What did you do in the garden today?
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Well, dang. I won't be spending money on those again!
They ARE very personable!
Volunteer hollyhock in odd places. Pic 2 actually bloomed last year. It was a short stalk about 3 feet. A feeble effort. I was down to just pink. I used to have many colors. Trying to add more colors except white. Yellow and pink are prone to fade to white over several generations.
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Pics of hollyhock seeds sprouting. 1 tub yellow and one pink. I prefer single flowered as double flowered produce poor seeds. Due to pollination problem of extra petals.
Beautiful out there, despite 25 degrees this am. Uncovered the peach tree today & will have to cover it again tomorrow.
Got another load of wood chips.
I have a couple buds on my strawberries. They snuck up on me!
Speaking of all this cold, I found a good reference for cold temps & buds at: https://site.extension.uga.edu/gardener/2022/03/critical-temperatures-for-flowers-and-fruit/#:~:text=For peaches a dormant bud,can only handle 25 degrees.
'For peaches a dormant bud can handle extremely cold temperatures. The swollen buds that we are seeing in most of our area can handle 18-21 degrees before buds are killed. As we begin to see a little pink from the flower the flower is more sensitive and can only handle 25 degrees. At full bloom and post bloom that critical temperature is 28 degrees. Those are the temperatures that we can expect to see 10% bud kill. The temperatures that would cause 90% bud kill are much lower, and the duration of the cold event also plays an important role in bud mortality. These same numbers can be used for plums.
For Strawberries the numbers are similar. Buds that have not yet emerged are hardy down into the low teens. As buds emerge they become more sensitive. Emerged buds can handle around 25 degrees and open flowers can handle 28 if the air is dry.
Blueberries can handle low 20’s as flowers begin to swell, and 26 degrees as the flowers are about to open. After flowers are open temperatures below 28 degrees, even for a few minutes can cause damage.
Pears have also begun to swell, but if the weather forecast is correct they should be ok. Dormant buds can handle 15 degrees. 20 degrees can injure buds as they begin to swell. And once you start seeing white flower parts 26 degrees can cause at least 10% mortality.'
Got another load of wood chips.
I have a couple buds on my strawberries. They snuck up on me!
Speaking of all this cold, I found a good reference for cold temps & buds at: https://site.extension.uga.edu/gardener/2022/03/critical-temperatures-for-flowers-and-fruit/#:~:text=For peaches a dormant bud,can only handle 25 degrees.
'For peaches a dormant bud can handle extremely cold temperatures. The swollen buds that we are seeing in most of our area can handle 18-21 degrees before buds are killed. As we begin to see a little pink from the flower the flower is more sensitive and can only handle 25 degrees. At full bloom and post bloom that critical temperature is 28 degrees. Those are the temperatures that we can expect to see 10% bud kill. The temperatures that would cause 90% bud kill are much lower, and the duration of the cold event also plays an important role in bud mortality. These same numbers can be used for plums.
For Strawberries the numbers are similar. Buds that have not yet emerged are hardy down into the low teens. As buds emerge they become more sensitive. Emerged buds can handle around 25 degrees and open flowers can handle 28 if the air is dry.
Blueberries can handle low 20’s as flowers begin to swell, and 26 degrees as the flowers are about to open. After flowers are open temperatures below 28 degrees, even for a few minutes can cause damage.
Pears have also begun to swell, but if the weather forecast is correct they should be ok. Dormant buds can handle 15 degrees. 20 degrees can injure buds as they begin to swell. And once you start seeing white flower parts 26 degrees can cause at least 10% mortality.'
I'll look to see if any of the flower/seed heads make anything like what you show. I wouldn't have spent the $ if I'd known they were biennial.
I. Am. Pooped. And barely halfway done with my spring cleaning of the coops. I've been working at it for 6 hours now. Blown out my numbers for today and I'm not even done yet... Got all the old sand & poop out. Put artificial turf in the nest boxes. Hope that's easier to clean! Got new sand in all the poop boards and part of the floor. I have to move about 3/4 cubic yard still...
And I've got about a third of the duck coop cleaned out. Uncovered at least a dozen mice between the 2 coops! Haven't even TOUCHED the bachelor coop yet.
And I've got about a third of the duck coop cleaned out. Uncovered at least a dozen mice between the 2 coops! Haven't even TOUCHED the bachelor coop yet.
Hey morning had to buy new tomato and tomatilla damn neighbor other side of the road sprayed his trees killed all of mine.
He is a hole with a toad.
I use spent coffee grounds in my coops.
He is a hole with a toad.
I use spent coffee grounds in my coops.
Oh yeah... Moved all 9 of my pineapple plants back outside for the summer. I think I'm going to keep them in the hoop house to keep the grasshoppers from chewing on them.
Still need to move the lemon tree outside but need DH to help me with it because it's too heavy to lift on my own. I'm putting insect netting over it too. The grasshoppers were just BRUTAL last year... Like locusts.
Oh, and the rest of my summer bulbs are here! Gotta plant those tonight too ahead of the rain.
And, of course, DH just told me he has a body to embalm before he comes home from work so he won't be home until late. Darn it!
Still need to move the lemon tree outside but need DH to help me with it because it's too heavy to lift on my own. I'm putting insect netting over it too. The grasshoppers were just BRUTAL last year... Like locusts.
Oh, and the rest of my summer bulbs are here! Gotta plant those tonight too ahead of the rain.
And, of course, DH just told me he has a body to embalm before he comes home from work so he won't be home until late. Darn it!
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