Equilibrium , One of my friends has Blood root growing in her yard (wild) and I love them. I tried to transplant one. It did great for a couple of years, but I haven't seen it since. I think that I will leave them in her yard and just take pictures when I visit. They seem so delicate.
Hey music2keep, I don't think they're all that delicate but we have some "browse issues" here in the Midwest. Yours may not be gone. They die back after they their make their showy appearance.
Hey Kevin, We have enjoyed our fair share of raptors here but none of them venture close to the house. They tend to prefer the Elm snags. I'd love to have an exclusion fence just for a few years to really be afforded the luxury of getting things going over here but as you are aware, the HO Assoc won't allow that. So glad you get to have exclusion fencing.
Yes, Coopers Hawks are hunting machines. We've watched them carry off squirrels. They swoop down on their prey then fly it up up up and drop it to the ground to kill it then they retrieve their prey and go off to a safe area to feed which frequently is on top of or just behind our kids' Little Tykes play house. Amazing. I know they get the rabbits too because I can see where they have eaten and left behind their scraps. I have one Coopers Hawk, 4 is enviable. Of all the birds that visit my yard, raptors are by far the most desirable to me. Lucky you to have rowdy mannerless juveniles on your porch. Soon that behavior will be behind them. One night after my husband and I had been at some sort of a gathering, we came home late and saw a Great Horned Owl on top of our mailbox. Seeing it there really gives one a perspective of their size.
Equil,
What an awesome sight that must have been.
Those owls are LARGE. One night, our son came in our room at 4AM and said the bird was keeping him awake. Of course, we muttered something like "forget about it, go back to sleep." Well, he came back in about 5 minutes and said the same thing. I went in his room to shoo the little birdie away and WHOA!!!! There was the Great Horned Owl on his windowsill. Scared the crap outta me!
Have never seen an Owl,,,that is prolly my favorite bird. There is a customer of mine that lives just about oh, Maybe 1 mile from me right out of town. They have a Snowy Owl at their house that is a regular in their driveway. He said it usually sits on the road sign also. Told him I'd like to come camp out there for awhile so I could see it. He said, anytime,,,LOL
We do have a few Eagles that nest close to town, so every once in awhile I see one. Gorgeous, Pristine, Unbelievable birds! I could watch them all day. Saw one soaring during hunting one year. The guys told me the deer are on the ground, not in the sky, told them, the Eagle in the sky was a sure thing to see,,,,,where was the deer,,,LOL
Tree sorry for the hijack. Don't know where we went from Jacks to birds,,,,
And, now, back to our regularly scheduled topic,,,LOL
lol, I WAS going to say that my jacks have decided not to ripen seed this year, the pods are hanging down on dead stems and shriveled and brown. HOWEVER, on the topic of all things raptor, we had a mature male bald eagle visiting the pasture behind the barn this sping to clean up a couple of dead animals. And about owls, one winter, we had a snowy decide that he like no place better than to sleep on a fence post in the back yard every day. That was a lot of bird on top of the post - I can only imagine what your poor son must have thought! Usually, we are happy with our little kestrels and the sharp shinned hawks close to the buildings, and the red tailed and red shouldered back by the woods. The eagles have been a real treat.
I must start paying more attention to the sky.
The owls used to have choir practice when I was on my way to do chores early in the February mornings. One in our woods would call, then one up the hill and another across the road and still one more down in the pine trees. They would do rounds it seemed for as long as I could bear the cold to listen.
HOWEVER, on the topic of all things raptor, we had a mature male bald eagle visiting the pasture behind the barn this sping to clean up a couple of dead animals
lol, ah, yes, no choir there, unless it's a choir of horrors! The owls that samg for me were very sweet and hushed, but the sound carried well in the icy air. I haven't a clue which owls they were. The barn owls, as I recall, make what amounts almost to a mewing.
I tried to get some pictures of the eagle, only one or two came out well enough that you can even see what it was. He was strutting about in the pasture like nothing so much as a cocky rooster. The crows were yelling, very unhappy that he was there.
And back to my jacks, :), I don't think I've ever had such a total failure to seed as this year. I wonder if the really excessive heat (heat index of 105 for 4 or 5 days - not normal!) we had a week ago could have done it.
Could have had something to do with it. At those temps, many plants literally shut down to conserve energy. If they're already stressed due to other conditions, the high temps could very well have been the nail in the coffin.
Howdy, Tree_Climber ...
There was a similar thread, that was started about the same time as yours .. in which another DG member, gregr18 .. makes this post:
I would plant the seeds immediately, whether indoors or outdoors. If you want to sow them outdoors, just poke them into the ground in a suitable area, and seedlings will appear pretty reliably in the spring. If you want to speed up their maturity, you can try sowing seeds in pots and keeping them as container plants for the first couple of cycles of their life. Contrary to what a lot of people believe, the common Jack-in-the-Pulpit Arisaema triphyllum does not need cold treatment before germination, though it does need a period of cold to trigger its second growth cycle.
From Magpye’s link-
http://www.plantdelights.com/Tony/arisaema.html
Arisaema seed can be planted in a pot of potting soil indoors immediately after cleaning. The seed should be covered lightly with potting soil. Arisaema seed will usually sprout within 4-6 weeks and will proceed to grow for up to 2-4 months. At this time, they will appear to slowly turn yellow and die. Fear not, for they are only going dormant. When dormant, arisaemas in containers must not be kept wet...this is certain death for most species. I keep my plants in containers and water only when the soil gets bone dry...about twice a month.
These arisaemas may be kept this way until winter, when after a cold period, they will again resprout. Some of the warmer growing species will actually resprout during the summer and put on an extra growth cycle (especially A. consanguineum). To squeeze out an extra season, the dormant plants can be refrigerated for 3 months during the spring/summer. This can be accomplished in the container (if your refrigerator and spouse will allow) or by placing the tubers in a ziploc bag of slightly moist peat(easier to store in the refrigerator). After this time, they will resprout and can often be forced into two seasons of growth during a calender year.
