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Snowman said:
Can Anyone Help with this...?!?
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The next time I go to the store I’ll get some of each. I know a young man who works in produce in a local grocery store. I’ll ask him when I see him what he knows about citrus seeds. He’s usually at the dog park in the early afternoon when I go with one of the dogs I watch, Monday through Friday.
 
If You can get some of the bigger seeds like what is in that Pic, I will bee more then Glad to pay for Your Fruit Purchase and S/H... I reside somewhere East of Brrrrmingham and West of HOTlanta... ☃️
 
sonya123 said:
I have a dead one, the leaves just started falling off and it died. How do you keep this thing alive in a pot ? I fertilized, it was under a growlight, got regular water too. I have a manderine orange that looks pretty good.
but what do you mean in produces a oranges one year and lemons the next?! How is that possible?
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It is a huge pot.

Ben
 
I uppotted the tomatoes and jalapeños. It’s windy and chilly out so was trying to be efficient- not sure I succeeded at that part but good to have them done.
I think I’ll plant corn 🌽 on Tuesday. Can’t remember if I shared- it will go right over the spuds 🥔. They are supposed to like each other. Experiments are fun.
 
Potted 3 Red Royal Poinciana and 1 Yellow One also although it goes by a dif name...!!! Clean Up somemore around Bushie's Resting Spot...!! Hopefully to bee Completed, got another idea of how I want the cross and picture Framed Container done...!
 
sonya123 said:
does anyone have a trick or tool that spreads carrot seeds so they are not all clumped together?
I bought one on Amazon the year before last and it totally didn't work
it is amazing that carrots are still relatively cheap at the store. So they must be easy to grow. But I always have a hard time. First they didn't grow straight, so I made a few raised bed boxes with lots of compost and some sand mixed in and they grew fine. But so many are always clumped together and if you pull one out all come out. It's way too hard to try to pick up 1 seed and put it in the ground
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Eye dropper is what I used in the past.
Or masking tape for my little helpers.
 
If you have wood, time & skills.
Take a two inch by one forth strip of wood & drill 3/16th hole in the strip every inch..
The lay the strip on the row & drop seeds, now getting them to spout is a whole other trick..
Some people wet the soil every day, some lay a board on top to hold the moisture in the soil for up to seven days & check for spouting daily.
I make a deep tilled bed(12"), then trench to about eight inches & fill the trench with seed starter soil.
I make a 1/4 deep trench in the seed starter & place the seeds by dropping them with finger & thump, about one inch apart & lightly cover.
The seed starter is for straight carrot, not the seed spouting.
 
12icemaker said:
Good place for seeds is this one these are citrus Not sure, if they are the kind you want they are supposed to be Florida Heirloom.

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https://plant-my-seeds.com/products/orange-seeds-citrus-x-sinensis
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Checked them out, looks like the Real Ones and w/S-H total would bee around $10. and a Grrrrr8 Price but they don't have Grapefruit Seeds...!!! I will wait a little longer and see if any1 here can get Both Grapefruit and Oranges Big Seeds...!! They do have a Wide Selection...! Thanks for the Link... ☃️
 
Good Morning All, On Me trek this AM around Me Homestead I spied that some of the Japanese Iris's are getting ready to Bloom...!!! Saw Dark Blue Tips and Yellow Tip Also...!! 3 Royal Poinciana Trees are Pushing UP out of the dirt in their pots...! Will have pics later as it is a constant drizzle out there... Have a Blessed Day All... ☃️
 
Finished filling raised bed with sticks.

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Ben
 
We have alot of blooms and little fruit on our potted lemon tree. We got 2 lemons last year, but those skinny little branches are going to have to work to hold onto all these lemons if they all mature.
 
We're not having a big garden again this year because we're still in limbo between Old House and New House.

But one thing I tried last year and will do again this year is air-layering fruit trees. Lead Farmer 73 on YouTube has a good video on air-layering pecans, if anyone is interested in learning more.

Last year I did 4 air-layers off a pear tree, and ended up with 3 surviving and going strong. They're off a standard and not grafted, so they'll be standards and a long time before fruit. But I don't care - they're a total bonus from something I was just going to prune off.

And the best part was getting some air-layers from and apple tree at the New House. It's and old tree and hasn't produced in the past few years, but it had been a strong producer previously, even without another apple tree around to cross-pollinate. We really wanted to save some progeny from it - and at least 3 of the 5 air layers we did are going strong this spring.

So now I plan to go nuts air-layering as much as I can at the Old House to bring to the New House. I might be a little out of control... :)
 
goshengirl said:
We're not having a big garden again this year because we're still in limbo between Old House and New House.

But one thing I tried last year and will do again this year is air-layering fruit trees. Lead Farmer 73 on YouTube has a good video on air-layering pecans, if anyone is interested in learning more.

Last year I did 4 air-layers off a pear tree, and ended up with 3 surviving and going strong. They're off a standard and not grafted, so they'll be standards and a long time before fruit. But I don't care - they're a total bonus from something I was just going to prune off.

And the best part was getting some air-layers from and apple tree at the New House. It's and old tree and hasn't produced in the past few years, but it had been a strong producer previously, even without another apple tree around to cross-pollinate. We really wanted to save some progeny from it - and at least 3 of the 5 air layers we did are going strong this spring.

So now I plan to go nuts air-layering as much as I can at the Old House to bring to the New House. I might be a little out of control... :)
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I used the preformed air layering balls and got 3 out of 5 to root. I was surprised they set roots. I didn't fuss with keeping them watered and they set root. This is what they look like after waking up from their winter nap.

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Ben
 
goshengirl said:
We're not having a big garden again this year because we're still in limbo between Old House and New House.

But one thing I tried last year and will do again this year is air-layering fruit trees. Lead Farmer 73 on YouTube has a good video on air-layering pecans, if anyone is interested in learning more.

Last year I did 4 air-layers off a pear tree, and ended up with 3 surviving and going strong. They're off a standard and not grafted, so they'll be standards and a long time before fruit. But I don't care - they're a total bonus from something I was just going to prune off.

And the best part was getting some air-layers from and apple tree at the New House. It's and old tree and hasn't produced in the past few years, but it had been a strong producer previously, even without another apple tree around to cross-pollinate. We really wanted to save some progeny from it - and at least 3 of the 5 air layers we did are going strong this spring.

So now I plan to go nuts air-layering as much as I can at the Old House to bring to the New House. I might be a little out of control... :)
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I don’t even know what that is so now have to go look 👀 it up. Especially if it works!
 
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