Dennise - No Longer The Newest Of Newbies - Not Growing In MG - Perpetual

Garden will my local yocal garden place have those? They are pretty and would do great down the fence and through the roses. Can I basically use it as ground cover? I think the rose corner will be perfect for the fluxer but now I have to do a major rehaul of it. What can I plant down the rest of the fence line that will run up the fence and eventually cover it and run up the arbor? I had my fella chop a huge log down the center last year and it is good and cured now so it can be sanded and legs put under it and sat under the arbor and it will hold the flux pot and kinda hide it without covering the sun and then plant the white thingys around that too and ohhh :goof: it would be so pretty and functional.......:circle-of-love:
 
I saw Hoola Hoops in Walmart and immediately thought, those would make a great scrog for my 30 gallon containers. They are over 30 inches in diameter. Huge 15 foot tall trees are sold in these containers. I've been hauling them around for decades! Between collecting rocks, driftwood and tumbleweed, and now huge containers, Mark will off me one of these days.

Last time we went up to NY we went out to Orient Point, near where my mother lives on Long Island. I gathered millions of black flat rocks, the ones they charge a ton for at pet stores where fish are sold. I had almost half a suitcase and we were not traveling in a car. We took trains everywhere in NY, including from the airport into the city. Poor Mark had to haul those rocks through Penn Station three times, then we flew from there to New Orleans, our favorite city before the hurricane. We were actually went to NOLA to buy a house and move there! Good thing we didn't because the house we were going to buy in Slidell is no longer there! I'll post a photo of the house...brb
 
gardenfaerie said:
I saw Hoola Hoops in Walmart and immediately thought, those would make a great scrog for my 30 gallon containers. They are over 30 inches in diameter. Huge 15 foot tall trees are sold in these containers. I've been hauling them around for decades! Between collecting rocks, driftwood and tumbleweed, and now huge containers, Mark will off me one of these days.

Last time we went up to NY we went out to Orient Point, near where my mother lives on Long Island. I gathered millions of black flat rocks, the ones they charge a ton for at pet stores where fish are sold. I had almost half a suitcase and we were not traveling in a car. We took trains everywhere in NY, including from the airport into the city. Poor Mark had to haul those rocks through Penn Station three times, then we flew from there to New Orleans, our favorite city before the hurricane. We were actually went to NOLA to buy a house and move there! Good thing we didn't because the house we were going to buy in Slidell is no longer there!
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If we moved when we wanted to, that would be that.
 
gardenfaerie said:
HHhahahaha, I just tried to reply, but the stupit thing wouldn't let me.

I said, Oooo, a baby flux! Beautiful.

And Dee, echinacea IS a perennial! Perennials come back every year, annuals live one season, make seeds and finish.
I love lots of ornamental grasses too. I like the way they look in the wind and when everything dies in summer heat they flourish.
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Are you talking about the lavender when you say ornamental grass? I didn't know it was a grass to be honest with ya but it does spread really well and comes back. That spot used to be covered with it and my niece and her kids stayed here for like a frigging year and the kids would go stan on the porch and pee on my lavender. Guess lavender doesn't like acidic soil to much cause it all died.... Any who was just wondering what I planted that was grass....:circle-of-love:
 
Oh, sorry! No, I was just saying for my garden, I like ornamental grasses. You definitely have lavender there and it isn't a grass. Lavender likes it hot and dry, dry soil too. I mean dry. I always kill it with watering. Always. My neighbor never waters his and it is 3 feet tall hedge.
 
Oh cool.... I live on top of a shale rock but it is great for drainage and it was all farm land that hasn't been used in years for crops so I know the soil is very fertile. Fella is going to take me down in the field while he is home and see if we can find a safe place for a girl or 2. I had only tried to grow once before all this and I had almost killed the little thing so my fella went and planted her up at the back fence and I forgot about it and when she was stolen she was probably 6' tall and 6' around with nothing but the soil. I just think it is such a waste not to find a way to use it........:circle-of-love:
 
gardenfaerie said:
Do you want a vine to cover the fence or plants to grow near it?
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Both would be great. I certainly want a vine type something that can twine through the fence and over and down the arbor but I would use the white things if they will work for ground cover or mingle in with the grass sorta......:circle-of-love:
 
well I chopped my first plant down. and hung it up to dry. im sure I want get a lot but something is better than nothing.

I figured since I don't know about super cropping. I want get but few oz.s
 
Dennise said:
Both would be great. I certainly want a vine type something that can twine through the fence and over and down the arbor but I would use the white things if they will work for ground cover or mingle in with the grass sorta......:circle-of-love:
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Check out the varigated Kiwi vine. I think it's a pretty vigorous grower and it has gorgeous creamy white/pink/green leaves. You'd get a kick out of it.

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Im annoyed at myself as only have a phone I must have unsubbed without knowing! !!! :( sorry for not being here but am subbed again! Ill read back tomoz and then say hellooo again :):circle-of-love:
 
I know this is going to sound like BS, but I have to see a place and get the energy of it in order to know what to plant. However, I did a search to see if I could find you a website with native plants to your area and I found a great site! You punch in on the drop down menu exactly what you'd like, color, bloom time, size, type (vine, tree, shrub etc.) and it brings up the plants native to where you live.

I always recommend native plants because they need nothing once they are established. Now and again there may be some species which need more water or added fertilizer, but not likely once they are established. Your soil sounds really good. My soil is very good also. It is an old homestead for a huge farm and ranch. When they dug the pool the soil was beautiful 4 feet down, then the white caliche was there! But that is definitely deep enough for any plant on earth.

