BYC gardening thread!!

[dan26552]

Nice pics Dan. Keep them coming. I'm heading into the winter wonderland for the next 5 months.

Thanks. I plan too. Thats time we had a winter wonderland was 2 years ago and that only lasted 3 days (Was all ice)

 

[dan26552]

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Pretty!

 

[Penny Hen]

I have native black walnut , heartnut , bountiful butternut , Dunstan chestnut and Chinese chest nut . I have tried pecan but no survivors yet .

You can try a system of mulching with hot horse manure in the fall. Lay thick layer of leaves all around the pecan saplings. Pile up the fresh horse manure in a ring around it leaving a gap of about 8 inches from the base of the pecan. The hot manure can't touch the pecan or it can burn it up. Pile it at least a foot deep and then spread more leaves or straw over that. About every two weeks add some more manure and straw/leaves to keep the heat up as you go deeper into winter. I would also tent it in plastic to keep the ends of the twigs from frostbiting. That will capture some of the heat coming off of the manure and keep it warmer all over not just at the roots. Saw a man in Virginia manage to get his peach tree to produce using this system. For everyone else who didn't, they could get the tree to grow but it wouldn't bloom and set peaches.

 

[dan26552]

Pretty!

The only tree to put on fall colors was my crape myrtle

 

[dan26552]

I remember when I got it from one of my moms friend when it was only about 2ft tall, now its well over seven

 

[dan26552]

 

[dan26552]

Quote: Taken from http://www.dateland.com/how-are-dates-grown/

My uncle has date palms in flower right now and do you know what are all over those flowers? Bees, lots and lots of bees

 

[BantamFan4Life]

The only tree to put on fall colors was my crape myrtle

Wow, all our trees put on fall colors XD

 

[dan26552]

Wow, all our trees put on fall colors XD

Well its 66 out there right now so