Posted on 01/29/2016 2:04:21 PM PST by greeneyes
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Look for a video on youtube for pruning your plumeria
I did that but never really trusted them. I thought I would seek the sage advice of a FReeper to help me.
They are awesome Trees and attract all kinds of hummingbirds, bees and such.
I want them to make babies and I will have a place to put them in my yard. All be it in a container.
There has got to be someone here that knows the ‘right’ way to grow them.
our green house isn’t fancy. plastic frame with plastic over it. can’t use during the summer since it gets over 100, but is proving itself for winter crops. still learning to optimize its use. this summer/fall i’ll build a better frame as the plastic is getting pretty oxidized from sun exposure and probably won’t last another year.
Is your greenhouse unheated?
I built an attached greenhouse/foyer last fall and love having the warmth and sunshine. On a sunny day it heats the whole house just fine.
But it drops down to near the outside temps at night.
Kinda leery to use it to start plants.
yes it is currently unheated. don’t really need heat, however, if temps drop to freezing i can put a small heater in to prevent damage. We start the seedlings in the house to sprout them, then we transfer to the green house to toughen them and give them better sunlight.
Got a shock when I saw your Montana flag LOL! (Did read down further though).
Thanks, I’m in Zone 6 so I guess that would work for me in a month or so.
LOL, I’m a Montanan, I just work in Kalifornia. . . .
we had some freezes here in december - all the winter plants came through with flying colors that were in our boxes.
I’m thinking he’ll say spring will be early. It’s supposed to hit 80 this weekend.
No room for more seed pots. There might be a bit of room in the bathroom window but that’s the end. The seedlings were doing great until a cat stomped through them earlier We’ll have to see if they survived.
I was just thinking about his tobacco gardening posts. *sigh*
*** a cat stomped through them earlier ***
What is wrong with that cat? They’re supposed to lay on them!
I shall carry it on.
I think she was from the South but I remember Alabama...lol....she had a huge commercial farm I think but grew a lot for herself....
The 16 inches of snow we got is in the process of melting. It started Friday morning of last week at 10 a.m. & continued until late Saturday night. Sunday was “dig out” day - I moved so much snow I ended up with a blister on one hand. Since the big tractor wouldn’t start (of course!), a relative ran his SUV around the driveway (300’) Sunday to make tracks. By yesterday, we finally had enough gravel showing in the tracks to get out. Whew.
The fields/yard still have a lot of snow, especially where it drifted. The weekend should be “warm” & maybe even close to 70 next week so that should take care of the snow ...... and leave us with mud. At least we don’t have livestock any more - the ground would really be a mess.
I keep looking at the raised beds and dreaming of April, when I can finally start working the soil & maybe get some plants out.
If I’m home on a Saturday morning, listening to Andre Viette’s “In the Garden” radio show while enjoying a cup of coffee is one of my ‘favorite things’. After listening to Andre, you want to run out to the garden and do something .... anything!
http://www.viette.com/v.php?pg=753
It’s tough. I just tell myself that it’s all a part of the contract. You have to take the bad (losing them) with the good (loving them).
I recall the name, but I didn’t recall that she was a gardener. Maybe I wasn’t on the gardening threads then.
That happens every so often, unfortunately.
Another beautiful spring like day here, the hamburgers will soon be on the grill! I spent most of the day planting 500 more tomatoes and 250 different peppers in the greenhouse. As soon as seed potatoes arrive at the Farmers Cooperative I will use what little space left in the greenhouse and begin chitting them (bringing them out of winter dormancy).
The new greenhouse arrived last week on an tractor trailer, the pole boxes were so heavy they had to be opened and unloaded individually, The driver was not happy. hope to have it up and operational by the 3rd week of February.
Have you considered adding a Thai lime?
Looking really good; thanks for the pics.
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