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Post by emseypop on Jun 18, 2007 16:46:28 GMT 1
is this a Castor oil plant? I'm sure it is, I'm learning a little about growing veg as I go along with the Lottie, my as for general flora and fauna my knowledge is limited, I'm quite dim! I'm sure this A Castor oil plant, does anyone know how i can take cuttings from it to grow on, and when is the best time to cut it back. We've left it to its own devices since we moved in 6 years ago and it has done well, doubled in size. This is the first time I've started a thread and put a pic on, hope its all OK!  |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 18, 2007 16:50:39 GMT 1
is this a Castor oil plant? I'm sure it is, I'm learning a little about growing veg as I go along with the Lottie, my as for general flora and fauna my knowledge is limited, I'm quite dim! I'm sure this A Castor oil plant, does anyone know how i can take cuttings from it to grow on, and when is the best time to cut it back. We've left it to its own devices since we moved in 6 years ago and it has done well, doubled in size. This is the first time I've started a thread and put a pic on, hope its all OK! I see you taken the picture off again, presumably because it is too big. It needs to be no wider that 640 pixels Emsy. Info is in the FAQs |
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Post by emseypop on Jun 18, 2007 17:22:18 GMT 1
 have I done it?...yipee! |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 18, 2007 17:25:19 GMT 1
Well done Emsey - I'm proud of you  |
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Post by emseypop on Jun 18, 2007 17:38:13 GMT 1
 shucks, it only took me an hour!
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Post by sweetleaf on Jun 18, 2007 17:50:15 GMT 1
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Post by madonplants on Jun 18, 2007 18:07:32 GMT 1
Looks like Fatsia Japonica to me. I have one in a pot that hopefully will be out soon, as it is not looking it's best!
Keith
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Post by emseypop on Jun 18, 2007 18:09:50 GMT 1
golly sl you've put the frightens on me! I looked up Castor oil plant earlier and saw the pic, but never read the description! The pic put me of as my plant has a waxy feel and the stems are the same color as the leaves. I think it sort of flowers every other year, certainly i dint think we have 'flowers' every year They are stems of two or 3 greeny cream balls, decreasing in size from stem to top, if i remember correctly. Just looked at the page again, it does have glossy leaves and measure the same and the flowers do sound the same! Oh Christs palm, what about Louis, you heard what he was like with the chili!!!!!Do you want a cutting! |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jun 18, 2007 18:13:50 GMT 1
Did you read the second part of my message Ems? calm down! keith agrees its Fatsia alright.
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Post by emseypop on Jun 18, 2007 18:16:35 GMT 1
phew, just came to the same conclusion, looked it up and the flowers are the same! Even rumaged through the foliage and found some of those berry things all shrivelled up!!!!Cant stop!!!!!ing, better go calm down and bath some bods byeee
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Post by 4pygmies on Jun 18, 2007 22:00:16 GMT 1
This is a real dilemma I think for people with children - is it better to be safe than sorry, or to take a slight risk and teach children how to behave with plants? I tend to go with the second although I think there are exceptions to every rule. The thing is, a LOT of perfectly ordinary garden plants are toxic to a greater or lesser degree.........far better to help your kids understand that they must NEVER touch without asking, never assume all berries are edible and that plants need to be respected as much as animals and smaller creatures.
Of course, it's easier said than done.........and it's always worry when they are very little.
