Dgbama 2014 grow blog

[DGBAMA]

10 days after planting, not much to show. Good news is there are less dead spots than expected, "only" 40-50, which still hurts my feelings.

What I have is a bunch of these (note the remnants of the much larger leaves they were planted with):

And a few of these:


And a row of Harrow Velvet that actually looks happy.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Bummer, At least not a total loss. That Harrow Velvet Kicks Butt. I am growing it this year also, one tough big plant.
I hope more pull thru for you. Good Luck,
BT

 

[deluxestogie]

With all those beat up plants, just pretend that I came by and secretly gave them a deluxe clipping before transplant.

In 2013, my Harrow Velvet bed was drowned for nearly two weeks. Not a single plant died. None grew to their full potential, but most were fairly productive.

Bob

 

[DGBAMA]

Bummer, At least not a total loss. That Harrow Velvet Kicks Butt. I am growing it this year also, one tough big plant.
I hope more pull thru for you. Good Luck,
BT

HV is a new one for me.

Weather has been good this week so hopefully the rest are setting good roots and will make up for lost time. Just hard to look at right now.

 

[ArizonaDave]

Looks pretty good to me! I'm thinking some of them just might bounce back, maybe even from seeds not sprouted prior to transplant?

 

[Knucklehead]

Where there is life there is hope. Are the bud heads still alive?

 

[DGBAMA]

Where there is life there is hope. Are the bud heads still alive?

They are. The small leaves are actually new growth since the scorching they took the first few days.

 

[Knucklehead]

They are. The small leaves are actually new growth since the scorching they took the first few days.

That's good to hear. My Timor has given me fits from the start. It looked like they were about to die in the cells so I went ahead and planted them in the field. They were nothing but a bud head when I planted them but they seem to have taken a turn for the better. They're putting out new leaves also. It's still touch and go. I had to replace a TN 86 and a Harrow Velvet, they just disappeared, I'm guessing deer. I wouldn't do anything beyond trimming the dead leaves off the hurt ones, too much attention can be as bad as Roundup. It's a heartbreaker to see your babies in that condition, but I think you're better off than you think you are. I have my fingers crossed that this next wave of storms only brings mild, soaking rain. (and not too much of that either)

 

[grgfinney]

I hope your plants come back for you and you get some decent weather

 

[ArizonaDave]

I saw on the news you may have received more rain? Everything doing well?

 

[DGBAMA]

I saw on the news you may have received more rain? Everything doing well?

Bunch of rain, but not heavy. I get to check on them in the morning but I expect them to be good.

 

[DGBAMA]

A lot are showing real recovery now. I actually have rows of green leaves.
Going to give them one more week then fill in with some spares.

 

[Brown Thumb]

Wow, They look Great for Hell they have been thru. Good thing you got some backups. It doesn't look like you a lot of them.

 

[Rickey60]

It looks like they will be jumping before long.

 

[DGBAMA]

Wow, They look Great for Hell they have been thru. Good thing you got some backups. It doesn't look like you a lot of them.

Yea, it looks good from the end, but there are about 50 empty holes out there.

 

[Brown Thumb]

I will trade I Have 400 empty holes waiting to be Holes.
You got backups for them all?
I know the feeling.
BT

 

[DGBAMA]

I have some of each variety but not enough of some.

 

[Boboro]

Im gonna have some emtey holes this year too.

 

[DGBAMA]

After a morning of upper 40s and rain, got some more planting done this evening.

72 total.
Jalpa
PA Broadleaf
Dom Olor
Scantic
Lonnie's Havana.

 

[Mad Oshea]

Now that is sweet! good job buddy! I like last years spot there as well. Keeps trucks out of the guy wires. (charge the power co. for protection) LOL