Experimenting (and starting small)
After another day of solid downpours maybe just drowning.
Chris
Chris
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S l o w l y losing the snow blanket now and some have been uncovered after just under 2 1/2 months. The March sun (when out) has been doing its thing. I think it will all be open by this weekend and I'll be able to tell any obvious losses. If the extended forcast holds out there should be a drying trend for a while which shouldn't be a bad thing.
A little expansion
I put a addition on my outdoor garden this past weekend. I lined the bottom with grapefruit sized (sized not shape) trap rock I had available, then filled/covered most of the gaps with smaller stones and some mortar 'patties' I had from having chimney work done this past fall (flat pieces of mortar from between bricks). Used soil from my old vegatble garden (sandy loam) will additional coarse sand and a couple bags of rock. I think it should have pretty good drainage and has already gotten rained on pretty well (with more forcast this week) to settle it down. If I do manage to get down to the Connecticut CSS show and sale this weekend I'll most likey end up coming home with a couple plants plus the nuseries are starting to open around here and some have locally grown hardys (although I have no way of knowing if they are grown exposed to our weather) and may pick up a plant or two there.
Early riser
While everything else is still in winter mode, this one pad (just to right of center) appears to one to awaken early. I just noticed it sunday stucking up instead of flat to ground.
First time over winter? Ok well you're going to feel a whole lot better in a month or so.
Even when you know better it is so hard to see them in the first of spring. You can't help but think to yourself "oh man that looks bad!"
But come june when flowers and new pads are going crazy, you just can't believe it!
Even when you know better it is so hard to see them in the first of spring. You can't help but think to yourself "oh man that looks bad!"
But come june when flowers and new pads are going crazy, you just can't believe it!
All Cacti are succulents, but not all succulents are Cacti
Managed to get the new section planted 4/10.
I'd obtained a:
C. missouriensis (still flattened when I got it, fat now)
O.Smithwick(2 of them) now fattening up
E. triglochidiatus
O imbricata
All from John Spains cold hardy table at show.
Also from coldhardycactus I'm trying:
O. polyacantha ‘Taylor’s Red’
O. rhodantha ‘Drama Queen’
O. polyacantha ‘Nebraska Orange’
O. hybrid 'Red Gem'
Also managed to pickup localy:
o.ellisiana
Hopefully some (at least) of these will grow and make it through next winter . I'll try to get a pic or 2 in time.
Also for the plants that have gone through a winter here and are slowly awakening, I am guessing (as its been pretty slow to warm up this spring) they may react more to length of day then warmth.
I'd obtained a:
C. missouriensis (still flattened when I got it, fat now)
O.Smithwick(2 of them) now fattening up
E. triglochidiatus
O imbricata
All from John Spains cold hardy table at show.
Also from coldhardycactus I'm trying:
O. polyacantha ‘Taylor’s Red’
O. rhodantha ‘Drama Queen’
O. polyacantha ‘Nebraska Orange’
O. hybrid 'Red Gem'
Also managed to pickup localy:
o.ellisiana
Hopefully some (at least) of these will grow and make it through next winter . I'll try to get a pic or 2 in time.
Also for the plants that have gone through a winter here and are slowly awakening, I am guessing (as its been pretty slow to warm up this spring) they may react more to length of day then warmth.
Nice line up. My "Red Gem" rotted over the winterRayC wrote:Managed to get the new section planted 4/10.
I'd obtained a:
C. missouriensis (still flattened when I got it, fat now)
O.Smithwick(2 of them) now fattening up
E. triglochidiatus
O imbricata
All from John Spains cold hardy table at show.
Also from coldhardycactus I'm trying:
O. polyacantha ‘Taylor’s Red’
O. rhodantha ‘Drama Queen’
O. polyacantha ‘Nebraska Orange’
O. hybrid 'Red Gem'
Also managed to pickup localy:
o.ellisiana