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Post by Holodoc on Feb 5, 2002 9:22:25 GMT -5
What did I tell you? What did I tell you? It's barely over two days... One of the peat pots marked for carnations has a sprout.  Stay tuned for developments as they become available. |
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Post by Christina on Feb 5, 2002 15:42:04 GMT -5
Okay.
You've got no competition here, I'm not doing annuals this year. The garden is in need of a thinning out and tidy up (and maybe a little redesign).
Also only having east and west facing windows means seedlings usually end up a little too leggy if started early indoors.
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 5, 2002 23:09:35 GMT -5
My windows face east. I'm in a bind here, because this big heavy BBQ chicken container isnt light or small enough to put the plantings on the small ledge of the AC, where there is an undisturbed window. With one small sprout up thus far, I can bide my time for at least another day...
... or maybe not. I came back this evening to find it had generated its two seed leaves.
I wonder what tomorrow will yield for the other peat pots?
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 6, 2002 10:14:01 GMT -5
Make that two carnation sprouts.  |
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Post by Seven of Nine on Feb 9, 2002 18:08:44 GMT -5
cool---any more sprouts show their little leaves? While your seeds are happily rising out of their sleep, I'm being buried under up to 6" of snow with a forecast of "tropical storm force winds." Luckily I have a rainforest of houseplants to provide something green in our lives.
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 10, 2002 8:11:31 GMT -5
cool---any more sprouts show their little leaves? While your seeds are happily rising out of their sleep, I'm being buried under up to 6" of snow with a forecast of "tropical storm force winds." Luckily I have a rainforest of houseplants to provide something green in our lives. I'll take some snow anytime. IMHO I think it's not right for there to be no snow in winter. As for the sprouts: a third carnation came up two days ago and the first lavender yesterday. No new leaves. The ones from last week are bout 1/2" and only the seed leaves. Yesterday it rained inside the BBQ container they're in. It doesn't help that it's cloudy today on the outside. |
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 15, 2002 12:41:24 GMT -5
We've had some technical difficulties here with regard to the sprouts. Two packets I didn't get around to using last yr are not yielding anything after almost two weeks. So I called Park Seed and ordered them again AND a bag of their own brand of instant dirt plug disks. With luck I can charge and plant these sometime next week. WOOWOO! Meanwhile, a lavender sprout overtook the carnations and had to be transplanted into its own little pot. That leaves one lavender and three carnation plants-to-be.  Note center of pic are two carnation sprouts inside the BBQ chicken containerThe new sprouts won't be starting too late, and this time will begin their existences in the shallower, Chinese takeout tray. I have to be real careful about the sprout now that it's exposed to the elements (I know it's indoors but it's still not the same as being in a self-sustaining environment). Has to be misted and watered until it grows sturdier, and guarded from pests...  One of my pets (not pests) stands vigil by the lavender sprout on the AC. The card? I gave it to him last week and he drags it around everywhere. It's getting really out of hand. |
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Post by Christina on Feb 16, 2002 10:22:44 GMT -5
Just so we don't have any major misunderstanding about the plants we are talking about here, let me just ask
When you say Carnation, you are of course referring to a member of the genus Dianthus, but which particular one?
I'm assuming they are annuals and not perennials.
I'm really curious about the Lavandula - is it angustifolia, dentata, stoechas?
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 16, 2002 15:29:45 GMT -5
Just so we don't have any major misunderstanding about the plants we are talking about here, let me just ask When you say Carnation, you are of course referring to a member of the genus Dianthus, but which particular one? I'm assuming they are annuals and not perennials. I'm really curious about the Lavandula - is it angustifolia, dentata, stoechas? The carnations I am growing (thought they were all related) are called Dianthus caryophyllus Mini Spice MixThe lavender is Lavandula angustifolia LadyCurrently, there are three carnation sprouts, and three lavender sprouts, the latter of one outside the mini BBQ chicken hothouse. Of the two which didn't sprout, one waited until I ordered a new packet to sprout this morning: Browallia aka Browallia speciosa Powder Blue BellsLast but not least is the holdout: Campanula, or Campanula isophylla Stella BlueThe selections are all blue, all good for container planting, and all have unusual flowers. I like that in a plant. I'm sure those English bits following the Latin are unique to the company I got the seeds from. I'm sure pasting the name sans English words within quotes on most search engines will yield websites and pictures about them. There is a tiny Sweet Alyssum sprout which came up from the soil of last yr's wreckage. The plant did very well but never bloomed. I'm wondering whether this one's going to tease me with excessive shrubbery again. There's also a Sweet William which I have repeatedly tried to grow. First a company sent me a plant, and I kept having to get replacement plants since they kept arriving dead. Last yr I went the biannual seed route, and the thing did a lot of shrubbery which died by December. I'm still watering it, but I don't know whether this is a lost cause or just hibernating. Also on the sill of existing plants are the perennials. A red geranium which, like the plants in the neighborhood, thinks it's 6 weeks later and is starting to bloom. Did you know that they're supposed to be annuals? Also a Swedish Ivy inherited from my Grandmother. The blueberry bush is another story if anyone is tolerant to hear about. |
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Post by Seven of Nine on Feb 16, 2002 20:34:48 GMT -5
Doc--don't give up on the sweet william just yet. Mother Nature has her mysterious ways and it could still grow. You can tell if the roots are alive if you can tap the root ball out of the pot. Handle with care so the root ball doesn't break if it is alive. If your pot isn't tapered, you won't be able to get it out.
We are rapidly losing snow and with temps forecast in to the 50's, it might all disappear soon. The only place there is any left now are the half melted snowmen and the areas where there were drifts. Spring seems to want to arrive---I even saw a flock of Canada Geese today and as soon as the lakes thaw, they'll stay. Woo woo!
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Post by Christina on Feb 17, 2002 6:45:14 GMT -5
Ah and I take it the annual geranium is a pelargonium?
I had one survive indoors for nearly 10 years.
They're just tender that's all. Keep them frost free and you can take cuttings in spring for planting out later and still keep the source plant thriving indoors. Just don't overwater on cool days and keep them in good light.
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 17, 2002 8:25:41 GMT -5
Ah and I take it the annual geranium is a pelargonium?  It's a common geranium. Do you get frost indoors? You really need to pay that petrol bill  btw I looked up pelargonium. I translates into "geranium" as the species, but of no particular genum. |
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Post by Christina on Feb 17, 2002 8:43:13 GMT -5
They get lumped together because of the 'cranes-bill' seed heads. But the outdoor perennials form big clumps with four petalled flowers and deeply cut leaves while the indoor ones have those erect stems, lots of flowers in those bunches and occasionally zoned leaves.
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 17, 2002 9:11:25 GMT -5
Zoned leaves?
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Post by Holodoc on Feb 17, 2002 10:47:24 GMT -5
Here is the page regarding the previous post. Just look down the page for "Turkish Delight." Clicking the file from the actual page on Geocities allows for a clearer view. That's a geranium?
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