Recent content by dragonshiner

Now with pics! Thanks for all the feedback and guesses everyone :D hope these pics can help solve my conundrum.

Hmm, it does have some striking similarities to peony shoots I'm seeing online. That could be it. But my bf said that it didn't flower last year, only foliage. Do peonies not flower until after so many years?

Lol Sorry guys. I do actually have a digital camera but it's back home. I spend my weekends at the bf's house. He has been focusing on the interior of the house since he bought it and the former owner had been neglecting the backyard something fierce from what I can tell. So I've taken it upon...

So, I am finally digging in to my bf's two tiered raised flower bed. I was not around to see anything of what was in it last year. All I know is that it is right smack up against the north side of the house where it gets NO SUNLIGHT WHAT SO EVER! I bought a full shade garden package from...

Honey as a rooting hormone? Well it would save me the hassle of having to track down a new supply of rooting hormone. I just wonder if it is a little too ironic to use honey on Stevia.

Began sprouting an Avocado seed today! My nieces and nephew are fascinated by the idea of growing a tree indoors, and frankly so am I. We already bonded over making upside down tomato hangers out of recycled bottles this summer. Which is actually working! Tomorrow, carrots!

Hope no one minds me posting in this thread, but I also have a grape question. I have about 200-300 Concord Grape seeds and would very much like to sprout them and start some vines. I know that growing vines from seed is the most difficult road to having grapevines but I just can't let them...

Okay, so when i planted my taters the instructions on the package sai that when the sprouts reach 5-6 inches of height I should cover them up with dirt then layer straw on top to keep them cool. But if I do that how will I know when the tops die back? Will they sprout through the straw again? Or...