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This week has been busy as usual and the last weekend I went to a meeting about the Wollemi Pine. It was extremely interesting but there was worry about when to plant the tree. Unfortunately the feeling at the moment is that the tree is too small and worth too much to risk planting it.
Monday, I worked with Adam in the greenhouse, removing plants from the hardening off bench to the flower beds out side. Plants that are interesting and have perhaps commercial potential in the future are Arctotis, Gazanias, Ursinias and Leonotis "Kirstenbosch gold". Then I tackled an Agapanthus "monster" as described on the label. It was a hybrid and had got very much out of control destroying the seed tray it had once be in and rooting straight into the floor of the greenhouse! I eventually cleared it and salvaged what Adam needed.
On Tuesday, I watered all the plants in the greenhouse apart from the succulents and then went with Graham Duncan "the bulb man" to try and burn some bulbs. The purpose of this exercise was to burn Fynbos vegetation on top of the bulbs soil and so simulate conditions after a fire and cause the bulbs too flower. In 10 weeks we will know if it has worked. We then looked around the bulb house at all the different types of South African bulbs and what was flowering. I carried on with Adam, weeded the greenhouse with Keith who limped due to the fact he was shot in the foot in a ‘shoot-out’ a couple of years ago.
Wednesday, I worked with students and Stella again. We’re still propagating protea family plants like Mimetes cucullatus and Leucospermum cordifolium. Again under Stellas iron handed management we did manage to achieve a lot. Thursday, with other students I worked with Trevor. This time we collected many types of Pelargoniums and learned to propogate them, it was quite tough as some are extremely small and fiddly whilst others are large and bulky. Some of the Pelargoniums I propagated were P.greytonense, P.fruticosum and P.ponduriforme. As we didn't finish all the cuttings some of the students carried onto Friday as well.
Friday, we worked on my house garden, as every Friday at the end of the month is pay day and enjoyably a short day, so we worked on Cherises stock beds which my garden is part of. We had to do some serious clearing as it was a bit over grown but it didn't take too long to clear up and make it look decent. I hope everything is fantastic in the UK, it is definitely starting to get colder here but not that cold. As we are heading for a big thunderstorm soon so I will have to get my waterproofs out.
Regards Will
Monday, I worked with Adam in the greenhouse, removing plants from the hardening off bench to the flower beds out side. Plants that are interesting and have perhaps commercial potential in the future are Arctotis, Gazanias, Ursinias and Leonotis "Kirstenbosch gold". Then I tackled an Agapanthus "monster" as described on the label. It was a hybrid and had got very much out of control destroying the seed tray it had once be in and rooting straight into the floor of the greenhouse! I eventually cleared it and salvaged what Adam needed.
On Tuesday, I watered all the plants in the greenhouse apart from the succulents and then went with Graham Duncan "the bulb man" to try and burn some bulbs. The purpose of this exercise was to burn Fynbos vegetation on top of the bulbs soil and so simulate conditions after a fire and cause the bulbs too flower. In 10 weeks we will know if it has worked. We then looked around the bulb house at all the different types of South African bulbs and what was flowering. I carried on with Adam, weeded the greenhouse with Keith who limped due to the fact he was shot in the foot in a ‘shoot-out’ a couple of years ago.
Wednesday, I worked with students and Stella again. We’re still propagating protea family plants like Mimetes cucullatus and Leucospermum cordifolium. Again under Stellas iron handed management we did manage to achieve a lot. Thursday, with other students I worked with Trevor. This time we collected many types of Pelargoniums and learned to propogate them, it was quite tough as some are extremely small and fiddly whilst others are large and bulky. Some of the Pelargoniums I propagated were P.greytonense, P.fruticosum and P.ponduriforme. As we didn't finish all the cuttings some of the students carried onto Friday as well.
Friday, we worked on my house garden, as every Friday at the end of the month is pay day and enjoyably a short day, so we worked on Cherises stock beds which my garden is part of. We had to do some serious clearing as it was a bit over grown but it didn't take too long to clear up and make it look decent. I hope everything is fantastic in the UK, it is definitely starting to get colder here but not that cold. As we are heading for a big thunderstorm soon so I will have to get my waterproofs out.
Regards Will
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