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Post by andy on Mar 10, 2009 12:18:14 GMT
I forgot all about them....it's only the fact that im out there potting up begonia tubers and ricinus etc that i remembered to pot them up !!!!
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Post by Tig on Mar 10, 2009 14:35:04 GMT
Have you got a photo of them? Will you get beans? Can they go outside or must they be imprisoned for life?
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Mar 11, 2009 20:06:57 GMT
The first of my Musa sikkimensis seeds to germinate was pricked out yesterday...and it's got another leaf already!
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Post by maggy on Mar 11, 2009 22:06:06 GMT
Gosh cheery Ive just googled that and a plant cost £75!! were the seeds expensive?
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Post by Auricula on Mar 12, 2009 18:34:57 GMT
Lost all my aeoniums this year - the ones in the ground and the ones overwintering in the greenhouse  Might not bother for a year or 2 as I've had several for a few years. |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Mar 14, 2009 21:14:20 GMT
Gosh cheery Ive just googled that and a plant cost £75!! were the seeds expensive? sorry Maggy, I haven't been on-line much (work's been rather dire so I've been bushed!) I got the seeds from T&M online...they were the free ones (the most expensive packet's always free when you order on line) bit I think they cost about £3 for 4 seeds...another seed is poking through already i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 18, 2009 5:21:27 GMT
I repotted my Banana yesterday into a 90 litre, rather ugly tub but it is ideal really. I hope that the banana is OK as I was surprised to see how wet it was. All the plants have stood on gravel for the winter and have just had fleece around the tubs.
I think that I will have two years before it outgrows this tub - what do I do then, just take it apart (how) and start from scratch??
RF
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Post by maggy on Mar 18, 2009 21:32:11 GMT
Gosh cheery Ive just googled that and a plant cost £75!! were the seeds expensive? sorry Maggy, I haven't been on-line much (work's been rather dire so I've been bushed!) I got the seeds from T&M online...they were the free ones (the most expensive packet's always free when you order on line) bit I think they cost about £3 for 4 seeds...another seed is poking through already  If all four grow you will have a tropical garden then Id love to see pics of that ;D Ill keep watching. |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 19, 2009 14:15:59 GMT
I brought the Colocasia up from the cellar today and during the winter months I mistakenly watered it once - never thought any more about it but today when I got it out the bottom has rotted a bit.
I scraped it all off and put it in the sun to dry which is it doing slowly. The other bit is fine and it has got some babies as well.
Will it be alright or should I cut the bottom bit off totally??
RF
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Post by andy on Mar 19, 2009 14:41:47 GMT
And how's that Fatsia houseplant RF ;D
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 19, 2009 15:02:43 GMT
It has survived andy and I have found a spot in the garden for it now. The leaves do look rather yellow - is that normal - but it is definitely alive and managed minus15 without any fleece at all.
Now I have the three that Dutchy sent me - no more room in the garden at the moment but 2 x 100 litre tubs free.
The Fatsia and Banana are on full view this year - I have already decided to say that I know this bloke in the UK and that he persuaded me to plant all these "exotic" things!!!!
RF
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Post by Tig on Mar 25, 2009 12:09:17 GMT
The mimosa pudica seedlings seem to be growing away quite well. They not only react to touch, but also to wind movement and nightfall! Just thought I'd share ..   x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 25, 2009 12:12:06 GMT
Well done Tig - I didn't get any of mine through...they seem to grow fairly quickly , don't they?
Rf
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Post by Tig on Mar 25, 2009 12:19:07 GMT
Not sure about the quickly RF - they were sown and germinated back end of December just after they arrived from Germany ;D They seem to be getting their feet down now, though. I am looking forward to flowers (and hopefully some more seed  x Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 25, 2009 13:21:25 GMT
That's three months then I suppose - oddly enough my big one is always very very slow to start and then suddenly goes berserk - it has never flowered yet though and i have had it 4 years this summer.
I hope the ones that you have sown, do as they are supposed to do - flower in the first year.
I shall be having another go in late November or December.
