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Mike W 👨‍🌾🌱🌷🐝
@cutflowergrower.bsky.social
"To Garden is believe in tomorrow"
-Audrey Hepburn 🌱

⚘️🌺central Florida UnGardener for Wellbeing🌼🌸
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2 🐕 & 1 🐈, Mindfulness🧘‍♀️, Musicals🎭, Open Minded💭💡, Always Evolving💫❤️‍🔥
Humor & Truth Renew Me 🤪⚖️✨️🐦‍🔥

"Our one true Nationality is Mankind." 🇱🇷
-HG Wells
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Hi #bluesky family! I'd like to introduce you to Checkers & Julie #dogs and Jasmine #cats My 3 reasons to go on living, no matter what--they're my obligations; I adore them; they keep me sane; I'm #blessed. Everyday simple pleasures.
#phonephotography #simplepleasures #animals #furbabies
Ranunculus Elegance series and Cloni series are new to my growing this year. Can't wait for them to yield all they promise.
#gardening #organic-gardening ##Floridagardening #flowers #bloomscrolling
October 28, 2025 at 7:49 PM
My garden after storm last nite, hurricane Melissa
#gardening #organic-gardening #containergardening
October 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I was awarded a partial scholarship to Floret Farm's Flower Farming Workshop that normally costs about $1,000 and runs 6 modules but unfortunately I cannot participate. Floret is such a beacon of educational wealth wanting to see others succeed. I will reapply when offered next year
#gardening
October 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Big gardening day today
I planted the presrpouts of succession 1 of Ranunculus & Anemone. For seeds, succession 1 direct sow of Night-Scented Stock, Clarkia & Blue Cornflower. Last, I soaked and laid in trays of vermiculite the 2nd succession of Ranunculus &Anemone.
#gardening #organic-gardening
October 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Starting to soak succession 2 for 4 hours, changing water ea hour, then set up pre sprout in 75° outdoors with little spraying to maximize root growth, minimize rotted, & get sprouts growing. Mixture of vermiculite and potting soil will be used.
#gardening #organic-gardening #Ranunculus
October 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
When checking corm viability after storage, all gladiolus methods, which vary based on size, all begin with total removal of paper protection. Hot yellow corms meat told me under no uncertain doubts do I have Fusarium. An educational lesson.
#gladiolus #organic-gardening #gardening #fusarium
October 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Ordered from East to Grow Bulbs, another Milwaukee based Dutch bulb vendor, These Freesisas, bought as doubles and singles mix, then absent mindedly combined without discretion in these egg crate holes, are no longer securing the corms inside their sheath. Now, the corms or morsels have separated
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
1st week temps stay below 83° My 1st succession Ranunculus, Anemone, and Freesia get planted. I will split up my gladiolus corms to make 3 successions to last until the Spring 26 special cultivars arrive
Best effort made on the Freesia and gladiolus corners.
#gardening #gladiolus #organic-gardening
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Checkersntodaybatbthebgroomers and afterwards, posing for the camera
#dogsofbluesky
October 9, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Today's progress: a 5th grow bags has a new sprout I found just 1" under the soil. The 2 largest dahlias are growing lateral stems at quite a rate, after 7 days of nothing happened following pinching them
#gardening #dahlias ##organic-gardening
October 8, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Today I learned the grow bags 3 weeks from tuber planting without sprouts yet have all rotted & remained soaking wet. I found 1 sprouts in 1 of the bags, but daily downpours that form puddles which act as moisture wicks for the grow bags has caused me to isolate the
#gardening #organic-gardening
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
MATCHMAKER, MATCHMAKER, MAKE ME A MATCH!!
ITS YENTA!
#dogsofbluesky #gardening
October 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Now with the vermiculite the consistency of a wet sponge rung out, both the larger bowl and square dish have Anemone corms and Ranunculus aviv and Tecolote Ranunculus corms pressed gently into it and covered with another 1.5" of vermiculite sprayed moist and lightly covered for humidity.
#gardening
October 7, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm really enjoying seeing the whole Lantana camara covered in blooms. Theyve become such a deep magenta now.
#gardening #organic-gardening #Lantana #flowers #flowerreport #bloomscrolling
October 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
After 4.5 hours, the Anemone corm went from shriveled raisinette to looking like a spinning top. The Tecolote Ranunculus corms are nice and swollen. Now they sit and air dry for 2 hours before planting in vermiculite to pre sprout.
#gardening #organic-gardening #Ranunculus #anemone #corms
October 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Does anyone have a budget-conscuous way to organically rid Dahlias of leaf miners that burrow btwn my leaves,laid eggs, and their larvae are feeding?
#dahlia #dahlias #organic-gardening #gardening #dailydahlia #organic #organicfarming #insectpests #leafminer
October 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
My bathroom is my temporary workspace. 5 glass bowls with water over them. I'm refilling the water every 45 minutes, as I have the extra rooting hormone to spare.
#gardening #organic-gardening #Ranunculus #AnemoneDeCaen
October 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My garden in the beginning of the season, today, 10/7/2025. I'm and UnGardener, that is gardening in September thru mid June with Summers off
#gardening #organic-gardening #FloridaGardener #cutflowers #succulents #Agastache #Lantana #OrientalLily #ShastaDaisy #TrumpetVine
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I also picked up a trick. 1/2 tsp of Rooting Hormone powder, the kind used for stem cuttings, and for each bowl of water used to soak the corms & they absorb the hormone really well. It helps a lot with pre sprout but also if just planting afterwards, its a ganechanger.
#gardening #organic-gardening
October 7, 2025 at 12:48 PM
In a 6" glass square 3" deep, I use 2" of moistened vermiculite to pre sprout the Anemone De Caen corms and Ranunculus corms. They get pressed 1.5" deep and covered by enough vermiculite only over each corm to cover their tops completely. I then moisten with a spray
#gardening #organic-gardening
October 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Soaking and pre sprouting my Ranunculus Mix, Ranunculus Cafe Au Lait, and Tecolote Ranunculus Picotee Mix, White. Red & Pink cultivars plus Anemone De Caen. This is 1/5 successive plantings, to begin 10/21 after pre sprout has finished
#gardening #organic-gardening #Ranunculus #AnemoneDeCaen
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
My #dahlias thusfar to have sprouted in 7 gallon (and one accidental 5 gallon) grow bags. I decided to not label the cultivars to add to the excitement of what's going to greet me upon the opening of the 1st bloom.
#gardening #organic-gardening #dailydahlia #containergardening #zone10a
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Good morning Bluesky! Have a great Tuesday.
#dogsofbluesky
October 7, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Today's inspection found 2 newly sprouted dahlias, but these were planted last week (10 days ago) and I'm still waiting on some from as early as mid Sept. Some has been sprouting 2" at a time before I filled in the soil completely and I fear i smothered them.
#gardening #organic-gardening #dahlias
October 6, 2025 at 10:16 PM