Comments for Lovely Plantings http://janedata.wordpress.com My Adventures in Gardening Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:31:29 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Chinese Flame Tree Triptych! by janedata http://janedata.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/chinese-flame-tree-triptych/#comment-336 janedata Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:31:29 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-336 Dear Janice, To buy the tree, I'd recommend that you visit your local nursery. If they do not have a specimen in stock for purchase, ask if they may order one for you. Please note that this tree will most likely be available and will survive in thrive in zones 7 to 9. More information about USDA Plant Hardiness Zones can be found here: http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hzm-sw1.html Seeds: my guess is that you can do an Internet search for possible vendors. More information about this tree can be found here: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/koelreuteria_bipinnata.html I hope this helps. Many thanks for visiting my blog! Dear Janice,
To buy the tree, I’d recommend that you visit your local nursery. If they do not have a specimen in stock for purchase, ask if they may order one for you.

Please note that this tree will most likely be available and will survive in thrive in zones 7 to 9. More information about USDA Plant Hardiness Zones can be found here:
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hzm-sw1.html

Seeds: my guess is that you can do an Internet search for possible vendors.

More information about this tree can be found here:
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/koelreuteria_bipinnata.html

I hope this helps. Many thanks for visiting my blog!

]]> Comment on Chinese Flame Tree Triptych! by Janice http://janedata.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/chinese-flame-tree-triptych/#comment-335 Janice Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:03:07 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=282#comment-335 Where can you buy the seeds or the tree? Where can you buy the seeds or the tree?

]]> Comment on Nagami Kumquat Tree: Propagation by janedata http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/nagami-kumquat-tree-propagation/#comment-333 janedata Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:51:53 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=672#comment-333 Congratulations, Erika, on your new Meiwa kumquat tree. Please do let me know if you are successful starting a tree from seed. Thanks so much for visiting my blog! Congratulations, Erika, on your new Meiwa kumquat tree. Please do let me know if you are successful starting a tree from seed. Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

]]> Comment on Nagami Kumquat Tree: Propagation by Erika Spitzke http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/nagami-kumquat-tree-propagation/#comment-332 Erika Spitzke Sat, 26 Sep 2009 23:58:22 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=672#comment-332 I live in southern Michigan. We just came back from Florida and brought back a Meiwa kumquat tree. It's in a pot and only about 18 inch tall. I never tried to grow one before. When it will bear fruits, I will try to start one from seeds and see what happen. I live in southern Michigan. We just came back from Florida and brought back a Meiwa kumquat tree. It’s in a pot and only about 18 inch tall. I never tried to grow one before. When it will bear fruits, I will try to start one from seeds and see what happen.

]]> Comment on House Sparrows,Taking a Dirt Bath! by janedata http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/house-sparrowstaking-a-dirt-bath/#comment-330 janedata Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:29:15 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=669#comment-330 Thanks so much, mygrandmasue. I think birds take dirt baths in part to get rid of mites that might be on their bodies, and perhaps also in smaller part for pleasure and play. Thank you for visiting my blog! Thanks so much, mygrandmasue. I think birds take dirt baths in part to get rid of mites that might be on their bodies, and perhaps also in smaller part for pleasure and play. Thank you for visiting my blog!

]]> Comment on House Sparrows,Taking a Dirt Bath! by mygrandmasue http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/05/10/house-sparrowstaking-a-dirt-bath/#comment-329 mygrandmasue Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:58:37 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=669#comment-329 Love your picture and story! I just posted a blog of quail taking a dirt bath and it connected with your story! So I followed the link! Funny how the birds do that, huh! Thanks for sharing! mygrandmasue Love your picture and story! I just posted a blog of quail taking a dirt bath and it connected with your story! So I followed the link! Funny how the birds do that, huh! Thanks for sharing!

mygrandmasue

]]> Comment on Female Watermelon Blossom by Keely http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/female-watermelon-blossom/#comment-325 Keely Sat, 22 Aug 2009 06:13:28 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=745#comment-325 ok, no your not understanding it... my plant is not growing at all.!!! its seems like a waste of time but i am not willing to give up. ok, no your not understanding it… my plant is not growing at all.!!! its seems like a waste of time but i am not willing to give up.

]]> Comment on Female Watermelon Blossom by janedata http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/female-watermelon-blossom/#comment-324 janedata Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:35:24 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=745#comment-324 I hope I'm understanding your question correctly - please let me know if I don't. If you're asking about how to know if the fruit itself is growing: the ovary of the female blossom is round when it first appears. When it is fertilized by the pollen of a male blossom, the ovary will begin to swell and elongate into the large ovular shape typical of watermelons. I'll be posting up a photo of my growing watermelon soon :) The soil need only be moist. If you're watering every day, you might put your vine at higher risk for developing powdery mildew, which will ruin your plant. I hope I’m understanding your question correctly – please let me know if I don’t. If you’re asking about how to know if the fruit itself is growing: the ovary of the female blossom is round when it first appears. When it is fertilized by the pollen of a male blossom, the ovary will begin to swell and elongate into the large ovular shape typical of watermelons. I’ll be posting up a photo of my growing watermelon soon :)

The soil need only be moist. If you’re watering every day, you might put your vine at higher risk for developing powdery mildew, which will ruin your plant.

]]> Comment on Female Watermelon Blossom by Keely http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/female-watermelon-blossom/#comment-322 Keely Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:04:24 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=745#comment-322 ok thanks what i really ment was how do i no when mine is growing? it is in fully sunned out area and I water it everyday it is in a 2 meter by 2 meter garden thing out side! ok thanks what i really ment was how do i no when mine is growing? it is in fully sunned out area and I water it everyday it is in a 2 meter by 2 meter garden thing out side!

]]> Comment on Female Watermelon Blossom by janedata http://janedata.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/female-watermelon-blossom/#comment-321 janedata Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:47:38 +0000 http://janedata.wordpress.com/?p=745#comment-321 Hi, Keely, The only photo that I have so far of a comparatively younger watermelon vine was posted on July 25, when the vine did not have any fruit growing on it yet, if you're asking about the vine itself. The vine was a few weeks old. If you're asking about a fruit that is already on your vine, but the fruit is still not growing, I'm not sure why it would not be growing. How often are you watering the plant? Is it in sun or in an area that has some shade? I'm growing my watermelon in a container and my only task at this time is to keep the soil watered, which I do about 3 times per week, and nature takes care of the rest for me. It's growing in direct sunlight. The female watermelon blossom on my vine was found at the tip of the vine and actually another female watermelon blossom's ovary appears to have just appeared within the past few days and might have been fertilized. Time will tell if that second fruit will also develop into a fruit like my first one. I sure do hope so! Hi, Keely,
The only photo that I have so far of a comparatively younger watermelon vine was posted on July 25, when the vine did not have any fruit growing on it yet, if you’re asking about the vine itself. The vine was a few weeks old.

If you’re asking about a fruit that is already on your vine, but the fruit is still not growing, I’m not sure why it would not be growing. How often are you watering the plant? Is it in sun or in an area that has some shade?

I’m growing my watermelon in a container and my only task at this time is to keep the soil watered, which I do about 3 times per week, and nature takes care of the rest for me. It’s growing in direct sunlight. The female watermelon blossom on my vine was found at the tip of the vine and actually another female watermelon blossom’s ovary appears to have just appeared within the past few days and might have been fertilized. Time will tell if that second fruit will also develop into a fruit like my first one. I sure do hope so!

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