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Washy R seedling progress so far...

greenclaws UK, Zone 8a

15 years ago

Hi folks, well we are having a veritable heatwave here in the UK at last and my seedlings are loving it..here's a pic of their efforts so far...how are yours doing in particular Jay/Topher and anyone else who started their WR seeds at a similar time? (around the end of 2007 early 2008) Bet you are all sitting under the canopy of fronds on yours sipping a beer? haha! I'm still living in hope.

Gill.

the one with the best divided leaf so far

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jimhardy
15 years ago
Gill,they look nice and healthy!One thing you could do is put something black under them or on a blacktop driveway to increase heat,just a thought.I put some black mulch under mine and I think its helping on a day with calm wind it increases temp at least 10F.Here is a pic of mine,started around same time as yours and Jay's(this pic is 2 weeks old,I will post a new one soon) and a picture of them with black mulch-
josh_palm_crazy
15 years ago
Hi Gill and Jim. Those all look great! Hey Jim is that second pic from the same batch as the first pic? If so thats pretty amazing! Gill, your robusta may not be as fast as ours but you can grow all kinds of things in your climate a lot easier than Jim and I. Still your robustas look great. Very nice and healthy. I'm sorry your summer is so off and on. Oh well. You win some you loose some. LOL! Oh yeah. My first divided leaf is more divided than the ones that came out later due to a day of harsh wind and me forgetting to move the pot. LOL! Heres mine.

Jay

My hand for scale.
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june 2007 There were some that I planted in other containers first mainly in my case to keep the bunnies and other things to keep from eating them. But most of them went into the ground straight from the jug. I took so long to get the zinnias in the ground that the red star zinnia (i think it is the correct name) started blooming while it was still in the ws jug so I was getting worried. But they made the move great and are blooming thier little heads off. And you can't even tell when I cut a bunch for the house. Thanks everyone. Paula
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Hi Gill! Long time no talk. Sounds like they're doing great. Too bad about the pindo and trachy seeds. The trachy seeds I had this winter rotted. I think they need alot more warmth than I could give them to start germinating. So as always here are some pics of my largest washy. I threw in a few yard pics as well. I couldn't resist. I don't know if I've told everyone how much I love pictures. LOL! You can barely see the newest frond coming up. It has two points so I think it will split! The old leaves on my cavendish are burning but the new ones will be fine. Sorry guys. I have a picture posting problem. I really cant help it. Jay
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Wow Gill things are looking great! How have you been? We haven't talked in a while. Congratulations on your new grandson. I love his name BTW. I know what thats like to have an off schedule baby. Our first son Caleb was like that. About the robustas. Mine are doing fine. I have two in the ground and two in containers. My largest is one of the potted ones. Heres some pics along with some new pics of my garden today. You know I cant resist taking and posting more pics than I should. LOL! The bananas do not like the wind! Its just something I have to deal with at my location. I can have ripped leafs or not have bananas at all. I choose ripped leafs. More pics at the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: My Photobucket (May 25th Plants)
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Hi Rob, I live in a area where there is very few garden shops unfortunately. There is one I found this year that has beautiful Succulents but only a few small cactus. They did not have any Adeniums at all. I actually had never heard of them until I happened upon these poor ones at Walmart just running thru the garden area one day. So glad I took a chance on them. Only issue I am noticing is one plant has some leaves turning brown on the tips then yellowing. Any idea what is going on and a solution? I just noticed it so I moved that one away from the others. The ones that have had leaves turning yellow before falling off are doing much better but they did not turn brown. It is frustrating living so far away from a area that we can't find everything we need. Can not find any "equal numbered" fertilizer like 20-20-20 except for 1 all purpose 4-4-4 which you sprinkle around the soil anywhere here. What fertilizer do you recommend? I am hoping Amazon has what I need simply because I can get within a day or 2. I am new this year to any type gardening be it inground or container! Sorry for asking what some might think are crazy questions. Your Adeniums are beautiful by the way!
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jimhardy
15 years ago
Jay,the palms in the second pic are different,the one in front is the one from CFT,I bought almost 3 weeks ago and planted in the ground,its already growing!The farthest one back has endured all the storms this year since April and has lost 4 new leaves but is now making a strong comeback,and with temps in the low to mid 90s this week and weekend it should really blast off!

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