farmer d
Farmer D
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« Reply #120 on: August 25, 2011, 02:28:54 PM » |
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Louis nice blooms, your mystery plant is really nice. Your blooms always have impeccable form and is a joy to view any of them.
I hope you, Kristen and anyone else in the path of Irene are ok. Any worries for the greenhouse?
Here in Hollywood the weather is boring which is great for the hibiscus.
Today's blooms...LL & Prosperity day 2's after a pretty warm afternoon of almost 90 yesterday.
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« Reply #121 on: August 25, 2011, 02:39:27 PM » |
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Any worries for the greenhouse? hi darren, luckly I am on the west side of a large hill. winds in a hurricane are from the east. the hill behind will block most of the wind. again, hopefully there will be no flying branches. louis |
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farmer d
Farmer D
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« Reply #122 on: August 25, 2011, 02:41:21 PM » |
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Tremendous photos, Farmer D! Out of curiosity I checked out your weather (southern California near the coast) so far in August on weather.com and see that up until now you have been having daily highs in the 70's and lots of sun. That is the kind of weather that much of the rest of the country will get as we move into Fall and that is when they can look forward to better bloom shows as well. I also noticed that you are forecast for a jump into the mid-80's today so you may want to add some more water if it keeps up.
The weather would not help much if you did not take such good care of the plants - thanks for sharing your garden with us!
Charlie
Wow that is a nice complement Charlie - thank you. I find that the Weather Channel (weather.com) is always about 5 degrees under our true temps here. For almost all of July and Aug it has been 80-85. In my estimation perfect weather for hibiscus with such little variation except we lack the high humidity (usually 40-60% on the avg). Normally during summer we have those week long stretches where we push 100 and then drop down to the 80s for a few weeks but with the cooler than usual weather the last two years the summers have been very consistent which has been great for hibiscus, bad for my tomatoes and other veges that need some heat. Hollywood is always about 10 degrees warmer than along the coast, and inland valleys (such as Hemet) are about 10 degrees warmer than Hollywood in the summer but I'm sure you already know all of this... I just keep feeding and spraying my plants and hope to see them get bigger and healthier. Even with the perfect conditions I still have the occasional death so sometimes there is only so much one can do except learn from their mistakes. Farmer D |
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« Reply #123 on: August 25, 2011, 03:58:23 PM » |
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wonderful blooms everyone...darren really luv the lavender mist...it is so hot today ...around 105...blahh...her are some blooms from this week....lynette
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« Reply #124 on: August 25, 2011, 04:00:13 PM » |
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« Reply #125 on: August 25, 2011, 04:01:18 PM » |
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farmer d
Farmer D
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« Reply #126 on: August 26, 2011, 01:32:59 PM » |
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Wow Lynette the colors on your blooms just jump out of the screen. Living Legend is so rich in color and that yellow border is so vivid. Firestorm is amazing too...does that fuscia eye really stand out against the red of the bloom in person? That is a really soft and different look for Midsummer Night - cool! Great blooms!!!
Today got my 2nd ever Palm Sprigs bloom and first of this year. It has such a nice bush and is finally starting to bud up a little bit.
AG pics are same bloom 2 hours apart - amazing!
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« Reply #127 on: August 26, 2011, 01:37:30 PM » |
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more photos
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« Reply #128 on: August 26, 2011, 01:42:22 PM » |
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« Reply #129 on: August 26, 2011, 03:01:15 PM » |
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lovely as always darren....can you believe it is 110 today.....my poor hibs....they are hanging in there though...firestorm is awesome...and yes the fushia eye does stand out...but right now it is really orange...its hard to capture that ones true beauty on camera... for some reason...its a good one though...growing very well
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« Reply #130 on: August 27, 2011, 07:26:06 AM » |
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Here's one our plants that arrived yesterday, huge is to say the least. Thanks Charles and Cindy.
Patrick and Donna
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« Reply #131 on: August 27, 2011, 08:27:15 AM » |
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Here's a photo of chocolate delight.
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« Reply #132 on: August 27, 2011, 09:08:05 AM » |
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My Cherry Glow which arrived late Thursday was huge also.
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I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.
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« Reply #133 on: August 27, 2011, 10:33:29 AM » |
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Here's a photo of Time for Magic
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« Reply #134 on: August 27, 2011, 01:05:54 PM » |
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One from me today-- an Island Queen.  Gorgeous blooms everyone! I've been missing so much lately! Hoping to post more again now. |
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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -Edgar Allan Poe
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