{"id":4906,"date":"2019-02-04T06:06:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T06:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/?p=4906"},"modified":"2019-02-04T06:06:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T06:06:12","slug":"potting-on-some-australian-seedlings-and-garden-greenhouse-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/2019\/02\/04\/potting-on-some-australian-seedlings-and-garden-greenhouse-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Potting On Some Australian Seedlings and garden\/greenhouse update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I transplanted three types of seedlings yesterday into 3-1\/2\u2033 round pots in trays that I sat in the greenhouse. This is a critical time for them all, so I\u2019m hoping they are resilient and grow on without having any setbacks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I picked the right weekend day, as this afternoon, just as I started to head outside to do a little gardening, there was snow!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rhodies getting a blanket of white today\u2013this was early on. They ended up with about 1\u2033 or more frozen to their leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is what the seedlings looked like prior to potting on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Hakelia Seedlings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
$\"\"$
Hardenbergia Seedlings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Because so many of the seeds sprouted and survived, I decided to pot multiple seedlings per transplant pot\u2013so I put 3 in most, and five in some. There ended up being about 36 Hakelia seedlings and 24 Hardenbergias. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn\u2019t get a photo of them, but since I had some extra time, I decided to pot on the Anigozanthos seedlings, too. They were a lot smaller than I thought, so I hope it wasn\u2019t a bad decision to pot them on so early. There were close to 100 tiny seedlings in that paper cup! I potted 5 to each transplant pot, and when the tray was almost full, I started planting clumps of a bunch of seedlings in the middle of the pots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also planted a few new seeds to fill the space vacated by the transplants. I planted Chamaescilla corymbosa. The seeds (and photos) are from australianseeds.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
The seeds of this plant were like tiny, shiny black beads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The last of the Australian seeds were Eremophila maculata. They arrived in three seed capsules with instructions on how to use a mechanical vice to break the capsules apart and get at the seeds. I just used pliers and they broke apart easily enough but there were no obvious seeds inside. I decided to just save everything and plant it all to see if maybe there were seeds I just couldn\u2019t see. Seeds and photos from australiaseeds.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The last seeds planted this cycle were sold as Uniola latifolia, but has a new name, Chasmanthium latifolia. These seeds are from Chilterns in the U.K. There were only ten seeds, so I\u2019m hoping for a high germination rate for this elegant grass plant, known as sea oats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The other seedlings that are up, but slow to get going, are Acacia baileyana purpurea (4 seedlings), Daviesia latifolia (2 seedlings), Urodon dasyphyllus (8 seedlings), Acacia redolens prostrata (10 seedlings). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I took a walk around the garden and greenhouse with the camera on January 26th and found the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Snowdrop peaking out from a tangle of Clematis stems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
A few brave crocus were blooming\u2026but not open when I took the photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The Cymbidium orchid that we received from Karl Huffbauer years ago has three big spikes this year. It often gets aphids or mold and doesn\u2019t put on much of a show, but I\u2019ve got the Vornado fan blowing right on it this year, so I\u2019m hopeful it will have cleaner flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
There isn\u2019t a lot of bright color in the greenhouse, even, but this hardy Nasturtium is growing madly and blooming as it grows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
One of the Veltheimia bulbs has a spike coming. I didn\u2019t see spike on the two offsets, though\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
I inherited this jungle cactus from neighbors when they moved away about five years ago. I have been trying to get this plant healthy again, as it was chlorotic and weak. It is getting better, but needs a good potting up in better soil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I transplanted three types of seedlings yesterday into 3-1\/2\u2033 round pots in trays that I sat in the greenhouse. This is a critical time for them all, so I\u2019m hoping they are resilient and grow on without having any setbacks. I picked the right weekend day, as this afternoon, just as I started to head … Continue reading Potting On Some Australian Seedlings and garden\/greenhouse update<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

Rhodies getting a blanket of white today\u2013this was early on. They ended up with about 1\u2033 or more frozen to their leaves.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Here is what the seedlings looked like prior to potting on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Hakelia Seedlings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
$\"\"$
Hardenbergia Seedlings<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Because so many of the seeds sprouted and survived, I decided to pot multiple seedlings per transplant pot\u2013so I put 3 in most, and five in some. There ended up being about 36 Hakelia seedlings and 24 Hardenbergias. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I didn\u2019t get a photo of them, but since I had some extra time, I decided to pot on the Anigozanthos seedlings, too. They were a lot smaller than I thought, so I hope it wasn\u2019t a bad decision to pot them on so early. There were close to 100 tiny seedlings in that paper cup! I potted 5 to each transplant pot, and when the tray was almost full, I started planting clumps of a bunch of seedlings in the middle of the pots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also planted a few new seeds to fill the space vacated by the transplants. I planted Chamaescilla corymbosa. The seeds (and photos) are from australianseeds.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
The seeds of this plant were like tiny, shiny black beads.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The last of the Australian seeds were Eremophila maculata. They arrived in three seed capsules with instructions on how to use a mechanical vice to break the capsules apart and get at the seeds. I just used pliers and they broke apart easily enough but there were no obvious seeds inside. I decided to just save everything and plant it all to see if maybe there were seeds I just couldn\u2019t see. Seeds and photos from australiaseeds.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The last seeds planted this cycle were sold as Uniola latifolia, but has a new name, Chasmanthium latifolia. These seeds are from Chilterns in the U.K. There were only ten seeds, so I\u2019m hoping for a high germination rate for this elegant grass plant, known as sea oats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The other seedlings that are up, but slow to get going, are Acacia baileyana purpurea (4 seedlings), Daviesia latifolia (2 seedlings), Urodon dasyphyllus (8 seedlings), Acacia redolens prostrata (10 seedlings). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I took a walk around the garden and greenhouse with the camera on January 26th and found the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
Snowdrop peaking out from a tangle of Clematis stems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
A few brave crocus were blooming\u2026but not open when I took the photo.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$ <\/figure><\/li>
$\"\"$ <\/figure><\/li>
$\"\"$ <\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
The Cymbidium orchid that we received from Karl Huffbauer years ago has three big spikes this year. It often gets aphids or mold and doesn\u2019t put on much of a show, but I\u2019ve got the Vornado fan blowing right on it this year, so I\u2019m hopeful it will have cleaner flowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
There isn\u2019t a lot of bright color in the greenhouse, even, but this hardy Nasturtium is growing madly and blooming as it grows.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
One of the Veltheimia bulbs has a spike coming. I didn\u2019t see spike on the two offsets, though\u2026<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
$\"\"$
I inherited this jungle cactus from neighbors when they moved away about five years ago. I have been trying to get this plant healthy again, as it was chlorotic and weak. It is getting better, but needs a good potting up in better soil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I transplanted three types of seedlings yesterday into 3-1\/2\u2033 round pots in trays that I sat in the greenhouse. This is a critical time for them all, so I\u2019m hoping they are resilient and grow on without having any setbacks. I picked the right weekend day, as this afternoon, just as I started to head … Continue reading Potting On Some Australian Seedlings and garden\/greenhouse update<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4918,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4906\/revisions\/4918"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/gardenescapades.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}