Archive for January, 2006
January 30, 2006 at 4:23 am
· Filed under African Violets, General Plant Stuff, Propogation, Succulents and Cacti
We have cacti germination! I see little green babies forming. And considering the large amount of different varieties, its gonna be interesting to see what I get.
The coleus is out of the little germination greenhouse, and is doing great.
I put down some more AV leaves tonight, to hopefully have more babies to take to the market.
The bleach drench has been doing great to cut down on fungus gnats, and it did not harm the germination of the coleus or the cactus seeds, so I know that I can use it when I need it, no matter what stage a plant is in.
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January 22, 2006 at 10:47 pm
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, Green Room, Propogation, Succulents and Cacti
I put down a packet of the cactus seeds. I am VERY curious to see what I get.
I have also had a problem with fungus gnats. Especially in the little greenhouse containers. I can do a bleach drench on the grown plants, but I didn’t know if it would harm developing plants. So I took a gallon of warm water and 2 tsp bleach, (usually its 1 tsp to 1 qt water, but I don’t notice a big difference if there is a little less) and drenched a small pot of baby coleus seedlings, a pot of tangerine seedlings, and I put down another small container of coleus seeds to see if bleach would harm the germination of them. So I will be able to see if it controls the gnats and/or it harms the development of the plants.
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January 22, 2006 at 7:39 pm
· Filed under Citrus seed propagation, General Plant Stuff, Propogation, Succulents and Cacti
I was at wal-mart today, and I found cactus seeds! I have been looking for these for a long time. This makes me *very* happy!
It has 11 different varieties, and it says germination is anywhere from 7-56 days. So, this will be an experiment, but for 97c a pack, I am not complaining. I know I can propagate from cuttings, so this will be a great test.
I have a baby tangerine tree downstairs now, the seeds are doing great. And the coleus is getting big and colorful, so I figure I will need to repot soon.
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January 20, 2006 at 4:33 am
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, Green Room, Propogation
The coleus is really thriving.. getting big leaves and very pretty colors. I am wondering how I will get them from baby plants to big plants, but time will tell. Hopefully I don’t kill them.
All the plants are really thriving in the green room, we just seem to have a problem with gnats. I hang up lots of fly tape, and let things dry out more than normal. That seems to control it some, but I would like to get it more under control.
I have also heard an old wives tale that tea makes a great fertilizer. I might take one of my African Violets and just water it with tea water, and see if it helps it, kills it, or doesn’t do a thing. I think that would be interesting.
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January 15, 2006 at 2:10 am
· Filed under African Violets, Green Room, Propogation
I noticed tonight I have an AV with a bloom. First time I have had one bloom in the green house, and this is one I found on sale at Home Depot. I was quite happy about it.. I’ll probably let it bloom and document what type it is, then debloom it so it can concentrate on its foliage instead.. it’s still a lopsided, sick little thing.
The philodendron didn’t look too good trying to root in the water, in fact I think it was starting to rot. So I did a texas watering system on one pot, where I fill it half with perlite and a layer of vermiculite to fill the rest of it up, and set it in a dish of water, about a half inch high. And I put both starts in it, and we will see.. this system seems to work better than just plain water, it must be from the cooler temps.
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January 14, 2006 at 4:17 am
· Filed under Citrus seed propagation, Propogation, Succulents and Cacti
I searched in the pots and I found a few tangerine seeds had germinated!! That is so awesome, I had questioned if they really would or not.
Tossed out the christmas cactus I had put down because I could see it was *not* working. So I did the whole thing differently, I put cuttings in a very loose soil, and wet it down.
The philodendron cuttings arn’t looking so hot. I’ll have to see whats going on there.
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January 11, 2006 at 11:40 pm
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, Green Room, Propogation
The coleus have grown their true leaves — they are still really tiny, though. No change what so all in the tangerine seeds, though.
The poinsettas are loosing their leaves, so I suppose its time to move them down there and winter them over. The Christmas Cactus cuttings I took were looking flimsy, so I took them out of the mixture and I have them soaking in some water.
My spider plant really likes the plant room, and it has really thrived and now has 3 or 4 new crowns.
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January 9, 2006 at 3:35 pm
· Filed under Propogation, Succulents and Cacti
I see roots forming on the Kalanchoe tomentosa that I had put down.
Everything else is doing great, with new growth. I also put some Christmas Cactus pieces to see if I can get those to root.
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January 7, 2006 at 5:39 am
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, Green Room, New Plants, Propogation
Today I didn’t get much done, plant wise.. went to Wal-mart, came home with a new african violet and 2 more 50c Christmas cactus’. I did a bleach drench on all the Christmas Cactus’, and watered a few more plants.
Seeds are out at wal-mart.. yay!
I think I see roots on my philodendron, yay!
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January 4, 2006 at 8:14 pm
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, Green Room
People have asked me what type of system I have in my green room. Well, I refer to it as the Redneck System. I have some flourescent lights with warm and cool bulbs, and heat bulbs to keep the temp up. I use a workdesk with plastic on it, so that can be washed every so often. I have a wood bookshelf that holds my supplies, and a screen over a wide tupperware container is where I set my plants to water. Around the area I have draped thick plastic to keep out drafts and to keep things more stable. The lamp in the back is not used, but I use it to hang up the wires so they don’t get wet or knock over plants.
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