David Austin Roses. Bring Me Sunshine and Darcy Bussell. 13 Jun 24.

 Bring Me Sunshine opened its first flowers.  They are very nice.  The myrrh  scent is incredible, my favorite.  The current flowers are low on the plant, but new buds are on the top of new growth.

Given the vigor, I don't know what will be the long term situation, container vs. in-ground.  I prefer container.

Darcy Bussell is looking good too.  Lots of flowers.  Unfortunately, I barely detect a scent.

Up-potting Schlumbergera Seedlings. 11 Jun 24.

 I planted these Schlumbergera seeds 6 Dec 23, from seeds that I saved from my own plants and cross pollinated myself.

They grow slowly but I'm surprised at how sturdy sone of the seedlings are.  There is also quite a diversity of appearances.

The roots are not deep, but they are tightly entangled. They were difficult to separate.

 

I selected the most vigorous looking plants to separate and plant into three or four inch containers, three plants per container.  This is similar to how the plants are sold, a few together in 4 inch pots, but these plants are much smaller and in juvenile stage.

I also replanted the remaining smaller / less vigorous seedlings together again in a small container.

I haven't grown Schlumbergeras from seeds before, so I don't know if any seedlings might bloom this winter.  They are still quite small, so I have my doubts.  There is quite a diversity in shape and vigor among the seedlings.  It's an interesting experiment.

Planting Out Marigold Seedlings. 11 Jun 24.

 Today I planted seedlings from my home-saved marigold seeds.  I've raised these through multiple generations over eight or ten years.  The original plant was a volunteer in my vegetable garden, probably a seed fallen from some plants I grew previously.  But I don't know.  It's a nice variety.

I also planted up the Alumnia Vanilla Creme marigold seedlings

I'm glad I got them moved on to their summer containers.

Up-Potting Alpine Strawberry Seedlings. 11 Jun 24.

 These are the alpine strawberry seedlings.  I planted the seeds 30 April.  Here.

I decided to up-pot the seedlings in the most crowded cell.  It's  interesting to look at how developed the roots are, for such tiny plants.

I planted the seedlings in eight-packs.  One with eight seedlings, the other with sixteen, two per cell.

I don't know yet what I will do with all of the other seedlings.  I'm thinking they'll go into rectangular group pots, like I did with the Ozark Beauty strawberry plants.

We'll see how they do.  Time will tell.

Original seed packet.

Water - Rooted Tomato Cutting. 1 Jun 24.

 Her's the accidental cutting of Supersweet-100 that I took, after the stem of my small plant was eaten by a slug.  I made a clean cut, using a razor blade, put the cutting into water, and kept it in a window in partial sun.  So that was 14 May, making it 14 days.

I planted it in a small container in pitting soil, today.

Here was the original cutting.

Now I'll gradually acclimate the cutting as it settles in and starts growing.  We'll see how it does.