all northern's can cause blight and midew all over us. Lost my red bee balm even though had in shade cause here when it says full sun means half and half. Keep trying to do but sometimes nature says no , but next year maybe what my brain says.
Like my angels trumpets susposed to do well here see beautiful one's all around guess I just don't have the gift but keep trying.
Carolyn
I hope to get my own orange to going but might have to take you up on that Carolyn :)
Lea,
Haven't seen any real snow since my son that pasted was like 2 years old and this year he would have been 40 so whats that like 38 years ago , wonder if he sending it down from heaven for the kid's just hope we can handle it here cause then we about frooze till power came back on .
Of course kid's loved it and didn't mind all the snuggleing together for the warmth. I am just not ready for it again hopefully want be as much.
Going to plant some bell pepper one of the grands faviorte.
Carolyn
Happy Birthday Hemophobic :)
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Happy Birthday Hemo! Hope all of your little seedlings do well this year and your gardens are full of more nice beautiful flowers and veggies :)
Lea
Angie... wishing you the happiest of birthdays.
Happy Birthday Angie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) Hope it a great one!!!!!!!
Boy oh boy, been gooing crazy trying to get things prepared for today. It raining lightly her e with bit s of tiny hail or sleet in it. We are suppose d ot get 2-6" of snow here. Schools are closed for today even though it hasn't fulyl started, colleges, and a host of other places.
I knwo some of the northerners probably snickering and laughing thier heads off hearign for such little amoutns we in the south roll up nd clos e the towns, but you would be hard presse d to find a snow plow and maybe even a snowblower or a snow shovel down here. Got me a coupel bottle s of table salt for the front and back steps.
Moved an inside oil accordian heater out to gh to add soem heat alogn withthe light bulbs, so hopeign that works. Just came in forma quickei check and so far it chilyl out there , but the kiddies all ok.
Folks down here runnign to stroe s liek crazy for supplies. Just hope it dont get so bad down here we loos e power. Co-op power is nto very fast at repairs. I cna stay warm in house, but if power goe s out will be movign all them flats back insid e trailer and that will be a nightmare and a half. The bed , the floors, every availabel space wil be covered with seedlings. I woudl go crazy havign to listen all day and night to thousands of kiddies, hollering they want drinks of water, or tryign to get enogh plastic diaper mats under them. And cna you imagien tryign to feed them all fetilizer at onc e movign insid e a small trailer. Oh the headaches that would be. LOL
Happy Birthday Angie!
Snow's supposed to hit at the end of the school day here... should be interesting. I'll be at school for the valentine's party anyway, so at least an early closing won't be as confusing as usual! Hope we actually get some! Tell ya what Ella, you send all your snow up here... then your GH will be ok, and my DH can get some sledding in :)
Kicking myself in the rear this morning. Been looking all over the place for germination info on my little packets... 5 million different web sources and trying to update the 'when to sow' spread sheet, when I look over and realize that the wonderful new book I got for Christmas isn't just to tell me how to take cuttings, which is why I wanted it... but has ALL the info I could ever want on germination and care! DUMB! I am SO thick! Well, going to get a lot more things sown correctly now! Need caffeine to speed sow some things before time to go to school...
Oh, so if anyone needs any info, I'd be happy to look it up for you :)
Only one I couldn't find so far was Bluespiral's Jasminium Grandiflorum. Any sowing advice on that one?
Ella we have the inch snows and everyone around here goes crazy when I was a younger chick an inch wasn’t nothing now they go around salting the highways and we have had several inches snow this time but our worse snows will be the last of the month to the last of March and will be a lot deeper I have a feeling all the salt will be used by then. This weather is really reminding me of my younger days when we did get snow. I feel for you there not being equipped for the snow. Hey I’ve used table salt before it works just watch your plants they don’t take kindly to it!
Ella do you have an electric outlet in your greenhouse you be careful girlfriend ;)
I planted my Pentas the fourth and they still aren’t up yet they are on the heat mat :( Seems like I have tried to grow those before and didn’t have any luck. My electric blues are in the fridge in a baggie and they keep getting so much moisture on them I have to change the baggie twice a day they weren’t that wet when I put them in there! I bet I don’t’ get anything out of those :(
I hope your power doesn't go out Ella! I can just see those babies all over your trailer trying to even walk around them that one year we had our first freeze after our last frost date I had wall to wall seedlings in here and this is a little bigger than a trailer in here not much but had rooms full of seedling I had outside for a while, all those darn tomatoes had 300 of just those! I was afraid dad was gonna be mad at me for bringing them in covering all the floor space there was but he just laughed he didn't realize how many plants I had downstairs until they were all on the floor and I had more downstairs! If the heat goes out here and I've got all those babies they would be toast even up stairs it gets so cold in here I really hoping your heat doesn't go out! Good luck to ya!
Klstuart I'm not sure but I think this is it after googleing about 20 pages LOL
Jasmine
Jasminum species
Trees and Shrubs, Herbs, Plants of Home and Garden, Bonsai
Sow seed at 70-75F/21-24C, just covered; grow in full sun, rich, well-drained soil. Ample water in first few years. Propagation by ring-bark air layering often takes 3-4 months; can also be grown from heel cuttings taken in summer. Has been used as bonsai. Zone 6-9; where not hardy, may be overwintered indoors
'Jasminum officinale', common white jasmine, and Jasminum nudiflorum, winter jasmine, both hardy zones 6-9. Jasminum fruticans, shrub jasmine
My 2nd babies for the year have arrived! Mimulus cardinalis, from seed I saved- so glad to see that dusty stuff I collected was actually seeds, LOL. They were sown on the 4th.
Kelly, could this be the Iris you asked me about?
Neal that sure is pretty love the orange in it with the white! And what is that next to it did you start some grass from seed and it's just a baby?
Lea, I know it as Ribbon Grass. I have a couple of big clumps in that area, and have found smaller starts growing here and there since the backhoe work in fall of '08. I love that striking orange beard on that Iris too!
My ribbon grass has pink in it and the leaves are thinner think it's called Tricolor I like the color in that one and the wider leaves it's very striking! I traded for some Silver Dragon a couple of years back and I love it I have a lot of grasses I bet you do too!
Happy Birthday Angie! ^_^
Nice Iris Gemini!