Not So Victorious Garden
May. 26th, 2020 03:04 pm I took a gamble when I planted ancient seeds found in a hide-away spot on the porch. It's been a couple of weeks now and none of them germinated. Alas!
BUT. Since I had to go to Menard's (local hardware store) today anyway, for a part for the leaky downstairs toilet, I stopped by their seed aisle to see if there was anything decent left. There was! Now I am going to start again. It may seem late in the season for some of you, but here in Minnesota I used to always hear people say: "Don't plant until after Memorial Day." Guess what? THAT'S TODAY. So, I feel okay starting over.
In other exciting gardening news, I ordered a few 'corms' of jack-in-the-pulpit from the internet, because I really love jack-in-the-pulpit and I have (or so I thought) only one. While I was out planting the new plants, I discovered a baby jack-in-the-pulpit!
Here's the original, mature plant, in case you are unfamiliar:
Image: alien looking plant with a hooded pitcher.
Here's the baby!
Image: baby jack (no pulpit yet)
I wouldn't be so sure, but it looks just like the leaves coming off some of the corms that I bought. Because I'm always curious about plants AFTER they've been thriving in my yard for some time, I read the wikipedia entry on jack-in-the-pulpit (arisaema triphyllum) and discovered that it is pollinated by something called a fungus gnat.
This is not a sexy sounding pollinator at all, but, given that jack-in-the-pulpit is native I suspect that providing plants for it is a Good Thing.
It looks like it might rain at any point today, so I might just take the lemonade (not what you're thinking this is, UK/Australian/NZ friends!) I poured myself and sit on the porch with a couple of gardening books and the seed packets I scored at the hardware store. Also, because I know that![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rachelmanija will want to know, the seeds I got were:
Marigolds (two varieties for pest control)
Sunflowers
Golden zucchini
pumpkin
peas
cherry belle radishes
purple kohlrabi
Wish these seeds luck!
BUT. Since I had to go to Menard's (local hardware store) today anyway, for a part for the leaky downstairs toilet, I stopped by their seed aisle to see if there was anything decent left. There was! Now I am going to start again. It may seem late in the season for some of you, but here in Minnesota I used to always hear people say: "Don't plant until after Memorial Day." Guess what? THAT'S TODAY. So, I feel okay starting over.
In other exciting gardening news, I ordered a few 'corms' of jack-in-the-pulpit from the internet, because I really love jack-in-the-pulpit and I have (or so I thought) only one. While I was out planting the new plants, I discovered a baby jack-in-the-pulpit!
Here's the original, mature plant, in case you are unfamiliar:
Image: alien looking plant with a hooded pitcher.
Here's the baby!
Image: baby jack (no pulpit yet)
I wouldn't be so sure, but it looks just like the leaves coming off some of the corms that I bought. Because I'm always curious about plants AFTER they've been thriving in my yard for some time, I read the wikipedia entry on jack-in-the-pulpit (arisaema triphyllum) and discovered that it is pollinated by something called a fungus gnat.
This is not a sexy sounding pollinator at all, but, given that jack-in-the-pulpit is native I suspect that providing plants for it is a Good Thing.
It looks like it might rain at any point today, so I might just take the lemonade (not what you're thinking this is, UK/Australian/NZ friends!) I poured myself and sit on the porch with a couple of gardening books and the seed packets I scored at the hardware store. Also, because I know that
rachelmanija will want to know, the seeds I got were:Marigolds (two varieties for pest control)
Sunflowers
Golden zucchini
pumpkin
peas
cherry belle radishes
purple kohlrabi
Wish these seeds luck!