I know. If only she didn't live an hour away. But I'll give her a call and see when she plans to get the plants. I remember she said they were coming from someone who is moving.
Requests for future RU's
I Will have 4 o'clocks at the Spring RU's Hot pink, white and Peach/salmon.
I have got a variegated Jewels of Opar rooted, and three more in dirt, thanks to the dogs.
Flowerchild, where about does your cousin live? If she's close-ish to me I could help with the potting up :)
Steadycam, I would love one of the salmon 4 o clocks next RU. That is one of my "gotta have it" colors! Lol
Joy, do they (Jewels of opar) reseed variegated also? Or do they need to be rooted from cuttings?
Ok,
Ya'll are slowly sucking me into this thread because I have this TREMENDOUSLY great need to empty my garage of the excess gardening supplies I've been holding on to because I think they're too good to just trash. But, I need to make space to finish building and hanging my shelves!
So, count me in for the next RU, and start a link to my "HAVES" list (I've started one below this post). Not very sure there's anything I need to bring home from ya'll, but ya'll would be doing me a tremendous favor by putting to use what I have to offer.
Thanks!
Linda
P.S. We're talking about a fall RU, yes? Sometime in October?
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Here's GYMGIRL'S LIST of "Haves" and "Wants"
HAVE:
Peat Moss (1 bale) - StillPlayswithDirt
Coffee Grinds (5-gallon buckets)
Coffee Canisters - tall red ones with lids - Sandy
Galileo style garden Thermometer (sealed glass with gold floatie thingies inside...) - Sandy
Tall, Smoked Glass vases (a matching set - were intended to become bird baths)
WANT:
►4" POTS!!!!! LOTS of 4" pots!!!!!
►FLATS for 4" pots!!!!!
►Ball canning jars
This message was edited Jul 9, 2014 12:35 PM
Is this thread alive, still?
Yes this thread will stay alive :) I will put a link in the first post to your list of haves and wants.
I have noticed some placing what they want or have in the thread and not in the linked post I have made for you. Could you please go and place your haves and wants in the original post I have made for you. I am sure none of any of us will be searching the list if all not in one place.
Thanks so much
Gymgirl I would love some Coffee Canisters - tall red ones with lids and the
Galileo style garden Thermometer (sealed glass with gold floatie thingies inside...:)
I am sure I can bring you some 4" pots
And I would love the peat moss if that's okay? :))
Sandy,
The link you created jumps directly to the post where we each started our respective lists of "haves" and "wants". When someone clicks on the link, they are forwarded past the discussions to the box that we are listing our items in...
Each poster should continue listing their items in the box where they started their original list.
I suggest posters delete the "..this message was edited..." statement each time they access the box to edit something, because the system will automatically put a new statement in the box each time. That way, we won't end up with a long string of "...this message was edited..." statements.....
Linda
This message was edited Jul 9, 2014 12:39 PM
I agree with all of that and if you would like to keep track of what you are getting and giving at the fall RU each can do so in the same link. When we finish that RU then we can delete those things we are getting (ie Fall or Spring) and giving and leave up what we have extras and our wants for each RU.
In the event anyone comes up with an easier way I am all ears.
Tx_flower_child,
I would love to have LOTS and LOTS of your 4" pots, LOL!
And the flats to hold the 4" pots!
Thanks!
Linda (Gymgirl)
Becky Jr. - My cousin lives in Double Oak. I'm sure I'm still closer to her than you, but thanks for the offer.
Gymgirl & everyone else who wants pots - don't worry. There will be plenty. Somewhere I think I wrote that at one house on my street I scored 80 pots that are the 3 gallon size. Figured it was better to take them then to have them go to the landfill. I probably have 100 of the 4" pots. And whenever I go to a nursery or big box garden center, depending on who's working at the time, I can usually get flats. I also figure that come Sept. people will be planting again and I'll be finding even more pots. So at this point I can only say, 'Don't worry. Be happy. Everyone can have some pots. I just don't have the energy to go outside in the heat to keep a running count.'
I am also saving egg cartons for (can't remember who (sorry)) I brought some for. I want to encourage others to save them also. I know Smockette uses the paper ones to grow seeds in the event we end up with too many.
I usually buy eggs that are in plastic cartons as this is generally my option for buying 'good' eggs. (from free range chickens, etc.) So are the plastic ones worth saving?
