Good info. I’m 70 yo sr cit and grew up on the east end of Houston and remember picking pomegranates off my grandfathers tree when I was a kid. Mostly to chunk at Howard who lived across the street but sometimes I would eat one. I have been planning to grow some this year. I am going to start with a bunch of seeds and see if that works. Too bad Howard’s not around anymore. BTW raw honey is a great root stimulator and you can spread it on your toast.

I’m new to desert roses, I have 2 I need to repot, kind of nervous but this is very helpful!

Serious question, why do we only feed hummingbirds sugar water? What about their protein needs? 😂❤❤

Thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing. I will be getting some of that. Now how long do you have to wait to allow your fur babies to go into the yard after you apply it?

How long can that stay in the container?

How do you know when to harvest the garlic?

beautiful

you covered the top part with grafting tape.. right?

They are both now starting at LEVEL ZERO.

Love the content i just started my DR journey this spring and had to save the caudex from rot and its now growing healty and is solid. Got it planted in a italian terracotta short pot.

I enjoy your videos. I live in Frankfort, KY and it is getting near Fall. Unfortunately my husband and I live in a one bedroom apartment. it has a patio, which is where I put my outdoor plants. I do have to keep the number of plants down due to lack of space. Wish we did have a house with a yard. Oh, well, I do what I can with what I have.

Mandrake is what you are trying to think of.

Omg that is a beauty, Im jealous lol. Great find well worth what you paid my friend!!

Love this video! I'm learning so much about Desert Roses and plants like it - sounds like I can take a lot of the tips here and apply it to succulents. Hi from Austin!

Thanks for sharing! Great chat!

Thank you so much for your videos!

Beautiful plant 👍 ive just researched desert rose. its totally bonkers the variety and how massive these plants can grow. you might need a bigger garden 😂

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Dustin, do you know the channel of Sony Le www.youtube.com/@SonyLe . He is my master of desert roses.

I really like your videos, I’ve learned a lot from them! I have recently fallen in love with Desert Roses and I bought my first one from Home Depot (of all places) for 30 bucks and it is huge. I’m also from Houston… where do you buy your pots from? I’m having a hard time finding affordable ones…

Thank you for sharing. Can you do a tutorial on how to propagate a Dessert Rose? I like all the flowers you have.

Dr. Destin, Please report to surgery.

Does ya desert rose bloom. I buy miniature rose's. Cactus. and Marigolds. I always repoted them as soon as I buy them.

Beautiful bro ❤

Two years to grow a pineapple? That does not sound very motivational to me!

I've yet to try them but service berries are apparently even tastier than blueberries and a lot of people have no idea. Ginkgo trees can stink really bad if you get the wrong sex. I can't remember if it's the male or female that stink but their leaves are so beautiful. Hydrangeas do best in part sun in zone 8 so if that's you or warmer maybe try one in a shadier space.

can you try planting those pink pineappels

Any update on these adeniums?

We had a plumeria in a pot that was blown over in the wind. The stem broke off and I stuck it in a raised bed. I was surprised that it survived and did better than when it was in a pot.

Thank you! I'm so encouraged! I just moved and had to downsize my yard by A LOT and am now renting. I have been at a loss at what to do in the small foot print but this gives me SO MANY ideas for my massive garden and plant babies. ❤

Camellias are our state (Alabama) flower

Canadian here, when I plant hydrangeas I dig the hole, toss in some bone meal, compost & top off with mulch. Have you considered trying to plant them in a shadier area to stop them from baking in your glorious Texas heat? They need water every morning & night too, even here in Canada. Ours are bright blue due to the high soil pH. The ones in BC are always pink due to the low pH. Pretty cool plant. ❤

I’ve been wanting to grow garlic myself, never got around to it lol just to busy

I live in South Texas Desert. I have had a couple of these pop up as seedlings. Last year I took one that was about 8-12 inches tall and transplanted it in the fall to a very unfriendly area. The hottest area where everything dies -South facing full sun devils strip. There is irrigation there, but even then it's a rough location. This year it is 2 to 3 feet tall, and 2 to 3 feet wide, gorgeous, constantly in bloom, full of pollinators. To my delight, I have a new seedling this year that will join the first transplant. Love this plant!

It's also fun to root in water so you can see their root growth before you put it soil.

Pineapple’s produce in cycles, if you plant a top from the large pineapple at the store it will produce a tiny pineapple in about 24 months, the top from that tiny pineapple (if replanted) will then grow a nice big full size pineapple again. however you can also take the top off a big store bought pineapple, cut it into quaters and remove the leaves that would have been the center growth of the plant, put the quaters in soil and keep moist and in bright light (if using sunlight aim for indirect bright light). It will take a month or so but you should see new side shoots/pups growing, these side shoots should produce a full sized large pineapple in about 18 months rather than the 24 it would take planting the top out right, also you’d get multiple full sized pineapples with this method instead of the one small one. Happy growing and pineapple journey to you friend! 😊

I am in north east texas.

Sit them on your deck or around your pool

Just like the tropical vibes. I did this years ago never expected a pineapple

Good morning

I don't even have a balcony. The only potted plant in my home is an Aloe Vera that dried out years ago. I still listen very attentively. Just in case.😂

2 years to grow a pineapple.

im in atlanta and have been growing pineapples for the last 8 years. here at least, you're going to need more than 2 years before you can harvest

You should really wear a mask when dealing with that perlite, especially in these large amounts. That stuff is great for plants, but not so great for people. Especially people with already weakened lungs, so anyone with asthma, COPD and the like. Better to be safe than sorry, because "late life" asthma (so asthma not diagnosed in childhood) sucks! After never smoking herself, and at the age of 60, my mum was suddenly diagnosed with late life asthma, and it's been really hard for her. But she's worked with perlite, compost heaps, and at a wood processing business in our local town, which also had a major issue with seagulls, so sawdust and bird poop was all over the yard, and even though she worked in the office, it got EVERYWHERE! And we've now found out all these things have had a direct impact on her lungs and her developing asthma. So now we warn people about the dangers every day substances can come with, like sawdust, homemade compost, large amounts of bird poop and the like. The mold that grows in the compost bins in your garden can also be particularly nasty. So again, mask up when dealing with these things, just to be safe. Enjoy your garden, and don't lose that pleasure for not being careful when you're younger and fitter. It's a mistake my very green fingered mum is _really_ regretting now.

Or just eat them green, and fried😋

Yeah, since I learned that figs ripen because the fig wasp laid eggs in it, I've kind of gone off of eating figs. Just thought I'd share my mums disgusting discovery, and why we will never eat another fig, from the shop, or from her 35+ year old fig tree 🤢

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Bigger pot bigger pineapple.

Thanks for sharing! Great chat!