I've got issues (propagation excesses LOL)
bunkfree_4a_canada
7 years ago
I can't sssssstop myself. The real issue is "What am I going to do with all of these when they get bigger?!?"
sorry for the crappy quality pics.
waiting for roots/more roots, in indirect light with almost no watering. Some gritty mix, some plain soil, some soil/perlite:
All these below have roots and/or wee babes growing (a few are pups/cuttings/beheadings) in full sun on a south windowsill, soil spritzed (set on stream) every other day or so.
The wee terra cotta pots get an immersion watering once in a while. Those are all growing in miniature scale gritty mix, and some are top dressed with cherry stone grit.
And the larger babies grown from leaves; also more pups and cuttings and stumps with babies ... watered like the "big plants" - a full immersion about once a week. Some in gritty mix, some soil/perlite. Some top dressed, some not...
Egads. I seem to have developed a bit of an obsession over here ... :))
Kd
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Karen S. (7b, NYC)
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Hello again -- I've got new stuff.
Comments (9)Susan, Like Jeff, I am a bit puzzled that chamomile gives you trouble and can only guess that maybe your soil holds either more moisture than ours, or holds on to the moisture a bit longer. Chamomile, as near as I can tell from growing it for many years, likes really well-drained soil that verges on being almost dry. I have had it reseed itself into clay that holds quite a bit of moisture and it even did well there....and, in fact, got bigger in that thick clay than in my improved garden soil in my raised veggie/herb beds. But, just because it seems to thrive in drier soil doesn't mean it won't grow in somethat moister soil. When mine are in moister soil, they just get significantly larger. I keep them deadheaded (the dried flowers make great chamomile tea) and that keeps 'em going longer tool. When allowed to set seed at the end of the season, they drop a lot of seed and, thus, reseed like mad and I have dozens, if not hundreds, of new ones come up every year. As for dill.....I have never noticed that the heat is particularly hard on it. Of course, I like to harvest the foliage to dry for dill weed and, by doing that, I am keeping it from setting seed, so it does last a whole lot longer. The minute it sets seed, though, poof...it is done! I usually cut and harvest dill weed for a long time before I let it go to seed so I can then harvest the dill seed. Jeff, Chamomile seedlings look very similar to the adult plant, just smaller and thinner. They are very, very thin and wispy, almost feathery looking when they emerge. They are that lovely light spring green, almost a Granny Smith apple type of green. When they first emerge, they are very, very small but they grow pretty quicly. Once you see a chamomile seedling, you'll never forget it because it has a unique delicate look. Also, the foliage has a delightful scent--sort of sweet and somewhat like apples. I don't know if the scent is apparent when they are really tiny, but I know that I can smell it when I dig up small seedlings out of the pathways and transplant them somewhere else. As for the tomatoes cracking, it would have been unusual if they HADN'T cracked in last year's rain. Hopefully this year will be drier. Once your fruit are ripening, keep the watering to a minimum and that will both decrease the cracking and intensify the flavor. OK, I only came inside to grab a quick bite to eat. Now I need to get back out to the garden where I am, in fact, transplanting chamomile seedlings from the pathway to a tomato bed. Dawn...See MoreWoo-hoo! I've got sunflower seedlings!
