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Archive for August, 2020
WTH is Happening to Our Country?
Friday, August 28th, 2020Fungus Found in Soil of Potted Plants
Tuesday, August 25th, 2020Today I found fungus growth in a few of my recently repotted plants. The potting mix is a combination of peat, bark, decomposed granite, and pea gravel. The potting mix for a few plants that are not succulents, had the addition of a manufactured cactus mix.
Removed From Two Potted Plant
Evening–Found more potted plants with evidence of fungi.
When I opened the soil bin, this is what I found.
Did not see the fungi when I used the cactus soil as part of a soil potting mix.
Just finished repotting every plant that I used the soil potting mix.
Gosh, it was a lot of work to clean the plants and scrub and disinfect the pots, make a potting mix, and repot all of the plants. Good that only a few plants were potted up the day I used the soil potting mix.
Thistle Silk
Monday, August 24th, 2020
Drimiopsis, A New Leaf
Monday, August 24th, 2020Drimiopsis
Gift from a friend received and potted 7/23/20.
A Little Bit of Yellow
Sunday, August 23rd, 2020Detail Dietes Flower
Aphids on Milkweed Plants
The Gulf Fritillary Butterfly Visited the Garden Again, Today
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020The draw to the garden is the Passiflora.
A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar found in the garden in 2019.
Its chrysalis–
Crassula capitella Red Pagoda and Mealybugs
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020Nearly all of my Crassula capitella Red Pagoda have these–
I cleaned the plants and placed them in the plant hospital in the upstairs bathroom. Plan to give the plants a little time to see if more mealybugs surface. If they do I will dispose of the plants.
The day I brought the Crassula capitella Red Pagoda home in 2018. It is the plant on the right.
The Echeveria Black Knight today–
Morning Glory
Saturday, August 22nd, 2020Gulf Fritillary Butterfly
Friday, August 21st, 2020Attempted to take a photo of a Gulf fritillary butterfly that visited my courtyard garden.
All of the photos were blurry. Wouldn’t pause long enough to see its wing detail.
Just as I put my phone in my pocket, it flew around my head and landed on a Passiflora leaf. I put my hand down next to it.
Its antenna stroked my finger. Much cooler than a photo!
It is important to live in the moment, to contemplate something beautiful.