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Hpw are your plants holding up now that winter is here?
Comments (30)Jodi: I hope you don't loose your mind Jodi! lol I feel your pain, although what's strange is that the snowy conditions are all around us in every state while just the warm rain storms move in here, even with over 50 mile an hour winds..But before and after that it's frigid.. It was in the teens Friday and today in the 50's..Tuesday, back to the 20's again..I wish this was over already. Have you seen what our friend "Nancy" is dealing with in Florida? She say's it is going to be in the mid twenties again with the destruction of many tropical plants, including damage to her Mango's last week, let alone again this week. Sheesh, at least her Jades are coloring up fast...Crazy I say.. By the way, please watch your back with shoveling the snow, and please post us some nice picks when your pretty bulbs bloom? It will be a site for sore eyes by the time they do so..:-) Jojo....How are you? I like the black bottle idea too! That will be a fun hobby..The paints are on sale at Michael's this week and pretty cheal at HD.. I wish I could use this method. No container dark would warm up for me in full sun around here..The sun only acts like a flashlight until about Feb now..Even if your weather should be colder, I can only imagine the warmth of your sun against any wall, or protected area..I have walked about in your area with snow on the ground with my t-shirt only..I loved it.. I wonder how your jades are doing this time of the year? You must be getting some cooler temps to turn them color.. Dormancy dance? lol... I finished that dance weeks ago when the leaves to my fig tree fell off due to frost..Now they are being stored in the dark and in my shed, where the temps hover in the mid thirties or higher until the spring..I guess I can finally say I have an advantage with the cold this time around..It makes winter a bit more bareable knowing that some of my plants will benefit from it..:-) Josh...That is the best news I have heard all day in regards to this dreay dark weather! Thanks for the reminder, considering that we still have another week or so for the sun to lower even further in the sky. It gives us hope that just as soon as the first day of winter arrives, the sun will start it's climb up hill again, thank God..:-) Hey Mrlike2u! Good to hear from you...You are right, Jodi's plant are much better, but your's are still nice looking..lol, In all serious, when those decide to bloom, we want to see them. They should do very well in your care..By the way, the tops of some of my Desert Roses just rotted right off on the seedlings..:-( Donald: Very good looking fruit..Great job there..Congrat's on your Orchids too..Wow. Ykerzner:Fungus gnats, sugarcane, bagged mixes, and light frost's..Guess which two I like the most? Hint: It can be very sweet when slightly cooled....:-) Josh: P.s.. What nice looking cactus you have there.. Mike...See MoreWhat should I do with this jade plant?
Comments (7)It is Crassula Ovata, as Randy said. Jades will back bud but I don't know if they'll do it on such an unhealthy plant. A lot of what you do depends on the look you are trying to achieve. If you want a more "natural" in-the-wild kind of look, prune each branch back to about the point that two of the branches look to have been cut. You could go as far as an inch or two above the soil and it would live though. If you are wanting more of a one trunk tree look, separate it out, find the larges stem, prune it back to the point that it is not bending anymore and let it go. You could actually do both. Take one of the stems and plant it separately and pot up the rest together. Jades are very forgiving and will survive anything but being too wet! You can prune the roots, but it is not necessary unless you are wanting to put it in a bonsai pot. Get a terracotta pot. IMO they are better than plastic for succulents. Rinse most to all of the old soil off and inspect the roots to make sure they are okay. Prune at this time if you feel it necessary. Pot it up in a very free draining mix (1/2 commercial cactus mix and 1/2 pumice, high fired clay, or unpainted fish tank gravel). I have personally started using coir with my succulents instead of peat based soils because it is not so hydrophobic after it dries completely between waterings. Make sure your pot is not too big. The shorter ones made for azaleas, I think, work best. Wait one week before watering and place in a sunny window....See MoreHow do I keep the neighbors weeds out of my yard?
Comments (21)@abelrose Did you try talking to them first before reporting them? I hope so. I have a jerk real estate investor who thought he'd flip the house next to quickly. He pulled up all of my former neighbors perennials including cute little very ell mainted evergreens, roses, spire, iris, lilacs, etc. Left completely empty beds with just soil. House way overpriced so it hasn't sold for months. Now the beds have every noxious weed I've seen from purslane to plantain to creeping charlei, crab grass, burdock, dandelion, deadly nightshade, and more. Idiot. My yard has perennials, mature trees, groundcover, grass, and a bit of mulch. Very few weeds have any place to pop up. I can pull them (about 3-5) once a week. This developer left a nastygram on my door right when all the beds in his property were denuded. He said my backyard was "a jungle". Backfired. I have a friend in code enforcement who said my yard was a great example of a fuuly planted, low maintenance yard. The only weed I have is milkweed for monarch butterflies. The developer thought having so many plants was "jungle-y". Compared to his dirt flats and burnt out grass I guess....See MoreWhat would you do re: husband and plants
Comments (26)I thinks it look OK. Right now they are going through transplant shock so they don't look perky. The arrangement does look a bit 'tight' though. I would leave them for now. Hosta are slow growers and they won't need to be moved for a while. The big blue one will get 5' wide and 2' tall. The others, at least 3' wide so do plan a spot to move them to down the road. Your DH did a lot of work and I would just live with it at least until next year. What he did does not look bad at all. I do see your point on how you feel with the mix of Hosta looking cluttered. The rest of the property has mass plantings and also a rather symmetrical arrangement to them. You may be happier with a mass planting of one or two Hosta variety under the tree. It is just a personal preference to a style - some people prefer and 'orderly' look and some prefer a more naturalistic look. When the blue Hosta get too big for the spot just move them to another spot and leave just one or two variety under the tree. The only thing I would do now at this time is to bring the edging out a bit. Pull the edging up and move it out and add more dirt. That way the hosta won't hang over the edge and it will give the arrangement some 'breathing room'. You won't have to worry about shredding the leaves with the mower then. Moving the edging out a bit will help balance the tree against the plantings. Plantings under trees should take up two thirds of the space under the drip line or it looks unbalanced. Have you ever seen how some people plant a little bitty ring of Pansies under a huge Maple and it looks "off"? When you said the tree was "right in front of the house" I had imagined it was smack dab in the middle of your lawn, in front of the door. This tree is set way back and the plantings link the tree with the shrubs. It's going to look great once things settle in. I am also wondering that since your DH got the Hosta from his parents house, that he may have a sentimental feeling about them. Are these very old Hosta that he grew up with? I would not say anything to him about them at this time. He said you can move them and he will probably agree with you when they get too big for this spot. He will probably do it on his own. *About that Ivy............Ivy is VERY invasive and difficult to eradicate. It is banned from sale in some states. Make sure you keep after it since it comes back fast. You may have to resort to both manual and chemical means to get rid of it. It can be very persistent....See Moreprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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