Those look great. Most of mine are doing very well except for the newest ones that I almost burned to death from some old granular fertilizer. They were old and big enough to be fed and had been getting water soluable feedings for a while. I found some old time release stuff and decided to use it on some plants, including the young brugs. All the younger ones dropped every bit of foliage and I thought they were goners. All but one has begun putting out new growth and the more mature plants seemed unaffected. I don't think any of the seedlings that I started this year will bloom this season. I've never had a brug from seed bloom the first year for me. Maybe if I kept them going in the greenhouse over the winter they would but I don't have the space. I'll try to post some pics later. BTW your slug damage is nothing compared to mine. Some of my foliage looks like Swiss cheese : (

Shawn you should be very proud of yourself!!! Your seedlings look GREAT and the few holes are nothing compared to what mine looked like when I came back from vacation. I took them all off :-( I put them all in the ground. Either they make it or they don't. Have to many Plumeria's that need the storage space come winter lol

With this heat...the brugs are really not doing so great this year for me so far :-(

Lucy

Shawn

Your plants are very healthy. Looking good. I've had munching going on too, and it is slugs- this is the worst year I've ever seen for them. They love wet and cooler, and we have had more of that than ususal this year. So, the younguns are just too tender and tasty to resist!
Karyn, early January started seedlings have bloomed for me in the same season (2007), most of them, in fact, but last year I grew all doubles and had none bloom, just singles and not that many (I do have a longer season than you). and early frost did not help matters, as some were ready to bloom and didn't get a chance.
This year I have only single crosses as a whole, a few doubles thrown in there but not many. Shawn, my plants look similiar to yours. Mine only get 6 hours sun, tops, and they are all in pots, big heavy pots. Getting tegular fertilizer once a week. No foliar, no frills, watering is keeping me too busy except for basics. Just saw my first signs of broadmites in a few seedlings on the end of the area nearest my name brugs, who were getting the forbid treament earlier this week. Seedlings next for Forbid, after I get 'em all nekked!

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Here are a bunch of photos in link below. The seedlings are still foliated!

Here is a link that might be useful:

Brenda WOW you have the magic touch with seedlings! I guess they know it too and reward you for it by growing so huge!!

Shawn I did go outside and take some pictures just now from the few seedlings that look ok to post. The others are recovering from the vacation damage or died because hubby did not bother watering WAY in the back of the yard were I had them also. I am not sure if I did them out or not. Know me, I betcha I will lol. {{gwi:521623}}From Pictures for GW friends

Jacoyna x Morgensonne. Seeds are from you Shawn. Actually I have 3 of them doing great!
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Versi Orange x Salmon Perfection / Hyberdizer G. Morales
My best growing seedling of all.

Lucy

Karyn & Lucy, I hope your seedlings recover.

Brenda, that is a pretty big operation you have going there! It is easy to get carried away. When they are babies, it is hard to realize that they are all going to grow big and need individual big pots. Yet I keep buying seeds too, lol.

Lucy, the ones you posted look great. I can't tell from the angle, but does that first one have a y? Those Jacayna x Morgensonne seedlings are strong, aren't they? They are my fastest growers too.

Shawn when I took a closer look at the first one, I checked too because I thought it had Y'd. But it is so close together that I do not think so. Man that would be awesome!! YES you are so right. They also have no problems with bugs liking them!

Lucy

Nice plants all. I'm having very little munching going on but it is Japanese Beetles. Mine were planted from seed in early March and are blooming now here in Springdale,AR. The blooms are not that spectacular but they are blooms. I fertilized with osmocote in march and with miracle soluble this month. This is my first year with canna. Some of you are probably thinking 'I can tell'.

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OOPs wrong forum. Sorry guys. I was looking at the canna forum just before brugs.

Susan roflmao. It is ok...seedlings are seedlings :-) and NO...one can not tell that this is your first year. They look GREAT!!!

Lucy

Lucy nope not Susan. My name is John. Glad to meet you and thanks.

ooops to me now :-( That is what you get when I just SKIP around. I saw TAZ and thought it was Susan.I am so so sorry John.
to the forum. Even if it was by accident :-) we also have lots of Canna Lovers here!

have a great WE

Lucy

Everyone's seedlings look great!

Hi John, & Welcome! Your canna seedlings look great! congrats!I assumed you were Susan as well as soon as I scanned over 'Taz'..guess its another reminder never to assume!

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Threw an Iochroma seedling in there too.
Most germinated in Feb, some in April and a others in May. I can't believe how fast they grow..my tallest one is bigger than my yard stick. And a few, including the tallest one, have sub-equal leaves.
Then on the other hand some just grow so dang slow and seem to BEG the mites to come feed on them. grrr!!

Fingers crossed for blooms for everyone soon!! real soon!!

PS..as usual, please dont mind the crap you see in the background. It's all DH's, but he's finally cleaning it all out of the yard!!! YAYAYAYAYAY!!!!
well..supposedly..its not actually complete yet! LMAO!