Help - Petunias came back everywhere
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Comments (4)My Petunias in my window boxes on my deck are starting to look dreadful too! They are very leggy, leaves are starting to turn a little brown at the bottoms and a lot of the blossoms have holes in them as if bugs are eating them, although I don't see any bugs! I ended up cutting them all back to about 5 or 6 inches. Not sure why I did this but I just got really frustrated right before I left for vacation the week before last and cut them all off! I figured I wouldn't be around to deadhead them and they would look even worse when I came home. They still don't look too good, I figure it's just the end of the season for them and me! It's a shame because they really were so pretty. At least I enjoyed them for almost 3 months!...See MoreCame back from vacation, a few surprises!
Comments (7)Yes! I didn't think my plants would bloom at all this year, so it was exciting enough to see them spitting out the flower stalks, and now they're actually giving me flowers. I cheated a bit of course sometimes, for the Stapelia I chose one that had a little bud already xD...See MoreHelp! Flies, flies everywhere in my terrarium!
Comments (23)LOL! Thats a funny one! Wise one? I think not, just went through the moth thing is all =) I dont know much more about terrariums than you! =) When you mentioned you had a terrarium I just figured it had a semi screen top, sorry for assuming =( " When you did this clean out, was that the plants, the soil and the anoles?" everything! yes, cleaned everything with near hot water, plants in cool water, removed all the soil from the tank, and removed all the soil from the roots too, cleaned everything else in near hot water and brush everything off, the tank too, then reset everything back up the way it was with new soil, added the anoles too!, now, the secret is, dont over water! the soil should be just moist enough to keep the roots from drying out, if any water starts to build in the soil it will sour and attract the flies, moths, and gnats, I just mist lightly once, sometimes twice a day with a regular old plant mister, I make sure that water gathers on the leaves a bit so the anoles have water to drink, they wont drink from bowls so this works out great, by the way, they will eat till the critters are gone! when they do, take them out to a temporary tank, take your set up outside, ( if there are any live moths they will fly away outside and not in your house/apartment) and go to town! Good luck and please keep us updated =)...See Morehelp spiders everywhere
Comments (10)Don't go watching any movies like "Arachnophobia" before you go to bed! :--) Rabidosa only means they are vicious (to other bugs) like wolves are to their prey. They cannot carry rabies, as that is a disease of the central nervous system of mammals & spiders are not mammals. They do not care about you either--they are only there because that part of your house mimics the kind of environment they naturally live in. Cool & maybe damp, and dark places to hide, like your dust ruffle. You must also have insects in your house they like to eat (spiders aren't stupid--they live in places where there is prey to eat). You are not prey to them---they will only bite you if they think you are trying to kill them. People get bitten by spiders such as these when they put on jackets the spider has been hiding in, stick their hands in places the spider has been hiding in, etc. The spider thinks you are a predator trying to grab it & does the same thing you would do if a giant tried to grab you--bite. The big ones in the fall have grown since the spring.They grew because they were eating bugs they found in your house. I would try to seal the house as much as I could from whatever is attracting them & their meals---get good masonry sealer (check out the UGL Drilock website) & seal where the basement wall meets the floor and any holes or cracks, caulk & put weatherstripping in windows & doors,if your basement walls & floors are bare concrete, paint them with UGL Drilock or a similar dampness preventer. Put in a dehumidifier. Make the place more like Mars from a spider's point of view---dry & desert, ie no food. Sealing up cracks will also help with your heat bill....See MoreLindaMA
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