Open/Close Side Menu
Search
Close
Search
Mutant in paradise... Mutant in paradise...

Mutant in paradise...

Last season I ramped up my brugmansia hybridizing efforts using brugmansias with mutant and deeply serrated foliage.  The results of those...

Fred's Garden Blog

After a nearly five year hiatus, Fred's Garden Blog is back! Now you can enjoy and experience the gardening exploits and adventures of Fred in his quest to hybridize brugmansia and keep his jungle and nursery under control.

Sommer Gardens / Sunday, January 30, 2011 / Categories: Ramblings

Brugs, brugs, and more brugs....

Our weather finally became the envy of the nation so I decided this weekend would be a great time to tackle a major nursery rejuvenation project. It was time to expand my growing area to accommodate more plants.  The first step was to clear the ground and treat the soil with a weed killer.  I opted to leave a couple of citrus tree stumps remain rather than crank up the chain saw.  I knew if I did that I would spend the day cutting down trees instead of finishing this task.
 
newgrowingarea.jpgOnce the ground was ready I covered it with ground cloth.  Last spring I covered about 4500 square feet of my growing area with cloth and this year I hope to cover the rest.  The ground cloth keeps my brugmansia plants from rooting in the ground and helps control weeds.  The new area I covered expanded my growing area by an additional 1,600+ square feet.  Last weekend I re-worked my sprinkler system to cover the additional space.

newgrowingarea2.jpgOnce the cloth was stapled to the ground I set out to cover it with plants. It did not take long to completely fill the area up with 3-gallon size pots. These plants were originally grouped together to make it easier to cover them for freeze protection.  I'm gambling that we are not going to have another major freeze this winter...which of course means that I'll be grouping them back together again in a few weeks to protect them from another hard freeze.  :)  If we have light freeze or frost, I'll just run the sprinklers overnight to keep the plants from freezing.

newgrowingarea3.jpgIt was exciting to see all the tiny buds that are forming on these plants.  If the weather holds, I should have a major Bloom--a-palooza going on towards the end of February!



Print
Rate this article:
No rating
7448

Search the Blog

Back To Top