What did you do in the garden today?

[Molpet]

This is true for most states anymore

 

[TJAnonymous]

It's COLD today. Totally sucks. It was about 40 degrees this morning but with a constant, frigid wind clocking between 20-30 mph. It eventually warmed up to the low 60s but still feels chilly because of the wind. Glad I moved the hibiscus into the garden shed for some protection. I left the plumeria out but it still appears dormant so hopefully it will be fine. I read online they can tolerate upper 30s so I'm hoping that's right!

Didn't do much else today because of the chill other than unpack my Jung order and move that stuff into the sunroom for the time being.

I did find a pleasant little surprise yesterday... I had some lovely red tea roses that died due to some disease either last year or the fall previous. However it appears an entire new stalk is coming up from the root ball! I'll be sure to stay on top of spraying it this year. That's 3 flowers (2 peony and 1 rose) that came back from the dead this year...

On a down side, my 2nd plum tree hardly put out any flowers so unless plums cross-pollinate with peaches, I don't think I'm going to get any plums this year... I really badly want to get a Bubblegum (Toka) plum but we'll see what happens in the coming months. Maybe the 2nd tree just needs another year to produce. It did get 3-4 flowers on it... Just not during the same window that the other one was in full bloom.

 

[Sally PB]

We went from 60 to 30, from yesterday to today. I'm hoping we don't get many more 60s (Tuesday is likely). Everything needs to stay dormant for at least a month!

 

[karenerwin]

The death count in Missouri so far is 12 or 13 from the tornadoes on Friday.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I've been doing some research online about pollinating my plum trees. Because I grew them from store bought fruit, I don't know if they are European plums or Japanese plums... This matters because European and Japanese plums will not cross-pollinate.

On the positive side, a Toka Plum (Bubblegum plum) will cross-pollinate with both, I believe. So if I needed any more justification....

 

[akroberts1085]

I'm trying to start apple, olive, lemon and peach trees from store bought fruit but I don't know if I will have any luck but I'm going to try.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I'm trying to start apple, olive, lemon and peach trees from store bought fruit but I don't know if I will have any luck but I'm going to try.

I've got 2 apple tree seedlings going on Year 2 that were started from store bought fruit.

Both plum trees also started from store bought fruit. I also started several (3-4) pomegranate seedlings from store bought fruit although none made it past year 1.

My current peach trees, lemon tree, and 3 baby pomegranates were all purchased.

I hadn't thought about trying olives. I tried avocado several times with no success...

 

[Justagalwithchicks]

Is there anything special to growing onions from seed? Yes, I know the seeds lose viability quickly.

One pot is purchased seed, and is two years old. The other is my own seed, saved from my onions. Neither have sprouted. The peppers are up, but not the onions. Bottom heat, 16 hours under the grow light.

I'm thinking I'll give up on them and plant some tomato seeds in those pots instead.

And then they'll sprout, right?

They don't need heat to germinate but onions really are bad about germinating if the seeds are over a year old. Plant your sets and if these sprout, plant them and have onions later in the season. They will keep growing until the daylight hours start to shorten then they will stop. They will be great either way.

 

[TJAnonymous]

They don't need heat to germinate but onions really are bad about germinating if the seeds are over a year old. Plant your sets and if these sprout, plant them and have onions later in the season. They will keep growing until the daylight hours start to shorten then they will stop. They will be great either way.

I've had better success growing onions from store produce (both green onions and bulbs) than from seed. My seeds either refuse to sprout or die off within weeks.

 

[akroberts1085]

I've got 2 apple tree seedlings going on Year 2 that were started from store bought fruit.

Both plum trees also started from store bought fruit. I also started several (3-4) pomegranate seedlings from store bought fruit although none made it past year 1.

My current peach trees, lemon tree, and 3 baby pomegranates were all purchased.

I hadn't thought about trying olives. I tried avocado several times with no success...

I read that growing avocado trees from seeds doesn't work. They say that you will probably be in the ground before they put out fruit if they even do.