That said, one vine which is native and will attract hummingbirds is Crossvine. I also like Trumpet Vine. It's always good to mix things in like shrubs, herbs, vines, trees on a fence line. You can add every year using seeds. Plants can get expensive, but a tip is that you should always buy the smallest version. So if you see a perennial like Lavender (for example), it is best to buy it with no flower and in a 4" pot. By the time a larger plant gets settled, the smaller one has already established and will soon be the same size as the more expensive plant. Even when buying annual flowers you should always choose tight, compact plants, stiff stems not flopping over and no flowers. If there are flowers on the annuals, trust me and cut them off before planting them. In faster time it will settle and have the next amazing flush of flowers. Perennials should be dead headed after blooms are finished and you may squeak out a second smaller flush if you also give a shot of fertilizer to your perennials after they bloom and you remove the dead blossom.

Here is the link: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin

So, so much. I swear eventually I will have written a book. If I pull all the articles and essays I've had published together I could probably have a respectable manual for gardening.

LA can write the book on how to grow cannabis and I can have a section on how to keep the rest of the place looking pretty!

:)
 
High Dennise :circle-of-love:
 
GF :) OK your on, I best get writing lol :)
Dennise release your flux :) No training needed yet as you haven't got the growth forming yet. Your one pic showed your wire almost on top of where the new growth is gonna end upcoming from. So release and sit back for a while :)
Just post any flux pics questions that need quick response on my flux thread then ill get back quickly! :)

Ill post a couple of pics up in a min on my flux thread showing what your waiting for etc :)
Sorry again I went awol :)
 
Grayhawk said:
well I chopped my first plant down. and hung it up to dry. im sure I want get a lot but something is better than nothing.

I figured since I don't know about super cropping. I want get but few oz.s
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Jeezzzz I'm thrilled if I get a couple of zips.... Congrats on your harvest....:circle-of-love:
Graytail said:
Check out the varigated Kiwi vine. I think it's a pretty vigorous grower and it has gorgeous creamy white/pink/green leaves. You'd get a kick out of it.

:thumb:

kiwi-artic-beauty.jpg
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Sold.....:circle-of-love:
Light Addict said:
Im annoyed at myself as only have a phone I must have unsubbed without knowing! !!! :( sorry for not being here but am subbed again! Ill read back tomoz and then say hellooo again :):circle-of-love:
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I knew I wasn't feeling the love but now I know why.... You have been missed.....:circle-of-love:
gardenfaerie said:
I know this is going to sound like BS, but I have to see a place and get the energy of it in order to know what to plant. However, I did a search to see if I could find you a website with native plants to your area and I found a great site! You punch in on the drop down menu exactly what you'd like, color, bloom time, size, type (vine, tree, shrub etc.) and it brings up the plants native to where you live.

I always recommend native plants because they need nothing once they are established. Now and again there may be some species which need more water or added fertilizer, but not likely once they are established. Your soil sounds really good. My soil is very good also. It is an old homestead for a huge farm and ranch. When they dug the pool the soil was beautiful 4 feet down, then the white caliche was there! But that is definitely deep enough for any plant on earth.

That said, one vine which is native and will attract hummingbirds is Crossvine. I also like Trumpet Vine. It's always good to mix things in like shrubs, herbs, vines, trees on a fence line. You can add every year using seeds. Plants can get expensive, but a tip is that you should always buy the smallest version. So if you see a perennial like Lavender (for example), it is best to buy it with no flower and in a 4" pot. By the time a larger plant gets settled, the smaller one has already established and will soon be the same size as the more expensive plant. Even when buying annual flowers you should always choose tight, compact plants, stiff stems not flopping over and no flowers. If there are flowers on the annuals, trust me and cut them off before planting them. In faster time it will settle and have the next amazing flush of flowers. Perennials should be dead headed after blooms are finished and you may squeak out a second smaller flush if you also give a shot of fertilizer to your perennials after they bloom and you remove the dead blossom.

Here is the link: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin

So, so much. I swear eventually I will have written a book. If I pull all the articles and essays I've had published together I could probably have a respectable manual for gardening.

LA can write the book on how to grow cannabis and I can have a section on how to keep the rest of the place looking pretty!

:)
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:thanks: Most of the lavender I grew in the house over the winter from seed and the annuals the lady at the nursery gave me cause they were sickly and I tended to them in the house before I put them out except for the marigolds and I bought them 4 for $1.50 to help ward off the caterpillars without having to poison them but pretty much anything else that goes out there now will have to be bought cause I'm out of stuff to plant from in the house. I will check out the site and make sure what I want is good for here.....:circle-of-love:
Cronichemphog said:
High Dennise :circle-of-love:
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:passitleft: High Cronic
Light Addict said:
GF :) OK your on, I best get writing lol :)
Dennise release your flux :) No training needed yet as you haven't got the growth forming yet. Your one pic showed your wire almost on top of where the new growth is gonna end upcoming from. So release and sit back for a while :)
Just post any flux pics questions that need quick response on my flux thread then ill get back quickly! :)

Ill post a couple of pics up in a min on my flux thread showing what your waiting for etc :)
Sorry again I went awol :)
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It was the only way I could get your attention Light....:circle-of-love:
 
:circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love:
Hope your feeling the love again :) I posted some
pics etc as said for you on my fluxing thread! :)
:circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love::circle-of-love:
 
Good Evening to you Dennise
hope your day was a Good one :circle-of-love:
 
I can't believe I was that far behind! Congratulations on your awesome harvest! Your flux girl looks great too!
That's great news about you feeling better too! :Love::circle-of-love::cheertwo::bravo:
 
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