What's your regimen for acclimating your plants to outside for summer
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Your summer display of plants outside
Comments (62)Purple, the bench is actually a swing, and it faces a small fire pit. To the right is a hosta garden, and ahead to the right of the birdbath and under the cypress tree (where nothing is blooming but the lilies) are planted ferns and Spring blooming natives. Grapes growing on the fence! Asleep, the water garden is a 110 gallon water trough for cattle that I got at the farm store. It used to have a nice little fountain in it, but after our dog took the second one out in the yard and chewed it up, I gave up and now just keep a few small fish in with the water lilies....See MorePlease. let's see some of your summered plants here! Pic
Comments (73)Hey everyone. Been a while since I've posted here, but I'm loving seeing everyones plants so much that I thought I'd share some of my favorites with everyone as well. My oldest Thanksgiving cactus. It'll be 4 years in January. It doesn't look like much, but I'm thrilled with it 'cause it lost all its segments during the spring and I think it's coming back quite nicely. Opuntia santa-rita. One of my favs. Will be 2 years in April. Jade ovata 'Gollum'. Turned 2 in September. Haworthia fasciata. Really like this one. 1.5 years old. Philodendron scandens. 3.5 years old. Another Phildendron. Not sure of its exact name. Only 6 months old. Dracaena deremensis 'Yellow Stipe'. My mother can't grow these worth a bean, but mine's doing quite well I think. Will be 3 years in May. Dracaena marginata. Turned 4 in September. Ficus elastica 'Black Prince'. 2.5 years old. Hildewinteria aureispina. Will be 3 years in April. Coleus blumei. Looks quite pathetic right now but that's because I just cut it back hard. It always grows back beautifully. I'm proud of this one because Coleus plants are classified as annuals and this one is turning 3 years next month (Decemeber). Hope I didn't post too much. Thanks for sharing everyone and thanks for looking at mine....See MoreDo you acclimate, prepare your trees before coming indoors?
Comments (31)LOL mike. :D I'm sure your mites were the same as mine! Two-spot spider mites are the bane of everyone! Predators must be used correctly. The most common and effective predator mites are tropical. They like high humidity (70% to 90%) and temps (80~ F). If you can't provide them with these conditions, you have to go for a different species of mite, and up until recently the other species were hard to find and even more expensive than the tropical ones. You see, the sucking mites gain their moisture from the plants they're biting. The predators don't have that moisture source and can dry out fast. You should also buy many predators and blitz the mites for fast control. 1000 predators for 4 trees at the first detection of mites was definitely overkill, but I prefer overkill to underkill. The ones I used last winter were from Nature's Control. They sell a "triple threat" package with three different species, on the theory that at least one species can match your environment. I bought a humidity meter and turned up the humidifier and the thermostat for about three weeks, and that seemed to be long enough to do it. The predators I applied to the raspberries this summer came from Evergreen Growers Supply. I bought 2500 Amblyseius fallacis and 100 Stethorus punctillum and released them in the yard. The Stethorus punctillum is a tiny (and unbelievably cute) black ladybird beetle, while the Amblyseius fallacis is a type of predatory mite that can handle a low-humidity situation, like what I had in the back yard. They don't work as fast as the tropical predators, which is why I used a ton and supplemented them with the beetles, but in theory they can establish a colony in the yard that can survive a Kentucky winter and depress pest mites next year, too. Indoors, in a controlled environment where I can raise the humidity easily, I would go for the tropical predators, which work fast and are cool to watch. If you are concerned about mites, they would probably work well in your greenhouse!...See MorePlease, let us see your colorful plants of 'summer' 2018
Comments (39)Thanks Josh, it's such a good feeling when things go well :) Margaret, that's a bowl of beauty you have there! I hope you are doing well and its not too hot there. I've never seen an Easter cactus so yellow! wow! Thanks Rockdale! Yup, I've been jade crazy for a while, lol! Found them many ways and it all sparked from finding this forum. I remember that fun of going to look for the 'Akai' and how ecstatic I was to find it and then show them here on the forum. I still have them and should repot the two pots of it below but otherwise they are all doing well. Yours look fantastic, and your tricolor is getting big, that's wonderful. Break Dancer Return of Beauty Denethor with hobbit leaf. Old tricolor -Nancy...See Moretanpexoctics Willis
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