Rf
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 30, 2009 12:15:58 GMT
I really have been very brave today and re-potted my Budds and also taken Dutchy's doorwedges out of their 3-some pot and given them each a 15 litre pot of their own for this year. I think they are coming along grand to be honest.  RF |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Mar 30, 2009 14:50:03 GMT
oooh they look healthy RF ;D
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Post by Dutchy on Mar 31, 2009 17:44:09 GMT
Oh my (small hint of a tear in me eye.) Those baby erm doorwedges look real fine RF. They should be happier separated and easier to just place somewhere this winter..... I know it is only SPRING ;D It takes a Gardener to plan ahead...... sort of Gosh I can't beleive I stuck them as cut offs in a bit of moist compo last spring. You have done well by them <thumbs up smiley> |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 1, 2009 6:54:26 GMT
Thanks Dutchy - I am really pleased that I got them through the winter.
RF
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Post by Tig on Apr 3, 2009 22:34:10 GMT
Well just to share with Cheery  My strelitzia regina (?sp) is getting a bit out of hand! It has reached about 4' 6" now and only just fits on the windowsill! Wanna see it?  ;D Tig |
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Post by Rosefriend on Apr 4, 2009 12:45:38 GMT
Cor that's a bit of alright isn't it - when will it start flowering - isn't it three years before they do??
I have been rather successful as well - I have managed to get a Colocasia Esculenta Black Magic. I was looking all over and Dutchy was helping me by looking in Holland. I finally tracked one down at a garden site that I have been a member of for ages. They also have some gingers but I was very good and clicked on Logout!!
RF
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Post by Tig on Apr 4, 2009 14:43:57 GMT
I hope it will flower this year RF - otherwise it will be too large for the house  I bought it as a five leaved plant last spring, the lowest two have died back over time, and it has been repotted twice already .. Well done finding the colocasia - and for your restraint in resisting the gingers ;D x Tig |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 5, 2009 18:36:18 GMT
Well just to share with Cheery My strelitzia regina (?sp) is getting a bit out of hand! It has reached about 4' 6" now and only just fits on the windowsill! Wanna see it? ;D Tig oh my...how splendid Tig! Mine's much smaller than that...I reckon you'll deffo get flowers doncha think? |
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Post by Tig on Apr 7, 2009 14:01:48 GMT
No doubt you'll be the first to know when it does CPB! I just hope it happens before it out-grows the house I expect it will merit a photo ;D |
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Post by Cheerypeabrain on Apr 7, 2009 17:20:21 GMT
I've given mine a darned good talking to Tig....hopefully it will be shamed into putting on some growth.....
changing the subject...I have sown some melianthus major seed and have them in the heated propagator but so far nuffink....anybody else tried them?
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 7, 2009 17:59:31 GMT
No. But I now have a Dranunculus vulgarum going wroomp and no space in the CF any more as it hits the lid. And no I do not have a GH. For now I put it in the shed but that heats up real fast in the morning I know the tip of the plant can get frost damage so it is not very hardy but does any one know how the leaves react to frost once they are out? In other words... can I leave it outside by now, even when we do get some night frost? See so many questions, Cheery, me, Rosefriend when she has to deal with the neighbours and how to explain exotics are not madness ;D |
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Post by Dutchy on Apr 7, 2009 18:03:08 GMT
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Post by Tig on Apr 8, 2009 18:44:58 GMT
I can't get that link to work Dutchy  Although it isn't your first attempt with melianthus major is it Cheery? gardenworld.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=seeds&action=display&thread=6855I haven't tried them (yet  ) - but anyone remember when I tried sowing pomegranate seeds and they germinated ;D I left out the plants in their pots, apart from one tiny one which I dug in the border (one of the coldest parts of the garden : - anyway just went for an after-tea weed and low and behold ... first signs of new leaves! Loads of little red buds on the stems of them all - I might get them all planted in the garden now, or maybe a pomegranate grove is a bit much for my little garden! (I'm really chuffed - can you tell ;D) x Tig |
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Post by andy on Apr 8, 2009 18:51:30 GMT
Maybe another one for RF to try in deepest darkest germany ;D...pomegranites
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Post by Spruance on Apr 8, 2009 19:18:23 GMT
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) - but anyone remember when I tried sowing pomegranate seeds and they germinated ;D
