ot: potd : noid hibiscus loves the green room

14 years ago

Wishing everyone a great morning...or evening. Best yet...wishing you a super DAY!

I read a few posts last night and so I know that some of our friends need prayers.

Others would like to see some rain.

Yet another group has wonderful pictures to share. So keep em coming. We all know that now is the time we need a bright cheery picture more then ever.
{{gwi:576482}}From POTD for November 09

That is why I just love this NOID hibiscus that is blooming in the green room. After the 1st day bloom it turned out like that. I wonder if the shop light needs to get the credit for that?

First year I ever using one. Going to buy 2 more. One for the other shelf and the 3rd one will be for growing seeds during the winter.

Can somebody give me a tip on which bulbs I should use for the seeds?

This 1st one I got daylight and plant and aquarium lights. Looks good...but is it the BEST?

Only 2 more days ...then it is family time. It has been over 10 years since all the kids have seen each other at the same time and of course for me it has been even longer.

Who else is going to see family or friends during these holidays? This Thanksgiving it will be very easy to say what I am thankful for.

No matter how your life in the past year was filled with not so great times...sad times...struggling times.

I hope from the bottom of my heart that you have something to be thankful for.

Hugs

Lucy

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eloise_ca
14 years ago
Good morning all. Lucy, that is a beauty, and I especially like the color; it's so autumn-y! Enjoy your time with the family, which I know you will.
beachplant
14 years ago
Nice hibiscus! I've gotten addicted to the giant tropical ones in the last year. Like I need more plants.
My mom went to my sisters for the holiday, she has been pretty sick the past few years and my sister & her kids didn't come down this summer. My brother, sister-in-law, nephews, wifes, assorted kids, Jim & I are all going to the Renaissance festival. Noone has a kitchen to cook-brother is still getting his house done, it's elevated but the interior isn't done yet, we haven't finished the kitchen, Ike really did a number on the island, so we decided to go camp out, dress up and have fun. We'll eat turkey legs at the festival on Friday. We'll probably make a big pot of chili or grill steaks for Thanksgiving night.

Have a blast, it's going to be so fun trying to remember everyones names, keep the animals away from the babies, please Aunt Edna(we all have ONE relative that is never happy with anything), not eat too much, you're going to have so much fun!!
Tally HO!
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Susan those are beautiful! How great to share that love with so many of my friends! good morning Pat lol Karyn I am not sure...let me count them. I had bought a few at the last Co-Op Ryan co hosted at Dave's. ha ha ha so is DH bringing them home with a tractor trailer? lol My heart almost broke when I saw that the sticks to hold the stems...were poked right into the bulb from you :-( But I am not sure if you saw it...it had a BABY bulb and it is growing !!! :-) Lucy
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I start with the last reply and work my way up again. Kristy I worked outside till little before 9pm. But I finally got the flowerbeds close to the house edged and the grass cut. The one bush trimmed because it was taking all the space and light away from the brugs growing next to it. So did you get your grass cut also? Haase I am smiling. All it takes it just that...participate and you are HOOKED lol...not just with brugs...but with US lol Barb that is awesome! I showed Alexander the bleeding heart when we were at Disney and the way he says bleeding heart...just CUTE!! So when ever he saw one, he said..look Oma, a bleeding heart. So I send him a little plant last week. By now I have it growing everywhere. But if my memory is right...Brenda???? (if it was not brenda..forgive me. It is hard to keep track unless I label them right away)send me a cutting a while back also. So not only do I have my moms growing...but from a GW friend also. Mary a smile @ ya Margaret I am crossing my fingers also that I will get lots of seeds. It germinates really great. For I have like 6 or more of them growing. Kim see it does not take a lot to be part of this great hang out we have. Rock Oak Deer, first I have to say that I really think about MY deer all the time when I see you post ha ha ha I hope you don't bite and eat all my plants roflmao I start my day with watering all the plants from about 6 am until 11 am. I would not make it if I would not water them lol Waiting for rain...gosh I would not have anything LIVING in this yard of mine. Well not quite...I do have a few drought resistant plants lol Siam collecting seeds and you are of course on my list. I meant to send some out already. Made the envelopes and sat there for 3 days organizing them...well...they are still at the house :-( Pam you betcha that I will share seeds with you when I have some!! I feel the same way. No matter how the day is going to be, I love starting it right here...and especially when I can not check in here and there during the day....no breaks ...I need the night cap with you all. April that is SO FUNNY...Guess like that Dorothy is right that it will not hurt if we ever bite roflmao I hope everyones day brought you some joy with your garden. Hugs Lucy
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What a beautiful pic Lucy. Yes we had some damage from the storm but even more today from wind. Pots and large plants blown over for some reason that shouldn't have been and Lucy Lou stomped down my whole patch of obedient plants just when they were coming into peak bloom but its ok. There are still a few standing. Had a plumeria turn wierd and die in the middle and fall over. We stopped at Martha's Bloomers in Navasota on the way home from dropping Morgan off and I got a couple of pretty plants. Here are a couple of pics. What a difference about an hours drive makes. I included some of some fields down one of the backroads we took. How green compared to where we live but my grass and most plants are really happy with the recent rain. I got the pretty blue flowering butterfly pea vine and a huge peacock ginger.
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Very cool Lucy. I got some seeds for some kind of oriental green beans called yard long beans. A friend of John's gave me some and it looks like one could feed a family, lol. They were very good. Will grow some to eat next year. Planted John some cabbage and brocolli in a wading pool with holes poked in the bottom, lol. Closest thing I can manage to grow veggies right now with my allergies.
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ccdarden
14 years ago
It's so fun to see that you guys are addicted to the same plants I am!! My red hibiscus in the front yard are about 10 feet tall this year and are blooming like crazy right now! It's their second year in the ground, and I've think they have found their permanent home. My next persuit is some of the other colors to mix in gradually....beautiful pic Lucy.

