What's the oldest thing you own ?
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Comments (21)My great grandpa saved some old melon seeds (watermelon and cantaloupe) probably over 20-30 years ago. Having been my first year gardening (I'm 15 now.), I was rather excited to try to grow those seeds when I found them packed away in our freezer in old glass Gerber jars wrapped in orange and blue napkins. As soon as I popped the lid the smell hit me. It smelled amazing! Anyways, almost every seed has germinated, and I've got beautiful, robust melons climbing up a trellis. They're the healthiest I've ever seen actually....I also planted bush beans that I found alongside the melons, likely saved by my great grandpa at the same time as the melons. I got 100% germination and they're the healthiest bush beans in the garden. Not only were they the first to germinate, but they also have had the earliest blossoms! It's amazing if you ask me. What's exciting is that my mom has stated over and over that the melons my great grandpa grew were the best she'd ever had....See Morethese are the oldest that l own
Comments (16)Sorry that I haven't been able to answer the questions gotten on here. To answer a few that were almost the same is that I live in the lower Rio Grande Valley of south Texas. Its much a great, beautiful place to grow plants. In fact very humid ...almost 24/7 ...and all this week temperatures over 100. And I have my nursery on FM 1015 north of weslaco, texas. As far as fertilizing the big ones on this picture ...I haven't in a few years. When I did it was a topdress called slo-cote. I don't remember the NPK at the top of my head ...but I will check tonight. And if it was that it was a water Soluble one....See MoreWhat is the oldest item you still have from childhood?
Comments (54)Have my first bib that was handmade with tatting in 1938. My slip that I wore home from the hospital, first shoes, several items from my school years. One item that is still on display, back in the early fifties glass containers with powder were popular, have one that is amber colored with shape of deer in glass on top. Received this at Christmas at a church party. I can still remember the smell of the powder that came in this container....See MoreWhat is and how old is the oldest hoya you own?
Comments (7)Wow, Sharon! There are lots of stories of old carnosas passed down from one generation to the next. My carnosa is a cutting off one that my mom's late mother-in-law had for many years. I think back when my mother got it from her, in the 90's, it was 25 or 30 years old then. I wish I still have my original 'KQ' that got me hooked back in 1977... Right now, I'd guess I got my kerrii and my 'Pink Silver' around the same time in the early 90's, and they're still both going strong. I wasn't keeping a database at that time, so I don't know when I got them, but I just know it would have been locally because there wasn't much going on in mail order back then... Denise in Omaha...See Moremorz8 - Washington Coast
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