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Three scents worth
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Posted by Huachuma Z9 CA (My Page) on Fri, Oct 14, 05 at 18:25
| Finally my night-blooming plants are beginning to take off. We had a really hot summer that seems to have delayed a lot of the plants, but now the Tuberose, Double-Purple Datura, (Datura Metel) and Moonflower, (Ipomoea alba) are all going strong.
It's a real treat to walk outside at night and have the various fragrances waft about, and the Sphinx Moths are loving it.
In another week or so the Brugmansias should begin to bloom; I've got two plants that are covered with buds.
I hope others are having similar luck!
Mike |
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RE: Three scents worth
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| Well, it's always good to have sphinx moths. I really love them. The Daturas and Brugmansias in particular, depend on the long-tongued moths for proper pollination, so it really does make sense to allow their larvae, the hornworms, a place to feed, as well. This is mutualism, a form of symbiosis. However, if plants are still young, and depending on how many hornworms appear, they may need management, so as not to strip all of the foliage, thus starving all the caterpillars. |
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