A Gardeners Forum Forums Members History Forum Life 2005 Wonder Egg part II

Wow WOW WOW!!!! That's so healthy looking, Loz!!!

Mine has slightly different shaped leaves. Will be interesting to compare them later on in the summer.

I cheated a little.....I put it outside way early when it was still coldish....and at night I covered it up with half of the plastic egg thing that came in the kit.....So it's been getting lots of sun for quite a while--I thought the cold might kill it but took a chance because I just didn't have anywhere to keep it in the house with the kitchen remodel going on. And I didn't use any miracle grow on it either.....that's just from being outside in good sunlight for a while.

They are slow growers to begin with, but then they hit a point where they just start to take off.....there for a while mine looked like it was getting bigger almost everyday......

Wow Loz!! That is amazing looking! I just got home a bit ago, and mine still looks pretty much the same, tho maybe a teensy bit taller.

Meg

Mine is like MAYBE 2 inches tall. I've been giving it miracle grow once every couple of weeks...its 7 1/2 weeks old. Maybe I need to put it outside now. I just don't know what to do with it!!! ...how to get it to grow!

WOWZERS THAT'S BEAUTIFUL LOZ!!! I AM FREAKISHLY JEALOUS! oh well hopefully they'll grow bigger soon!!

Jenn get it outside in the sun now if you can.....mine was teeny tiny when I first put it in that planter.......I think that will really make yours grow a lot faster if they are out in the sun. I think that it's best to put it in a planter if you can.....a lot of seedlings I planted out in the garden flopped over and died....but that has really flourished in that pot.....I kept it on the back porch where it got sun all morning, and shade during the hottest part of the day, but I just moved it out into full sun.

And Miss Jamie, yours will grow....like I said before I think they are slow starters then they seem to hit a point where they really take off!

I had mine IN the greenhouse,
couldn't have gotten any much more sun
than it did!!!
I repotted it today...
See if that gives it a jump start!!!

well I took a peekaboo today and mine are starting their 2nd leaves...yay!!!

Well... mine have been out in full day sun for several weeks now, and they are limping along. The larger 2 stalks are the ones that wintered over indoors, and the rest of the green are the seedlings.

Ha, your seedling leaves are bigger than mine!!! :p

well y'all are never going to believe this. well maybe you will considering it's me that this happend to. what i thought was a egg tree turned out to be the tomato that came with it,and the egg tree seedlings which i thought were the tomatos are now actually coming along nicely.
i thought i was doing real good with the wonder egg then lone day i was looking at the leaves and noticed that they smelled like a tomato plant.
i dont know if the seed packets were mixed up or if i was. but all is ok now that i know which is which

oh yeah more than likely it was me that was "mixed" up. just glad i know which is which. i have 2 egg tree seedlings (i'm assuming) that are doing real good i have them in one of my big plant boxes. as soon as it stops raining i'm going to go out and put them in pots of thier own.

the funny thing is i gave what i thought was an egg tree to a friend of mine. cant wait to get her reaction when tomatos grow instead of eggs. she will think i'm nuts (she'll be right)

these are my wonder egg plants.

That is soooo interesting, Sheri - my wonder egg plants have never looked like that! Yours look very healthy, just different. Mine grow on single upright stems (see picture above), rather than growing out of a center point on the bottom.

Can't wait til everyone starts getting eggs so we can compare!

Those almost look like Coneflowers/Echinacea.

I was kinda thinking the same thing, Weezie...

Unless cone flowers have volunteered in the spot where I marked that I put out the wonder egg....I put out 2 packs and that's all that's coming up there.

Keep us posted Sheri!!!
I really am wonderin' now..

How close are the Coneflowers you have
already???

Ya know, if you look at the leaf shapes and compare them, they are very similiar.

Ok Loz, I put the little thing into a pot and stiuck it on the back porch where it will get morning sun. Here's hoping!

Very true, Jenn

Hey that's great Jenn....they should start taking off soon!

Mines grown a bit more just since I took that last picture.....Can't wait for it to hatch some eggs so I can show my niece....she'll think it's so cool......

Yeah, I'm with Lynne on this one...
The stems are totally different,
Lynne's is on one stem, out of the ground
and then as the leaves appear they grow
out from a stem...

The one Sheri posted, the leaves are coming out
of the ground/basal area....

And the shape of the leaves, to my eyeballs
isn't exactly the same....
The one Sheri has is too elongated, even the babies come out pointy, where as the other is more rounded...

And the veining in the leaves are different to me.
And leaf texture isn't the same.. the one Loz and Lynne have, even though are veiny, they appear to be smooth... where as Sheri's seems rough or bumby or textured!!!!

Go back to Loz's picture on pg 5, and that's how mine is..
JUST SMALLLLLLLLLLLER :p :p

I don't have any coneflowers this year. Last year I had 2 plants in another area. I guess it's possible. I've had not planted flowers pop up before. It's interesting that these are coming up where I have the marker for wonder egg.

I wonder what they are???? They do look awfully different than mine and Lynnes......It's a mystery plant, I have some of those myself....

Did you keep any of the wonderegg seeds Sheri, or did you plant them all????