Walmart DR

All plants are beautiful! They're sure look happy! Great shelf too!

Thank You Elena, made the shelf myself, first of many probably! I have some Mr KO seeds coming up.

Oh those are good looking babies! Yeah you should get busy making new shelves, lol. I ended up having about 200 seedlings, 12-6m.o. Now transitioning them to outside, but night temps still too low and I have to bring them all indoors every evening. And back outside every morning. No more seedlings this year because I'll break my back! You are sooo lucky to live in FL and even luckier to be able to buy them in BBS! Your Walmart plant is absolutely beautiful, such a great bloomer!

Yes the weather just got to where the night temps stay above 50 degrees, before then I was moving seedlings and large DRs into the garage and out in the mornings!

Sooooo, Ray ... Constructing that neat little bench (nice work, by the way) was just a test run for the big daddy of all benches! You are definitely going to need more than that cute little 12-pot bench ;-p

Ooooor, you can cheat and use cinderblocks laid out in steps every 3 feet all the way across that back fence with wood planks on top (or set inside the ciderblock cutouts) in 3-4 tiers. Google "Cinderblock bench for plants" for other great ideas. Forum member, Jericson Pastor (Hawaii) created a garden haven with his benches. Check that out here:

http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/4203449/new-setup-for-my-yard?n=20

Here's an attractive corner option I really like ... It's on my personal "Honey Do" list:

Maria Elena

I like both of these bench ideas. No fence or wall for mine to stand against though so I'll stick with big long planks on cinder blocks for now. Your plants look good, Ray! Thank you for sharing with us, all of you. I happened to pick up a couple of pink DR's at Lowes myself yesterday. Give me some grafting root stocks that aren't small to practice with, and maybe do some pollination practice for more root stock fodder.

Yes I'm off to Lowe's for more wood to make another stand for my seedlings and other smaller aquistions, have to keep blinders on going through the garden section! LOL! And have to get supplies for a covering for them when it rains, our rainy season approaching.

Ray, you are going to be busy man.

Your plants are looking good.

Marie

Ahhh Ray, you've been holding out on us, these look great. You've got some impressive bases/caudex's forming there. Love your stand & you made it yourself!!! Love the pale pink one, third one from the left, top shelf in photo 1. The pot seems to show it off very nicely. Your KO babies look great, may I ask - what sort of varieties/colours did you buy?

Also love your white flowering/cart jumper, very similar flower to my large favourite white adenium. Nice find. I am still a sucker for the 'whites'. Please protect newly exposed caudex from sunburn for a little while. :) Happy growing Ray.

Thanks Marie and Rachel, my white one is staying on the porch for a few weeks and the it will join the others. The ones from Mr KO are Arabicum Brazilian, Adenium Obesum KO 53, Excellent Lover, Adenium Obesum mini mixed, Blue Spirit and KO 28 and KO 04.

A good selection of seed there Ray. You should get a nice mix of flowers from these. Please keep us all posted. :)

Did you build more shelves?

Not yet was building a removable covering for when we have heavy rains