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bgodwin1987

Nice I love it.

bgodwin1987

Yeah, I organized most of my plants but I still have a few I dunno what im going to do with, I think im a plant hoarder, lol. I try to get rid of some but it seems more just come to replace them. It's supposed to get down to 34 F tonight here.

bgodwin1987

I got most of my plants inside except for the Colocasias and Alocasias but I am just going to dig those up and store those dormant also have a red Abyssinian banana I need to dig up and bring in, and my trachy, sabal minor, and needle palm seedlings. Prob. will do that on monday cause im off. I abou...

bgodwin1987

Yeah it rained again last night but I put windows over them being propped up my wooden posts anchored in the sand and draped some 4 mil window plastic over it to keep water from running underneath the edges. I left the sides halfway open so that it could ventilate.

bgodwin1987

What about glass? I have a few old window panes, or will they burn up under glass?

bgodwin1987

Thanks Barb when the rain lets up some and they dry out a little ill cover them up then, its suppose to get into the 80's tomorrow so maybe they will dry out some, don't want to cover them with plastic if they are wet.

bgodwin1987

I have some Agave Harvardia and Agave Parryi in a raised bed made up of pea gravel and sand. I was wondering when is the best time to start protecting them because its been in the 40's at night and its been raining a lot. Also do you think I should protect my Yucca Rostratas over the winter like do ...

bgodwin1987

I had a Chinese Fan palm I left outside over the winter in a pot and it to my surprise started to grow again come spring after withstanding 13 F potted. So they are pretty cold hardy. I was going to plant it in the ground but I never did. I am gonna try to take it in this winter though and plant it ...

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bgodwin1987

Nice little mag seedling

It's looking healthy. I hope I get at least a few to germinate.

bgodwin1987

Yeah I have read that Magnolia's have low germination rates, and they say to soak them in water about 4 days to get rid of the fleshy red pulp, the pulp has a germination inhibitor in it apparently, probably to keep them from germinating until the spring. I am soaking mine now, then ill clean them t...

bgodwin1987

Thanks Barb

bgodwin1987

Anyone had any luck growing Magnolia graniflora from seed? I collected probably about 30 seeds the other day from the Southern Illinois University campus. I was bored in between classes, lol. I just have no idea how to germinate them. Anyone have any advice?

bgodwin1987

Yeah they are pretty heavy, it fell on the Trachy but it will recover, the castor is just blocking a lot of its light and scuffed up the leaves a little. Thats all.

bgodwin1987

I took some more pics of my garden yesterday, I hope you enjoy them. http://s13.postimage.org/uqgp35zj7/IMG_2642.jpg http://s13.postimage.org/6b8h240mb/IMG_2643.jpg http://s13.postimage.org/ryxfck10j/IMG_2644.jpg http://s13.postimage.org/49cl1ls0z/IMG_2645.jpg http://s13.postimage.org/csvyzd0df/IMG_...

bgodwin1987

Took some pics of my Castor Beans today, they look pretty tragic, tried staking them up but there to heavy so im just waiting for the seed to ripen so ill have some for next year then ill hack em down I guess. They fell on top of one of my Trachy's I planted this year :(. http://s8.postimage.org/bvb...

bgodwin1987

Took some pics of my Castor Beans today, they look pretty tragic, tried staking them up but there to heavy so im just waiting for the seed to ripen so ill have some for next year then ill hack em down I guess. They fell on top of one of my Trachy's I planted this year :(. http://s8.postimage.org/bvb...

bgodwin1987

Cameron do you keep your seedlings outside during the winter? Just wondering I have never tried overwintering seedlings outdoors I was afraid they wouldn't make it.

bgodwin1987

Thanks Barb and Cameron, so far it appears that the needle palms have to be the slowest growers and they take forever to germinate, like it took them 7 months I planted the seeds in Feb and they germinated in August. The Sabal minors were super fast to germinate took only 3 weeks and the Trachycarpu...

bgodwin1987

My Grandma said they keep spiders away not sure if thats true, me and my cousins used to kick them around and throw them at each other. There is a large Osage Orange tree at my school, they have neat looking bark too.

bgodwin1987

Wow Jim I love your garden as always, its starting to look like your garden is in California, instead of Iowa. I love those big agaves and palms, your garden is really exotic looking.

bgodwin1987

I took pics of my "herd" of palm seedlings today. I have Sabal minor, needle, and Trachycarpus Fortunei seedlings. http://s18.postimage.org/snmjbazlh/IMG_2661.jpg http://s18.postimage.org/dbbz8rf79/IMG_2662.jpg http://s18.postimage.org/3s2afarp1/IMG_2663.jpg http://s18.postimage.org/6nfdm5...

bgodwin1987

What kinds of plastics are best to use to cover agaves in the winter to protect them from moisture? I am trying to get things together to prepare for the winter.

bgodwin1987

Nice Yuccas

bgodwin1987

lol yeah mine blew over Maybe I can stake them up I really need some seed to ripen so I can save them for next year. Its super humid here and the bugs are bad I was outside earlier and i kept getting bit by mosquitos. At least I wont have to water anything.

bgodwin1987

My Castor Beans fell over in the storm the ground is really saturated. Its like a sponge.

bgodwin1987

We got pounded today with rain and wind we had a tornado watch and flash flood warnings, remnants of Hurricane Isaac.

bgodwin1987

Yeah iv noticed the change of plants as well. I think I could probably there are people in St. Louis that grow needle palms without protection and thats farther north than where I live. I planted 2 large needle palms this year and I have several seedlings.

bgodwin1987

I took pics of the Colocasia flowers today

bgodwin1987

Southern Mags are pretty common down here. There are many large old specimens of the species type which is generally less hardy than Edith Borgue or Braken's Brown Beauty. I have several on my road and there are a lot of large one's on the SIU campus in Carbondale, some of these are Braken's Brown b...

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Jeff- This is the first year for growing any agave. I will prob. cover them with plastic and make some kind of greenhouse type thing over them. It is way to wet here in the winter time for them. They can take cold, but they will rot if it's wet and cold. Andy- This is the first year iv grown Chicago...

bgodwin1987

Nice plants and yard. I have wanted to grow Crepe Myrtles from seed but never have. I have a large Crepe Myrtle in my yard my grandmother planted about 20 years ago, well now its like a tree. It produces a lot of seeds though. I really like those Southern magnolias too they are one of my favorite tr...

bgodwin1987

Aww well im probably going to cover the whole bed with plastic because I have some Agaves in there too.

bgodwin1987

I was wondering if anyone has every cross pollinated any Colocasia before? I have a "Jacks Giant" and a "Black Beauty" that are flowering at the same time. Anyone have any suggestions? Maybe I can breed a giant black Colocasia, who knows.

bgodwin1987

Well I dunno how well it will do here. Mine is growing in sand in a raised bed so it should be easy to yank if it gets too out of hand.

bgodwin1987

Good I hope it doesn't die, is it invasive?

bgodwin1987

I noticed one of my Giant green ones is staring to bloom yesterday. I have a had a few bloom not regularly though.

bgodwin1987

Nice Yuccas, Love you little yucca garden they all look very healthy.

bgodwin1987

Anyone ever grown Yucca nana? I got one in the mail today plated it in my cacti garden. They are cute little yuccas and look kinda rugged.

bgodwin1987

I ment to Quote the paragraph above the one I wrote, oops I dunno how to do the quote thing apparently.

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When to start protecting Agave's

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UPDATE: Pics of my garden

Death of a Giant

Death of a Giant

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What kind of plastics can you use to cover Agave

Cross pollinating colocasia

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