Garden journal
Mar. 30th, 2010 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lblanchardI have too many marjoram seedlings. That's better than not having enough.
On the other hand, I had insufficient germination -- less than 50% -- on my Thompson & Morgan impatiens. I planted them according to package instructions, which said cover seed lightly. I know better -- the seed should be sown on top of the medium and not covered. So I dropped another dozen seeds on top of the soil in the container. We'll see what happens. I will have blank spaces out back that will need something to fill in.
The weather is dark and rainy so my hippeastrums are taking their good old sweet time about opening up. The second scape of the gervase has been playing peek-a-boo for what seems like years but is probably only two or three days. The flowers on the first scape are definitely wilting, though. The last bloom on the Apple Blossom is starting to fade -- the first two have totally rolled up and turned brown. Meanwhile, two of the scapes from the Class of 2006 are maturing, slooooowly, and I think one of them may be the one with the reddest of the blossoms from last year. Still only two flowers on the scape, but I may keep it because it's my firstborn.
We were going to replace the old whiskey barrel planter out front, which has rotted out in spots, with a new one this weekend. But the iris have so many fat buds that I can't bear to disrupt them until they've finished blooming. Well, that's a first class problem.
On the other hand, I had insufficient germination -- less than 50% -- on my Thompson & Morgan impatiens. I planted them according to package instructions, which said cover seed lightly. I know better -- the seed should be sown on top of the medium and not covered. So I dropped another dozen seeds on top of the soil in the container. We'll see what happens. I will have blank spaces out back that will need something to fill in.
The weather is dark and rainy so my hippeastrums are taking their good old sweet time about opening up. The second scape of the gervase has been playing peek-a-boo for what seems like years but is probably only two or three days. The flowers on the first scape are definitely wilting, though. The last bloom on the Apple Blossom is starting to fade -- the first two have totally rolled up and turned brown. Meanwhile, two of the scapes from the Class of 2006 are maturing, slooooowly, and I think one of them may be the one with the reddest of the blossoms from last year. Still only two flowers on the scape, but I may keep it because it's my firstborn.
We were going to replace the old whiskey barrel planter out front, which has rotted out in spots, with a new one this weekend. But the iris have so many fat buds that I can't bear to disrupt them until they've finished blooming. Well, that's a first class problem.
