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The House Plants Thread
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Mr_Bungle
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This is indeed a rhododendron. The contrast created by the black speckles caught my eye more so than the color of the bloom its self.
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Turns out I was needlessly worried about not enough sun for my dahlias as they are blooming fully and there are plenty of buds. It looks a bit haphazard because I screwed up when planting the bulbs. I thought the oblong parts hanging from the bulbs had to be separated and planted - rookie mistake. I tried to fix it later, so I ended up with uneven growth. I ended up staking the plant with the drooping flower. The plant in half shade lower right is a bear's breech I'm trying to get going.
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Dandain
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My best rose.
Rose #1
Rose #2
Different Rose #1
White Rose that magically opened this year from inside a cluster of red shoots, cut back all the red shoots to give it maximum sun power, its now leaning on the fence because it was supported by longer red stalks.
Rose #1
Rose #2
Different Rose #1
White Rose that magically opened this year from inside a cluster of red shoots, cut back all the red shoots to give it maximum sun power, its now leaning on the fence because it was supported by longer red stalks.
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Dandain
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Yellow Columbine
Purple delphinium - was unexpected. The flower is definitely got some morphology differences to the others.
California Poppy - You can see how they open and close with the sunlight for quite a few days.
Tall Red Blanket Flower
Love in a Mist
Catmint
Purple delphinium - was unexpected. The flower is definitely got some morphology differences to the others.
California Poppy - You can see how they open and close with the sunlight for quite a few days.
Tall Red Blanket Flower
Love in a Mist
Catmint
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Dandain
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Thanks.
To answer your question about bugs, they are there no matter what, it really is about catching it semi early before its everywhere. You can pull/trim/cut any dead parts of your plant out of the arrangement, I find they act like bug houses and they are already lost to us.
Here is a link.
A Dozen Homemade Organic Garden Remedies
We have had success with a quart sprayer, a tsp of (organic) soap, a tsp of baking soda, and 6 drops of mint oil (cold pressed organic mint oil). I feel weird giving this advice its hard to verify and makes you seem a little nuts.
This works well for flying bugs, diatomaceous earth for crawling bugs. Be a bit respectful of the bee's, the mint seems to be a deterrent. You can coat a plant you think is in danger, and spray the bug colonies directly.
There are a lot of high powered pesticides for flowers if you just need to keep things alive, but we try to not spray a bunch of nasty shit in the yard. Sometimes you'll find a pest that what you're doing just doesn't work well on. Learning to observe your plants consistently is probably the more important skill to avoid infestation rather than what you actually use to eradicate them once you find them.
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Mr_Bungle
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I started Pitcher plant seeds today. They are a carnivorous bog plant where some species grow large enough to catch small birds!
While I am on the topic of seeds, my cyclamen produced 2 new seed pods.
I have noticed that the stems of seed pods have a red pigment that makes them distinct from the leaf stems.
While I am on the topic of seeds, my cyclamen produced 2 new seed pods.
I have noticed that the stems of seed pods have a red pigment that makes them distinct from the leaf stems.
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Mr_Bungle
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Although the season has started out well, I have had some issues including this Crassula tetragona.
If you have seen pictures of this guy earlier he had tons of leaves and now there are barely any. I have tried different levels of sun ans watering schedules but I cant get this plant to thrive.
If you have seen pictures of this guy earlier he had tons of leaves and now there are barely any. I have tried different levels of sun ans watering schedules but I cant get this plant to thrive.
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Dandain
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The desert rose is super rad.
Gerbil, for your lily loving heart. The first deep red opened today. It only has 4 petals, it has spots, and a soft hue of orange deep in the cup. I'm not sure who this guys parents are. But it seems like a mutant that had a red parent and an orange with spots parent. Will be interesting to see if all the others are 4 petal or not.
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Gerbil, for your lily loving heart. The first deep red opened today. It only has 4 petals, it has spots, and a soft hue of orange deep in the cup. I'm not sure who this guys parents are. But it seems like a mutant that had a red parent and an orange with spots parent. Will be interesting to see if all the others are 4 petal or not.
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Total garden noob, i've never planted shit besides 4th grade water potato. getting a house front and backyard, too many projects to do, but i figure a compost bin is the easiest one? (not to mention cool and hippie/green cred, i guess)
but like what can i use it for? i cook enough that i'll have waste, if you visit the coffee thread, i got lbs of coffee grinds (btw you can use coffee grinds to fend off ants, haven't had ants for more than a day if i see them invade the window sill i throw a trench line of coffee grinds and they don't come back)
do you guys do this? can i use this stuff for lawn or is it just for garden, and for garden would it just be for pretty flowers or like a veggie garden i can eat shit with?
but like what can i use it for? i cook enough that i'll have waste, if you visit the coffee thread, i got lbs of coffee grinds (btw you can use coffee grinds to fend off ants, haven't had ants for more than a day if i see them invade the window sill i throw a trench line of coffee grinds and they don't come back)
do you guys do this? can i use this stuff for lawn or is it just for garden, and for garden would it just be for pretty flowers or like a veggie garden i can eat shit with?