Pots & flats - Yesterday was a good day. I got 10 more flats: an assortment of 'flat flats', 'non-flat flats', and the 'divided flats'. Also was contacted by a neighbor who gave me some 4" pots and 1 gal. pots. She remembered that I had sent out an email asking for pots of any kind and size and said she had been saving them for me.
Dallas and a few other large cities has a thing called Nextdoor Neighborhood, or something like that, which allows people to send email (often lost/found dogs, things for sale, etc) to their own and nearby neighborhoods. So when I send my requests they go to about 1700 households. I did one last fall and then again late spring. How nice that the neighbor mentioned above (who is actually in a bordering neighborhood) remembered my last post.
I responded to a recent post by someone with a college age son who was looking for small jobs to earn a little extra $$. He came over a few days ago and helped me with digging new beds. Turns out he's going to be a senior at TX Tech and is majoring in environmental / ecology studies. He was familiar with native plants, especially milkweed. He said that his main interest is in wild birds. So that was a fortuitous post that I was able to take advantage of. In fact, he'll be back in about another week to help with more of the heavy work. I love it. So bottom line is if your neighborhood is contacted about Nextdoor Neighborhood, do it.
Bug Repellant Anyone heard of using Sandalwood incense? One of our local nurseries is selling very large sticks of it with the claim that it will repel skeeters, etc.
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Um, do we have a tentative location for this RU/Swap Meet?
Joy, are you letting us come back, again???!!! LOLOLOLOL!!!!
Gymgirl - I can only speak from having gone to the last 2 RUs in my area . They were held in Arlington at Randol Mill Park. I would doubt that a date has been set for the Fall RU.
SPWD - I noticed that you want some coneflowers (not purple or orange ones). I was at Lowes yesterday and got a white coneflower off the dollar rack. Assuming I can keep it alive, how does it set seeds, or what should I look for?
Frostweed - I just read the latest news from NPSOT and the article on Lantana was very confusing. After praising it, there was a mention of it becoming invasive. Plus the naming conventions really had my head spinning. I already have lantana but thought I'd hunt down what at one point the article calls Texas Lantana and (I think) Dallas Red. Can you offer any clarification?
Texas Lantana, Lantana urticoides is the the orange and yellow one, formerly called Lantana horrida.
http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=LAUR2
Lantana urticoides is considered to be the Texas native. Most other lantana colors are hybrids or natural variations.
Can you please post a link to the article or newsletter?
Gimgirl, as Joan said we usual hold our R.U. at Randol Mill park in Arlington.
The date has not been set yet, right now we are hot and worn out from keeping out plants alive, but we usually have it in October.
Flowerchild, the seeds are in the center cone of each bloom. The cone needs to get significantly overripe before collecting them. Like "crunchy" dry, then cut it off and put it in a paper bag and shake it real good to release them. The seeds look like little rocket ships, or bullets, and sometimes they don't wanna come out. But that's when I bring out the needle nose pliers and pull out all the seeds and chaff manually. Some people even plant the whole cone upside down in the fall and get seedlings that way.
Josephine is right, L. Urticuloides (formerly L. Horrida) is the texas native with the red/orange/yellow bloom. This is commonly referred to as 'Texas Lantana'. The pink/yellow one is L. Camara or 'Tropical Lantana' and is often mislabeled, along with L. Camara hybrids like the 'Dallas Red' (a L. Camara hybrid).
Linda, we will be having a fall RU at the farm once again. It has always been a pleasure to have everyone come out. No bottle babies in the fall, but lots of other things happening. We have missed you.
I've missed you guys, too!
Glad to hear we're welcome again in the fall. Will do my best to make this one. Gathering up swap meet stuff, and most like will have to rent a truck, LOL!
Will probably bring the kids too, with such advance notice!
Frostweed - here's (I think) to the article on Lantana.
http://npsot.org/wp/story/2011/1801/
Thank you for the link Joan, I think it is an excellent article.
Just plant Lantana urticoides and everything will be good. I love Lantana but have too much shade at my house to be able to grow much of it, although i grow it at other places.
"the seeds are in the center cone of each bloom. The cone needs to get significantly overripe before collecting them. Like "crunchy" dry, then cut it off and put it in a paper bag and shake it real good to release them. The seeds look like little rocket ships, or bullets, and sometimes they don't wanna come out. But that's when I bring out the needle nose pliers and pull out all the seeds and chaff manually..."
