Anyone else have a green thumb?Post picture here

[bud]

Well here is about the daily average right now.I am starting to get a few big tomatoes to turn but have not got to eat one yet but ready

 

[Red Devil]

wow awesome ... i will post some up later.

 

[David R]

I'm not into gardening as such, but I do have a collection of pachycauls/"fat plants" that I am slowly presenting as bonsais.

This one was just staged in the pot for a photo, then transferred into a big tub to keep growing. In the pic is is dormant, but over the cooler months it grows metres of vines, you can see the cut off stubs of previous seasons vines sticking out the top.

 

[Red Devil]

I'm not into gardening as such, but I do have a collection of pachycauls/"fat plants" that I am slowly presenting as bonsais.



This one was just staged in the pot for a photo, then transferred into a big tub to keep growing. In the pic is is dormant, but over the cooler months it grows metres of vines, you can see the cut off stubs of previous seasons vines sticking out the top.

wow awesome...

 

[Red Devil]

From this young growing weeping willow.. i have started many baby weeping willows.. and also some curly weeping willows..{the kind you make baskets from} and given them to neighbors and friends.. so they have a nice weeping willow in their own yard.. {if room permits} Also a pic or two of potted veggies...took the easy way out...

 

[Lissaspence]

What does everyone use for bug control? It seems like all my perenials are getting torn up by bugs this year and I'm not one to use a bunch of chemicals unless I have to. Does any one have any natural alternatives?

 

[Lissaspence]

I'm not into gardening as such, but I do have a collection of pachycauls/"fat plants" that I am slowly presenting as bonsais.

This one was just staged in the pot for a photo, then transferred into a big tub to keep growing. In the pic is is dormant, but over the cooler months it grows metres of vines, you can see the cut off stubs of previous seasons vines sticking out the top.

Do you have any desert roses? That second one is pretty cool even dormant. What is it?

 

[cichlid2006]

What does everyone use for bug control? It seems like all my perenials are getting torn up by bugs this year and I'm not one to use a bunch of chemicals unless I have to. Does any one have any natural alternatives?

basil is supposed to be good. my dad uses it i think. not the dried stuff though, i mean growing it next what you want protected.

 

[Red Devil]

basil is supposed to be good. my dad uses it i think. not the dried stuff though, i mean growing it next what you want protected.

yes i have heard this,.... and also growing marigolds next to other plants.. bugs hate the smell

 

[David R]

Do you have any desert roses? That second one is pretty cool even dormant. What is it?

I've got several Adenium (Aka Desert Rose), both species and hybrids. Haven't got any pics of them in flower though, will take some this spring.

The first plant is Pachypodium rosulatum gracilius, the second is Dioscorea elepahtipes, they can grow up to a metre in diameter! I used to work at a specialist nursery growing these sorts of things, there's a pic on their website of me next to a massive one that has been growing in an indoor ground bed for years.

http://cacti.co.nz/index.php/library/d/category/283-dioscorea-elephantipes