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for June 4, 2016

Properly Isolate Heirloom Tomatoes for Seed Saving

By CommonCents
June 3, 2016
Properly Isolate Heirloom Tomatoes for Seed Saving

There are many strategies for isolating heirloom varieties if you plan to save seeds for the future. Some people use distance alone. Others use bagging or other barriers to isolate a branch or whole plant to gather seeds. I use a different method. I clone the plant from a cutting, isolate the clone indoors in a sunny window, and grow the clone to produce seeds to save for future years. (519 words - Read the full article)

A Warning about Hoses with Aluminum Fittings

By silvercbx
June 1, 2016
A Warning about Hoses with Aluminum Fittings

Aluminum hose fittings can fuse to your brass hose bibs! Read this important information to protect your faucets and avoid costly damage. (496 words - Read the full article)

The Need for Garden Sentimentality

By bennysplace
May 30, 2016
The Need for Garden Sentimentality

Grandma’s roses, great grandma’s irises, historical perennials, heirloom bulbs, vintage gardening, and plants of historical importance – these are all terms that call out to the sentimental gardener. (925 words - Read the full article)

The most popular images last week from our plant database:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'Neil Diamond')
By Paul2032:

Photo of Pride of Barbados (Caesalpinia pulcherrima)
By GrammaChar:

Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Rainbow Over Georgia')
By McCama1820:

Photo of Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Born This Way')
By tveguy3:

Photo of Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Pawprints on My Heart')
By Mayo62:

Photo of Species Iris (Iris versicolor)
By cliftoncat:

Photo of Japanese Pieris (Pieris japonica)
By marsrover:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'Nancy Reagan')
By zuzu:

Photo of Rose (Rosa 'Wollerton Old Hall')
By zuzu:

The most popular Multi-Plant Photos from last week:

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Noteworthy acorn tips given this week:

8 people gave for the idea "A Warning about Hoses with Aluminum Fittings" by silvercbx

5 people gave for the idea "The Need for Garden Sentimentality" by bennysplace

4 people gave for the idea "Properly Isolate Heirloom Tomatoes for Seed Saving" by CommonCents

3 people gave for post #1163640 in "Your Math is a little off" by rattlebox

3 people gave for the idea "Seed Nurture and Origin" by Anderwood

3 people gave for post #1166698 in "Show us your NOID's" by Henhouse

3 people gave for post #1165050 in "What did you do in the Iris garden today?" by crowrita1

2 people gave for post #1164261 in "Let's See Some Historics" by crowrita1

2 people gave for post #1163984 in "Okay, NOW I get it..." by crowrita1

2 people gave for post #1166142 in "Jo Anns Gardens" by ge1836

The most active threads this week:

Subject OP Area Replies
Bloom Season 2016 - Part 2LestvIrises forum124
Our Orchid blooms in June 2016UrsulaOrchids forum87
Bird Photos - June 2016krobraGardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum77
And the winners of the May 2016 raffle are!!daveThe May 2016 Not-A-Raffle-Raffle!56
Orchid Chat thread split from the Names GameardesiaOrchids forum42
June 2016 Butterflies, Moths & LarvamellielongGardening for Butterflies, Birds and Bees forum41
Seedlings for June 2016spunky1Daylilies forum36
Is there a special name for irises with several colors blending across the fallsLaJuanaIrises forum35
June Blooms 2016JWWCDaylilies forum34

Some new reviews from the Green Pages:

hostasmore recommended In The Country Garden & Gifts and wrote:

I placed a small first order of hostas. I received well-rooted, well-packed plants. Communications and tracking were great. Will order again.

Australis recommended The Lily Garden and wrote:

Ordered some lilium species seeds via email. Judith is friendly and very helpful. Had no issues shipping to Australia.

GaelN recommended Annie's Annuals & Perennials and wrote:

Always my first area to browse at the garden center - interesting selections, all neonicotinoid-free, so safe for bees & butterflies.

TerriStanley recommended The Sempervivum Patch and wrote:

Excellent experience doing business with The Sempervivum Patch! Beautiful, healthy plants delivered super fast! I will most definitely be back for more!

Check out these numbers from last week: