Green thumb is itching, anyone else?

[rancher hicks]

Got 80 feet of raspberries moved yesterday and today, another 20 to go maybe I'll get that finished up on Friday.

I'm also thinking about trying to root some forsythia. I have about a 35 foot length of fence I think they would work well on.

I would be glad with 10 feet of raspberries of any variety. I've read they are easy but of course not for me. Good thing I'm not a quitter. Same goes for Gooseberries.

 

[Kassaundra]

I would be glad with 10 feet of raspberries of any variety. I've read they are easy but of course not for me. Good thing I'm not a quitter. Same goes for Gooseberries.

I had tried raspberries unsuccessfully for almost 15 years, then I got some from Stark Bros that said they were suited for southern gardeners and put them in a protected east facing location and they took off. I started w/ 4 or 6 plants about 8 years ago. I have given I don't know how many away over the years too. I have never tried gooseberries, but think we are to south for those.

 

[Kassaundra]

What is a sundew?

 

[TimBaumann]

A sundew is a carnivorous plant that has tiny stalks on their leaves with a small gland on top that produces a shiny, sticky liquid to attract insects! They are my favorite carnivorous plant because they are the only ones that survive

My venus fly trap always died! But sundews are much easier to grow!

 

[Going Bhonkers]

A sundew is a carnivorous plant that has tiny stalks on their leaves with a small gland on top that produces a shiny, sticky liquid to attract insects! They are my favorite carnivorous plant because they are the only ones that survive

My venus fly trap always died! But sundews are much easier to grow!

I KNOW!!!! Venus fly traps are so tricky!!!! I wish they wouldnt die on me

 

[yinepu]

I KNOW!!!! Venus fly traps are so tricky!!!! I wish they wouldnt die on me

They aren't that hard.. the "soil" they come in is usually wrong.. it needs to have a very low mineral content.. so washed peatmoss (washed with rain water or distilled water) mixed with sand is a good choice as well as just plain real sphagnum moss (needs to be washed several times to lower the mineral content).. Real sphagnum moss is also good for some orchids. Live sphagnum moss is the better choice if you can find it.. but most garden shops only sell the dried
Most of the time when they are purchased they are in those little "death cubes".. the tops should be removed and some sort of drainage holes need to be made into the cube.. or they should just be repotted in a plastic pot
They should only be watered with rain water or distilled.. again because of the mineral content.

At the end of the season they will go dormant.. at that time water should be withheld for the most part otherwise you can rot the crown.. once spring arrives start watering as usual.. and new greenery should sprout up from the crown
They also like bright full sunlight

I used to have a nice collection of carnivorous plants (most of the pics were taken right after coming out of dormancy or right after repotting)















I used to have a lot more.. these are just pics that i could find on this comp.. I think the rest of them might be on my husband's computer

 

[Bunnylady]

They aren't that hard.. the "soil" they come in is usually wrong.. it needs to have a very low mineral content.. so washed peatmoss (washed with rain water or distilled water) mixed with sand is a good choice as well as just plain real sphagnum moss (needs to be washed several times to lower the mineral content).. Real sphagnum moss is also good for some orchids. Live sphagnum moss is the better choice if you can find it.. but most garden shops only sell the dried
Most of the time when they are purchased they are in those little "death cubes".. the tops should be removed and some sort of drainage holes need to be made into the cube.. or they should just be repotted in a plastic pot
They should only be watered with rain water or distilled.. again because of the mineral content.

At the end of the season they will go dormant.. at that time water should be withheld for the most part otherwise you can rot the crown.. once spring arrives start watering as usual.. and new greenery should sprout up from the crown
They also like bright full sunlight

I used to have a nice collection of carnivorous plants (most of the pics were taken right after coming out of dormancy or right after repotting)















I used to have a lot more.. these are just pics that i could find on this comp.. I think the rest of them might be on my husband's computer

Looks like my back yard . . . . No kidding, most of those are native around here, including the sundews. Gives you an idea what gardening is like around here, huh?

 

[yinepu]

Looks like my back yard . . . . No kidding, most of those are native around here, including the sundews. Gives you an idea what gardening is like around here, huh?

You're lucky! We had a severe drought one year.. couldn't get any rain water so I was having to buy gallons and gallons of distilled water.. finally gave away the entire collection to someone who had a RO/DI water system

 

[JeffOeuf]

It was sunny and warm yesterday, so, yeah, my green thumb was itching powerfully. I cleaned out the coop and spread the cleanings over a couple of my raised beds. Couldn't help myself from grabbing a 4 tine rake and working it in deep. Stood in the middle and made grand plans for the coming season...but first, it is going to need fencing to keep the girls out. They ate more tomatoes from the garden than we did last year.

 

[Kassaundra]

It was beautiful here yesterday too, but I have the plague so I didn't get to take advantage.