San Antonio Swap

Going to the coast today, I can check to see what I still have to trade. It was 26 degrees for 7 hours, lost all my plumeria and hibiscus, not sure what else. I will post when I know. Barbra

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Posted by roselee z8 SW Texas (My Page) on
Fri, Feb 26, 10 at 8:46

Have a good trip Barbra. We hope you find some nice surprises of what survived when you get there, although sometimes it is hard to tell until the weather gets warmer. I'm wondering right now if my three sweet almonds are alive.

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Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 28, 10 at 8:12

R... I discovered yesterday that my sweet almond is putting out shoots near the ground.

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Posted by roselee z8 SW Texas (My Page) on
Sun, Feb 28, 10 at 8:53

Thanks Kathy! My yard seems to be in a cooler microclimate than yours and my plants are not nearly as advanced in their growth as yours (no bloom spikes yet on Larkspur, etc.) so this is very good news :-)

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Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on
Wed, Mar 3, 10 at 8:17

Are you ready? On weather.com the 10 day forcast goes to Friday the 12th. Mostly high 60's.

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Posted by gina868 8 SA/TX (ghokanson@satx.rr.com) on
Fri, Mar 5, 10 at 18:20

Hi guys!! I don't post much..ok hardly ever! But been working with my garden and flowers and have some wants. I was thinking it would be fun to attend your swap. I have a few things, but not much. I am looking for some Mexican bird of Paradise, and coral vine. I will look around this weekend and see what I can come up with. I am always looking for new plants. I am from Oregon originally and now live by Timberwood Park and have multitudes of deer. So looking for plants deer wont eat mostly!! I will post more maybe tommorrow!! Thanks everyone!

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Posted by roselee z8 SW Texas (My Page) on
Fri, Mar 5, 10 at 19:14

Hi Gina! It's great to hear from you and so glad to hear you are coming to the swap. When I unload my greenhouse I'm pretty sure I'll find some coral vine that I dug last fall. Also think I have the 'yellow' Mexican bird of paradise. Someone else might have the 'regular' Mexican bird of paradise ... (not taking time to look up their botanical names :-)

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Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on
Fri, Mar 5, 10 at 21:58

Hey Gina. Please do join us. I lived in Timberwood when we started this swap.
Kathy

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Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 7, 10 at 11:37

The weather forcast for March 13.
Sunny with a high of 75 degrees.

FYI: the spring swap has always been in late March.
And the fall swap in mid October.

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Posted by marcie_new z8 (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 7, 10 at 23:12

Great weather for next saturday!! Bad news my guava seeds are barely sprouting out of the seed coat. so should I take some to the swap? because they are not even seedlings. I do have some mexican bird of paradise coming up, the castor beans are barely sprouting too. however I will go see a friend of mine and see if she has anything that I can have to take to the swap. my daturas have not yet sprouted either, the frost got most of my plants thanks to my CAT he opened the tarp and left it open and the rest is history, I will be able to get some cuttings for oleanders but is anyone interested in unrooted cuttings? I will come back and post tomorrow.

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Posted by castro_gardener 8b (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 7, 10 at 23:23

Kathy, do you think you could contact the park people and ask them to take the walls off our pavilion for the day ? Or at least open them up ? It will be such a pretty day, and we'll basically be stuck inside a little building. Poo !

Go to the Exchanges page for more about the swap. I'm posting another message about a few more plants I'll bring IF someone wants them.

patty

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Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 8, 10 at 7:28

Marcie, bring what ever you want. Lots of people bring fresh cuttings. Wrap the bottom ends with a damp paper towel. Then wrap that with syran wrap.

Patty, thanks for the reminder.

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Posted by roselee z8 SW Texas (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 8, 10 at 10:05

Speaking of cuttings, does anybody want some fig tree cuttings? I've got a miniature black fig (it gets about six feet tall and the little figs are delicious) or what my Uncle Nap calls a 'honey fig'. It's very sweet. He carried this fig tree from place to place all his long life after he moved away from Arkansas as a young man.

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Posted by linda_tx8 (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 8, 10 at 16:20

I wouldn't mind trying to root that! I looked up 'honey fig' and found this Peter's Honey Fig...does it look like this? Nice story about taking the fig tree wherever he went. Sheila went back to the apartment complex she used to live in to take cuttings from their fig tree because she liked their figs so much!

Here is a link that might be useful: Peter's Honey Fig

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Posted by roselee z8 SW Texas (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 8, 10 at 17:51

Linda, it does look like that -- it's a light colored fig.

Whatever it is, I've gotcha' down for some cuttings of "Uncle Nap's Honey Fig" :-)

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Posted by phoenix7801 8b (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 9, 10 at 2:38

ooh ooh ooh...I want some fig cuttings

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Posted by roselee z8 SW Texas (My Page) on
Tue, Mar 9, 10 at 7:05

You got 'um, Joey! I'll bring a few extras, too. Figs are easy to root.

Anybody, how about Jujube, Li variety? I might be able to find and dig up some root sprouts.

where is everyone ?

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Posted by castro_gardener 8b (My Page) on
Wed, Mar 10, 10 at 21:47

Is anyone else coming ? Looks like we have very few people showing up.

bump

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Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on
Fri, Mar 12, 10 at 9:36

Roselee - I would love a fig cutting also.

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Posted by roselee z8 SW Texas (My Page) on
Fri, Mar 12, 10 at 13:28

Okay Shirley, you'll have some too.

I'll bring several bundles of fig cuttings. I only request that you label them "Uncle Nap's Honey Fig" in memory of the one of the kindest men that ever lived as well as a gardener extraordinaire! :-)

I'm gathering up the things I'll be bringing and looking forward to seeing everybody tomorrow!

If there is anything else on my list y'all want me to bring speak now or forever hold your peace ...well, at least hold it until the fall swap. LOL

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Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on
Fri, Mar 12, 10 at 15:21

Absolutely, the figs will be "Uncle Nap's Honey Figs." One of my earliest childhood memories is watching my grandfather pick figs in his orchard in Austin. After breakfast, the extras went to a bench out by the street where they were sold on the honor system. The brown turkey figs I have now aren't as sweet, but then it could be the memory is sweeter.

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Posted by linda_tx8 (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 13, 10 at 7:51

The memeory is always sweeter! See you there!

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Posted by marcie_new z8 (My Page) on
Sat, Mar 13, 10 at 19:31

Hi guys, sorry about my not making it to the swap. Had some issues going on ,and I just could not make it, finally around 3 p:m it cleared up, I guess I am not meant to meet you guys, this is the second time I had planed to attend and for whatever reason (health) is just does not work out.

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Posted by plantmaven 8b/9a TX (My Page) on
Sun, Mar 14, 10 at 9:51

We missed you! Someone took your nigella and they will have a home. I can mail you seeds if you want.

Kathy

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Posted by princealbert 8 Belton TX (My Page) on
Mon, Mar 15, 10 at 19:42

Marcie,
I confess.
I got your Nigella seeds and planted them all. I'll collect seeds when they get ripe and save some for you. It will be a while, I planted them Sunday.

Sorry you didn't get to come.
pa

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Posted by rock_oak_deer 8a TX (My Page) on
Thu, Mar 18, 10 at 19:21

Hi Marcie,

There you are, I'd been looking at another thread. Sorry you couldn't join us. Hope to meet you in the fall.

The creeping fig didn't make it anyway so you didn't miss it. It apparently needs warmer weather to root and I hope to have it in the fall.

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