Planting Plants&Garden Jargon
well, its going to take me, and hopefully ocean, sometime to start gathering pic's, which clusters of would be good in a NSFW pull down - but, what'cha got growing(
that is suitable for discussion ;-p ) ?
what plant(s) if any do you have a knack for? and could you give some of us pointers who may need them, i will with what i know....
this could be fun, i believe i remember it being done a couple of times, but it deserves another go. so what i have in mind is, as i said above lets share any tips, diagnostics, particular plant likes&dislikes, what grows well next to each other where, and when, in your experience or area?
so far inside right now i have a
fuschia that i am going to clone out for the spring, a
walking stick tree that is starting to root, as well as a large
christmas cactus, she needs help but gave me a clone and flowers. also 13
rose cuttings i am cloning from old girls in the yard;
im not clear yet on the variety as my land lord hasnt gotten back yet, but when he does he is bringing me a redish and orange rose bush and another french climber.!, a few are perfume roses, it looks like 2 or 3 are on their way out, the rest are doing well and i have potted 5, it has been 2+ weeks since they were cut. 2 were runners and i was able to salvage some roots, which established quickly. those 3 plants i am going to concentrate on, and i hope to start on a wind resistant
hoophouse soon as weather permits. and then maybe get more
rhododendrons going, we have like 30 on our property haha.
i make my soils using cococoir/sphagnum peat moss/pearlite/mushroom compost/worm castings/sea weed bat guano etc.
i dug up 1 rhodie that was growing along the ground getting beat by the wind and tall grass, there are a couple more in the same shape that i want to boost up, they are growing even now in the winter, in a great spot under an overhang, but in sh&t soil - all 3-3.5' tall.
she has a lot of
sage rooting in jars, and much more, and i have a few
morningglory seeds im trying to pop for the wifey.
out side is a whole other story,,, but i have just recently amended 5
heirloom tamato plants, and we have
snapdragons, thyme, oregano, mint, rosemary, gayfeathers, rhododendrons, an incredible massive ancient
rosehip, um, shelter(?) you could hide a car in there! 2
gooseberry bushes, which need amending, and a freaking massive glorious juicy
grape vine, the stalk has a 6-7" circumference, it hangs grapes 20' feet up in a nearby tree. i forget the variety but they are delicious early ripening large blue grapes, with small almost unnoticeable seeds.
a 10-15 y/o old
wisteria by our front porch that is tangling with a deep colored climbing rose that i havent seen flower, but im going to continue the neglected arbor training and fortify them with all the best.
one thing i have learned, and am going to do this summer is use clamshells as mulch around the tomatoes and other valuables like that to keep the slugs back... supposedly it works
very well, and slightly and slowly lowers the soil ph, and adds calcium.
also, for cuttings make
willow water; get a 32 oz jar, fill it partly with dried willow twigs and distilled, or even better rain water. let it set over night and the water will then have anti-fungal properties, to help fight mold in humid cloning conditions, after straining and spraying.
soon, pics, lots of before and afters folks, we will start adding ours soon.
happy growing!