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A beautiful gardening sort of day has just turned to a wet hailing day. Still not made the cake . Was going scrumping my neighbours apple tree but they have gone out for the cake
Big hello, I've missed chatting. just tried to do a quick catch up, nice photos, love that gnome, cute onsie, Jean hope you are still on the outside, Becks, hope you have food in the house!
Have had a long lie in this morning and missed the best of the day. OH got a call earlier to say he just missed his flu jab, so have to go down this afters.
Rocky cat brought a rat home at 5am yesterday morning. Luckily dead, so no trying to catch it involved. Let's hope he forgets where he found it.
Afties all, just back from daughters. ANOTHER viewing yesterday. Hope this is more positive than the other 2 as she wants out asap. We persuaded her not to do anything rash though, phew ! Who said it gets easier when these kids grow up ????
Too much to mention on here , I've missed too many posts so Hi to everyone.
I have been a naughty girl and it's Gary's fault . Popped in Wilkos and ended up buying a banana plant ! Couldn't resist - it had been marked down to £3 50. I'm like Gary - love big plants no idea where its going to go yet but it's here to stay.
Nola, Up until now I've kept my citrus tree outside the back door, very sheltered, and it had not been indoors for over 20 years. Every winter it was hit by cold and always bounced back - eventually. Last winter finished it off and I chopped off all the branches as it was difficult to move with them all sticking out. All "summer" it hung around in the back garden as I hadn't got round to dumping it. Then, lo and behold, about 6 weeks ago it came into beautiful leaf. I just feel that a plant that wants so much to live ought to be given a little tlc and an unheated greenhouse must be better than nothing. The tree was grown from a pip and had never flowered let alone fruited. I'm just going to try and see what happens.
Growing bananas indoors seems a good idea, and at 3.50 that's a bargain. There is some advice on keeping bananas indoors through the Winter on the link just below (it's a PDF page).
Quote: 'provides homeowners with a unique tropical appearance'
They need as much light as possible (unlike Cheese plants which can tolerate a lot of shade). Watering is the tricky thing, they don't want to dry out, nor to become too wet. Misting the leaves occasionally may help too.
Gary, you are a star . Thanks for that link. The variety I've bought ( allegedley ) is Musa Tropicana and it's about 15 inches high and the leaves are are healthy and green unlike some of the other specimens. I was the source of a great deal of amusement as I took 9 plants off the shelf to check them all before I made my selection.
Do you think it will be ok in the conservatory over winter - we have heating in there if it gets cold ? Thanks Gary.
As long as it doesn't get right down to freezing. About 5 degrees minimum. It would appreciate the light.
If the outside temperate gets very low, then it will presumably be more difficult to heat the conservatory. The heating costs will increase. If the weather does get very cold, you could bring the plant into the living room for a short while.
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The problem may have been due to an IE add-on or customisation (if you have any) which isn't fully compatible with the updated version. You can start IE without any customisations, by right-clicking the IE icon on the desktop, and choosing 'start without add-ons'.
A beautiful gardening sort of day has just turned to a wet hailing day. Still not made the cake . Was going scrumping my neighbours apple tree but they have gone out for the cake
Have had a long lie in this morning and missed the best of the day. OH got a call earlier to say he just missed his flu jab, so have to go down this afters.
Rocky cat brought a rat home at 5am yesterday morning. Luckily dead, so no trying to catch it involved. Let's hope he forgets where he found it.
Catch up later, happy gardening.
Glyn
Reading your jottings realised my OH has also forgotten to get flu jab today.
Still need apples for my cake - eating variety
My cursor stopped working today as well. Put fresh batteries in the mouse. Works fine now
Kate-you must have the nicest compost in the world
Hi Glyn-must be busy at the work-face
Hello b-jay
I feel I am on cursor info over-load-hope it is all fixed now
Where is everbody else today?-I need some playtime
Afties all, just back from daughters. ANOTHER viewing yesterday. Hope this is more positive than the other 2 as she wants out asap. We persuaded her not to do anything rash though, phew !
Who said it gets easier when these kids grow up ????
Too much to mention on here , I've missed too many posts so Hi to everyone.
I have been a naughty girl and it's Gary's fault . Popped in Wilkos and ended up buying a banana plant ! Couldn't resist - it had been marked down to £3 50.
I'm like Gary - love big plants no idea where its going to go yet but it's here to stay.
Nola, Up until now I've kept my citrus tree outside the back door, very sheltered, and it had not been indoors for over 20 years. Every winter it was hit by cold and always bounced back - eventually. Last winter finished it off and I chopped off all the branches as it was difficult to move with them all sticking out. All "summer" it hung around in the back garden as I hadn't got round to dumping it. Then, lo and behold, about 6 weeks ago it came into beautiful leaf. I just feel that a plant that wants so much to live ought to be given a little tlc and an unheated greenhouse must be better than nothing. The tree was grown from a pip and had never flowered let alone fruited. I'm just going to try and see what happens.
Growing bananas indoors seems a good idea, and at 3.50 that's a bargain. There is some advice on keeping bananas indoors through the Winter on the link just below (it's a PDF page).
Quote: 'provides homeowners with a unique tropical appearance'
http://www.hgic.umd.edu/content/documents/HG105OverwinteringTropicals_final.pdf
They need as much light as possible (unlike Cheese plants which can tolerate a lot of shade). Watering is the tricky thing, they don't want to dry out, nor to become too wet. Misting the leaves occasionally may help too.
Some pictures:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?num=10&hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1048&bih=653&q=indoor+banana+plant&oq=indoor+banana+plant
Gary, you are a star . Thanks for that link. The variety I've bought ( allegedley ) is Musa Tropicana and it's about 15 inches high and the leaves are are healthy and green unlike some of the other specimens. I was the source of a great deal of amusement as I took 9 plants off the shelf to check them all before I made my selection.
Do you think it will be ok in the conservatory over winter - we have heating in there if it gets cold ? Thanks Gary.
As long as it doesn't get right down to freezing. About 5 degrees minimum. It would appreciate the light.
If the outside temperate gets very low, then it will presumably be more difficult to heat the conservatory. The heating costs will increase. If the weather does get very cold, you could bring the plant into the living room for a short while.