End of season sticky pots

 

Actually just one -  a white Siberian iris.  But I might hit a few places
for end of season bargains.

C

 



let me know if you find anything good.
oh! i have a bumper crop of American chestnuts this year (&
hickories & walnuts &...) so if you want to try sprouting a
few chestnuts, let me know.

lee
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

 

wrote:


Recently, I found a chestnut in the local Arboretum and would like to
try growing it.   Should I put it in the refrigerator?  Start in a
potting mix or directly in the ground?  Zone 7, e. TN.

 



 they need to chill. how much room do you have in your
refrigerator? i put some in peat pots with potting soil, stick
a 9 x9 " flat of those into the fridge for about 4-6 weeks,
then bring them out. we have a fridge in the garage for
lagering beer, & i use that for chilling if there's room. if
not, i use the unheated woodroom.
if you don't have a squirrel problem (or mice or chipmunks),
you can try planting directly outside now. it should sprout in
the spring.  

lee
--
Last night while sitting in my chair
I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.

 


Good for you Cheryl!  Hooray for sticky pots!
I removed a shrubby honeysuckle because it took up a large space and
bloomed a
very short time with few flowers. I got 3 echinacea,  a  gaillardia
Oranges and Lemons,
and a penstemon to take its place. It's a rather dry spot in full sun,
so they should
be happy and bloom a lot!

I'm also taking out a big clump of purple iris and will put in a blue
plumbago and a
rose Sally Holmes to replace them along a fence. Ya gotta bloom more
than 2 weeks
to stay around here now...........(friend is removing Sally and I got
her)

We had our first rain since June and it washed all the old ash from
the fires, and the
dust from the almond harvest from the tall plants, and they look so
happy. 1 inch of raind
and it sure cleaned up the air, too.

Emilie
NorCal