Posted on 04/11/2014 12:34:19 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Thaks for the interesting link.
When you have some chilly weather it just slows down the germination, they’ll probable germinate later, if the birds etc haven’t eaten the seeds.
One row may have had just a bit warmer soil than the other.
That is just freaking insane. I've got as much testosterone induced stupidity as any 17 year old... but no way I'd ride that much HP in a jet ski. I know I can die horribly. And I don't want to. ;)
/johnny
Here’s a link that has a nice picture and description of the rose hip. I also has some links for using them. I usually use mine in tea. The ones I have are from rosa rugosa and the hips range from peas size to the size of olives. I just crush them a bit and toss them in the tea ball along with the herbal tea that I am steeping.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6909669_dry-rose-hips.html
/johnny
Eric, beautiful gardens.
Johnny thanks for helping post the pics. I love seeing what the gardens and produce look like. You know what they say, a picture is worth a thousand words.LOL
I have rose rugosa. The original plant died for lack of sun as our weeping cherry grew much bigger than we had thought possible, but the hips seem to have seeded other plants.
Thanks for the warning. See, that’s the thing about Missouri weather. I just can’t stand to plant outdoors, and then have the weather change to freezing.
I have decided that I am just going to plant everything according to the MU Extension schedule indoors until we a way past freezing. Then I’ll transplant to out doors - probably sometime in May.
Course, I have the garlic and potatoes out, but I can cover the garlic easily, and the potatoes have plenty of straw mulch, so should be ok as is. The perennial herbs might appreciate a little row cover too.
Thaks = Thanks
Folks, my brain is just a bit foggy, so I think I need to take a break. I’ll be back soon.
I planted ours kinda close an area where there is some drainage from the neighbor’s yard, and got hubby to cut down the brush around them.
During the year where we had a big drought, and just let the garden burn up because we didn’t have enough rainwater stored, they did just fine.
The japenese beetles love them, but we use those beetle traps and they work pretty well, so we get plenty. They also keep people from inadvertently stepping into a big puddle of mud, because they are thick and thorny.
The trees I planted were about six feet tall, even though the nursery tipped them and took off about a foot or more. I dug holes just larger than the five gallon pots and set them into the ground. A little water and fertilizer and they are growing like crazy.
Yes, ours attract japanese beetles. I usually save a container such as a large mayonnaise jar (because of the large mouth), fill it with water and some dishwashing liquid, and brush the beetles into it. No chemicals, and it works fairly well. It takes some time, but it’s nice to be out in the early afternoon, so I don’t mind.
Thanks, I’ll go to that link and read everything. My roses are David Austin roses except for the one on the brick wall. I went with David Austin roses are they are resistant to everything bad for a rose. See, I bought roses from Lowes and killed them all. So, we drove to Tyler, Texas, to get the David Austin roses and I didn’t kill them. It was the 2011, 105-107 temps every day for a month that killed the climbing ones on back wall.
I don’t remember the name of the one on the brick wall but it’s thorns are body destroying. I think I wrote about the bug man who was climbing our brick walls to check for termites which that company does every year. When he came over my brick wall on that side he cut his arms up on those thorns. I felt bad about that and he said never cut that climbing rose as a bad guy is stopping and leaving when he encounters those wicked thorns.
Now, I’ll read about rose hips. I’ll put one in hot Silver Needle white tea as that is what I drink. I can’t stand herbal tea and I’ve tried them. You are welcome to the boxes of herbal I have if I haven’t already thrown them away. If you know of an herbal that has some taste, let me know.
I did a little experiment this winter about germination viability of some seed varieties. Took a white napkin or paper towel and moistened it up and spread some seeds on it. Then added the towel to a zip lock plastic bag, put it on top of the warm water heater and checked it every few days.
If there were any sprouts I figured the batch of seeds were good — or not. Even transplanted a few of those napkin sprouts as well.
Thats what we're a-talkin about. Cry me a 'mater.
Yeh Randy seems like all the pepper seed varieties take their sweet butt time germinating and growing from seedlings.
I have some Cubanelle and Anaheim peppers from seed over 8 weeks old now and barely 2 inches high in the window sills.
Oh well they do what they’re programmed to do.
Then you can enjoy the squirrels in holy, blissful peace dear child... eheheheheheheh! Until then remember your mission Marcella--- to war against those furry tailed tree rat varmints who prey on your green 'preciousees'. Dont go all soft on us now.... ('
I have no idea of the price tag on the missile. Maybe that will keep it inside the adult crowd. 310 horses...Gad.
My big ass pontoon has a 225 Honda OB that is smooth as silk and very quiet.
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