Tenten

First of all, please do not report me to the SPCMG. Two months ago, when I was suppose to be tending my greenhouse and moving plants out, a series of events started unfolding that unfortunately put garden down on my list of priorities. Try not too look too hard at this anemic tenten's leaves.

Many thanks to Phicks who sent me the seeds, for my smiles today when I saw red and for the unexpected visitor when I uploaded the pictures and started to look at them.

You can see higher res shots here .. dial-up beware, they are 10 and 12 mgs in size.

http://www.nerii.org/Ron

The other side

Gosh, lots of plants from this are looking like that that others are growing also.

I must be one of the lucky ones, mine last year were healthy as all heck.. am wondering if it is all the nutrients that I supplement to all the mgs.. I haven't had these problems that others are having, but then again, I'm so fantatic about feeding them and making sure nothing get them.. also, the baby praying mantis may have helped me when they were inside.. Right now they are blooming and the flowers are about three inches wide.

I am beginning to think that there are at least three different strains of this one Ten Ten, because I now have two others growing that have the smaller leaves like yours and they look healthy, but small. and yet there is still one other that is completely different but the same flower. It really makes me wonder if we even have the same plants.

I`m seeing slight variations in the seedlings too. So far, all mine look great and some have more spotting and some are getting a fuller shape to the bloom while others are more pointed like the kikyo should be.

It may possibly be a hybrid creation prone to throwing some variations. It might take a little work to nail it down to a certain type if one was inclined to do so I suppose.

Karen



This message was edited May 23, 2008 12:47 PM

I have one that the leaves are almost all variegated, so much white is is strange. Reminds me of the Cameo Elegance leaves.

Gourd, all of my plants languished in the greenhouse in the tiny pots they were started in and watered haphazardly long after they should have been re-potted and put out. I only got them into bigger shoes and planted out a few weeks ago.

Hopefully I'll find some time this weekend to give everyone a huge dinner of bloom booster.

X

Gourd, I`d like to see that one.

X, why not post a update to see how your Ten Ten blooms came out. I might take a few of mine later on to show a few variations. I`m hoping you get some nice ones.

Karen

This message was edited May 23, 2008 12:52 PM

I know what you mean about not being able to put them into larger homes.. I'm facing that with all my gourd seedlings right now, too much wind here for them to go outside ... and I really want some of these gourds for next year's crafts..

I'll go take a photo of the variegated leaf Ten Ten..in a few minutes.. A.

Karen, here is a pix of the open flower .. the buds looked better. I think mine is just reflecting the poor care it got. I'm hoping later on down the line when they aren't starving the blooms will look better

X

PS Paul, I have not forgotten about the Eucalyptus I promised to send you .. I can't seem to find my round tuit.

This message was edited May 23, 2008 2:10 PM

These little guys are big feeders, that is for sure..

Here is one of the plants that has all the variegation on it.. I've got about 10 pots of these and almost each one is different, it so interesting that even the flowers are different, that is why I really think we got different animals.

Plant 1, this one has not bloomed yet, but is in bud.

I had to walk over pots to get the photos, I haven't gotten all the pots straightened out yet, it is sitll windy here.. you can see some wind damage. I had seeds from three different growers and each seed seems to have a mind of it's own... each pot has at least three seedlings, and each one of those are different even the leaves are different.

Photo 3

My camera is also on it's last leg here, I'm hoping to get a new one for my BD... and, if not, I'm going to write to fuji and BEG them to send me an identical camera..lol

also a different plant. there are more, with split petals..

All the above photos are from a few minutes ago..


This photo I took on 5-5-8 and don't know if I posted it anywhere or not, been so darned busy.. but this one shows the split petals, I have about 4 pots doing this number..

X, They will bounce back quick and they will get going good with the bigger pot too.

Awsome pictures! I have to get off the pc but want to come back and look closer later. :)

Well yours sure look better than mine! Like those split petal ones, yours look split all the way down to the base .. remember the split blue picotee?

X

Yes, I remember that split blue picotee, I really like that one..

Yes they are split all the way down to the base.. I wonder what we have here, they've got to be different strains..

Going to Sams in about 1 hour, maybe I'll find a camera there.


Yours will bounce back, just give them some fish emulsion and a drop of superthrive, then about three days later you should see some generated health.., then feed the bloombooster.. then do that every other week with all three mixed together. Sometimes I add other things into my mix Kelp, or whatever organic stuff I make up.

Gourd, great blooms. X, nothing wrong with your bloom, very nice
Didn't realize this one could be so variable.

Gourd I just wanted to say those Ten Ten pictures are gorgeous. I love the split petal one. I`d sure keep a eye on those if it was me. :)

X, Yes, your kikyo is awesome. I always think of that one often.

I`ll post some of mine when I get some pictures.

Karen