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Post by madonplants on Jun 18, 2007 22:12:15 GMT 1
This is a real dilemma I think for people with children - is it better to be safe than sorry, or to take a slight risk and teach children how to behave with plants? I tend to go with the second although I think there are exceptions to every rule. The thing is, a LOT of perfectly ordinary garden plants are toxic to a greater or lesser degree.........far better to help your kids understand that they must NEVER touch without asking, never assume all berries are edible and that plants need to be respected as much as animals and smaller creatures. Of course, it's easier said than done.........and it's always worry when they are very little. I go with the second option as well. Like my broken record of saying, you CAN have a pond if you have kids. I always say, you teach your kids the Green Cross Code, why not plant and water safety too? Respect for animals comes as high up as well. Little Stephen was upset the other day, when a friend of his had a ladybird on his hand and they were watching it, when the friend's brother (similar age) came over and squashed it!!  I asked him what he did and he said, 'I went and told his Daddy'! What happened to the brother I don't know, but Stephen was upset as he knew ladybirds were good for the garden. Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 18, 2007 22:23:10 GMT 1
This is a real dilemma I think for people with children - is it better to be safe than sorry, or to take a slight risk and teach children how to behave with plants? I tend to go with the second although I think there are exceptions to every rule. The thing is, a LOT of perfectly ordinary garden plants are toxic to a greater or lesser degree.........far better to help your kids understand that they must NEVER touch without asking, never assume all berries are edible and that plants need to be respected as much as animals and smaller creatures. Of course, it's easier said than done.........and it's always worry when they are very little. I go with the second option as well. Like my broken record of saying, you CAN have a pond if you have kids. I always say, you teach your kids the Green Cross Code, why not plant and water safety too? Respect for animals comes as high up as well. Little Stephen was upset the other day, when a friend of his had a ladybird on his hand and they were watching it, when the friend's brother (similar age) came over and squashed it!! I asked him what he did and he said, 'I went and told his Daddy'! What happened to the brother I don't know, but Stephen was upset as he knew ladybirds were good for the garden. Keith Exactly. And anyway you can always have more kids - you might never find that 'ideal' plant again! |
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Post by debbiem on Jun 18, 2007 22:51:13 GMT 1
I agree with the others - it looks just like my Fatsia Japonica too. |
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Post by emseypop on Jun 19, 2007 7:42:35 GMT 1
yes you are all right, its a practice i try to install in my kids and I'm glad i did because there are berries on the nursery's grounds! I think the chili thing was a one off! The whole pond thing does scare me more tho, i think its because you hear more stories in the media of kids dying in ponds than you do of kids eating berries, but their uncles and grand parents do have ponds and i try to let them enjoy them with out shrieking Evey 30 secs! I think my oldest would be pretty safe, if there was pond in the garden but the little terror worries me! Holly is really into animals, and insects, she knows the name of loads of things, far more than most four year olds I'm sure! Louis isn't quite so interested but i know they'd never harm anything intentionally.
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Post by madonplants on Jun 19, 2007 10:02:22 GMT 1
yes you are all right, its a practice i try to install in my kids and I'm glad i did because there are berries on the nursery's grounds! I think the chili thing was a one off! The whole pond thing does scare me more tho, i think its because you hear more stories in the media of kids dying in ponds than you do of kids eating berries, but their uncles and grand parents do have ponds and i try to let them enjoy them with out shrieking Evey 30 secs! I think my oldest would be pretty safe, if there was pond in the garden but the little terror worries me! Holly is really into animals, and insects, she knows the name of loads of things, far more than most four year olds I'm sure! Louis isn't quite so interested but i know they'd never harm anything intentionally. I know where you are coming from, but my kids have had ponds all their life! Most 'accidents' you hear about are the ones when the child has gone to a neighbour's or relation's house, where there happens to be a pond. Since the kids have been able to walk, we have gone on boating holidays, either canal or Broads. BUT, they have always had life-jackets on. Do you stop your kids walking near a road? Of course not, you just teach them to watch out for traffic! I would love to know the statistics of road deaths of children compared to pond accidents!  A bit like flying I suppose. Safeist way to travel, but catastrophic if one crashes. It also makes the news!! As stated before, I have a rough collie, who wouldn't allow any harm to come to the kids, so I get help!! Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 19, 2007 10:09:42 GMT 1
I had a collie once. Well, I thought it was a collie - but I was taking it for a walk one day when someone asked me why I had a cabbage on the end of a lead! This was before I got into gardening I hasten to add, and got an allotment. I can tell the difference now |
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Post by madonplants on Jun 19, 2007 10:13:23 GMT 1
Oh Sleepy, IF you ever left these boards you would be so missed!!  Keith |
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Post by Sleepy on Jun 19, 2007 10:19:53 GMT 1
Oh Sleepy, IF you ever left these boards you would be so missed!! Keith Hmmmm... sometimes I don't think you really take me seriously! |
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Post by sweetleaf on Jun 19, 2007 10:21:57 GMT 1
We would be crazy if we did babe! Ditto what Keith said. |
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Post by emseypop on Jun 19, 2007 13:07:56 GMT 1
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I asked him what he did and he said, 'I went and told his Daddy'! What happened to the brother I don't know, but Stephen was upset as he knew ladybirds were good for the garden.