CLOSED: £az£o's Mystery Mix for Fall 2009 «☼¿☼»

Yeah!! Thanks LazLo. The mix we've all been waiting for. I know if you can grow it I can grow it seeing as I live pretty close to that gate you mentioned above - lol. I'm already plotting out a Mystery Mix area in my yard!

Lazlo I would love to try your Msytery Mix please. I love surprises.

I will send you an envelope and two "forever stamps" will that work? Home so.
would like "Mystery mix." I know it says mystery but do you label what they are? Silly question??
Anyhow, my envelope will be in the mail. thanks Love the pictures . Charleen

ridesredmule - I think it's a mystery until they grow and then we get the fun of identifying what we're growing - lol.

Well, I am sort of goofy some times, fell off my mule too many times. :-) But I sure enjoy meting all these nice people on
that help me wade thru. Thanks, I think I will give it a try. I guess they will grow here.

Whoohooo! Sending SAE : )
Thanks!!! I love starting seeds!

Thank so much! Envelope will be in the mail tomorrow.

Carol M.

Mailing my envy this week. Thank you for your generosity!

Sending you another envie. Would like the mix also. Mailing out tomorrow. Thanks

Ooh! I am SO sending an envelope! :D Thank you, LazLo, you're awesome!

Thank you! Envelope goes in the mail in the a.m.

Sending in my envelope in the AM.... two envelopes.. one for my son, the new gardener, and one for me... by the way.. I have some awsome plants from your last offer last fall.. I have full sun! YAY! ;D

me too please glad didnt miss it been sick lately and not on. will get it out tommorow.

What fun!! I know what FULL SUN means here in Texas! LOL Loved your description of it being something akin to standing at the gates of hell!

I'll be sending you an envelope!

Many thank yews - am sending envie etc - have gates of hell all ready - lol

LazLo, I would love to try your mystery mix. Getting my envelope ready now. Thank you so much! :)

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I would love some are there any left?

I want to join in the fun of a mystery mix garden too plz...

Lazlo, I would love to get in on the mystery mix .Sounds like alot of fun. Sending SABE today.

Thanks,
Darla

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Hundreds of packets have been packaged already and there's a huge reserve of the mix in a container for the event so many requests come in that II run out of pre-packaged seeds.   So please don't post on this thread questions such as "Do you have any left?"   Whenever the supply runs out, I will close this thread right away.  Until the thread is closed, yes, I have more Mystery Mix seeds left and, yes, I will send a packet to you . . .
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Just FYI Folks, the mention of the heat in my area doesn't mean your area must be as hot as Hades for the mix to succeed.  I just needed a reason to type naughty.
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i thought I found you a dragon tail but only got Gooseneckstrife. I'll keep looking.
Looked like a dragon tail to me. Love your goofy pic.

Jeez don't spread that stuff around to much it might take hold somewhere and that would be bad. ROFLOL.

How bout this one?

Well that one might not be as bad but really needs to be changed around . Voters on top . The way it should be . With out voters there wouldn't be any politicians.

That one is right, we all get crapped on
after voting them in.

Loved your pic, Xe. When in doubt, weed & keep the good ones!
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»   I received my envelope yesterday . . . Should I start the mystery mix seed now?
»   Just wondering since it said fall mix.
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No worries - I labeled the packets "Fall 2009" only to differentiate them from the mix I offered this Spring.
You can sow them now (just don't let them get too wet or to dry out), winter sow them, or wait until just after the last frost next year.
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Don the comic is good. made me laugh this morning.

Don, the Manihot I received from you last spring is blooming and I love it.. thanks so very very much! ( the Abelmoschus manihot - - Synonym: Hibiscus manihot )

Oh, Debra - that's sure pretty!

Oh, Kelly... all his stuff is pretty! The man can sure find the seeds! The only seed I got from him that hasn't sprouted ( that I know of) is the pride of barados..
my red yucca is making a plant, the I. Carnea has come up in three different pots, and well.. some real cute white and pink asters ( I think thats what they are) showed up in his spot ( I have trade spots)

Debra -

You should try the petals of the manihot hibiscus in a salad - - they are great & make a pretty touch for the salad, too.

As for the Pride of Barbados germination troubles you mention - - just give sunshine & a dash of cinnamon a try:

I use 2"x2" pots with any potting soil into which I mix a dash of ground cinnamon - - a natural fungicide that really helps to keep damp-off from occuring. I've found my germination rates soar since taking up this practice.

But prior to sowing, you need to scarify the seed - - sometimes I use the tip of a sharp knife, but if my wife catches me doing this she makes me change over to a piece of sandpaper. (I've nicked my fingers almost as many times as I've nicked seeds . . . slippery little boogers!)
I use either a fine sandpaper or just an old emery board. All you need to do is get through that outer coat - - removing just a small bit will do as long as you can see the meat, or germ, of the seed beneath that outer hull. Once done with the scarifying, I soak the seeds in lukewarm water for at least 12 hours.

After soaking the potting soil, I locate the place where I scarified each seed and just push the seed into the soil until about ½ of the seed remains exposed. Pride of Barbados needs sunlight to germinate.
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Cinnamon? Really? Would you recommend this for all seeds, or just certain types?

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*bows to the Guru*

Thank you. :)

Great!, I used cinnamon all last winter in my nursery down stairs.. so treat them like the morning glorys then right? I need more seeds , then cuz I planted all mine.. I guess I better go out to my jungle and see if I have a plant and just don't know it..LOL I saw that Tropicmans seed from you germinated and his is lookng great and bloomed.. but then anything he touches grows.. and.. I use a file too, cuz all i have to do is look at a knife and i am bleeding..
Thanks, don, u r the best!

This prevent "dampoff" too? The cinnamon? i don't like to grow seed only to have them tumble over
from dampoff. i have been trying to find out and you got the answer. Huh? You mix it into the soil or
can you just sprinkle it on top?

Debra - I'm excited your's is so pretty because I got some seeds for them from LazLo a couple months back and I have some babies of them! Hibiscus are great - so pretty, and as Don says, this one is edible - lol. Anything that grows in my zone, looks pretty and I can eat it? OK in my book. I was so excited to see Don offer seeds because I hear such great things about this seeds!! The Mystery Mix will go in a special spot so I can have fun trying to ID everything with my newbie self - lol.