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Post by areyoukittenme on May 16, 2022 21:57:16 GMT -5
Day 33. This is one of my very favorite colors in a flower!   The background is bad for photos, but I needed the downstairs location for a new strawberry garden. Strawberries need to be watched; moss roses don't. Oh my goodness it's so pretty! I should get some of these! |
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Post by Shawn on May 17, 2022 4:48:13 GMT -5
Is there wind blowing on them or something maybe?
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Post by lynnee on May 17, 2022 12:52:19 GMT -5
lynnee , they love hot temperatures. Well what do I know about this stuff? I was sure that heat was the problem!  |
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Post by lynnee on May 17, 2022 15:12:11 GMT -5
Is there wind blowing on them or something maybe? Could be, because I have a gentle fan going at night.  |
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Post by lynnee on May 18, 2022 0:38:00 GMT -5
Today there were multiple blooms! These are so beautiful, and I'd never have known about them if Sher hadn't planted some for one of the flower GALs. That's the second apricot bloom--the first one lasted only a day.   |
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Post by Shawn on May 18, 2022 6:59:09 GMT -5
Beautiful Lynne. They will all start to bloom. As some die off others will follow. At least that is what happened with mine.
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Post by Sher on May 18, 2022 21:23:05 GMT -5
They are spectacular blooms, lynnee! They are so exquisitely shaped and colored. |
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Post by lynnee on Jun 3, 2022 11:43:47 GMT -5
The Moss Rose Garden is over and done with, as of 6/1/22. The plants had a few buds left, but had grown very tall (almost to full Harvest height). They were messy, with leaves dropping whenever I touched the Harvest to refill the bowl.
The blossoms are so beautiful, I'll be growing them again. Next time I'll plant only 3 pods in a 6-pod AG. Biggest knock on moss rose in an AG is that the blooms fade after only 1 day. The colors are outstanding.
I'll post a collage of the blooms soon. I couldn't transplant the mature plants outdoors to use as ground cover, because they are toxic to cats and dogs.
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Post by Sher on Jun 3, 2022 13:17:51 GMT -5
I am glad you (and we) got to enjoy their striking beauty for a while, lynnee.  |
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Post by Shawn on Jun 3, 2022 14:16:36 GMT -5
I am glad you enjoyed them. I wonder why yours grew so tall. I grew Portulacas and they were the perfect size for the Harvest. Who knows....
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Post by Sher on Jun 3, 2022 14:44:54 GMT -5
I grew some that grew straight up into the Harvest lights and got weedy looking.
I know they are sun lovers. Maybe they just needed stronger lights? Or, if Shawn grew them successfully in a Harvest, maybe it was the seed vendor's selection of growers.  |
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Post by lynnee on Jun 3, 2022 17:29:26 GMT -5
Sher , weedy looking is the perfect description for their appearance when I decided to end the garden. I think it's important to keep the light as low as possible. Anyway, here are the colors you get from the AG Moss Rose pod kit (pink, apricot, gold, fuchsia). I love them all. 
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Post by areyoukittenme on Jun 3, 2022 17:34:36 GMT -5
They're all so pretty! What lovely flowers.
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Post by Sher on Jun 3, 2022 20:33:20 GMT -5
They really are breathtaking, lynnee. Such amazing colors!
i grew then on my deck in Georgia. Out in the sun, the plants spread out into a flat rosette shape. If I remember correctly, each flower only lasted a short time, but they flowered so prolifically that there were always blooms on them.
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Post by Shawn on Jun 4, 2022 4:18:38 GMT -5
Lovely colors in that kit.
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