@ Tally - be careful with Aunt Edna - you don't want to end up bringing her back in a rocking chair on top of the car (our families all time favorite movie!).
PKponder TX Z7B
14 years ago
LOL at ccdarden for that memory from one of my favorite movies :-)

Lucy, that is a beautiful hibiscus! I love the singles and yellow is just so happy a color!

We are going to my Mom's in Arkansas for Thanksgiving, it should be a fun trip (or at least interesting) and it will be great to see the family. My grandson will be there, so I know that we'll have fun with him!

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haase
14 years ago
What a pretty looking hibiscus plant.
Oh Lucy, is there any plant that you don't have? I bet you could open a botanical garden for the public to see.

Wishing you, and all others, a grand Thanksgiving. Enjoy!
Ingrid.
fool4flowers
14 years ago
I love that hibiscus Lucy. They have more expensive light set ups that would be the MOST ideal for seeds but I did fine with this setup as long as you put the lights close to the seed trays. Put them on chains so you can raise them as the plants grow. Hope I am feeling well enough to go to Louisiana for Thanksgiving and see my family before my surgery. Still working on that so not sure yet. Enjoy having all the kids together. I know you will enjoy that.
honeybunny2 Fox
14 years ago
Lucy, what a lovely plant, I love hibiscus plants. Just to let you know the Moy grande that I sent to you and Kristy, should not have any leaves this time of the year. All its leaves should have turned yellow and fallen off by now, that is normal for this hibiscus. The Lord Baltimore should still have green leaves, its more like the other hibiscus plants. I love the color of the one you posted, its diffrent, I usually go with the reds or yellows. Barbra,
givelittle_getlots
Original Author
14 years ago
Barbra I usually go with plants on the sales rack rofl.

It sure changed the shape, once I hung up the lights the second day.

Next year I would like to try to plant some tropical hibiscus in the ground too. I hope rooting cuttings will work...then I would not mind even more. But when you only pay 2.50 Dollars for a plant....you really do not loose a lot when frost comes, right?

Kristy thanks for the light info. This year I am looking forward to growing seeds out even more. Got more organized room. Just want to find special seeds.

Oh shocks I got to stop here and do the POTD real fast. It is thundering.

Lucy
honeybunny2 Fox
14 years ago
Lucy, where did you get your shop lights? I just got my seeds in the mail today, and would like to give them the best chance to germinate. I can hardly wait until daylight so I can plant them. Barbra
givelittle_getlots
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14 years ago
Barbra those I got at Lowes. I saw WalMart has them too, cause I was looking for more, theirs were only like 17 Dollars. Light bulbs almost 7 Dollars. Best price from all the places I looked. But I want matching ones and the one I got has a different way the chain hooks up to the fixture, and I like that too.

Oh I can not wait to start seeds...I have not even shopped around for some :-( But with us picking up DD and GKs today, it just has to be put off for a few weeks.

Lucy

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