Fargesia fungosa, yunnanensis and papyrifera

Almost two years after sowing fargesia seed it is time to do a winter test. While searching for experiences regarding fargesia overwintering I came across the same situation as before; not much information scattered all over the internet. So since my fargesias are going to overwinter outside anyhow, I will document their progress and publish it here. That way everything will be in one place.

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Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

A friend of mine introduced me with water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) several years ago and ever since then I had it maybe two times. Since we have cold winters hyacinth cannot survive outside but it also rarely survives indoors. Lack of sunlight is the biggest problem and artificial lights are too expensive to use. It is interesting that sometimes it survives through entire winter and when spring comes it starts to die. Don`t understand why but it is very disappointing to see that.

To me water hyacinth is very interesting looking plant and great addition to ponds and lakes. My biggest reason for wanting this plant is that it looks very unusual and I would like to see it flower :). I hope that this post will end with water hyacinth flowering and producing seed. Since it is hard to overwinter plants seed would be great thing to have.

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Moringa oleifera diary

Moringa is an interesting tree. It can be eaten from root to leaf and it contain very high amounts of vitamins, minerals and proteins. Basically it is a vitamin-mineral-protein factory that produces pills every day for free and most important thing is....they are all natural! That is one of the reasons I decided to plant it.

Since Moringa is native to northwestern India and is tropical tree I will grow mine in container so that I can keep it indoors during the winter.

While gathering information about Moringa I read somewhere that 65-70 liter (17-18,50 gallon) container is best for growing Moringa indoors. The tree itself has deep root because in dry climate it has to go very deep to get to the water, that is why deeper container should be used.

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Moso bamboo diary 2

It is safe to say that spring has finally came. Winter test that I mentioned in Moso bamboo diary 1 has been successful, except the part with mice.

Winter itself was mild so there was no damage to the bamboo planted outside. Since winter officially ended I am opening this new post to continue writing about my bamboo experience. Winter actually closed last phase that I had to do before deciding to plant all moso into the backyard - most of them are in containers indoors. When I find more time I will summarize the most important things that I have learned. 

Today was a very busy day. I had to move some plants from the house into the greenhouse, repair the greenhouse, reorganize plants indoors, water them...Well, by the time I finished it was dark so I couldn`t take any picture.

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