Thought I would start a Moon Vine seeds early--assuming it would take a while
for them to germinate.....HAH! How wrong can I get?
This is ONLY after 10 days--and i did not even soak the seed. Just put 3 of them in this little pot
and put it in the warm glow of my seed lights. It has at least 2 months to go yet before i can put it outside......
Now what? It may grow really big waiting for summer.....
Don't know what happened to the 3rd one? Gita
I usually go outside and find the best twig to use as a lattice. Stick it in the pot and train the fine all around it every day.
Roses--
I have small trellises--the kind that come in a pot when you buy--say--a Clematis. About 2' tall...
They are made of wood and will work fine. Will pot the Vine up in a 6" pot when it needs to move on.
I have almost never (just once!) had much luck growing a Moon Vine. Loved it, that one time, sitting and watching it open up.
My main concern is that it will be too acclimatized to the indoors to be plopped outside.
The Moon Vine likes a bit of shade--right? How about full AM sun--till 2PM? Then bright shade.
Of course--I could start another couple of seeds later on.
Gita
Mine grew in afternoon full sun and did very well. Most of the plants I grow are started too soon and are inside for a long period of time. Just need to wait til it's really warm enough for them to go out.
Thanks for keeping moonflower in my memory bank. I love them and want tyo be sure and grow some this year.
Sally--
I will have Moon Vine seeds in my seed box. Not too many--but grab them early...
I put just 3 seeds in each little baggie.
BUT--You can buy a whole Burpee seed envelope for $1.19.
It went up 19 cents from last year....what hasn't???
Sometimes I wonder WHY everyone wants seeds that have been self-gathered, or are
a bit older, at these Swaps--when you can get fresh ones for a dollar???
Oh I have my own saved moonflower seeds- somewhere. Just saw them the other day.
The packets add up= and they can remind you of a special person.
There are seed banks and now there are seed libraries!
http://www.richmondgrowsseeds.org/index.html
People can 'borrow' seeds, grow them and then 'return' seeds they have saved to the library. There are people who volunteer some of their garden space and time to grow out seeds of heirlooms or heritage seeds each year to keep these genetic lines available and viable.
http://www.seedsavers.org/
found my moonflower vine seeds
happy dance
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Instructions printed with them say to start them 2-3 weeks before last frost
8 ^O
I usually plant in full sun, they take a long time to bloom. Had great ones in morning to midday sun, pm shade, one year.
Getting itchy to plant some seeds but it is still pretty early.
Me too, Sally---Me too.....
Out of the Datura seeds I planted--2 of the purple ones have come up.
Re the Moon Flower--I guess I planted the seeds early because I have not had much luck
planting them directly into the outside pot. Have tried a couple times. Same with Hyacinth Bean.
They both are slow to bloom.
G.
I have found that now matter how early I start my annual vines, the all bloom late.
I have found that now matter how early I start my annual vines, the all bloom late.
The datura seeds that I got started a few weeks ago have germinated. These are the triple purple/white seeds from Gita that she says is 'Blackberry Currant Swirl". I'm getting ready to move individual seedlings from the flat into 2" pots this morning. It seems I use my kitchen more for mixing dirt and potting/re-potting seeds and plants than I do for cooking LOL.
Lol Terri-
That is probably more pleasant than my squatting on the basement floor..as far as potting goes.
I planted parsley seeds and "Pumpkin pepper" novelty item which is actually an eggplant (go figure) that makes mini pumpkin like fruits that will dry hard.
That 16' kitchen island is the best potting bench ever! Little bar sink on the end, what could be better LOL... I now have 39 little 2" pots of individual datura seedlings potted up, and heading down to the basement to put under the lights on the plant shelf. I also have 5 surprise japanese morning glory seedlings that germinated from being in the reused dirt from last year. I read on-line that you can actually grow them indefinitely indoors if they are in a big pot with some type of trellis. Put all 5 seedlings in a single pot and will see how that works out. If I get lazy and don't want to keep going up and down the stairs, the plant shelf is coming into the dining room next.....
That Pumpkin pepper sounds interesting.
Teri--
The Morning Glory Picotee seeds I have grows a very pretty MG.
The leaves are all different--almost like a broad tomato leaf,
The flovers are blue or pink --edged in white.
The best thing--it does not go bonkers climbing up your house.
A very nicely behaved MG. I have seeds for this in my box.
Can't show you a picture--as i am at work. You can see a picture of it on my Trade list
Just click on my name. .....Gita
Lets see if the link from my trade list will work.
http://davesgarden.com/community/trading/image.php?user=Gitagal&pid=239495
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Ow, Ow, Ow my toe.... I ALWAYS wear shoes because the few tiimes that I don't I step on something, or drop something, or bang into something. I was wearing slippers thinking that I was "done" for the afternoon, and then decided to bring my plant light stand up to the dining room after all. As soon as I started rolling it, a round steel pipe rolled off the top shelf right onto my left foot. What the heck was THAT doing up there??? Sally and Speedie's husband would have seen it, but alas my 5'0" self couldn't. Ow, Ow, Ow....
aw aspenhilll..sosorry....I hate hurting my toes. Wow thats a lot of daturas..
Hope the toes are feeling better today, Terri.
