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igor.glukhovtsev
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Thu Apr 05, 2012 8:45 am
Finally took a few shots of my exotic plants today...
Winter was horrible (mean T of January - minus 12C, February - minus 9. Abs. winter min. minus 29.)
Enjoy:
And my Mom working in GH. She transplants tomato seedling....
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:14 am
Hi Igor,
thanks for the update. Your Aucuba japonica looks great did you protect it? Your two Trachys look great too. It appears one is fortunei and the other is a waggie? I like your greenhouse too.........I need to get one! Did any plants die from the cold winter?
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:22 am
Thanks Tim! Yes, I did protect my Aucuba a little bit. I bent it down, put a thin layer of hay and some plastic above. I've made it overwintering this way about 20 years.
You are right there are fortuneu and waggi growing in my garden.
More pictures tomorrow (some Scotch and time for pics processing).
Good news - my Gunnera survived! But my Y.gloriosa variegata looks crappy. And as I said more pics tomorrow....
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DesertZone
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by DesertZone » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:00 am
Nice palms and nice green house. Did you cover your palms?
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by Godfryd » Thu Apr 05, 2012 10:49 am
The plants look very healthy Igor! Nice to see them in that condition. On the first pic is it a Arundo Donax Variegata? Did you protect that plant for the winter?
Keep exoting!
Godfryd
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lucky1
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by lucky1 » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:15 pm
Igor, so glad to see that those two palms are fine.
Better than fine!
If I recall, you covered them only with cardboard boxes?
Glad your aucuba did so well.
Your Mom looks hard at work, the dear lady.
Great greenhouse and some very nice plants in there!
Thanks...
Must've been good Scotch...photos are late
Barb
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sidpook
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by sidpook » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:30 pm
Great work! Enjoy the spring! You surely deserve it.
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by Okanagan desert-palms » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:02 pm
Igor your palms look great after this winter. I really like that greenhouse it has lots of room for more palms!
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igor.glukhovtsev
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:06 am
DesertZone wrote:Nice palms and nice green house. Did you cover your palms?
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Yes, i did:
No heat nor light inside. Spent about 160 $ for straw blocks and about 50 $ for rock wool. Quite expensive hobby!
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igor.glukhovtsev
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:13 am
Godfryd wrote: On the first pic is it a Arundo Donax Variegata? Did you protect that plant for the winter?
Thanks Godfryd. Yes, it is a variegated Arundo. I have both variegated forms of this species. I used a loose straw as a protection. Of course snow cover was an asset. Among with Arundo fatsia, hortensia and Fuchia magellanica have been overwintering successfully there.
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:18 am
lucky1 wrote: Your Mom looks hard at work, the dear lady.
Thanks Barb. My Mom is turning 80 this May. But she is hard working lady. Never stops during either day or night.
Whiskey was supposed to be drinking tonight but I couldn't find my favorite the Jura malt.
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Apr 06, 2012 8:27 am
Okanagan desert-palms wrote: I really like that greenhouse it has lots of room for more palms!
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John
Oh, no, John! This greenhouse is my Mom's tomato house. I "rent" it during an early spring time. In a couple of weeks I will be moving my stuff out of the GH.
Pics of some plants in GH:
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:13 am
your plants looks good Igor.........you have lots of Agaves and Yucca seedlings growing!
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:16 am
Tim those agave "seedlings" are off-springs of the Agave at the upper left corner. Some tender (I think) variety of A.parry. I mean most of them. Yes I have some unsorted Agave seedlings granted by my friend.
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Fri Apr 06, 2012 10:26 am
Sorry for not posting the pics promised yesterday. Since a quality is poor (I don't like my Canon Ixus pictures) I'm gonna try shooting with my DSL Nikon tomorrow.
My thought to be dead Gunnera is alive actually... I found a tiny leaf and a few growing buds of my experimental plant....
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by sidpook » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:33 pm
igor.glukhovtsev wrote:Sorry for not posting the pics promised yesterday. Since a quality is poor (I don't like my Canon Ixus pictures) I'm gonna try shooting with my DSL Nikon tomorrow.
My thought to be dead Gunnera is alive actually... I found a tiny leaf and a few growing buds of my experimental plant....
Great! Hope springs eternal!! Especially in spring!
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by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Mon Apr 09, 2012 5:49 pm
Great pics, Igor! I especially like the healthy-looking Aucuba.
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by hardyjim » Tue Apr 10, 2012 7:51 am
Great job Igor!
That is amazing that you overwinter with no heat!
All your stuff looks great -and-we are off to another great growing season.
Do you think your Arundo will keep growing from the top of the plant???
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by hardyjim » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:56 am
Yay!
Spring is busting out!
Are you saying you can root the Arundo donax????
That would be easier than digging it up to multiply
Awesome that your Gunnera made it,I have tried that a few times...with no luck.
Maybe I didn't start with a good one
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by lucky1 » Wed Apr 11, 2012 5:28 pm
Igor, oh thank goodness for those spring inspiration pics.
Thanks!
Hope the rest of your yuccas come back.
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by sidpook » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:32 pm
Love your last six pics especially Igor! Great macros...Happy Spring!
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by lucky1 » Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:52 pm
Igor,
thanks for those hints of spring...thank goodness winter's over for you!
Barb
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igor.glukhovtsev
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Wed May 09, 2012 9:14 am
hardyjim wrote: Awesome that your Gunnera made it,I have tried that a few times...with no luck.
It's growing but slowly.
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by igor.glukhovtsev » Wed May 09, 2012 9:33 am
Got a small pond and installed it.
This is how it looked last Monday:
Now it looks like this:
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by lucky1 » Wed May 09, 2012 11:19 am
I like it...and a few water plants will keep the goldfish happy.
There's something about a walled garden that appeals to me...probably the privacy and microclimate it creates.
Very nice.
Barb
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TimMAz6
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by TimMAz6 » Thu May 10, 2012 5:47 am
looks good Igor! This winter was the first year my goldfish survived!
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