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Late Night Planting + Experimentation
Before going to bed, I got the urge to do some planting… so, I: 1. I repotted the 2 small pots of Great Quaking Ornamental Grass into larger pots. 2. I repotted the Zygocactus cutting which have...
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Work: Before, During and After…
This seems to be the longest day… especially with yesterday’s incident. I couldn’t sleep, so ended up sleeping at about 5:30am!… I didn’t wake up and was late to work. Since I was late to work, I...
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Tonight’s Gardening…
The Message Bean has sprouted its first leaves. href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeysplanting/192442706/"> alt="Message Bean (First Leaves)"...
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Cukes and Cuttings…
Today, I was finally able to do some gardening. (It’s been getting dark outside when I get home from work) I started the day by getting the oil changed in my car. While I was waiting, I found a whole...
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Sunday Gardening…
I took more Coleus (and Plectranthus) cuttings today… As I was tagging the photos on Flickr, I noticed that I missed some plants, so I probably will have to have a Part 3....
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Someone at work brought in some homegrown Cherry Tomatoes… and they were yummy. I wish I had grown some this year. I decided not to plant any, which was a mistake, because I miss having little Cherry...
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Sticky Monkey Flower
As I was walking to the carpool from work on Monday, I noticed a low growing plant with yellow flowers in a landscaped area near a park. At first glance, I thought it was an Orchid, but that would be...
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Passiflora Spotted
As I was walking back to work from lunch today, I happen to see this pink flower, so I snapped a photo. href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeysplanting/260298527/"> alt="Pink Passiflora Flower"...
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African Violet Cutting has Rooted…
4:14pm One of my African Violet cuttings that I planted a month ago has rooted. I can’t wait to see little plantlets emerge.
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June 10 Gardening…
Planted another African Violet leaf cutting. This one has solid dark pink flowers. My Huayna-Picchu Masdevallia Orchid bloomed for the first time last night. When I saw it, an insect was pirched on its...
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New African Violet Baby + First Coleus Pots…
I finally see a sprout emerging from the African Violet (Variegated) cutting I planted on May 13 (about 29 days ago). When I got home from work, I made three Coleus Pots: Coleus Pot #1: Colorblaze Dark...
View Article2009 Coleus Rescue Project + First Italian Plum…
Starting the 2009 Coleus Rescue Project… My Coleus cuttings from 2009 have been severely neglected, I assumed they were all dead, but many survived. I will they to recut them and make new cuttings....
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Second Batch of Coleus Cutting + Jem + Dark Outside…
“Taking my 2nd batch of Coleus cuttings to overwinter. Since I took a cutting of Coleus ‘Gem’, I can’t get the theme song to Gem off my mind.” … – Here’s a link to the Jem and the Holograms theme song...
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My New Method of Overwintering Coleus…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about my ideas on a new method to overwintering my Coleus cuttings. Since then, I received the Super Jiffy Peat Pellets and the NatureWorks PLA 9 oz. drinking cups and lids...
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Coleus Cuttings…
It’s that time of the year that I dread, when I have to start taking Coleus cuttings. It’s not that I hate doing it, but it takes a while (I think I have over 80 varieties now) and it means that the...
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