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Title: Wild gardening allies in the SE US..
Post by: planter on September 23, 2016, 02:11:37 AM: Hey new friends,

While I've enjoyed growing several species over the last decade, my current efforts are towards testing the introduction of USDA Zone 7 hardy plants of interest to my local woods, fields, and clearings. Soon will be my first winter with Desmanthus leptolobus and Peganum harmala in the ground. Also, I'll be starting the 3 varieties of Acacia acuminata from seeds indoors by a sunny window this winter, then to be planted out in spring.

I'd be curious to hear about any successes growing Acacias in areas that get frosts. I've read that A. phlebophylla grows in the region of Australia with the coldest winters, so i'd like to try that one here.

I'm glad to see that the forums here seem to be quite active, and i hope to share some of my experiences with certain species in the threads.

Glad to be here.
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Post by: plantlight on September 23, 2016, 02:14:08 AM: Welcome to STS, planter! :)
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Post by: Mangrove on September 23, 2016, 02:22:42 AM: Welcome aboard!
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Post by: Psylocke on September 23, 2016, 04:23:25 AM: Welcome! Looking forward to hearing more about your experiments!!
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Post by: nikshaz on September 23, 2016, 04:29:26 AM: Hi! and welcome!
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Post by: FewTrueSeed on September 23, 2016, 05:36:52 PM: Glad to have you!
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Post by: GrowerAndaShower on September 23, 2016, 07:03:02 PM: Awesome, it'll be good to have more data on the coldest temps these plants will survive, and over time you may get a more cold hardy strain.
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Post by: arborescent on September 23, 2016, 08:11:44 PM: You might want to check out this thread

http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?topic=1203 (http://sharetheseeds.me/forum/index.php?topic=1203.msg8044)
Title: Re: Wild gardening allies in the SE US..
Post by: planter on September 24, 2016, 01:07:46 AM: Thanks for the warm welcomes.
I'll let you all know how the Acacias do here in my Zone 7 area.
And thanks a lot for the link, arborescent. I'll be adding Burkitti to my tests. Sounds like that has been the foremost recommendation.
Title: Re: Wild gardening allies in the SE US..
Post by: oplopanax on September 25, 2016, 09:02:48 PM: I started burkittii from seed in zone 7b this year. I am going to keep it indoors this first winter & try to plant it out next year.