help please!?! renovating deformed seedlings
Megan L
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Mutant Avocado seedling.
Comments (112)08/04/2023 Thank you, mossinajar, for posting your photograph, nine years ago, on your Mutant Avocado seedling. The image provided a link to this webpage when I did a Google search this morning. And thank you very much, gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9), for your very interesting article into the research into this mutation, particularly that which showed that seeds from immaturely harvested fruit would produce this unusual growth at a much higher rate than those harvested later. Thank you also, to all of the other folk that have sent pictures and comments over the years to this page. From time to time, over many years, I have planted avocado stones, indoors, here in London in the UK, but this is the first time, a few days ago, that I had ever seen such a strange growth coming out of an avocado stone. I wondered at first if it was a parasitic growth, maybe some kind of orchid, as the creamy-white growths, to me, did not seem like leaves, but reminded me of a leafless purple orchid that I found, many, many years ago, growing out of the rockery at our family home in Scotland. Our avocado stone had been bought from a local supermarket, and had come from a perfectly normal looking, delicious avocado. Recently their avocados have been coming from Columbia, but I couldn’t swear that this one did, as it was a few weeks ago that I planted the stone, but it would have been from a Central or South American country. Here are three photos that I have taken today, of our little avocado anomaly, alongside ‘cousins’ who have developed conventional growth....See MoreRenovation Jitters - Second Guessing Help Please!!
Comments (2)Not sure about where you are at in Mass, in coastal Southern Maine we've been fairly dry for the pat 7-8 days. My personal experience is that the areas that I had the most rolling force on are the areas that came in the best. I had Mr. newpaper delivery guy put tire marks in my newly seeded lawn this Spring. I was POd but guess what, the first area to come in, with very thick lawn was precisely where his tire tracks were. The compaction (relative term) from the rain is probably helping you with increased soil contact with your seed. You've already seeded but would have been better served by waitng about two more weeks. FYI, they lawn will take much longer to come in than you think. Keep the lawn moist. They ain't kidding when they say 14-21 day germination. It was about 28 days for me to see seedlings sprouting up all over the yard. Don't give up watering when afer 14 days you don't see squat :P...See MoreHelp on Impatiens seedlings!
Comments (9)Started with bean, Thank you so much for the encouragement! I was really hoping someone would share some information who's grown them before:) so the info you provided helps so much! I will definately try to water before the tray becomes desert like! Also maybe I will direct the fan away from the impatiens allowing the fan to blow only around my other plants. I been seemingly getting different messages as far as fertilizing? Mine have never been fertlized but is theyr'e growth usually this small? I sown them on March 1st. That would be so wonderful if they really just grown out of this. Do you fertilize with something like miracle grow or fish emulsion? I would hate to burn them after they are already leaved weird. But maybe by not fertilizing them I am helping them struggle longer? If you can provide anymore information I would love to learn even more! At least for tonight I am not going to try anything on them and will try not to worry :) I can worry later if they start to fall over dead! ha ha Hopefully that won't happen! Also' I had them under two fixtures with 4- tubes Cool White fluorescents Maybe I was stressing them by being to warm and also dried that they were struggling. There leaves pointed down look as if they are saying " My solar leaves have to much light!" then again maybe not. Either way I think putting the lights a little farther from the plants and giving them a little less time under the lights would be a good thing! And less time between waterings! I will keep you posted, in the mean time thanks so much for all your help!...See MoreDeformed brug and others flowers
Comments (17)The 5th from the bottom is a variegated Kiss Me Over The Garden Gate. They get to about 10' and are one of my favorites. I hate the standard one. It's a weed here and I'm constantly pulling it out of the yard. It's funny what a bit of variegation will do. A fellow gardener has a variegated Polkweed in her garden that's absolutely gorgeous and I can't stand the weedy type of that either. The 4th down is a hardy hibiscus. I think they are called Dinner Plate hibiscus because of their size. I have them in pink and yellow also. Kathy that's actually a mutant perennial sweet pea. It came from my plants that produce hot pink blooms. I love it and it tolerates the sun and heat very well. I do have white butterfly ginger and I might be dividing it in the fall. Catch up with me at the end of the season and I'll let you know. I already have a Royal Poincianna tree though. Maybe you'll have something else. The variegated foliage with the white blooms is a Clerodendrum Thomsoniae (Bleeding Heart Vine) A red center will develop in the flowers. Kristy I didn't see anything but my eyes aren't that great either. lol The artichokes were easy. I started them from seed last spring and was surprised that they made it through the winter. This is supposed to be a cold hardy variety but I'm not sure just how much cold it will take. It didn't do much of anything last season. I hope it survives this winter too. Karyn...See Moreedweather USDA 9a, HZ 9, Sunset 28
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