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Post by beth on Sept 7, 2017 10:24:46 GMT -5
they look very pretty.. we have them too they look like nicotianas...if I am thinking of the right plant .. some times we get too wet and cold for some flowers and they just rot away.. they just cannot take our summers.. these are two Orchids I received last November.. I had hoped they would flower again this year..but although they still remain very healthy plants.. can see nothing indicating flowering The Orchids are lovely. With the 4-oclocks, when I was a child, we'd draw a face on our pinkie finger and pop one of those flowers upside down for a hat. Sometimes use one for a skirt as well. They don't have a strong smell. Kind of like sweet lemon. Very refreshing on a warm summer night. They never bloom until late after noon and continue on til morning.
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Post by mouse on Sept 8, 2017 5:05:01 GMT -5
yes.. we used to do the same.. they are nicotiana.. the evening and night scent is lovely
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Post by beth on Sept 8, 2017 8:18:21 GMT -5
yes.. we used to do the same.. they are nicotiana.. the evening and night scent is lovely I believe they are 4 o'clocks. We have nicotiana here, too. It's similar but with a stronger scent.
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Post by mouse on Sept 9, 2017 4:20:01 GMT -5
oh right.. that's interesting .. the four o clocks look a very pretty colourful show ive found nicotiana goes quite straggly some times
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Post by kronks on Sept 9, 2017 14:33:10 GMT -5
My toms, I wrote more in the photography thread. I grew em out door, very please to see the big ones ripen on the vine!
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Post by mouse on Sept 10, 2017 4:03:05 GMT -5
if the weather changes before they[toms] ripen off... get a paper bag.. not plastic it has to be paper.. put in the green toms and then place into a draw to keep them dark.. check say every 4 days to see if they are ripened enough to eat..and old lady told me that years ago.. and it works... or you could turn them into chutney...... Mary Berry or Delia Smiths reciepes are equally good and of course they are both on line you were saying your own fertilizer.. what do you use? I used to used comfrey and found it quite a remarkable fertilizer.. infact I used to grow it simply to turn into fertiliser.. but I had a much bigger garden with stacks of room back then an other good fertilizer but a bought one which is very good is the Sea weed liguid
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Post by kronks on Sept 10, 2017 5:09:59 GMT -5
if the weather changes before they[toms] ripen off... get a paper bag.. not plastic it has to be paper.. put in the green toms and then place into a draw to keep them dark.. check say every 4 days to see if they are ripened enough to eat..and old lady told me that years ago.. and it works... or you could turn them into chutney...... Mary Berry or Delia Smiths reciepes are equally good and of course they are both on line you were saying your own fertilizer.. what do you use? I used to used comfrey and found it quite a remarkable fertilizer.. infact I used to grow it simply to turn into fertiliser.. but I had a much bigger garden with stacks of room back then an other good fertilizer but a bought one which is very good is the Sea weed liguid Yes I did that before picked the green ones as the weather turned, stored some on garage and some on house in whatever containers I had available, mainly the plastic containers shop bought toms often come in. I grew tonnes toms one year, way more than I could handle I gave lots away too but loads went to waste really, but mind you they cost nothing grow! As for the fertilisers well.... Occasionally I would add some pee to the watering can, so it was maybe about 1 part in 20, maybe more sometimes. It is basically what plants would get naturally in the wild really. Seems to work wonders!! I do have some liquid shop bought stuff, but I never used it this year. If you use too much human fertiliser I think maybe you get a lot of green plants but not a lot of toms. Also I noticed before a lot of my cherry tomatoes split on the vine, it was a real problem loads would split and be wasted most of the time. I have not had one split this year and I put it down to the natural fertiliser, basally it is the same balance of nutrients they would get in the wild so I think that helps. I used to go out every day in the past and see loads of red cherry tomatoes but unfortunately nearly all of them has split. I have just been out to pick a few, none are split, as has always been the case this year, best year every really I won't be switching fertiliser from the natural stuff it works wonders! It is "natural miracle grow!!".
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Post by mouse on Sept 10, 2017 5:31:18 GMT -5
trouble with plastic containers is they sweat as temps go up and down and sweat leads to rot but if it works for you that's all that matters
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Post by beth on Sept 10, 2017 8:47:54 GMT -5
trouble with plastic containers is they sweat as temps go up and down and sweat leads to rot but if it works for you that's all that matters Many are perforated. MKaybe that helps.
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Post by beth on Sept 10, 2017 8:50:39 GMT -5
oh right.. that's interesting .. the four o clocks look a very pretty colourful show ive found nicotiana goes quite straggly some times The 4 o'clocks we always had when I was a child had full foliage .. almost like small bushes. They bloomed continuously from mid summer til frost. I hope mine turn out to be the same sort.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2017 18:02:19 GMT -5
spent over two hours re-potting about ten plants...two were badly rootbound so glad I could help them; went through 2 cubic feet of soil but everyone is happy tonight,especially me after cleaning the mess on kitchen counter and floor
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 19:30:53 GMT -5
spent over two hours re-potting about ten plants...two were badly rootbound so glad I could help them; went through 2 cubic feet of soil but everyone is happy tonight,especially me after cleaning the mess on kitchen counter and floor They all looked healthy and happy this evening so hopefully I did no damage to them
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Post by Deleted on Sept 15, 2017 22:03:23 GMT -5
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Post by mouse on Sept 18, 2017 6:11:42 GMT -5
a member of our womens groups loves unusual plants and she has variety of strange plants and orchids which are some thing like the ones in the video some of the strangest of her plants are flycatchers
the time for cutting back and clearing up the garden is here already.. and after a rotton summer its almost a reliefe to start having no expectations of plants and to get rid and try to forget until just before spring next year
theres so much to do am not sure it will all get done but daughter and I will give it a try we have cut off the rose which grew over the arch.. just its root to be dug out at some point .. don't know what the matter was but it didn't do well this year and its leaves kept turning brown and falling off.. so its gone to the rose garden in the sky the red clematis has had a rebirth and is flowering again..
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Post by Jessiealan on Oct 24, 2017 22:58:55 GMT -5
I spent part of a day this past week going to the country to check on my plants and replase the filters in the furnaces. To my surprise, my holly has a wealth of berries for the first time in 2 years. Last fall, the plants were straggly and berries were few and far between. I had the man who mows the lawn take a look at them. He added some plant food and mulch and now, here is the result. I am very pleased.
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