I'm thinking of getting some Japanese Red Shredded Hige morning glories and other Japanese varieties. The blooms stay open most of the day, they aren't invasive and the leaves are fewer and smaller than most of the others.
Ric and I are still not well and not doing much of anything. He went down yesterday for a few hours and cleaned and potted things in the GH and he has resowed Pansies as the first seeds must have been too old to germinate.
Sally those are the cutest things. I did get so far as getting some dirt into trays but then didn't want to bother with seeds.
Sorry to hear youse guys are still feeling punky! We need some sun and warm weather!!
Yes, Very punky! All the kids and Grands went snowtubing yesterday and we couldn't go. I did do a little plant shopping on Sat after my Dr. Appt. I'll post pics of the new plants in the Indoor Plant Thread.
Hope all six of my pumpkin peppers seeds grow, and that some of you take a couple.
MORE so hope Ric and Holly keep getting better!
Plant shopped at Homestaed Gardens in Severna Park last week. THeir prices are nuts $$$. Yes, some unique plants that I know from here and wouldn't see else where. Even the clearance plants were too high for me. It's always a lift to look at plants though.
Phoo on feeling punky! We spent far too much of our winter that way, too. Everybody needs to get better by Saturday -- sooner, if possible!
Holly, please tell Ric to SKIP the Pro Mix "deal" -- instead of going to pick up those bags, he should rest up! We will get some another time. Maybe we'll have a "lily bulb sort plus quikcrete project plus Pro Mix group buy opportunity" at our place... April 5 or 6?
We will see, I'll let him post about that. You know Ric hard to keep him down. He had a Dr's Appt this morning and a PT appt this afternoon. So he left here early and won't be back till late. He'll run a few errands and poke around in the Thrift Stores, maybe drop by Jen's house to see how the project at her house is going. Josh and a friend are putting a hole in the back of her fireplace and making it a two way with an opening in the living room and the family room.
So no seeds but here are some nice cuttings Ric took the other day.
Holly--I have that Begonia as well.
After a year of looking just Ho-Hum--it has now really picked up and is growing well.
Sally--how is yours doing? Remember--i gave you a little, potted one and said I did not
like it.
Mine is now in a Lg, 6" pot and is coming along very nicely.
I lost that Begonia along the line and would kinda like to have it again sometime.
But who knows what Dutch Plant Farm may have this time? THats where I got my fabulous Rattlesnake Calathea.
Sally I should have some for the plant swap this spring.
Gita, I may have gotten that Begonia from you at one of the swaps. It's a really pretty one.
THanks Holly
I thought I orignally got it from Jill.
I think I have a start of one too from Gita. It is a lovely Beg. Mine is hanging in there.
Yep, that looks like the elderly one I have upstairs... about time to cut its tips to root them and start the plant over again! Does anybody else do that, or do you just let your cane begonias get tall & woody and, well, cane-y? (I don't know the name of mine, btw, but I think it's one I got from "Begoniacrazii")
Gita, I got one of those begonias, too, and it's starting to bloom! :)
And it's also growing a "pup." I didn't know begonias did that!
:)
I only have 3 begonias. NOT counting the Rex begonias I just got....and one from my neighbor-still growing.
Many Begonias are called "Angel Wing--because many have the same shape leaves.
The Beefsteak one is different.
1--The darker-leafed Angel Wing
2--The Beefsteak Begonia
3--And now the green, spotted one.
Hope this helps you all decide who got which one from me. G.
Mine is definitely an angel wing..I think #1. Which would make a lot of sense.
I was wrong----I actually have two more Begonias--but no cuttings to share.
One is, I believe, what is called an "Eyelash Begonia" (pic #1)
The other one is some other form of Angel Wing...It is from my neighbor. She calls it her
"Spanish Begonia" (pic. #2)--because someone from Spain (I think) brought her a cutting.
I love this one--and will ask my neighbor for another pot of it. It roots very easily.
Paul--et al--
My big Angel Wing begonia gets a hair-cut every spring before I put it outside.
That is when I have new cuttings to root. Right now--I am all out.
Should have some rooted by the May Plant Swap. G.
Here is the one from last spring.
That looks very healthy, Paul.
I keep all my houseplants outside in the summer--minding their light requirements.
They love it.
My Angel Wing sits on my front steps, mostly on the bright Northern shade, but catches
some early AM sun as it passes over.
It can acclimatize to brighter light--but not direct afternoon sun.
In brighter light--the colors get more intense.
If your little plant gets a bit leggy, don't be afraid to cut it back and root the cuttings.
So far--it looks great,. You must have it in good indoor light.
I see all your bright windows--and I also see my plant marker still in the pot with my name on it.
Gita
Just remembering that an 'ole timer' gardener told me that Valentines Day is the day to put in the first round of peas! Just checked and ground here isn't frozen and just solid enough to walk on without muddy prints.....Now where are my seeds!
If you're planting peas, you can try spinach too. A seed starting site that I checked said it germinates well at 50 degree soil temp. actually many cool seeds will eventually germinate according to that site- it just takes them longer.
I plan to try lettuce earlier this year.( I think I usually wait too long).- WHich would mean I could start them indoors any time now.
I know I always wait too long for peas... but Valentine's Day? This week?? Well... then again... Joyanna's crocuses have just started to bloom!
