dyzzypyxxy said:Oh yeah, David, you've sure got bitten by the gardening bug, haven't you. Lots going on there, and some really nice plants coming along. What's that nice big white window box (in the helichrysum picture) doing not filled with soil and plants yet??
If I may suggest, the article on the home page about making self-watering planters out of reusable buckets would be a good one for you.
Also - and I know this is tough but - you might want to try to look for smaller-sized (when mature) plants until you get some really big containers going. Things like plumeria, goodness! they are going to need a huge planter very soon or you'll be watering all day long. I started two plumeria from cuttings last fall and one of them is already over 4ft tall and ready to open a flower. But you can get dwarf varieties that will stay on the manageable side for you, and not need a planter that weighs 100kg. and needs a dolly to move it around. Or take up your whole apartment when you need to bring them in for winter . . .
thanks for your reply the plumeria has emotional connection so i am not looking to far ahead i keep bringing it in in the winter.....
the empty white planter had zinnia seeds in it ant i transfered them not long ago and put the helychrisum in just for a while.....
when spring started i bought seven packets of different seeds....found these 80 c"m long containers tighed them to the railings of our three porches and am following them.
one container has three dhalias developing
one container has miniature carnations two or three and the last has unssecfull portulaka.i thinl i flooded them with water.
its so strange to see a small 2 milimeter bud of a portulaka while the whole city is full of plant pots with over grown portulakas.....and i want to grow my own...its a bit stupid.
the other three seeds are
sweet corn
sunflower
strange pumpkin
my new dilema is if and what to put in my 1.2/1.2/.4 window frame i have downstairs near the cars park.
it is mixture between compost heap and heavy jerusalem soil.
options:
1.transfer many of my plants in bucket after adding some potting mixture as a topsoil
2.start something new like vegetables or pretty flowers
the main topic is will i burn my plants living on a semi compost heap?or the will thrive up to the sky with brightness and strength......i can put many plants so it will maybe dilute its power?
