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After 3 months and several thousand attempts, I finally got 4 little sprouts.
I don’t have a child young enough to pick slugs. I actually spent some time one morning doing it myself. It was dark and wet that morning, so...
I've got slugs everywhere and they're eating everything – even Digitalis and Datura. I've been dusting the plants with a carbaryl powder, but...
Well, I’ve actually had very much luck with peach trees from seed. I have several trees that were started from seeds (either from fallen fruit or...
Well, I’ve done them in several batches. The ones I soaked (without nicking), I planted about a week ago. The ones I planted straight from the...
I have some 1-year-old Ya Li (or Yali) pear tree saplings that I started from seeds obtained from store-bought pears. I was wondering if these...
That’s what I was thinking. Either that, or they need a lot of work to get going. Nevertheless, I’ve got some nicked and soaking. I hope...
Like I said in my previous post, the plant only gets a light sprinkling of a nitrogen-rich fertilizer in the spring. That can hardly attribute...
Interesting idea, but I don’t think that is the case. In terms of soil, the spot it’s in has little and of somewhat poor quality. As for...
I did not know about keeping the vine inside for a year. I was just going to plant the seeds in a pot outdoors, and bring the plants (assuming...
I’ve read that the woody / "corky" seed coat of Brugmansia seeds should be removed to facilitate germination and keep it from harming the young...
Do you use the end of the cutting edge to make a cut in the seed coat, or do you clip off a whole piece of the seed? Where on the seed do you...
Lorax, I’m new to this seed scarification thing . . . How do you nick them?
I’ve been collecting seeds from cactus pears (O. ficus-indica?) that I’ve bought at the grocery store to eat. I have done everything to get...
Those arent ladybugs. They are definitely some kind of soft scale.
What about a wild grapevine? I have one that doesnt bear fruit. I use it for shade and as a space-filler mostly. The leaves fall off in the...
I’m getting some passion flower seeds: I think P. edulis (purple fruit) and P. quadrangularis. I’ve read that they can be pretty hard to...
I have a Sago Palm (Cycad) that’s about 10 years old, or so. Being in the Midwest, it’s kept in a pot, brought out in the summer, and brought...
Thanks.
I was eating some longan fruit that I had purchased at an Asian market, and I noticed that most of the seeds had already started to open (and even...
