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[Chicken Rustler]

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Just set eggs are like a watched pot!!!!

 

[Ogress]

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Thanks for the message - I just noticed it

 

[Eagle2026]

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I'm rootin' fo ya,

Mike

 

[hallerlake]

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Usually in April.

 

[KazAnder Farms]

Eagle2026! I love those! Is that a room in your house? Or is that in the chick, judging by the size of it, mansion? Ours are currently residing in the bathroom. Soon shift one will be relocating to the outside house once they fluff up enough. Shift two is itty bity

It occured to me some of my packing peanuts are pretty interesting. I.e. I have no idea what they could be. But they look fun!

 

[Ogress]

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We usually have a few nights each year that drop into the teens, but it seems that each of the past 3 winters we have had about a week where the temperature reamined in the single digits, maybe getting into the teens in the day time. Usually we run about 10-15 degrees cooler than Seattle in the winter and 10-15 degrees warmer in the summer. My elevation is 1000 feet. The town of North Bend is at 470. That 500 feet makes a huge difference. Many mornings we wake to 6" of snow, but drive 200 feet down the hill and the snow turns to rain.

My candy-tuft grows fine, but not fine enough to split. My thyme has taken over the pavers - I'm going to rip much of it out as it is a tripping hazard. The wild strawberries are going crazy as well, but I just burn the runners that go across the pavers late in the spring, the srawberry plants that have taken root between the pavers are usually strong enough by then to grow. Funny, I can't get them to grow in the flower beds, only between the pavers. They must like the warmth.

One of my friends did our hardscaping, and I did the plantings. Dan put in some waterfalls and ponds that run on rainwater only ... we get a bunch of rain here, and the waterfalls can be roaring in a storm. I planted several varieties of hosta and some Ostrich ferns around them (and the sword ferns volunteer). I can dig some of those up and bring them if I can find them under the dirt.

 

[Imp]

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Very pretty.
I googled propagating butterfly bushes, and it appears that most people just stick them in the ground and they grow. ♫ Isn't it ironic? Don't ya think? ♫
Well if all else fails they are cheap to buy.

Russ

I am in Plant Propagation class right now at WSU. you all got me curious and i opened up my plant prop textbook. FYW Hartmann and Kester's Plant Propagation: principles and practices. 8th. is the best textbook i have bought so far. it has soooo many different ways to sexually and even more to asexually propagate plants. its better than any book you will find in your bookstore.

on that note if your butterfly bush is also known as Buddleia spp. then seeds are easy to start in greenhouse in spring, no pretreatment, but not genetically true by seed.
"Generally propagated by softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings taken in the summer, they are then treated with 8,000ppm IBA rooting hormone and rooted under mist. it is also micropropagated.

there you go. they are not the easiest to root according to the book. your hormones might not be strong enough or the right type or you are using the wrong cutting of wood.

It was kind of funny how others do almost nothing and get good results.
Some people pin the living branch down and wait for roots.
Some people put in water and ignore, some use pro? or moss
Some people used rooting hormone some not
Some use soft new cuttings, other insist on pencil sized hard branch segments
Some people mist, water or not water
Some people say up to 100 days for roots, others grow small trees in 3 months
Some people say collect cutting in summer, some say spring or anytime

Sounds like everyone but myself and broodytood can do this

I think it seems unlikely that I'll have great results with winter wood, after cutting and letting them lay on the ground for a few weeks, but who knows, nothing ventured nothing gained. When I was picking up the branches and filling the yard waste bin the new growth was still looking strong. They lost all green in the Thanksgiving week storm/freeze. I'll retrim and try.
Do you think using miracle grow would be beneficial? I have lots. In the water or on the foliage?
I'm leaning towards half in water, half in damp moss with rooting hormone.

Russ

There were still lots of seeds in the flower heads when I cut them. If I can find more I'll save for spring. And yes it is the Buddelia Davidiia.

 

[Rainwolf]

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[Rainwolf]

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Where do you think I got my quail eggs?!
Hahahaha

 

[Ogress]

My doggies were just barking their heads off, so I put on a headlamp and went out to the coop, nothing amiss there. Then I went to the Omlet Cube and the thing is surrounded by fresh tracks - not sure from what. It is in the forested part of my yard where the snow is not so deep,about 2 - 8 inches. I think too deep for raccoon ,as the body would have dragged through the deeper stuff. about half the print look like they are from legs that go staight down in the snow, and in the deeper areas, they are mixes with long prints, maybe 6" that go down in the snow at an angle. Bobcat? Glad the chickens are in their new home. Scaredy dogs stayed inside and would not explore with me, so I blocked off the doggie door and put them in their kennels with towels over them so they can't see out.

It's coooold outside!