For any of you that have NOIDs that you may not want, I am starting a teaching position with special ed high school students at a school where the school garden has been long neglected. I will be working on the garden this summer to get it in shape for the start of school (August 5th). I also hope to do a 'farmers market' at the school and sell rooted cuttings as well as started vegetables. I would love to get all kinds of plants that I can have my students grow to sell as well as to learn about the plants. Because of their lower level of functioning my students get as many programs as we teacher can develop so I hope to develop a horticulture program, in which students from other schools in my district can participate.
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allgr8dogs
Can epies live outside year round in Arizona? I don't know much about your winter weather there. Do you have a glass house learning environment? bob
allgr8dogs, I spent 7 years with the Goodwill Rehabilitation Facility and I know how much those kids loved doing projects like yours. I would love to send you something, please tell us about your climate. Do you want any veggie seeds? flower seeds? Bulbs? If I do not have them I may know someone who does. My neighbor has a farmers market and after I see your list of needs, I will be happy to hit on her for a donation. I have some begonias but they are mostly houseplants.
☺JB
I have a small green house, and am putting up a hoop house, in addition. At home, I keep some of my succulents outside year-round, others go in my hoop house at home, and some I bring inside. I don't keep my Christmas cactus (I suspect it's not actually a Christmas cactus) outside when temps drop below 50. Some winters we never drop below 50. Last year we had the coldest winter in 45 years (26 degrees 5 nights in a row).
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The Epis will take those winter temps, but they would need some shade for the summer. Mine live outside year round here, hanging from trees, but we don't hit the high temps you do.
At school we have an area for plants that need more shade. Our garden area also has some areas of filtered sun. I hope to get some shade cloth to decrease the worst of the fierce summer sun . At home I keep the majority of my succulents on my patio where they only get a few hours of sun, or where they get heavily filtered sun. The sun here is a killer in the summer. I swear I'm moving someplace not so hot when I retire.
Ha! Years ago I spent a couple of hours there in July...haven't been back since!
When looking at your temps, I saw 45 (years) rather than 26 degrees. Epis would need some protection from that much cold. We rarely get down to 32 here.
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Typically, we have mild winters but it seems like every 5-7 years we get a hard frost. This winter we had the coldest winter on record of 5 nights of 26 degrees (not typical). I had to bring lots of plants inside. I was surprised that most of my dragon fruit plants were okay outside.
Allgr8dogs, I would be happy to send some plants. I put my epis outside and the squirrels have had a field day destroying a lot of them. So I have plenty I can share. I don't have much in the way of vegetables, but I can send a variety of others. Send me a dmail.