Petee Posted January 7, 2008 Share Posted January 7, 2008 I'm getting ready to order seeds to start for the BUDS plant sales. What would anyone want to see made available? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherry Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 How about climbing snapdragons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 Here's what I found: Climbing Snapdragons Antirrhinum kelloggii Chickabiddy Maurandya antirrhiniflora. http://www.laspilitas.com/plants/430.htm http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/mbierner/bio406d/images/pics/vrn/maurandya_antirrhiniflora.htm VERONICACEAE Maurandya antirrhiniflora. http://uvalde.tamu.edu/herbarium/maan.htm http://www.dallasbutterflies.com/Plants/html/mantirrhiniflora.html Seeds: http://homepages.vvm.com/~reid/seeds.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 The seeds are in at Lowes! Yea! I drooled my way around the edges of the display today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candijo13 Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I'm getting in the mood for gardening now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 I got Antirrihinum seeds in the mail, so if they germinate successfully, we may have them at the plant sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nita Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 Is it too late to plant flower seeds inside to be transplanted later outside? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 It depends on what you are planting. You want to get most seeds in about 6 weeks before you set them out. Our last frost date is May 30 so you still have time. Check the back of the seed packet for the starting date for whatever you want to plant for timing. I always like to give them a couple of extra weeks so you have time to harden them off and if germination is slow they will still be ready. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted March 31, 2008 Author Share Posted March 31, 2008 Some need 12 or more weeks to grow large enough to transplant outside but some are only 4 weeks. I have a chart I am willing to send you if you want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrch Posted April 1, 2008 Share Posted April 1, 2008 My daughter cut off a flower from her Gerber Daisy last fall and I put it in an envelope. Two weeks ago, I spread the entire flower in dirt to see what would happen....well.... if they keep growing, I will have many gerbers! Any suggestions??????? I love planting...thank you Petee and my dear friend Elizabeth for getting me hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted April 1, 2008 Author Share Posted April 1, 2008 Congratulations, you are officially a successful seed saver!! :-) You will probably want to divide them into individual growing containers when they have their second set of leaves, counting the seed leaves/first set of real leaves. I have containers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrch Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Okay..I have a ton too. Just have to get in the shed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted April 2, 2008 Share Posted April 2, 2008 Let us know if they come true. I had some gorgeous ones last year and figured they were hybrids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candijo13 Posted April 3, 2008 Share Posted April 3, 2008 I had one canna lilly in a pot last year. Before summer was over, I had 5, and then when I dug up the bulbs, there were 2 dozen more bulbs. I'll have tons of lillies this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 Cannas do that. I think we gave hundreds of them away one year at Community Days. There were soooooooooo many after a few years. I've heard that the Japanese beetles are a problem with them. They don't bother the cannas where I have been growing them but then there aren't many Japanese Beetles around there. Have you seen any on yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 If anyone wants to get rid of come canna's I will take them. Let me know how much it would cost to ship them to me and I will send you the money. Send me a p.m. if you are interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
candijo13 Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 None at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted April 4, 2008 Share Posted April 4, 2008 You just never know where you are going to find what bug or what those danged groundhogs and deer are going to eat. Unless you are at Treasure Lake where they eat everything. Snellma, I don't know what the canna situation is yet this year. They are big heavy tubers and it might be cheaper to buy them than ship them. Of course parcel post is a lot cheaper than first class if your aren't in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest snellma Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 I can pick them up in Sept. when I make my trip home for grapes if that is the case. Just let me know. Maybe we can find something to trade. Anything anyone wants from down here in exchange for something up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 That'll be about the time they are being dug up and divided. Good timing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lavender Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 We dig the cannas after the several good hard frosts have knocked down the foliage. That is usually into October. I like to dig when the tops have totally dried or you are dealing with slimy vegetation and these are huge heavy clumps. Let me clean up what I have in the way of cannas and I'll pm you. I usually put the ones that go on the embankment into pots for a month or so to give them a good start. I could keep you a pot or we'll see what the cleaned up tubers weigh. They are stored with some dirt on to keep them from drying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ambrch Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 My canna's were regrettably left outside under my patio, they were rotten...uck... but I just started a couple hundred other seeds tonight...we'll see it they take. My Gerber Daisy's are sprouting, so are the Giant Marigolds..... My father-in-law is way ahead of me on the tomatoes though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petee Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 I tried my first experiment with teeny plug trays that have about 244 holes in them. I also planted a couple hundred seeds today. Some of them were smaller than salt. I think I'm cross-eyed now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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