So... Anyone ever grow a pineapple?

[adrina]

We have loads of sunchokes this year.

Zinnias. For the flutterbies.

https://i.imgur.com/oMPVFMu.jpg

 

[Baldo_bearded]

Zinnias. For the flutterbies.

https://i.imgur.com/oMPVFMu.jpg

My zinnias have outgrown the peppers now. Once they're gone it will be a huge bald spot.

 

[HarryHill]

Did the pineapple survive Ian?

 

[Brains_N_Boobs]

https://www.barnorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/morning_picdump-41-5.jpg

 

[adrina]

Did the pineapple survive Ian?

Yes. Probably loved all the water too.

https://i.imgur.com/UoUu0YP.jpg

And Jan's babies are moving along too. If I ever get my ass in gear and get that bed in the northeast corner done, then they'll actually have a home.

https://i.imgur.com/rQaeTUk.jpg

 

[adrina]

Snapdragon babies into snapdragon adults.

I started these seeds back in 2021. Two survived. One white and one burgundy. I just trimmed the burgundy down, but she's already got more shoots coming. They've lasted almost two years now.

https://i.imgur.com/DU9HOBB.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/DHGupkJ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/WfRLE87.jpg

 

[stickygirl]

I've just seeded up some trays with zinnia, cosmos and rudbekia. They're in the cold frame and now it's snowing! Maybe the cold will let them know what season it is - UK spring

 

[adrina]

I've just seeded up some trays with zinnia, cosmos and rudbekia. They're in the cold frame and now it's snowing! Maybe the cold will let them know what season it is - UK spring

I've got sunflower seedlings and gazania seedlings going on. The sunflower seeds should be ready to transplant into the ground in a few weeks. The gazania will take longer but they will last longer too. I've had gazania's last a couple years here. Sunflowers are just one season. But the bees love them.

 

[stickygirl]

I've got sunflower seedlings and gazania seedlings going on. The sunflower seeds should be ready to transplant into the ground in a few weeks. The gazania will take longer but they will last longer too. I've had gazania's last a couple years here. Sunflowers are just one season. But the bees love them.

Gazania - of course! You've reminded me, thanks. I'll try and find some seeds at the garden centre. I just love the way they embrace the sunshine, grinning back the the sun. I think they're a S African plant originally so their stay in the UK is normally brief but exuberant.

 

[jaF0]

I got weeds.

 

[adrina]

Gazania - of course! You've reminded me, thanks. I'll try and find some seeds at the garden centre. I just love the way they embrace the sunshine, grinning back the the sun. I think they're a S African plant originally so their stay in the UK is normally brief but exuberant.

When I planted the gazania I thought I had grabbed the zinnia seeds. Oops.

I got weeds.

The bees and other polinators like the weeds.

 

[Cindy027]

Been doing too many other things in the yard so the pineapple did not get planted. It is doing well however. It is continuing to grow roots and the roots it has are getting more substantial.

https://i.imgur.com/LmS2mmZ.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ayUQhGC.jpg

But it did get a friend. I got another pineapple. Figured what they hay, for all the time involved I'll have two of them. I guess.

https://i.imgur.com/FDgmQsz.jpg

Looks like something out of ‘The Last of Us’

 

[adrina]

Looks like something out of ‘The Last of Us’

Watch out for the bromelain.

 

[stickygirl]

Watch out for the bromelain.

At my old house, in winter I dug up a rhubarb plant and thought I'd found a dead body. Seriously scarey, thick white limbs, buried. I never liked the stuff before, but now it gives me the creeps

 

[adrina]

At my old house, in winter I dug up a rhubarb plant and thought I'd found a dead body. Seriously scarey, thick white limbs, buried. I never liked the stuff before, but now it gives me the creeps

I've never grown rhubarb. My aunt did. She made rhubarb strawberry pie. Eugh.

 

[thør]

I've never grown rhubarb. My aunt did. She made rhubarb strawberry pie. Eugh.

We have a single rhubarb plant for an occasional pie or crumble. And another that is mostly ornamental. The pie plant is the first harvest of the season.

 

[adrina]

We have a single rhubarb plant for an occasional pie or crumble. And another that is mostly ornamental. The pie plant is the first harvest of the season.

I don't think rhubarb grows down here - not cold enough. I'm not sorry.

 

[thør]

I don't think rhubarb grows down here - not cold enough. I'm not sorry.

Rhubarb was used as a medicinal tonic in the 1700's and 1800's. It's still recommended by some practitioners.

It goes well with gin.

 

[adrina]

Rhubarb was used as a medicinal tonic in the 1700's and 1800's. It's still recommended by some practitioners.

It goes well with gin.

Hopefully better with gin than strawberries in a pie.

 

[thør]

It’s fine in a pie,too.

 

[Diann_Mom]

Strawberry rhubarb pie! Yummy!

View attachment 2217879

 

[TwinkleStars]

Is that white gladiolus???

 

[adrina]

Is that white gladiolus???

Snapdragons. Well, off-white. Maybe more popcornish?

 

[TwinkleStars]

Snapdragons. Well, off-white. Maybe more popcornish?

Ok. I only grew gladiolus. I see the difference now. Ugh, such a dork I is.

 

[adrina]

Ok. I only grew gladiolus. I see the difference now. Ugh, such a dork I is.

Glads can grow in Florida. But they don't tend to last year after year like they do up north.