What’s going on in your garden (2026)?

Got my seeds in dirt today!!!

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From the left:
3 Big Beef tomatoes
2 Roma tomatoes
2 Yellow squash
2 cucumbers
2 Thai hybrid
2 Pimentos
2 Buena Mulata Purples
2 Aleppo

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kaneohegirlinaz said:
My Anthurium potted plant has out grown his digs and I have been trying to find that specific potting mix for him.
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When they outgrow the pot, it's time to move them.
I use the only stuff available, which is a sort of peat moss. However, the plants don't actually need soil to absorb nutrients; they're what are known as epiphytes. Just like orchids and bromeliads, the roots help to anchor the plant, and the nutrients are water-borne. They need moisture every day, because they're tropical and (maybe) originated in rain forests.
Remove the plant from its pot. There may be two, or three, or even four plants there. Just separate them. If there are loads of roots (picture 2) then just cut them off - they're draining goodness from the flowers. (picture 3)
Next step, if the stem is long, is to cut the stems into 3-4" pieces and poke them into the potting mix you have (picture 4) . Eventually, they'll start growing leaves (warning! Some of them don't make it) and you've got even more anthurium (picture 5, right in the front in the little pots).
It's essential to water them frequently and add vitamins to the water once a fortnight.
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karadekoolaid
We had Anthuriums back in Hawaii and they did so well. Kaneohe Oahu is on the Windward side of the Island or the wet side.
But here in Cowboyville Arizona, where it's bone dry, I take extra care of "Andy Anthurium".
The funny thing is that this plant was a gift from my sister, who ordered it from a local florist!
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He's three different colors, white, light green and a dark green, at least that's the color blooms I've gotten in the past.
I got him about three years ago and he wasn't very big...

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... and today ...


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It's not easy to find what he needs here locally.
I have to order from the WWW, but we keep going back and forth to the "Big City" and already had one porch pirate steal a delivery 🤬
Andy Anthurium will get the care that he needs, soon.
 
I germinate seeds between a damp folded paper towel inside individual plastic sandwich zipper bags and put those inside a used grape or strawberry clear clamshell, labelled & dated. That way I see how quickly they germinate, especially if they're saved seeds or come from the seed bank peeps or sligtly older seeds that have been stored As soon as they germinate they each go into a small first size pot until they're big enough to plant out, usually after a couple or three weeks and sets of leaves.
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Z-Cook said:
Do you just use garden soil or do you buy potting soil?
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Buy potting soil, it's sterilized so there's no oops on mold, fungus, etc. it's damp around here and everything grows so clean is good to start.

Damping off, bacterial blight, took out 75% of my seedlings last year using held over potting mix. ☹️
 
Barriehie said:
Buy potting soil, it's sterilized so there's no oops on mold, fungus, etc. it's damp around here and everything grows so clean is good to start.
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Totally makes sense. I do too - just wondered, as some people use garden soil. The soil here is pretty lean and extreme, so seeds are best started off in bought potting mix.
Barriehie said:
Damping off, bacterial blight, took out 75% of my seedlings last year using held over potting mix. ☹️
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Wow that's a lot. And youre sure it was the potting mix?
 
Z-Cook said:
Totally makes sense. I do too - just wondered, as some people use garden soil. The soil here is pretty lean and extreme, so seeds are best started off in bought potting mix.

Wow that's a lot. And youre sure it was the potting mix?
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Yes. The seedlings were wilting/constricting right at ground level. Just like this:
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badjak said:
I use topsoil, but also toilet roll inners to make replanting easier
You can just about see it here.
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I seem to have no problem with "new" soil, but the existing soil gives me major issues
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They are a lot bigger today, there 2 first leaves are showing (there's a name for those, but I can't remember what it is in English)
 
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