Native Plants in Containers
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dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
wisconsitom
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Comments (1)You could have an opaque roof on the greenhouse. The reason it is preferred to be transparent or translucent is to take advantage of the sunlight that the roof receives at virtually any time of day. If you can design the structure so that the windows will compensate for the lost light, then it should be ok. The challenge will be to get the proper orientation of the greenhouse so that it will receive the correct intensity sunlight for the longest possible duration. Here are some examples. These may not be technically correct (I'm just brainstorming) but should give you an idea on design and placement. 1. Main windows oriented towards the south. If the GH structure only has windows on one side, then it is said that facing south would give it the best sun exposure throughout the day. You would obviously want to have the south windows have the most possible surface area to let the sunlight in. 2. Rectangular GH, with the length oriented north-south. And east and west surfaces have full windows. This is an alternative to #1, if it is not practical or desired to have a south-facing GH. This has the advantage of letting you place "morning sun" plants on the east side, and the "afternoon sun" plants on the west end. But since both sides let the sun in anyway, either side will be receiving light at varying angles throughout the day. The only drawback is that if you have an opaque roof, you would be losing direct sun around noon. This is also assuming that there are no light obstructions on the west and east sides....See MoreNative plants for drought - Native Plant Event - IL
Comments (1)Hope it went well....See MoreGrow Native! Container Garden Contest
Comments (0)Could be fun... Here is a link that might be useful: Grow Native! Container Garden Contest Info...See MorePic of native?daisy
Comments (3)Looks like a Senecio to me, too. Native Senecios are often called "Fireweeds", which is an unfair name for a perfectly good native garden plant. The dreaded fireweed is an introduced plant, Senecio madagascarensis, which can apparently be distinguished from the others by having 13 "petals". The native Senecios, which also go by the happier commonname of "Yellowtops" are not entirely innocent. Like many popular garden plants they do contain substances which are toxic to stock and to humans. People in other countries have apparently poisoned themselves by eating the seeds or drinking infusions of the leaves. According to Everist ("Poisonous Plants of Australia"), the native plants contain the same toxic substances, but "despite their abundance in some regions and in some seasons, few of (them) are reported to be toxic in the field. Most of them are not palatable to livestock, and, in general, seasonal conditions which favour their growth also produce large amounts of more palatable pasture plants Â" We can therefore grow them with a clear conscience. I find Senecio lautus a very good garden plant, filling in the bare bits for much of the year and being particularly good in winter and spring. Aftet that I cut the plants back because they get straggly. Then there's another late summer flush. They are biennial, so a second cut-back in early winter produces a nice-shaped plant about 30cm x 30cm, all ready to go again. They self-seed freely, popping up in spring, so keeping the species going in the garden is a simple matter. So is the weeding out of any excess seedlings, should they appear where they might smother something smaller. There are too many native plants which have been condemned as unsuitably poisonous for garden use. The colonial mindset was very ready to call any wild plant a weed, and yet to allow much more toxic introduced plants (autumn crocus, and daffodils for instance) to naturalise in paddocks. There should be more of us using the things that come up naturally, and perhaps finding superior garden forms which will get into mainstream gardening in Australia. Cheers, Trish...See More
Wild Haired Mavens
8 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI have some Coastal Live and Interior Live Oaks growing from acorns in SC7 conetainers this year. Plus like various wildflowers.The challenge has been the irrigation during the summer dormancy period of CA natives, in permanent larger Containers . I am trying minimal capillary irrigation Sub/Wick or Sand Wicking Beds at lower moisture levels. Trying to duplicate natural capillary water in Native Habitat. Manzanita and other chaparral species are subject to root and disease problems during the natural dry periods. The normal wet periods are winter and early spring. Also promoting good Mycorrizhae health in the growing mix. Feeding with light mulch type methods. Using fertigation at about 20 to 30ppm N for seedlings in conetainers. Link to free Nursery Manual.
Nursery Manual for Native Plants
Photo of some Manzanita , Mountain SageBrush seedlings from seed.
Growing Medium (1:1) Peat: Vermiculite with Perlite Mulch SC10 cells, constant Fertigation with 30-50ppm N MiracleGro 15-30-15
Outplanted Big Berry Manzanita(from rooted Stem Cutting) 3th year
wisconsitom
8 years agoWild Haired Mavens
8 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoWild Haired Mavens
8 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSome Misc Photos I came across, of my Property 7.5ac and various Native Plants used for seed sources. Big Berry Manzanita, Mountain Sage Brush, RedShanks,Scrub Oaks, etc. Planted 350 tree seedlings that season.The area had Native Pinyon Pines , destroyed by fire started from the Cauhillla Indian Res about 80 years ago, just starting to regenerate slowly. The Pinyons grow about 1 to 2 in per year. Mountain Sage Brush is a Nitrogen Fixer and Nurse plant for Conifers. I will get back to the mountains I hope :-)
Transplanted Pines raised from seed in conetainers 3rd year outplanted Cauhillla Mtn. in Background.
Coulter Pines 2nd year form seed, with CA Incense Cedar in Background.
Growing Mix is 1:1 Sphagnum Peat:Vermiculite
Jeffery Pines Transplanted 2nd Season from seed into larger Styroblock
dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
8 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoSoil Mixes for Natives
from Yerba Buena Nursery
wantonamara Z8 CenTex
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agodale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
8 years agolast modified: 7 years agoThe size of coarse perlite , 1/8-1/16 in size is good. Some seeds like to be surface sown,and need light to germinate. The above mix works out to 2 Parts Perlite to 1 Part (Bark fines or Sphagnum Peatmoss). I use a 50/50 Peat/Perlite mix of ProMix HP for seed starting. Also use bottom watering for seed germination.
The seeds are sown on growing medium surface, a mulch of perlite,grit ,or sand is used to cover seed. This keeps a humid,but not wet environment around seed. Also keeps stems drier, and prevents damping off problems. I not sure if salvia like surface sown without the mulch layer. I have grown CA Black sage, and CA White Sage.
Many Salvias need light for germination, just press into suface of soil mix. Can mulch with perlite later after gemination has occured. germinate-salvia-seeds
Addition: It was found that Clay Pot Irrigation worked well for Seed propagation for remote sites http://scc.wa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/AlternativeIrrigationSystemsForAridLandRestoration_Bainbridge_.pdf
dale92539 Riverside Co SoCal
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoUpdate Photo of the Coastal and Interior Live Oak seedlings from acorns (3 mo old) in SC7 cells, growing medium 1:1 Peat:Perlite, 30ppm N ferigation weekly with Dr Earth 4-4-4 liquid fertilizer. Will move plants to larger D27 Deepot conetainers in about a month.
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