Well I have just spent a couple of hours preparing the cuttings that Gessie sent me to get me started in Gessie world. I am so excited. They are all put to bed. Now the waiting begins.
Thanks Gessie Again
Wow those look great begoniadude! And they even have their own special grow light :)) I hope they do really well for you!
~Brenda
All right Begoniadude! Isn't Gessiegail the best! She has helped me along in the Gessie world too!
Good luck with your new babies ... keep us posted on how they do for you!
Oh, can you tell us the names?
i want to know the names, too.................I forgot what i sent you (LOL)
Here they are. Actually a couple of these were from a trade. These are the ones I am rooting.
African Violets
Ma’s Winter Moon
Raspberry Reclatuas
Golden Eye Mini
Rob’s Slap Happy Semi Miniture
Sho Shone
Rob’s Scrumptious
Russian Ek- lesnaia Ezhevika
Country Romance
Buckeye Cranapple
Chirita
‘Aiko’
Silver Surfer
Strep
Night Beacon
Iced Pink Flaminco
Streaker
Now I have to use my first class and look up Raspberry Reclatuas.................have to see what I am missing....(LOL)
I picked up what they called a strep on Friday and my favorite nursery. I am wondering if you recognize it . It has much smaller leaves that the ones you sent me. I am wondering if it is even a strep.
Here is another picture.
Looks like a Streptocarpella!
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2114.html
Lin is right...it's a streptocarpella. I love those. The blossoms are carried on long wiry stems.
Can I root cuttings in pearlite?
You can root in perlite or any light porous mix. Cover cuttings with a clear baggie, enclose, or dome in some way to maintain humidity till rooted.
I am so happy for you Begoniadude............you are off and running now...............Snow sent me my first streptocarpella cuttings................
I have a little Streptocarpella I got in a trade with RainGazer back in April and it's FINALLY beginning to bloom!
Snow's pic looked so pretty..........I have a basket outside and a pot inside under lights and still no blooms..........the one outside doesn't get sun.............does it need sun, plantladylin?
I didn't think so but my sister in N. Georgia has a really humongous pot of it on her back deck that gets intense full sun for many hours a day and it is absolutely Gorgeous! Blooms for her the entire summer!
Begoniadude,Your set up looks so nice.Good luck with them!I really need to agree about Gessiegail : )
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Those are really nice, Begoniadude. Where do you get the tray and cover from?
It was a Wal-Mart clearance item. : ) I love sales.... The real expense was the medium.
Happy birthday to me.... Happy birthday to me... Happy birthday dear Begonia Dude... happy birthday to me. Well here is the story. A couple of weeks ago I posted a link to the plant light stand that I wanted to buy. I was very excited to find one that was really inexpensive. After posting about it I then approaced my wife. She emphaticly told me that I could not order it and to stop talking about it. I was really bummed. Sunday was my birthday and guess what. She threw a surprise birthday party for me and when it came time for the present... they made me close my eyes... and they brought the gift in and IT WAS THE PLANT STAND. I was floored! I will post pitures later when I get it all set up but I just has to share with you guys. Have a good day.
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With your help so far I don't think filling my shelves will be a problem. : ) I have also purchased about 10 AVs, Ten Epicisia, 2 diastema vexan, 3 chiritas and 2 kohlerias.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Begoniadude!! Sounds like you had a wonderful birthday and what a great present! Can't wait to see your pictures!
Sound's like you have gotten the Gessie bug Big Time!!!
Picture's Please!!
Happy Birthday!!!!:)
Happy Birthday 2 you :)
Hope it was a wonderful day :)
Happy Belated Birthday Begoniadude! By the sound of it ..it must have been a Great Day : )
Finally got my light stand set up. Here is what it looks like.
That is really neat looking, begoniadude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I think all of DG must be watching football tonight..........I watch LSU and Florida and then run back to the computer............
I can't wait until your leaves have babies...................good set up for success...............
begoniadude...........this is my very first strep leaf........I left her as long as i could with the mother........when I separated her about a week ago...........take a look.......she already has a bud..........the strep is Iced Pink Flamingo
Do you wick water all of your plants? It looks like there is a wick at the top of your pot.
I do wick everything..........I put the wicks in the solo pots when I separate babies..........put 1/3 perlite in the bottom of the solo pot..........then my mix...........
I keep the babies in the solo cups with wicks in a tray with a piece of acrylic blanket material with a dome until they are rooted real well and ready for the grids on top of the permanest trays.......................they then already have a wick
The wick at the top you see is something I learned on the av forum about wicking from Snowrose.........I was having so much trouble with wicking small plants , especially minis...........so , now..........i take a razor blade and just take a small cut on the top of the pot I am using..................thereby being able to take the wick from one side of the pot at the top to the opposite side of the bottom......................it works!!!!! it covers so much more area evenly................