2012 MREC Field Day

It was a hot but nice day this past Wednesday...

There were vendors, lots of speakers and even some nice plants to look over.

Food was excellent also....

All and all I gues it was a success.....At least I learned a lot.

Field Day 2012

We had a field day yesterday May 23, 2012....It went very well with about 250 people in the audience.... I would show photos but left camera at home today....will put some up soon.... It was a good day overall..... Now back to the thesis.......grrrrrrrrrr.....

Thesis.....

I am in the middle of thesis writing assistance...that is what.....of course there is a deadline.....no time to write for fun.... Otherwise plants are growing fine, no problems.... Lots of blackberries and strawberries in garden.... Back to work....c ya...

Indoor Adenium

Here is a photo of an Adenium that we placed in an interior room for testing.....the results???? Let us just say that these plants need LOTS of light to continue flowering..

After 1 week the plants are not happy and stop making new flower buds and even may begin to shed leaves....keep your plants were they get at least 6 hours of bright sunlight so they will continue to flower all summer....

Princess Tree on the Rebound..........

Two weeks ago (blog of April 17th) I wacked off the top of my precious princess tree....Two reasons for the demise......1) more cuttings, 2) lower the branching pattern... Now after two weeks things are looking good.....

The tree is breaking new buds........in fact there are 9 nodes (each with 2 buds) that are growing out...Initialy there were only 6 buds growing out at the top.....So I have cuttings rooting and three times the potential new shoots at a better height for viewing the flowers next spring...All in all this seems to be a good choice......I will provide another photo update in a few weeks....