A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2005 Wonder Egg IV

Well... the one egg is on it's way to turning orange.
It really is much brighter than it looks here with my cheapo camera.
Wonder ( ) why this egg is so much ahead of the game than all the others?
It was the first to grow, but not that much earlier than some of the others...



How's everyone else's doing?

wow that looks so good! I wish spring would hurry up and come so I can replant mine! I can't wait to see my dad's eyes and his friends eyes when they see eggs growing! I started 3 wonder egg seeds inside yesterday and I'll see what happens

I just saw my first flower on mine
today..
Was walkin' around in the rain...
and took a peak at it, and went Whoaaaaaa!!
I got a flower, I got a flower...
Yeeeeeee~Haaaaaaaaaaa!!!

I was absolutely amazed it showed up finally.
Of course it's on the biggest one..
the littlest is still the littlest..

I know that winter is coming, and I do not
have much window space in the first place
and then to bring them in and keep them going.
I will be saying lot's of little prayers for
those poor plants...

You're looks absolutely gorgeous Lynne!!!

Lynne, how tall is your plant? It looks huge...

Dianna

Dianna - the tallest parts of the plant are about 14 inches high (just went out and measured to be sure!). Interestingly, these are the 2 parts that I was able to overwinter last year by ignoring them pretty much. The newer seedlings from this year are mostly just putting out flowers now, like Weezie's. Not sure if they'll have time to make it to mature eggs this season, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. This has been a very slow season for new wonder egg plants - another "wonder" why???

Lynne,
What did you do to the plant,
by "ignoring it"?

Place, temp, watering or none, light????

Inquiring minds want to know!!!!

The pot was put in a little used room, along with some others that I continued to water, but unfortunately, this pot was in a place where I couldn't reach it, so it got little to no water all winter long. It was on the floor of a western facing room that had no window covers - it was about 4 feet from the window.

Like I said... pretty much neglected, which is why I was amazed that it survived. And I'm not advocating anyone to treat their plant like that - I really felt guilty about it when I kept seeing the few barely green leaves left on it. Was shocked when I moved it to a better spot and it actually started to grow again.

Well, I have 4 plants.....
I can experiment...

YAY!! guess what guys?? I HAVE A SPROUT FROM 1 OF THE 3 seeds I PLANTED INSIDE!!! me soooo happy now!! now hopefully it'll survive lol. how do I keep it from getting leggy? it gets PLENTY of sun?

Miss Jamie - CONGRATULATIONS!

I would wait until the sprout has at least 2 sets of real leaves, and then if your weather is still warm enough you might want to put it outside in full sun til it gets cold there. Then I would bring it inside, and keep it in the sunniest window you have, and keep it moist - not too wet, not dried out of course.

Good luck and I hope the others sprout for you too!

thanks lynne! will do! can't wait lol!

well folks...my inside sprout is doing great and guess what?? I HAVE ANOTHER ONE!!! I'm sooooo happy lol (can ya tell??lol!)now if only the 3rd one will sprout I'll have 3 yay! and if these don't make it (knock on wood) I still have a few seeds left for spring :-)how is everyone's doing?

Congrats Jamie! It's so exciting, isn't it?

I noticed this morning, that the smaller white eggs are starting to turn yellow now. They really haven't reached maturity yet, but I guess that is the way the plant is telling me it's time to wind down. Days are getting much shorter, and the temps are cooling a bit too.

I also noticed that 2 fully opened purple flowers were somehow "cut" off the plants. It looks like a fresh cut - can't imagine what got to them, as nothing like that happened before. In the long run it doesn't matter since the plants are starting to shut down - but I'm curious to find out so it doesn't happen next time.

Turning orange for autumn - Thursday's the first day of fall.
Haven't heard about anyone's in a while...

I've gotten a couple of purple flowers,
but, I don't know.....
Maybe they'll be ready by spring :rolleyes:

Hey!! does anyone have any seeds I sure would love to get one started?Rita

well mine are doing great! I started some inside and have 2 little seedlings. they are just starting to get their 2nd leaves. I'll try and take a pic of them later :-) sorry ladystressout I don't have any to spare. If I did though I'd be happy to share with you! I'm sure somebody has some they can share though :-)

Well, since I never got it into a bigger pot, it never got very big, and kept losing leaves & flowers here & there. I did get 2 whole eggs..lol.



Next year, I hope to do better by it.

wow that's great meg! congrats! my 2 seedlings seem to be doing ok. they now have their 2nd leaves and aren't dead yet lol! I wish spring would hurry up and come so I can plant the last couple of seeds I have! hopefully they'll leave

Mine have a bunch of purple flowers
on them, but no eggs..
Wonderin' about over winterin' them..
*sigh* not much window space here..

Well, I've been so wrapped up in my own doings that I haven't been following this much - but I just scrolled down it again.

I think I will try this eventually - I showed it to Jeff (he does have a registration here, but you never see him, I know). He liked this egg thing - I think he'll get a kick out of it if I can start it up.

I've never seen any here in Toronto - but there's always a first time and it might as well be me.

I havent seen anything like that -- thats very interesting