Just FYI: I too let the center cones (the seed bearing portion of a coneflower) dry out entirely and then don a pair of leather gloves to shuck off the seeds and chaff, leaving a "bare" cone. The seed/chaff mixture is then sifted through an old wire kitchen strainer which removes most of the chaff. Any chaff remaining can usually be removed by shifting the mixture to a strainer with a finer wire mesh and placing over a small fan that has been placed to blow upright. This in effect will blow away the lighter chaff as you shake the strainer over the air flow. Takes a bit of practice to find the right airflow speed but it works well even though you might consider this more of an outdoor activity rather than an indoor one due to the chaff flying about. This process also works with small seeds such as Shasta Daisies although you go to the finer mesh strainer more quickly.
On a more personal note, I usually tend to get carried away with collecting coneflower seeds so end up with about a zillion times more than the whole county could use. With each mature cone having some 50 to 100 seeds, you don't really need to shuck out more than you think you'll use or can trade away in any given season...
Steve
I had a Lantana named Carlos. Carlos Lantana. Someone has a great sense of humor!!
Lol! Carlos Lantana! Maybe they can produce variations of that one and name them 'oye como va' and 'black magic woman'! ;)
Yes skeeter, they really do produce tons of seeds, I collected a few heads last year and wintersowed the seed successfully. This year may be different, I found 2 of my plants with multiple beheaded blooms and rabbit poop next to them. Had no idea rabbits eat coneflowers! Little turd..
Becky, Jr - Who says the rabbits were there to eat?
Becky you sure did find little turds by a little turd rotflol :) :)
Well if they weren't there to eat, I don't appreciate them chomping flower stalks down. They shouldn't let them go to waste.. Don't they know there are starving bunnies in foreign countries who would gladly eat them up! ;)
Sandy LOL!!
I have had my coneflowers disappear overnight other years, but I don't think it was rabbits the plants were tall and only the blooms were gone with no damage to the plants. I think they were raccoons that took them, but not sure, I didn't think they eat flowers.
I agree about the starving bunnies in foreign countries Lol
I'm so sad. My Antelope Horn Milkweed that I got at the Spring RU is no more. Died after being planted in the ground. However, it might have died for other reasons. When we had rain a week or so ago, some of my ferns died. Now that's just too weird.
Also, one or two of my lyre leaf sages died. Do they die back after blooming?
On a brighter note, have scored more pots as well as saucers.
Flowerchild, they are notoriously finicky about being transplanted. Mine died down to the ground but before I could plant something else in its spot, bam it came back! If all fails I'll bring you some seeds :)
Thanks, BeckyJr. Too bad I didn't know (or wasn't paying attention) about Antelope Horn MW not liking to be transplanted. Oh, well. Lesson learned.
But hey, hey, hey! Guess what I got today? Haven't counted cuz it's too hot to stay outside that long, but a landscaper dropped off 4" pots, 1 gallon pots, 3 gallon pots, and 5 gallon pots. I mean a lot of pots. Plus some flats.
I'm always asking landscapers but I think most of them forget. This one remembered which means it never hurts to ask. I think that the only things I'll be able to bring to the Fall RU will be pots. (Unless I get a bigger car which is not likely to happen.)
SPWD - In case you don't know to do it, be sure to check the DampRid if you have it in your closets. You want to be sure that the stuff in the top half (or bag) hasn't totally liquified and moved to the bottom half. I understand that this can create a nasty mess. I checked one of mine recently and noticed it's getting close. I remembered that DampRid was new to you so I thought I'd give you a friendly word of caution.
Also, I noticed on your HAVE list for future RUs that you might have some gallon jugs for seed sowing. Put me down for a few if others haven't already claimed 'em.
This message was edited Jul 28, 2014 1:38 PM
Thanks, Flowerchild, I did check and it wasn't quite liquified, but close. I never would have thought to check for that -- good looking out!!
Gotcha down for the jugs, and to clarify, they're just your run of the mill gallon milk jugs, but I know a lot of people don't buy by the gallon so I try to save them for others :))
SPWD - If I had seen the DampRid at the RU sooner than I did, I would have loved to have gotten more of it. I spend a lot of money on it b/c I think it works. Lots of time Lowe's has it on sale for a decent price. (Everything is probably more expensive in Dallas.) Anyway, glad I thought to give you a heads up. BTW, I know it comes in some other form, but I've only used the hanging bags.
Yea! My Antelope Horn Milkweed is coming back! What a nice surprise.
Question: Somewhere you peeps have talked about using crushed eggshells to add calcium to plants. I need more deets (details). Specific plants? Just around 'em or kinda dig 'em in a little with a fork? And how much? Thanks for any advice.