Reds and patterns are starting to pop
shive
6 years ago
Here are a few from the past two days. With the cooler night and overcast skies yesterday, some took longer to open. We had rain overnight and this morning, but a few blooms still looked good. Most of these are ffo's.
Fighting Fire
Bullfrog Kisses - This is the third flower to open, and the first unmarred. This plant is not doing well where I have it. This is the third year with scapes less than 12 inches tall. I grew a previous plant of this in a pot for three years, and the scapes were always tall.. Maybe it should live in a raised bed.
Red Edition - It increased by two fans last year and lost them over the winter. It has three scapes, two short and one taller, but nowhere close to the registered height.
Sailing into the Blue ffo
Jungle Queen
Bowtie Affair
Bubblegum Delicious
Debra
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A Red Rose Popped Up on A White Rose Bush???
Comments (8)Find the source/base of the cane with the red rose. If the source is below what is called the bud union (see the photo at the link below), then that is what we call a "sucker" from the rootstock. Go down to the base and scrape off that sucker from where it is attached to the rootstock. Dr. Huey is vigorous, and only by scraping it off at the base will help you save your white rose. Don't cut it, that won't help. If the source is above, then it is a sport. Methinks, though, that it is a Dr. Huey sucker. Here is a link that might be useful: Anatomy of a Bare Root Rose...See MoreDaylilies are starting to pop in southern Indiana
Comments (16)Different cameras do funky things with the red and purple tones. As a result, pictures often need commentary to adjust the hues. Your Waiting in the Wings seems to have the same slight bud count that mine has; I'm afraid this is the last year for mine....See MoreProblems with starting from seed, Luna Red hardy hibiscus
Comments (15)My brother walks in the room, says where are you going to put all of these hibiscus and datura seedlings and I tell him, It's not how many there are, it's how many are going to live. If I start with 10 of the same kind, I'm sure to get 2-3. There's just too many things that can go wrong with seedlings, so if I want a plant from seed bad enough I'll order or get enough to ensure I get 1...lol You probably shouldn't have had that compost in for seedlings, and no fertilizer at all until they've got at least their second set of leaves (1st true set) but from the sounds of it, your remanders are strong and doing fine. Use a very little fertilizer at first...as in real diluted, just enough to get them use to it. You'll have to feel your way through as to when to add more as all plants have thresholds for such things. I like researching things but I can't remember how much I fertilized. Though I don't know if that's necessary if you already have compost in your mix. Now, I haven't grown lunars, but I have grown 5+ other kinds. Your roots, I believe, are little tubers and they must stay attached to the neck of the plant when you transplant, much like dahlia's except longer and thinner tubers relative to the plant size. They are stonger than veining type of roots. All my hardy hibiscus shoot straight out, in one direction or another. I expect yours are probably curling around the bottom of the pot and you should have them in ever bigger sized pots. Just keep in mind, a root bound pot means there is so much root in the pot that the water just runs right over the roots and out the bottom, with nothing much to help keep the water near the roots for a long enough time. They will grow much faster in their second year and probably be able to reach full heighth in the third. Albeit those newer kinds of hibiscus (especially to most of us here in Canada)do each have their own characteristics and your own growing environment and care will have a lot to say about how fast they'll grow. But from what I've read and I've read on almost every kind, have the same growth biology...but there are always exceptions to the rules, such as Lord Baltimore and others that can grow pretty tall. - Sandy...See MoreYay!!! My Carribean Red Habs have started germinating!
Comments (16)Ok, I got about an 80% germination rate on all 5 rows of peppers. Good enough for me, I guess, since I started way more plants than I will need. =) Anyways, I took the dome off of the germination station & removed it from the heating pad and put it under light. Anything else I should do? I don't want to remove them from the germination station until they've rooted in it well & grown a bit for 2-3 weeks. I ask because this is the first year i've started them with this method (heated germination station). If I remove them from it now & pot them up to cups, then they'll go through transplant shock & not grow for a week or so & I don't want them to go through that stage yet. It will be fine to keep them in the plug holes or whatever they're called for another 2 weeks or so, right? - Steve...See More
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