I hear you. I bought them and I don't have the room. Geeshe............
baby pictures
I have the room!!!!!
if it weren't for all the slopes around my house i would be good to go... BUT that's not the case
Allison ~
You're a planting fool! Don't cha just love it?
My first coleus from seed finally broke the soil today. It shouldn't have been too hard for it, as it was just about on top of the soil, but it sure was a long time coming!
yes i am .... and yes i do!
yeah for you!
Thanks. Now I just have to be REAL patient as it grows.
Oh yeah, today it has a little brother that poked its head up from its soil bed.
UNDER THE SUBJECT....BABY PLANTS
Recognition is due Whitton Greenhouses in Delaware. I ordered five Christmas cactus to inject different color into our Christmas to Easter in house display. They arrived yesterday excellent in every way. I gave them a bath and freshened them up just a little over night. When I got done repotting the count including cuttings totaled twenty pots with three to four cuttings in each expansion pot. I ran out of pots ahead of the available cuttings. This was my birthday present to me. La La La Laaa! Have you ever seen a nicer mailorder shipment? The five I ordered by name were just $20.00 and the ship. This is one of the nicest orders I ever received from any source. Look for those cuttings to be given to friends at a seed and plant swap next Spring.
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those look great..... good luck with them!
Those are lovely Doc!!
I've never grown a Caladium before...my first try and I did it!!
I grew some caladium last year.... my honey did not know he shouldn't stack the pots i saved them in in the garage.. needless to say they were a big mushy mess when i took them out in feb
YUCK
oh well... there's always next year
:)
PIXIE................ ditto to you too. I never grew a caladium either. We have the room and the light so just maybe I may do that soon. They sure add interest to any display. I asume they can contiue to grow indoors over the winter?????
didn't think of that..... hhhhhmmm I will wait for someone hopefully to answer that question
Yes they can.
silly me.... thanks .... sigh... next time
Sorry, yes they can as Victor said. I bought these at Walmart..
3 in a package for $3.34 so I thought they were cheap enough for my first time in case I messed up. LOL
Well that settles that. Wally World here I come. I looked with Google to find great prices if you buy a hundred. I need two at the most at this moment.
It never occurred to me to grow them as houseplants. Would there be any special requirements as far as light or humidity to keep them inside during winter? I'd like to pass this along to a friend who loves them. - Lynn
I got two bags with a buy one get one free at home depot last year.... not a huge loss that's for sure... I kept calm when I told him he can't do that.... (which is amazing in it's self) .... just showed him the reason why and asked him not to do that again.... he was afraid to move and just said he was sorry
LOL
at least it wasn't anything real expensive ..... could have been worse
well the good news is.... the cuttings that took me forever to replant... after some died when the water ran out of the tubes
ALL ROOTED
I am so excited... now if they will live long enough to make it out to the garden
Yea, Allison! Good job!
I think I may try Caladiums as houseplants, too. I'll attempt just one or two in case I'm not too lucky. - Lynn
I really figured the grow inside scoup out by glancing at one other Caladium site. :)) My conclusion is a discovery. Some like it sunny, some like shade and a few like it inbetween. The temperature spread is about the same for all. They are tropical so assume they like it at forty or fifty percent relative humidity. I do not have that to offer so we will try anyway. In a short the plant will either grow, sit there in netrual or die in time. It's worth the try even if they want misting.
......at Big Box two or three fer..........just plant and enjoy. Move them in this fall. If they do not like your offering then toss them on the compost pile.
Humidity is the real thing. Bright light is fine for all during the winter - even the sun tolerant ones. Bright bathrooms are ideal!
I started them in pots on heating mats and misting daily. Once they sprouted, I slowly took them off the heating mats, they are still doing fine and are "leafing" nicely.
Very nice, Celeste.
yes real nice Pixie!
Celeste, did you start those eBay snapdragons and did they sprout? Somehow I didn't start mine yet. xx, Carrie
The requirements are the same as for the orchids! I think this may mean a trip to the box store(s) to see what I like. Thanks all, for the information. Am I right in interpreting that if the caladiums are grown indoors, they won't need a rest period?
Thank you Victor & Allison!
Carrie.... yes and yes.
Orchids at the big box stores are usually the very easiest for we of little experience to keep. In their homeland they grow in the tops of the jungle with no care and no added fertilization. When purchased the plant is all wrapped up in moss or choir. Either holds water and releases it to the plant as needed. They should be bottom soaked until the top of the planting medium is damp to touch. They do not like to be flooded with water and need very little if any fertilization. They can easily go two weeks between being bottom watered.
When purchased you may assume correctly that they have been pushed with horticultural management that may have left heavy residule of the feeding to force fast bud production. You may initally flood the top in a flushing action. I flood the dickens out of them and then hold them upside down until absoutley drained and sit them on newspapers to catch the water that will run out the bottom. That's it. No more anything until they feel dry when finger tested. This will be about two weeks in a clay pot. Between watering from the bottom will be even longer if they are sold in a plastic pot. I feel that more are killed by over watering and the addition of fertilizer. If you fertilize it should be very weak tea even if you use compost tea. The solids of tea will not up itself from the bottom very well so a top feeding with immediate draining would seem best. Upside down first and patience on newspaper to finish the draining.
An orchid bought with open flowers and additional buds will provide a month of bloom. New buds are formed on new growth. When greenhouse raised the plant is only permitted on stem on which the buds will form. This is a plant that gives exceptional beauty. It takes nearly a year to see the first new growth and bloom that you may be able to enjoy. Another belief that is just what I believe. In the case of orchids the smallest and least expensive is better to keep than the larger more expensive plants. Surely in my opinion an orchid is well worth the cost and pleasure the plant will provide. Learn with one or two of the easiest big box priceline plants.
It seems to me that if the critter crawles about the tree tops with no care that we should not try to do much for this plant. TLC is not in my opinion what orchids are looking for unless you have thousands of them in a greenhouse raising them for the big box sales. That's a whole other skill and not what most of us wish to do.
here are some picture updates for you... figured the plugs from north carolina farms are going to make everyone drool
http://picasaweb.google.com/AllisonNJ71/SeedlingPics
Allison those are lovely!! You really have alot of great plants going already!!
What a show. love the hot pinks.
thank you... I would buy from nc farms again.... as long as someone else wants to share... after seeing these the moms are happy and can't wait either... granted even though we split the flats we have way more than we need but paying 44 cents each... can't beat that... even with the shipping it was still worth it.... doing all those cuttings put it over the top
Pencil me in for your next list. Those are gorgeous!
thanks... it's really too bad we live so far apart
I agree.
Well, now that I have read your endorsement, I just might be ordering on my own from them.
wow.... they are gorgeous!!!
the cuttings were a lot of work... can't deny that but when we ordered them I said to myself if half of them live we are ahead of the game... so far they are doing better than I thought they would
MY BABY SEEDLINGS HAVE GROWN UP
A whole month to grow and develop those roots! May have to get even more creative to repot or add to the pot waiting on May 15 our usual safe planting date. Today these go into our temporary greenhouse to move out of the house and grow some more. These are my Big Zacs and Porterhouse which both have the potential to produce well over five pound competitive fruit. Each of these seedlings will be given the opportunity to produce just one fruit for the maximun effort to whoop up on my competitive friends.
If one of these produces a compound flower set this could be my year. Seven pounds is the arena I would like to play in. If I can keep them off of steroids and such maybe we can be in the 2008 tomato hall of fame. ]:o)
Looking good Doc!!