3: Gardening Diaries ...

[MaryMary]

@alp!!!! It worked!! The amaryllis was pollinated! Yay!!
(Should I remove the dead flower now? .)

Soon I'll be flogging them on fleabay!!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Well done @MaryMary.......I would say yes...but wait for @alp as she knows best

 

[alp]

You mustn't remove anything. Just let the seed pod matures and catch the seeds before it splits open. The seeds won't fly away, but they might drop.

Well done. It will take years for the little seedlings to flower though.

@Upsy Daisy You're embarrassing me now as I have no NO flowers this year. Know best!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Oops.....sorry wrong again .....let me warn everyone now.....don't listen to me

Ah sorry to hear that @alp ........you still know best, despite being flowerless!!!......

 

[alp]

Actually, I don't know. From my own experience, I let them ripe and split open. So I could be wrong. @Upsy Daisy , don't apologise as it's my way of doing it, I could be wrong.

Diffcult to sell on ebay, especially when you see how long it take the little seedling to mature. I was sent 2 by a friend and as yet they are still the same size. I did sell one lot. @MaryMary if you want to sell seeds, try alstroemerias and hellebores and even dahlias. Dahlias are very good. More or less sow now and flower in autumn .. Brill!

 

[alp]

There might be repeats, but bear with me as these are taken with iphone

And a galanthus Jessica

 

[Logan]

@alp their amazing.

 

[alp]

Thank you. I should have some more. But don't know where and when. Everything is so slow. This morning, all the newly bought ones fell limp on the ground and part frozen. I reckon it must have been the coldest night so far!

 

[Logan]

The last 2 nights have been very cold,now it's pouring down of rain.

 

[alp]

Air from Greenland and Iceland will bring MORE snow and ice and a rare polar vortex could also be on way (which meant a freezing -13C March...

When do you think we can plant anything? -13c in March????

 

[Upsy Daisy]

There might be repeats, but bear with me as these are taken with iphone

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And a galanthus Jessica
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Repeat away @alp .....always lovely to see your beautiful blooms

 

[alp]

Nite, nite, Upsy!

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Sweet dreams @alp

 

[Logan]

Morning all

 

[alp]

Good morning to all early risers, night owls and snow shovellers!