Hi Dale.

Karen

hello Dale... how you been?

Yea Dale!!

Nice to see you, Dale!

Howdy to ya'll.

Life is just a bowl of All-Bran....you wake up every morning and it's there.

Nothing new here. Just waiting for the weather to warm up. Then I can start hitting up folks for unrooted cuttings. I am going low budget this year - no money for ordering coleus this year. I haven't been working much, so I need to be conservative.

Mom used to say 'you need to squeeze every nicket until the buffalo farts'. Gross, but, wise also.

once the weather warms up... just say the word Dale

LOL Dale, my Mother squeezed that nickel too!

Same here, look at my list and I'll be more than happy to send what you want.

Say, Dale, why the second ?? white thing in your greenhouse? Like for more shade?

Good question.
Why the extra 'loft' of Biscayne?
Hugs,

The second 'layer' was for more shade for some of the coleus (and ferns).

Im new to coleus. I ordered a flat of Kong Coleus plants. That Neon is Beautiful!!

Hi Brandy! If you hang with us, you will soon be a coleus addict! Just wait til the season is in full swing! Woooohoooo! I'm excited just thinking about it.

I need to go see Dale, do you see all those Coleus.LOL

I got the date wrong on my Rosy dawn order, I think its next Saturday. Kinda glad as it was cold this week end.

Lavina

Did you ever figure out what you ordered from them, Lavina?

No but its supposed to arrive Saturday.
I printed off the list but have no idea where I put it.

Lavina

Just ordered seeds from (groan) Parks. A black, a red? and a mix. It was an add-on to an order for an edible hibiscus that every other nursery is sold out of.

Never tried to grow them from seed. Do they need light or dark?

Hi Melissa,

I've grown coleus from seed a few times and had 100% germination. My problem is our growing season and from seed they grow so slowly. But I bet you will have fabulous luck with them with your climate.

Just sow them on top of a good medium and put them under lights. That's what I did anyway and had great luck.

yes they are slow slow slow.. germinate fast... and don't move for a long long time

Yes, they're slowpokes. But I imagine they'd grow a lot better and faster in St. Croix in early summer than they do in Cincinnati. They don't really take off here until they're outside and the real heat and humidity of summer arrive.

Karen

I have really long nights, never shorter than 11 hours. Some coleusses do great here, and some simply expire. Quite variable. There's a nursery right beside the main road, and they had a brilliant red/purple one that I couldn't live without. It's finally given up on me. I stopped by that place today, and they still have a tray of that one and they're looking pretty bad, dropped leaves and new leaves getting smaller and smaller. There are a couple of others that I am killing, also. Sedona is one, what a grouchy plant! Don't you just hate when that happens?

Funny how a plant will do that, keep growing but each new leaf is smaller. Someone gave me an African Violet once, the last leaves got to about 1/8 of an inch. Poor thing, a big stub with a few itty bitty leaves on top.

Then I have Electric Lime, Strawberry Drop, and Apocalypse that are real freight trains. But nothing compares to Swiss Sunshine, I'm considering making a hedge around the property out of that one. I have about fifteen big pots of Swiss Sunshine. A speck a half an inch long will root and grow!

I'll start a thread about my seed growing efforts once they arrive. I guess I shouldn't fight gravity, and go ahead and see if there are some other seeds out there that I "can't live without" sigh.