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Post by maskedsonnet on Oct 8, 2022 0:02:15 GMT -5
It opened the rest of the way 
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Post by mike on Oct 8, 2022 4:18:08 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by lynnee on Oct 10, 2022 18:41:07 GMT -5
The Bambino is so beautiful! |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Oct 12, 2022 0:06:18 GMT -5
The smaller buds are starting to open 
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Post by lynnee on Oct 13, 2022 23:24:05 GMT -5
Loving your sunflowers!  |
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Post by Shawn on Oct 14, 2022 12:51:00 GMT -5
Sunshine day...  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Oct 24, 2022 1:30:22 GMT -5
The big sunflower and the two smaller ones at the very top have wilted. I trimmed up the big plant, hopefully that gives the smaller one some more light to grow with!
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Post by Shawn on Oct 24, 2022 6:22:01 GMT -5
Did you save any seeds?
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Post by maskedsonnet on Oct 25, 2022 1:31:01 GMT -5
No, it didn't really form seeds that I felt like I could collect. The seeds that I put in the pods were smallish, but you could still tell they were sunflower seeds. But what was in the flower heads was teeny-tiny, barely visible! Not something I wanted to pick through |
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Post by lynnee on Oct 28, 2022 19:26:14 GMT -5
No, it didn't really form seeds that I felt like I could collect. The seeds that I put in the pods were smallish, but you could still tell they were sunflower seeds. But what was in the flower heads was teeny-tiny, barely visible! Not something I wanted to pick through My Bambino was the same way: no seeds that looked at all like sunflower seeds.  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Nov 2, 2022 10:23:35 GMT -5
The flowers are looking good, this is probably the best viola grow I've ever had. They are trailing over the side looking very pretty!!  The marigolds also look great!  Going to end the sunflower soon. Was fun to grow, but they're winding down  This is at Home Depot, we saw a Monarch butterfly while looking at plants!! Been a while since I've seen one, so got super excited. They're my favorite butterfly!!  |
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Post by mike on Nov 2, 2022 14:41:26 GMT -5
My friends plant Milkweeds just to have the Monarchs breed on their property. I really like them, too.
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Post by scarfguy on Nov 2, 2022 16:55:35 GMT -5
I terminated my violas a couple of weeks ago that I was growing in the summer. Mine grew very well also. I got tired of the daily pruning of the dead flowers.
I've currently started a harvest of aerogarden gazanias and another harvest of cascading petunias. The gazanias are new to me. My last garden of petunias was amazing!
Also currently growing 5 different peppers, 2 different tomatos, cucumbers, herbs: basil, parsley, dill, thyme and 4 different kinds of MINT (Here I come, mojito!)
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Post by lynnee on Nov 2, 2022 22:46:28 GMT -5
The violas look so healthy! Are you trimming and deadheading them? Amazing that you got the Monarch in a photo!  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Nov 3, 2022 19:06:52 GMT -5
mike I've never grown milkweed, but my parents do for the monarchs! They and I both also have a bunch of maxmillian sunflowers around our houses that the butterflies really love to land on.
scarfguy, your flower AGs sound amazing!! I've never grown gazanias before but they look super pretty, I hope they do well for you!!
lynnee I haven't trimmed or deadheaded the violas at all. I have the marigolds though! The monarch wasn't in any hurry to leave the flowers it had landed on, but I did have to wait a bit for it to open up its wings!! Patience paid off |
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Post by mike on Nov 3, 2022 20:22:55 GMT -5
I love the Monarchs. Here's a pic of the Monarch Caterpillar and a Chrysalis the day the butterfly hatched.
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Post by maskedsonnet on Nov 4, 2022 9:50:31 GMT -5
I've always thought it was funny that both monarchs and the black swallowtail butterflies go from that to something so pretty!! I've never liked caterpillars in general, but always found those two particularly ugly while finding their butterfly forms especially pretty. Worth feeding for sure, with what they turn into. Dad found out a few years ago that the swallowtail caterpillars LOVE parsley, so he always makes a point to plant extra for them to eat, along with the milkweed for the monarchs  |
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Post by campingcorgis on Nov 4, 2022 10:05:50 GMT -5
I've always thought it was funny that both monarchs and the black swallowtail butterflies go from that to something so pretty!! I've never liked caterpillars in general, but always found those two particularly ugly while finding their butterfly forms especially pretty. Worth feeding for sure, with what they turn into. Dad found out a few years ago that the swallowtail caterpillars LOVE parsley, so he always makes a point to plant extra for them to eat, along with the milkweed for the monarchs Are they particular about the kind of parsley? Curly, flat, Chinese?  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Nov 4, 2022 11:20:38 GMT -5
lol I think Dad just plants flat, because that's what he's familiar with. I bet they like all kinds though!  |
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Post by maskedsonnet on Nov 5, 2022 15:18:49 GMT -5
Fed all the gardens today. I'm going to look around for some more trailing-type of flowers to grow in this next, I'm in love with the way these look and want to experiment with some others!!
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