January GH pictures

The warm spells recently have begun to ripen the tomatoes.

Numex Joe Parker chiles, just waiting for the toms...headed for some salsa...

Nagami kumquats, the only citrus ripe...

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Center bed. Has anyone else got January pics to share? SB

I'm trying to save space for the seed starting madness about to begin! But here's
the cyclamen I started from seed 5 yrs ago blooming. And the hybiscus getting too
big even for the greenhouse.

And some succulents

You both are such teasers! Gorgeous plants! Only thing in my gh are a few frozen plants I didn't bring in.

HA! Im still trying to build a gh........and yes that is the end of my driveway, and no its not just for parking anymore.

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this is my main bed its 18'diameter circle 15" deep with built in drainage system
that drains into the street 300bulbs so far the grape hycynth is up and the daffodils are up as well as last years torch lilly that weathered the mild winter, the tulips are just breaking through this mourning.

How about some Feb. pic's from the greenhouse? First, a hibiscus bloom:

And my cactus & troughs with some bloom on a little alpine:

January is a slow gardening month. But again this year, there are a few fruits and blooms...

Costus woodsonii

Foul smelling inflo, Mango 'Carrie'

Jasminum nitidum

Tom 'Trust'

Aglaia odorata. I can't wait for this one to get bigger.

Washington Navel orange blooming...

OK, it's not a fruit or a bloom, but it is still tres cool...Breynia 'Rosea-Picta'

So is this...Juanulloa aurantiaca

And a new crop of Kumquats!

I am very impressed by your greenhouse pictures, very inspiring!

i finished my propogation bed it has 12' of full spectrum light on four banks
with 60 feet of thermostaticly controled heat cable in 2 inches of sand it holds
12 flats and is fully adjustable and can be completely broke down for storage and can hold another 12 on the truss if needed.

Very nice, bulbhound. Post some pics when it's full of cuttings!

Bulbhound I really like your Prop Bed...Did you build it from plans or just winged it???? Did you just use a router for the slide to raise it up and down? What is all the wiring on top? Z

i winged it all the way i learned a lot, a lot of things i would change now but it will work out fine i just started seeding flats {lots of work!} a few days ago, and have 7 more to do. after testing with everything in place under normal conditions i can keep the flats soil temp at bout 70* @mid to high 30's outside temps so with such a massive undertaking im going to germinate most of the flats on the ol reliable fridg this time. so well see how it all works out but here are the numbers. total cost is about 200$ for lumber,lights, trays,heat cable,thermostat .of course this was with ALOT of re engineering. and yes i did use a router for the slots and a bandsaw for the curves as well as clamped and glued I beam 1/2"
cypress for the light trusses and as a safety measure, ill have to stilt the truss assembly from sliding down the slot and crushing the flats or worse popping 12' light tubes because everything is completely exposed to allow for the maximun amount of sun light to reach the seedlings.