that optimara still MAKING plants from the BLOSSOMS...YIKES.

Palm Bay, FL(Zone 9b)

some of you may recall that i had some optimara's prouducing plants?..suckers?..leaves?...at the end of the blossom stems...they're still doing that.....can i save them.....?...cut them off eventually?.....advise and expertise please...here's some pics

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Palm Bay, FL(Zone 9b)

and...

Palm Bay, FL(Zone 9b)

oops...he he

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Palm Bay, FL(Zone 9b)

and..

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Northern California, CA(Zone 9a)

oh you lucky duck, I've been waiting for one of mine to do that... no such luck over here.

Palm Bay, FL(Zone 9b)

well..what do i do with them...and how?....lol

Dunedin, FL(Zone 10b)

I take mine and pot them in one inch pots. I cut the stem short so it goes right into the soil-less mixture until leaves touch. Keep moist under lights. Mine grew like weeds, much faster than I ever thought they would :)) Some bloomed in the little one inch pots !
These were all bloom stalk baskets from flower stalks

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Dunedin, FL(Zone 10b)

I never covered mine either. They were as small as my tiny finger nail and thats small.
Edit they grew very fast like suckers or Stolens ( SP)
and the little one inch pot filled up with roots in no time ! Looky even blooming !

This message was edited Feb 22, 2006 3:11 PM

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Palm Bay, FL(Zone 9b)

allison...wow...that's good to know...should i let them get larger.....does the above pic look like a chimera?

Dunedin, FL(Zone 10b)

Mine were small when I potted them. Yes it's a Chimera

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