Comments (18)Jeff, I don't usually divide chamomile since it reseeds so easily. I will cut it back really, really hard once it is about through with a flush of flowering and it will then regrow and reflower. The method used to propagate chamomile depends oh which type you are growing. If it is English Chamomile, you can propagate it via seeds, division or by layering. If it is German Chamomile, you usually propagate it by seed only. I treat dill the same way as chamomile, cutting it back hard if I want to keep it growing and in flower, or let it go to seed if I want the seeds for cooking. I have never heard of anyone propagating it via division or cuttings, only by seed. Sage is easy to grow from cuttings. I have never tried to divide it from the rootball and don't know if that is how it is usually done. But, if you see clumps forming away from the main clump you can dig the little clumps up, separate them from the mother clump and replant them. Cut back the topgrowth of the divisions a little to compensate for the shock of being dug and transplanted. You can divide many perennial plants by cutting the rootball in half, but you will always have to cut back the top a lot to compensate for the digging/cutting/replanting. I usually just let the herbs grow into huge monsters. I tend to let them reseed, and then I just dig up the tiny seedlings and put them where I want them. In a rainy year, I will cut back herbs many, many times. Dawn...See MoreYou've got answers...I've got questions!!! (Pics)
Comments (9)Thanks ronbre, for all your thoughts, there are some good ones in there! I love my house, but there are some things that were not well thought out by us, but that was because we were living in a FEMA trailer and wanted out of it in a hurry, so we found this houseplan and built it pretty much as is from the plan. The back door and the breakfast nook and the fireplace could have used some tweaking in where they were placed, but we were in such a hurry we didn't catch that. Weren't even in the house 2 years, when we got hit by another hurricane, and flooded with 3 ft of water, so again, we were in a hurry to get it fixed and get back "home" rather than living somewhere temporarily. I have always wanted a fireplace with a mantel to decorate, and so I think it needs to be a focal point, but obviously the big tv is also a focal point. My recliners are both actually a chestnut colored leather, one is just darker than the other, as we didn't decide we wanted two when we purchased the first one, therefore they are obviously from different dye lots. =( Again, my mistake, that's what I get for being in a hurry! But I definitely want to add more seating in this room, not just move around the chairs that I have now. I need a conversation area and so that is why I am thinking two club style chairs for either side of the entertainment center or adding a loveseat. Then I could make the reading nook like you are talking about by the window!!! The ceilings are great to look at and to have "mood lighting"(DH calls it nude lighting in the bedroom...ha) but it also makes me think things have to be centered off of the ceiling, like the entertainment center or our bed for example. You answered one question about the art with the red in it. I figured it was too big for that wall, but just wanted to see what others thought. It would only have about an inch clearance around it. I am also looking for some kind of chest or demilune table for that little wall. Trying to make that DH landing spot for keys, wallet etc, instead of the bar in the kitchen. The nightstands in the bedroom are the same height, the lamp on the left is a little shorter than the one on the right, I just thought they probably shouldn't be taller than the headboard of the bed. It's not real easy to reach the lamp to turn it off from bed. I need a console/buffet, more seating, coffee table, end table, lamps, rug, artwork, drapes. Accessories, I'll worry about later. I just want to get my big pieces set first. I have "hurricane fatigue" and just want this done and pray that we will have a quiet season this year, so we can actually relax and actually enjoy our home....See MoreI've got a headache
Comments (13)plain old redbud are seed grown ... and perfect trees for hosta... i wouldnt be surprised if some of the foo foo RB are grafted ... but they would be grafted on redbud ... crikey you got some bad info .... criminey.. RB grow like weeds why in the world would you graft onto some other species.. and besides that.. AN UNRELATED SPECIES ... find a better nursery.. or find the manager.. and see if he or she knows what the heck they are talking about ... back in 2000 van wade.. one of the hosta gods.. sold me a dozen redbud to plant hosta under ... if he said they were ok.. then good enough for me .. ken btw... the foo foo RB are variable in z5 .... either not very aggressive [slow growing] ... or they die.. depends on your version of winter in z5 ......See Morebunkfree_4a_canada
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7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoOk, that would be great! Let me see if I can figure that PM out :) (EDIT: I read that you need to be following a user to message them, so I'm now following you; and I finally found my message inbox ... but I can't figure out how to actually *send* a message ...?!?)
I thought I was perhaps being a bit hyperbolic, but I was not hehe. I have 22 leaves with roots and plantlets, in addition to the crown and stump.
Front of tag says Echeveria Blue, back side says Echeveria Elegans 'Blue'
The stump and now-rooted crown show the eltiolation of the original plant I bought. I picked it up on a very hot day, and didn't want to leave it in the car to roast so I put the bag in my purse while we were shopping. By the time we got home, half the leaves were knocked off so I said "heck it" and defoliated the whole thing.
Kd
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