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Oxalis

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My Michigan lily (Lilium michiganense) bloomed!! I haven't planted it yet, but I've noticed that it likes a lot of water and prefers a location more on the shady side of things. I've had trouble growing these before, unless, of course, the problem was simply that the rabbits were eating them. :p

I think this is such a gorgeous native flower!

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Early last year @Turtulas-Len sent me some seeds which I planted in a flat - the kind of flat that you get plants from the nursery in, about a foot and a half square and lattice type bottom for VERY good drainage. The wild grape seeds sprouted almost immediately, but the palm tree seeds didn't. Because the flat had such an open bottom, it required watering almost every day (it was on a shelf in the greenhouse and it gets very hot in there). Well, I'm not real good at remembering to water things on my non-watering days. I'm in the habit of watering Wednesdays and Sundays, so eventually all the little grape seedlings perished.

Fast forward to this spring. I took a plastic bag and spread it on the bottom of one of those flats then sat the flat with the dead seedlings in it inside on the plastic (to hold the water in longer). I also moved the flat outside in the shade. And LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING:

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There are THREE wild grape plants growing and 8 or 9 palm trees!!!!! I have no idea what the two things in the center are. They sort of look like wax leaf privet. I guess the palm trees needed an extra year in order to sprout.

I also had to re-pot a Euphorbia bowei (spelling??) that had fallen out of its pot, and I must have used some dirt from when I planted the palm seeds because there's a palm tree growing in that pot too:

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Since this patch is almost finished blooming I decided to pick some fruit this morning.View attachment 242539 View attachment 242540 Picked 282 fruits, Wish more tortoise keepers were close enough share with. . Also saw the first one of these this morningView attachment 242551

Len, your opuntia must be the most prolific bloomer I’ve ever seen! I’d love to offer some of my best perennials (seeds or rooted plants, whatever works best) in exchange for few pads of yours cactus
 

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Len, your opuntia must be the most prolific bloomer I’ve ever seen! I’d love to offer some of my best perennials (seeds or rooted plants, whatever works best) in exchange for few pads of yours sometime[emoji6]
Wow! I wish I could grow it like that..but MI winters wipe it out! Lol
 

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Early last year @Turtulas-Len sent me some seeds which I planted in a flat - the kind of flat that you get plants from the nursery in, about a foot and a half square and lattice type bottom for VERY good drainage. The wild grape seeds sprouted almost immediately, but the palm tree seeds didn't. Because the flat had such an open bottom, it required watering almost every day (it was on a shelf in the greenhouse and it gets very hot in there). Well, I'm not real good at remembering to water things on my non-watering days. I'm in the habit of watering Wednesdays and Sundays, so eventually all the little grape seedlings perished.

Fast forward to this spring. I took a plastic bag and spread it on the bottom of one of those flats then sat the flat with the dead seedlings in it inside on the plastic (to hold the water in longer). I also moved the flat outside in the shade. And LOOK WHAT IS HAPPENING:

View attachment 245173

There are THREE wild grape plants growing and 8 or 9 palm trees!!!!! I have no idea what the two things in the center are. They sort of look like wax leaf privet. I guess the palm trees needed an extra year in order to sprout.

I also had to re-pot a Euphorbia bowei (spelling??) that had fallen out of its pot, and I must have used some dirt from when I planted the palm seeds because there's a palm tree growing in that pot too:

View attachment 245175
When I dug the seedling palms to put in pots earlier this spring there were seeds in the ground that hadn't sprouted. Haven't noticed any more sprouting. Those are most likely privet, I have a privet hedge on one side of the yard. Kill the Privet. My palms haven't grown much, Since I've never grown them from seed before I have no idea what is normal growth for them.
 

Len B

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Len, your opuntia must be the most prolific bloomer I’ve ever seen! I’d love to offer some of my best perennials (seeds or rooted plants, whatever works best) in exchange for few pads of yours cactus
I'm not looking for anymore plants (other than cactus) to grow, But I will gladly send you all the cactus you want just for the cost of shipping.
 

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Pearly

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When I looked at them I guessed about 150 so I got 2 bags figuring about 75 per bag and when I got to 75 i knew I was way off so I put a 100 In the first bag and then 100 in the second and had to get another bag.for the rest. As for the bugs they have never been real bad here, If there are a bunch in one place I will gather them up and drop them in the pond for the water turtles treat. Once they hit the water they can't fly away and are terrible swimmers.

Have you ever tried freezing or otherwise preserving your prickly pear fruit? My season for them here is way too short and they have not kept well for me
 

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When I dug the seedling palms to put in pots earlier this spring there were seeds in the ground that hadn't sprouted. Haven't noticed any more sprouting. Those are most likely privet, I have a privet hedge on one side of the yard. Kill the Privet. My palms haven't grown much, Since I've never grown them from seed before I have no idea what is normal growth for them.
Yes, kill the privet! I despise those plants.
 
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