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Xeramtheum

Feb 5, 2015 9:51 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Here's what I planted today:

Garlic Vine - Mansoa alliacea
Geranium - Hardy - Striatum - Geranium pratense
Geranium - Pinto Salmon Splash - Pelargonium hortorum
Lisianthus - Double Yellow - Eustoma grandiflorum
Lisianthus - Sapphire Pink Rim - Eustoma grandiflorum
Mask Flower - Alonsoa unilabiata
Pocket Melon - Dudaim Melon - Cucumis melo var. dudaim
Snapdragon - Twining - Magic Dragon - Maurandya

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jvdubb

Feb 5, 2015 10:33 AM CST

Name: Jennifer
48036 MI (Zone 6b)

I'm so interested in the Pocket Melon! I had my mom grow them last year but they never got any melons because of insects. They seem like a neat curiosity.

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Xeramtheum

Feb 5, 2015 10:46 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

I grew them last year and only had male vines .. it was very frustrating. so I've planted 9 this year .. hopefully I'll get a male and female plant.

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kylaluaz

Feb 6, 2015 6:02 AM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)

Second wave started here too, on Wednesday actually.

Nigella, several varieties
Papaver, several varieties
a red lettuce blend
mixed sunflowers (may be too soon)
mixed calendula
borage
cardinal vine
German chamomile
Sedum Voodoo
sweet woodruff
Tagetes (Mexican tarragon)

Here's the crop of jugs so far:

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Xeramtheum

Feb 6, 2015 7:27 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Looks promising! I sure hope that groundhog is wrong.

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Xeramtheum

Feb 9, 2015 9:22 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

The Dudaim Melon started coming up 24 hours after planting and have 100%! The Geranium Pinto Salmon Splash started coming up 4 days after planting! The Abutilon Tennant's White which was in the first wave is starting to produce true leaves so I'll probably pot it up tomorrow and move it out to the greenhouse.

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mandolls

Feb 9, 2015 11:11 AM CST

Name: Geof
NW Wisconsin (Zone 4b)

Exciting! Definitely having zone envy right now.

I suppose I could start my geraniums - they will happily grow inside, its a little early for most everything else here.

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Xeramtheum

Feb 9, 2015 11:18 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

I have zone envy when it comes to Cypripedium, Lady Slippers. I'd love to be able to grow those.

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kylaluaz

Feb 9, 2015 1:35 PM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)

Hollyhock from the first wave germinated!

Today I did a second sowing of a few things also sown in January: kale, fritillaria meleagris, cleome, Kenilworth ivy, calendula, and anise hyssop.

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Xeramtheum

Feb 9, 2015 1:47 PM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Awesome! Let's see some baby pictures!

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kylaluaz

Feb 11, 2015 6:57 AM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)

The only baby pix I have at this point are for Thyme, Feverfew, and Anise Hyssop, all taken through the top hole of the jugs.

Thyme

Feverfew -- if you look close you can see true leaves.

Anise Hyssop

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Xeramtheum

Feb 11, 2015 7:46 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Looking good! You're gonna be very busy come Spring!

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kylaluaz

Feb 11, 2015 9:48 AM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)

I know. It's scary.

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kylaluaz

Feb 15, 2015 4:23 PM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)

Scary weather coming up. Forecast is for lows of minus one on this coming Thursday night. We're predicted to have snow tomorrow, enough itmight stay and insulate that deep freeze, but Dayum! I sure hope my seedlings make it through. It's been a rocky up and down time. (I'm pretty sure they'll be fine, just, minus one!)

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Xeramtheum

Feb 15, 2015 5:02 PM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Not going to be much fun here either. We might be hosting and ice storm tomorrow night.

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kylaluaz

Feb 15, 2015 6:23 PM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)

We had some of that thundersnow last night! I never saw the like.

You stay warm! I guess that's all we can do, hunker down, stay warm, think about Spring.

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kylaluaz

Mar 17, 2015 6:10 AM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)

Well, second wave come and gone, third and fourth wave all done, many many sproutlings, temps forecast to get to 80 today, and then! Then, another winter blast with nighttime freezes through the weekend.

Most of what I got I don't worry about but some things, bush beans just emerging frex, I dunno. I don't think I've ever wintersown with this much yanking around in temps.

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Xeramtheum

Mar 17, 2015 6:33 AM CST

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Name: Anne
Summerville, SC (Zone 8a)
Only dead fish go with the flow!

Oh that's terrible! Can you move the tender ones into the house?

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kylaluaz

Mar 17, 2015 7:45 AM CST

Name: Kyla Houbolt
Gastonia, NC (Zone 7b)