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Post by fredg on Sept 26, 2015 15:20:06 GMT
Having been away all week I noticed quite a few changes when we returned. Quite a lot of the winter green orchids are sticking their heads up. The Pterostylis have been up for a few weeks now ( some in flower) and now the Himantoglossum are beginning to join them. There are leaf shoots on the Bee orchids, Ophrys apifera and on Orchis anthropophora. Now it's a matter of being extra vigilant for signs aphids as they're so short of food over the cold period they seem to march to the winter greens in vast columns.
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Post by fredg on Oct 2, 2015 11:38:55 GMT
Now It's really getting to the end of the season. Today I removed the wire netting from the top two greenhouse's doors and reinstalled the glass. The Darlingtonia House will be left for a few weeks and then I just cover the netting with bubble wrap for the cold season. Dismantling the door to reintroduce the polycarbonate is not an option. That's one of those fiddly five minute jobs that can take three days. I was checking some pots and the Lilium hansonii from seed (2012) are looking good. There's a chance one is of a size to flower next year the others in 2017. They're reputedly very highly scented and one will perfume the garden. I may have overkill with the amount of bulbs I now have . On Wednesday ( Sept 30th) I finished planting out all of my 2015 acquired bulbs, it must be a record to be at that stage before September ended, I can't remember finishing so soon before.
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Post by osprey on Oct 2, 2015 15:11:40 GMT
Will have to get mine done too before the good weather ends.
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Post by fredg on Oct 18, 2015 20:05:31 GMT
Wired the bubble wrap on to the wire net of the lower half of the door in the Darlingtonia house today. That's all I'll do now. vents on all houses stay fully open year round.
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