How do Sansevieria grow? Question to experienced growers.
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need help from experienced cantaloupe/ watermelon growers?
Comments (2)Melons like loose sandy soil and lots of room, and full sun. I till my patch every year and add whatever a soil analysis says that it needs. I direct seed around the 1st of May, and when the plants start to run, I give them a high nitrogen fertilizer, and feed them nothing else. Since i have limited space, I plant mine fairly close(4ft. centers), and keep the plants well watered, if there is no rain. I don't remove any flowers at all, nor do I prune the plants or remove any fruit. I leave them alone. Don't worry about the wasps, because they help with pollination. I don't hand pollinate. You should have ample, bumble bees, honey bees, and wasps to do the job for you. The ones that you've lost because they turned brown and mushy, were lost because they were poorly pollinated, and are naturally aborted by the plant. Once the melons have started to develop, and nature does not provide any rain, I water the plants at the base in the morning only. Watering melons in the afternoon will tend to cause them to split in the field. I also limit my selection of melons to ones that I personally like to eat and I know will grow well for me. I find that variety selection is one of the most important factors as to how successful you will be....See MoreNeed advice from Experienced growers
Comments (21)Karl, I agree with you about Serendipity - it truly is always in bloom throughout the growing season. (My Les Sjulin rests a little more between blooms, but it gets some shade, which explains that). Like you, I got my Bucks from Great Lakes Roses and haven't had a virus problem. Most of my Buck roses in my zone 5 garden are grown in the lower garden, where cold and frost settles and winds howl all winter. Other 'tough Bucks'' for me are Prairie Sunrise, Quietness, Malegaena, Paloma Blanca, Golden Unicorn, Carefree Beauty, Folksinger, Joseph Lamb, & Prairie Song. Some of them have to be severely pruned in the spring but they always come back nicely. I have had some Bucks struggle, but I'm never sure if it's the actual rose, or the rooted cutting of that rose that is weak, or perhaps where it was planted. Ownroots do take longer to get established, and are more vulnerable to problems when young....See MoreNeed experienced cranberry growers....have a few questions
Comments (2)Okay, so this may be off the subject, but I have a cranberry question. Do all cranberries need to be bog grown?? About 1 or 2 years ago I bought a rooted plant off a shopping channel that advertised "no bog needed". It's presently in a pot and has grown about 2-3 inches, but I don't know where to plant it. Living in Michigan, just don't know follow-up. Yes, I've lost the instructions, don't have the exact name of it, and do not presently have a picture to show. It does have long spines (vine-like), had a few small berries last year, and leaves are needle-like and tiny. Any guess so far???...See MoreOT - do you grow Sansevieria?
Comments (6)The plant I got my cutting from looked more like the ones in the photo. Not so fan like but very robust and upright. I think it is just a case of the leaf cuttings taking a long time to reach this mature stage vs a division with a piece of rhizome. I do like the look of the fan shaped plants as well but they do take up quite a lot of space when you have a large pot full. I think the large leaf your plant was growing may have been the beginning of the more mature growth form. My plant has done this as well but it's usually they leaves that stick out to the side that get removed. I always seem to break one when I move it indoors and I root these for the raffle table at orchid Society meetings. The mother plant looks like huge thick pencils sticking straight up out of the soil. Quite unlike my plant but very architectural. I have since seen mature offsets for sale but figured I would just stick it out with my plant. I may divide and repot the largest growth to see if that speeds up the growth. I give my plant very bright light and in the winter it gets almost no water and cool shady conditions. I do this more out of necessity due to space restrictions than anything else. Mike Here is a link that might be useful: Sansevieria cylindrica...See MoreTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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