green house adventures!

[kindrag23]

Originally Posted by cbuchman

Wonderful! I particularity like your pest control measures! Keep him happy.

Thank you I did not see him today but I figure he is in there.

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I am also ecstatic to say I found new reed growth coming off my den. anntenatum, Especially AFTER I almost killed it!! WHOOPSIE!! The 2 oldest stems that were sickly and not growing any new roots have now been removed. But I will have 3 stems again soon and about 20 new baby roots coming in to start over with! Hurray, Hurray, Hurray!!

I also saw that my schomburgkia have 2 new growths, and about 15 new roots over the two plants post mounting over about....a 2 month period!

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Originally Posted by orchidsarefun

yep, I grow in south-facing windows and for the next few months I have to be really careful about orchid placements. Leaf burn can happen in a few hours.

Yeah now new issue is that I have found I may have moved my greenhouse to far into the shade.Hoping that I dont have to move it again that dang thing is moveable but still weighs around 75-100lbs.

Oh and I also found that wax paper helps with blocking just enough of the sun out to not cause severe burn. When I was hardening off my seedlings and new acquisitions.

Good luck and to nooooo frying!!

[kindrag23]

Went to check my greenhouse this morning post severe rain and storms last night and found her hanging out in my greenhouse. A very pleasent surprise, and ypu know what? The flies have mysteriously disappeared! Haha

[reliablefool]

Originally Posted by kindrag23

Went to check my greenhouse this morning post severe rain and storms last night and found her hanging out in my greenhouse. A very pleasent surprise, and ypu know what? The flies have mysteriously disappeared! Haha

Is that a snack for Flip...or is Flip small enough to be a snack for it? Hehe.

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by kindrag23

Went to check my greenhouse this morning post severe rain and storms last night and found her hanging out in my greenhouse. A very pleasent surprise, and ypu know what? The flies have mysteriously disappeared! Haha

that's a cool species. Here we get the ( supposedly invasive ) Chinese Mantis. A couple of years ago I bought a few egg cases over the internet........and now we have mantis every year. They are fascinating - but true eating machines........scary. Beat zombies any day for mindless cruelty in the way they feed - usually head first
The cold snap we had recently wiped them out. I collect egg cases when I prune all the dead branches away. I store them outdoors - and then around about June every year, they hatch.

[kindrag23]

Yeah but I dont care!!!! She and her siblings kept the grasshoppers off of my grape vines thia year as well as my gardenia.

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Wait you can ORDER THESE BUG ASSASSINS!!! THAT is AWESOME!!!

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Originally Posted by reliablefool

Is that a snack for Flip...or is Flip small enough to be a snack for it? Hehe.

Well that would be a death match. But I feel they tag team. She is up high he is down low

[My Green Pets]

Hands down my favorite insect. If it stays warm in there it could live until springtime. But 18 months is usually the max lifespan even for the spoiled ones

[kindrag23]

Noooooo....

[vjo]

What do the egg cases look like?..Jean

[orchidsarefun]

Originally Posted by vjo

What do the egg cases look like?..Jean

Good photos
Scherman Hoffman Wildlife Sanctuary: Praying Mantis Egg Cases


Its happened to me that I missed protecting the "nymphs" and literally hundreds of jumping spiders were gorging themselves on them. Nature is unforgiving. I am sure weeks later the ones that survived were eating the jumping spiders in turn. Out of hundreds of nymphs, I know of only 5 adults in my garden prior to the cold snap that killed them.

[james mickelso]

I think I've been out with one of the females. Barely escaped.