The Unc-tanical Gardens

[ponocrookedbrah]

wow Unc great thread!!

 

[unclefishstick]

having fun with it!

a few more pics...

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[bugman52]

damn so much color nice unc

 

[bugman52]

I got this 1 growing wild in a cow pasture in the north GA mountain.no it not native. opuntia [prickly pear] of some sort.

 

[bugman52]

opuntia bigger type

 

[unclefishstick]

i think the top one is what they call a potato prickly pear,i have one as well,cute little bugger,the other one looks to be a plains prickly pear,they have a vast area they will grow in,all the way to canada and over about 2/3 of the US

 

[xxDR.KICKASSxx]

hey unc i started a small fruits and veggy garden and was wandering if i can hit them with some supertrive and bat shit when they get bigger?thanks for the help

 

[unclefishstick]

sure,you bet,or grab a bag of fox farm tomato and veggie food for 8 bux and top dress some of that in...

 

[xxDR.KICKASSxx]

thanks unc i am going to pick some up this payday

 

[unclefishstick]

remember it takes like 10 days for any real change to be apparent after you feed with a dry organic food like that so try and stay ahead rather than falling behind...its generally pretty hard to burn with dry organic foods but it is possible...

 

[xxDR.KICKASSxx]

thanks unc i will make sure to keep that in mind.have a great night

 

[unclefishstick]

planted up a row of mesculin mix,some tokyo white and italian red scallions and some walla walla onions in the new bed today,hopefully not super bad planning as there will be a series of rainy days coming up....the rain is good,but it tends to come in short violent outburst often with hail on the leading edge....life in the desert...not even a 1/2 inch yet this summer...

 

[bugman52]

my first tomato & pepper the veragated one is fish pepper it a vollenter from last years seed

 

[Clarence]

Heya Unc. Just stopping by to say hi. Your garden's looking amazing. Great stuff.

 

[unclefishstick]

the yards really coming together,it really smells fantastic out there now with all the sage and lavender and such..

 

[unclefishstick]

just so no one thinks my bizarre cactus lust has gone un-slaked.

been putting a lot of stuff out in the yard but have picked up another half dozen or so smaller cactus,mainly hedgehogs...



arizona lace spine

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strawberry hedgehog

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brown spine hedgehog

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some of the old lady and old man collection,the full sun helps to develop the wool that covers them as well as keeping it nice and white..

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[unclefishstick]

another old man...

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the totem pole cactus is really growing well,getting pretty knob-tacular...

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new offset forming

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cactus seedlings,to give you an idea of size those are coarse sand grains...

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[captain planet]

I like that laced spine and the strawberry hedgehog that old man is just creepy tho!

 

[unclefishstick]

most old men are a bit creepy...oh,you mean the cactus! lol
do you mean the one that looks like cousin its family? its really a nice specimen,the wool is super dense and as you can see bone white.the actual body of the cactus is only half that size but they are just as ferociously spined as the others,the taller cephelocereus sinilis isnt as well armed but the wool still hides some pretty nasty spines....at least they dont detach like some of the barbed ones,those suck to mishandle...

 

[bugman52]

banana tree pony tail pom I grew from seeds in 1975 or so , I had 2 but I gave 1 to my X .I have to drag it outside in summer, and inside in the winter. yes I toped it.its was getting too tall for the house. I need to repot it but its a bitch to move know & I don't have a bigger pot yet