A few standards
joyfulsu
4 years ago
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I posted a picture of Willodene already, and these three are my other standards. Yes... only FOUR standards. :P I do have about 23 miniatures, too, so that makes up for it I guess. I went from about 60+ varieties to this number and this feels manageable to me! I'm making myself stay off of the Lyndon Lyon website and ebay tho. LOL.
This is Mavericks Blue Jean I believe. I haven't' looked at the name on the pot lately so i might have gotten that wrong. this is by far the prettiest blue I've ever seen!! Sooo gorgeous.
This is Dumplin'. Big lovely pink. :)
And this one is one of the "wild" varieties. Name is on the pot but I forget. Mom life. Sorry y'all. lol. I got this from the same lady who sent me a leaf of the Mavericks one. Also have a Lunar Lily White from her that I nearly lost, but it's finally growing again. can't wait to see that one bloom.
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How did your collection grow?
Comments (5)My collection grew by leaps and bounds. I received a dish garden back in 2005, and it had a violet in. I broke down the garden, potted the violet, told it if it survived the winter that it would always have a home, and started reading everything I could get my hands on on the internet. It flourished, I found e-bay, and the rest is history. I bought plants based on the blossom, and the bigger and unusual the better. And, I never threw out a good leaf. So one day I realized I had over two hundred plants being wicked on reservoirs, and 36 seed flats of leaves in various stages of growth. Stepping into my kitchen for the first time in the morning literally took my breath away with all those plants under lights, in full bloom, greeting me. Then, I ran out of room, and started buying minis. As the standards run their course, I bid them farewell and toss them out. Because I split my time between Maine and Virginia, I've had to come up with an easier way of watering and yet have it be successful for the blessed friend that takes care of my plants when I'm gone. I've cut back and am using the mat watering that Pat Hancock wrote about in the last issue of the AVSA magazine. This is working wonderfully, looks much better than the deli reservoirs, and should be very successful. My goal is to have no more than 20 trays, which will happen when I get rid of the stuff going to the AVSA convention next month. For me, its always been about the blossom on a standard. However, a mini with great symmetrical foliage turns me on too. Barbara...See MoreHow well do Standard citrus trees (non-dwarf) do in pots?
Comments (11)Kristimama, Citrus are nearly carefree in the Bay Area, so there is no reason not to grow as many as you like. Fill up your whole yard with them! The only real problem that most people run into is infestations of sucking insects (particularly scales), vectored by the omnipresent Argentine ants. Other than that, you basically just plant them and let them go. Give them some acidifying fertilizer in the winter, and keep your soil healthy through mulching. That's about all you need to do. Calamondins are small, sour citrus fruits. They are generally used for their juice, much like you would use lemons, etc. (You wouldn't eat them out-of-hand, unless you *really* enjoy tart flavors!) Calamondins are essentially everbearing, meaning that they should carry ripe fruit just about all year long. This is a very nice characteristic. It is very handy to be able to pluck a few fruits for squeezing into water, over a piece of fish, etc., at any time! I haven't been following this forum that closely, so I'm not sure why folks here prefer to put citrus in smaller pots. However, I would say that most participants on this board probably don't live in areas where there may be absolutely zero rain for months and months on end. Keeping potted plants going when it is extremely hot and dry can be burdensome, and using large containers like half-barrels will at least minimize this problem....See MoreAFCI odd behaviour
Comments (4)Since you have been registered for some time, this probably is not a trolling post/question. Based on what you posted, the lamps working in some fixtures and not in the fans leads one to believe that the problem is in the fans or the light fixtures mounted on the fans.On-scene hired diagnosis could get lengthy and expensive-- as could replacing the fans.And could be unsuccessful. The options could include replacing the AFCI to see if that changes anything. Or replacing one of the fans to see if the new fan will work with those lamps.If so, replacing all three is a choice. Or simply using lamps that are successful in the present setup....See MoreRecs for terra cotta grout, please.
Comments (17)Whoa - good call skippack! I just slopped some sealer on my practice board and the tile was unchanged, but the grout changed dramatically. I’ll see how it looks when it dries. I suspect it will go back to the same color, but I definitely want to make sure. Everything going into this kitchen I have copied from some other kitchen I like. I want NO surprises. Blueberry Abode, thank you for the advice on mortar. That is exactly kind of feedback I was looking for. I didn’t know there was “mortar” and “grout.” But now that I have three potential grout choices, I’m at the point where I want to keep things moving along. So in the interest of time, I am not going to investigate your suggestion. But I bet it will be of interest to others....See Morejoyfulsu
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Rosie1949
4 years ago
Marianne Lyonnais
4 years agoSue your minis and standards are absolutely stunning! I do have only 3 standards because it takes too much place. This standard one came from and old friend priest who worked for 20 years in Africa. I think it has been taken there but I can't tell because he dide 5 years ago. He had about 25 plants in his little room. He was an great african violet lovers. The flower makes 2 inches wide and the color ( violet almost blue) is so vibrant. I love it! I keep multiplicate it because I am always giving one to collegue...
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