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[Mandryka]

What a neat looking plant!  I found this article which might help:  https://www.thespruce.com/how-to-care-for-abutilon-plants-3976754

Looking forward to hearing how it goes and how you like them.   

Are you doing a lot of revamping of your garden Mandryka?

Rainy day here...a break from the garden.  Now housework (and perhaps planting of some flower seeds...wish that my grow stand had more levels).

K

It's just a big garden so there's lots of scope to try things. Anyway, I've just planted four Abutilons in four different places as a scientific experiment to see what happens.

Another experiment. I like young Eucalyptus foliage and I grow lots of E. gunnii, I cut them down each March. That's fine, except there's not much to look at between March and September. So I thought I'd see what happens if I plant them in pairs and pollard one of the two every two years. That was about three years ago and I think it's working. Result! That's my contribution to horticulture.

[Kalevala]

These are the varieties I have this season:
Ace 55
Besser Cherry
Black Cherry
Blueberry
Box Car Willie
Cherokee Purple
Crnkovic Yugoslavian
Delicious
First Pick
German Johnson
Gold Medal
Hillbilly
Kellog's Breakfast
Moneymaker
Mortgage Lifter
Mr. Stripey
Mule Team
Old German
Pantano Romanesco
Ponderosa Pink
Pruden's Purple
Rutgers
Sioux
Stump of the World
Sungold Cherry
Tommy Toe

I start about 200 plants because there are numerous people I give them to every year, keeping about 50 for myself.

I definitely plant them deep, taking off the bottom leaves. Any part of the stem that's underground will produce roots, making for a stronger plant. That's partly why the plants that are outside now are surviving the wind - a good portion of them is below ground level.

I love Cherokee Purple (an heirloom), but have gotten *tired of dealing with the blights.  Money Maker and Mortage Lifter I have heard of [Is MM a British tomato?].  @Irons Sungolds are yummy!  But they are designed to be more of a salad tomato (you could also roast them I expect for a quick sauce over pasta).  They're not meant for canning.

*How do you deal with it/tips?

K

[Kalevala]

It's just a big garden so there's lots of scope to try things. Anyway, I've just planted four Abutilons in four different places as a scientific experiment to see what happens.

Another experiment. I like young Eucalyptus foliage and I grow lots of E. gunnii, I cut them down each March. That's fine, except there's not much to look at between March and September. So I thought I'd see what happens if I plant them in pairs and pollard one of the two every two years. That was about three years ago and I think it's working. Result! That's my contribution to horticulture.

Hope that they do well for you.  Which herbs are you growing this year?  I had to replant my tarragon (French).  Rosemary is in a pot.  Sage plant is happy and huge in the ground.  Have chives.  Under my grow lights I have:  marjoram, Genovese basil, Thai basil, and a variety of red basil, and dill...also cilantro.  Tempted to get some chervil seeds.  Also want to get a bay plant.

K

[Mandryka]

You're more serious about it than I am. I have thyme, sage, marjoram, winter savoury, rosemary. No annuals. I grow the prostrate form of rosemary, it's not as unruly as the upright forms and looks lovely tumbling over a wall or indeed a container. Bay trees can get huge! And some cooks say that the dried leaves are better, more intense.

(I've just had an idea typing this  - I may make a low hedge from rosemary! I know exactly where.)

Where in the states are you? What sort of climate?

@kalevela