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A thread to express your love of (or hate of); Potplants

leftwing said:
klue?

it was green and prickly and grew straight up kinda looks like an asterix from above if you know what i mean?
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This is a Oncidium Dancing Lady that is flowering out the back of my place...

I've got a mate giving me a whole heap of ornamental orchids soon. I'll strap them around on my franjapani, in Elks, tree fern, fence posts and to trees with some Sphagnum moss I'll buy...
 
It's a clump that's about 30 years old... probably about 25 flower spikes in total.

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Pity it's not native :)
 
Found an old pic of all my Cactus when they were young...

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I'm actually a pretty big fan of pot plants, the worst part of them is the pot. If that is cleverly disguised then yeah, winnar.
 
I have four pot plants which i will transfer to the garden as its a temporary solution as i got them young! 2 vines and 2 shrubs! Should do something with the garden at my place as there is nothing!
 
I like the looks of your garden, Klue. I love to grow stuff, fruit, veg, mushrooms, herbs etc. Though it's just a hobby don't have any training in the field. Planted some watermelon and rockmelon seedlings this year amongst other things, any tips on getting big, juicy, sweet fruit for the summer? They're in pots currently. Just seedlings. Giving plenty of water, sun and organic fertilizer from the worm farm.

I move them under a shade-cloth during the afternoon sun if it's a hot day.
 
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Or could someone point me in the direction of the main/mega gardening/horticulture thread, if there is one?
 
That's a good idea to move them around, pots dry out really quickly hey? I'd buy a bag of compost and dig it into an area of ground... Big wide holes, trenches etc but they don't have to be very deep. And any composted manures are good, blood and bone, Sulfate of Potash.

For the first couple of the meters of the vines it would be good to let each node (where the leaves join the stem) set root into the ground and mulch up around it. Then you will want more mulch to keep the weeds down and have somewhere for the melons to run and sit nicely on.
 
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Thanks, mate. Appreciate the info/advise :)

edit: And yeah I find that, pots do dry out fast, even self-watering ones. Hot summer day peak temps would fry my water and rockmelon seedlings for sure at the moment if I didn't move them. I might let them establish in the pots a bit more before transplanting to ground, especially the rockmelon. Once they mature a bit I'll move them straight to ground... soon as possible to get the most out of these UVs.

The tomato and chili plants are loving the weather right now though, they can't get enough sun! lol.
 
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Where I work there is probably 10000 plants in pots, and even in winter the irrigation for the whole nursery comes on twice a day. That is a good indication how often you will need to water of a summer! My stock at home goes into shady spots at this time of year... and I've been trying to get veggies/herbs in the ground asap, you don't need to water nearly as much and if you condition the soil things will grow like mad :)

(Here is a photo illustrating what you should do with your melons. This is a pumpkin but Curcubits are all the same :))

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What do you suggest for conditioning the soil? Is potting mix no good for that? With diluted organic fertilizer used to water?

I think I'll need to transfer the watermelon to ground asap with how they're looking the rockmelon are still no more than an inch high though, can they be moved to ground too or should I leave in pots?

Pumpkin plant is lookin' good :)
 
Nope, potting mix is just a waste in the ground and not as good as compost and manures. Worm castings are good but you need to use them once every couple of weeks.

Thanks, it's a Baby QLD Blue heirloom variety :)
 
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