Archive for New Plants
April 25, 2006 at 12:11 am
· Filed under Cactus Garden, General Plant Stuff, New Plants, Outdoor Gardening, Succulents and Cacti
I had 2 beautiful amaryllis bulbs.. and after the leaves were dead I put them in a cool space in the basement. This was last fall. I just checked on them, and both were rotted. I guess thats a lesson to take the bulb out of the pot before you store it for dormancy.
I just put 12 caladium tubers down, in 3 seperate pots. They are all assorted colors, so it should be neat to see what comes up.
The houseplants are loving it outside! I moved the cacti out front today in a shaded area, they should like that.
The lettuce is coming up.. we should have plenty of it!
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April 18, 2006 at 6:00 pm
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, Green Room, New Plants, Outdoor Gardening, Propogation, Succulents and Cacti
Last night I went by Home Depot.. again.
I got more lettuce seeds, which I sowed in a window box this morning. I also got some statice and painted daisy seeds, which are down stairs in their little dixie cups waiting to germinate. I also got some mammoth sunflower seeds to do this year.. last year they went down in flames when my Dad decided to dig a pond, and they happened to be RIGHT in the way. Luckily they were just babies, so no love lost. I figure this year he can't dig any more ponds, or else we will run out of back yard. So they ought to be safe.
The morning glories and cukes have already germinated, along with the broccoli. Fast little buggers, eh?
And I have a Christmas cactus in full bloom. I guess they really like the green room! Someone should fill him in that its.. April. Not Christmas. But as long as he's a happy little plant, then I am happy too.
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March 14, 2006 at 8:39 pm
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, New Plants, Uncategorized
I was at Wal-mart last night, and they had a whole table full of tropical plants — 50% off! So of course, I had to get a “couple”.. they were around $1 each. There were some here that I have been wanting, but putting off buying. I love the China Doll plant I found!
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March 10, 2006 at 5:33 pm
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, New Plants, Outdoor Gardening, Succulents and Cacti
Well, due to all the stores getting in their plants and bulbs, my cacti and succulent collection has grown by 8 and I also have purchased a pack of 12 Caladium bulbs.
I have also started a big thing of rabbit manure tea.. I got a huge tupperware storage container, put the waste from the rabbits in it, and filled it with water. Ill let it steep for a few days, then I will skim off the hay and manure, and pour buckets of the tea on where I will plant my gardens. I would put the manure straight on the garden, but its intermixed with hay, and that wouldnt be a good combination.
I also had to make some spray for what I believe is powdery mildew. White, dusty spots on my African Violet leaves. I used a liquid dish soap and baking soda mixture in a spray bottle and sprayed the leaves down.
Last night I heard a cat scream from back in my bedroom, so I ran back to see what had happened. And I saw my Siamese cat on my bed, looking rather miffed, and one of my pots with 3 (rather spiney) cacti on the floor. So apparently he was venturing in places he shouldn’t have been, and got stuck.. betcha he won’t do it again!
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March 3, 2006 at 3:00 am
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, Green Room, New Plants
I know, I know, I haven’t written. But I have been busy with school and all that jazz, and other various issues that interfere with the fun stuff.
I did some major watering in the plant room tonight. A few of my houseplant seeds are germinating, and I have AV babies coming out of a TON of leaves! The herbs I set down are also getting their true leaves.
I also had a friend begift me a large number of houseplants — ficus, African Violets, etc. Lots, and lots of great plants.
Thats it for now, hopefully Ill have some pictures soon.
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February 16, 2006 at 4:37 am
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, New Plants, Succulents and Cacti
Just a quick post –
Got 3 new cacti from the local greenhouse tonight. I got a barrel cactus, which had 27 small babies in the pot with it — it obviously hadn’t been repotted in a while! So I seperated the babies and put them in soil. I also believe I have a crown cactus, which I groomed back a bit, but it has flowers on it. I also got a new crown of thorns plant, which I love.
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February 8, 2006 at 2:42 am
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, New Plants, Succulents and Cacti
A strawberry begonia that I got at Home Depot on clearance. Its kinda beat up, but with some TLC Im sure it will do fine.
A very pretty succulent, I believe its called a Rainbow Tree.
I was calling this Haworthia.. but I think Im wrong. Any ideas of what it is?
A new succulent.. any ideas on names?
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February 7, 2006 at 4:06 am
· Filed under General Plant Stuff, New Plants, Propogation, Succulents and Cacti
Yesterday I put down a number of herbs to take to the farmers market this spring: Oregano, Dill, Spearmint, Chives, Parsley, and Basil. I used 3 oz plastic cups with holes drilled in the bottom, and from each pack (the 10c packs from Wal-mart) I got 3-5 cups. I plan to put more down, but this is just a start.
I also cut up a rex begonia leaf, and gave another try at it, this time in a tray with a lid. Seems to be doing ok. I also took 2 cactus seedlings, put them in a pot, and set them outside the tray, to see if I can indeed take them out once they germinate.
Also I am doing an awesome trade with a woman I found on ebay. I will be getting seeds for Lithops, Persian Violets, Sedum, and Trailing Cactus, to name a few. In exchange I will be sending her some homemade soap that my mother makes. Good trade.
At Home Depot tonight I found a Strawberry Begonia hanging basket on sale for $4, and I also bought a small succulent. The begonia was beat up, but Ok.. I brought it home, cleaned it up, and doused it with water. Since it only needs medium light, I can hang it in my north window. Its very pretty.
Pretty soon I am going to have African Violet babies coming out the wazoo. Awesome.
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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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December 30, 2005 at 4:28 pm
· Filed under African Violets, General Plant Stuff, New Plants, Succulents and Cacti
At Wal-mart tonight I found Christmas cacti on sale for 50c each.. so I had to get a couple, of course. No blooms, and kinda beat up, but Im sure some time in the green room and they will be fine.
They also had the *most* gorgeous African Violets there, and I got two.. a burgandy and white bi-color, and a purple with white edges. When I got them home I did the typical bloom-plucking and grooming on them, to which my beau automatically started squealing, and I had to explain to him that the grooming is to make the plant feel better.. and yes, I like the blooms, but most likely there are thrips on there, and they need to go.. he just rolled his eyes and sat back and watched me go at them with an exacto knife. But Im sure they feel better without all of those suckers. And I started to groom off the assymetrical leaves, but thats a thing that takes time, I dont want to take all of the big leaves off at once.
They had some beautiful (and huge) Kalanchoe at Wal-mart, but I had to remind myself not to get it. Ill just keep checking until they are marked down, and then bring a couple home. They also had a few other different houseplants, but I wasn’t familiar with their upkeep, so I didn’t want to bring in something new right now. And I am sure that I’ll be there again, soon enough.
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