Growing Lemon Grass Successfully
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Comments (2)Substrates that provide nutrients are typically a non issue. Some of the plant substrates (I believe the ada among others) will leech ammonia initially. With some planning, you can avoid issue. For an example, I have a 10g tank at 4+wpg with 2-3" of high humus topsoil covered with 2-3" of pea gravel that grows anacharis, corkscrew val, and algea very quickly. I throw cuttings from both into lower light, inert substrate tanks with some success. Both types do better in a 55 with an 80watt shoplight at 6500k. The amount, and temperature of light matter quite a bit for plants (And algea. Expect to have a bit of both) Your best bet may be duckweed - Common Duckweed, Lesser Duckweed, Lemna minor(resembles tiny lily pads ~1/4" across ) . Many aquarists hate it, but supposedly goldfish/koi/omnivores love it. Odds are you can get enough to seed the tank for free (It won't take much at all, and is near impossible to get rid of - just a heads up come transfer time ;) ) It's a small floating plant that grows beyond fast with good conditions. Being on the surface allows it to utilize much more light from your fixture (PAR values drop fast as you go deeper into water). Might be worth checking into. 1 small duckweed lily is capable of reproducing, so odds are your lfs wouldn't bother charging more than a buck or two for a whole bag. (Read, I've known people to dislike it that much. They'd be scooping it out weekly because they had fish that ignored it for tastier foods - though the dangling roots are great for fry) Hope it helps. ^_^...See MoreAnyone Successfully Growing 'Don Juan' Climbing Rose??
Comments (14)I have no comment to 'Don Juan'. But I live in zone 5a, same as the original poster, and never had luck with the normal climbers being sold. But then 20 years ago I bought a Canadian bred climbing rose. That one must want to be 12 ft tall every year, and I have to always cut it back. In late May it will be a mass of red flowers. Jungs was also selling a less vigorous kind of it, have that too. I forgot the name, might be John Cabot. Canada had programs to breed very hardy roses suited for their climate, so I googled Canadian Climbing Roses, see the link. Here is a link that might be useful: Northern climbing roses...See MoreLemon grass isn't growing roots and is getting yellow and smelly...
Comments (6)I would have never put them in the water. It is perfectly normal for a few stems/roots to get cut when dividing lemongrass (I would even say this applies to other clumping perennials as well). Each year in the spring after frost, I take my potted lemongrass outside, dump it out of the pot, and with a shovel I cut the thing into two pieces right down the middle - cutting roots and stems as necessary to separate the two. One half I repot with however much potting soil needed. The other half I put in the ground someplace in my garden. There is no need to soak them or anything else. I just stick them in the ground. Both the bunch that's in the pot and the one in the ground are growing amazingly well. I even think they've already at least doubled in size since spring. I've heard of folks taking a lemongrass stalk from the market and putting it in a glass to sprout roots before planting, and maybe it's a good idea, but if I was you having sizeable plants with plenty of roots I would just pot them up. Make sure to provide enough water to keep them hydrated, but not so much that they are drowned. With mine, the potted one shows signs of being too dry, with the leaves folding slightly and a duller color. It is livened right up with a good watering....See MoreCreepingLemonTyme vs Grass? creeping Lemon Thyme to Replace Gr
Comments (5)As a sort of rebuttal to my own argument, gardengal48 has offered creeping thyme as a lawn substitute for my own troubled yard: [https://www.houzz.com/discussions/starting-over-with-a-yard-ground-cover-dsvw-vd~5254152?n=16[(https://www.houzz.com/discussions/starting-over-with-a-yard-ground-cover-dsvw-vd~5254152?n=16) Using plugs, rather than potted plants or seed. I think I will give it a try, since all else has pretty much failed! There are many kinds of thyme, so I suppose your milage will vary depending on variey and location. We have planted creeping thyme and lemon thyme. Lemon thyme is the nicer of the two in our yard, and has a fantastic citrus smell, which supposedly will help ward-away mosquitoes. I am skeptical of that claim (but hope to be pleasantly surprised!). It spreads mostly from a central "clump," and kind of died back to that central clump in this year's harsh-ish winter, but has definitely grown from when we planted it last year. None of our thyme has ever bloomed, but that doesn't particularly bother me. I wish I had a greener thumb to make better recommendations, but I am still trying to learn more myself. Adding any kind of thyme to hardscaping seems like a natural fit....See Morehonu
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