i watered with a full flow garden hose every two days. we were in what I call a drought (not sure if we were scientifically)for almost two months around Easter time. i enjoy walking around watering everything with the hose. I did give it some osmocote. i made sure that it wasn't root bound too. It was very happy and growing very well then all of sudden the leaves turned brown. it started at the beginning of the week and by the end they were all totally brown. i did put a single stake in about a week before the browning started because the SE wind was causing it to lean. i tied it to the stake with a pair of nylon stockings, so that shouldn't have harmed it. maybe the osmoscote. i was once told not to fertilize anything that just came from the nurser since they keep everything well fertilized??

Oh yes - the nursing home is a fabulous idea - especially at this time of year - yes yes!!! :) Although...I'd really like to get them all blooming so I can give them to their new homes with a bright bouquet going on. Only about half are in bloom currently and I love that idea Meanmop! I may wait until Easter or Mother's day - some time when the plants are brighter than just foliage. I don't really have "extra" plants ... I just have too many to fit comfortably on the shelves and I PROMISED they wouldn't take over the house. So ... I need to find new places for my least favorites to go. They are all named varieties. Mostly from Lyons but also from Travis and Fancy Bloomers and Ebay and even the local AV club...but none from the big box or grocery store. It may be cold hearted, but I don't even hesitate when passing those displays. Feel bad for the plants but not enough to risk bringing ick into my happy collection or give up a pot space. Joanne, I have to chuckle...I am the Office Manager at my work and have a reputation for instigating things...maybe it's an Office Manager trait to be a trend setter! I have a large variegated peace lily in a pot on one corner of my desk, a pot of ? with pink stripes and a wandering jew on another corner and a Christmas Cactus in full neon pink bloom on the filing cabinet...all we need is some AV's to bring in more color. In reading the other string about a care cheat sheet, I hand to chuckle again - it seems many of us are of like mind. I was an art student at university, majoring in drawing and painting. Hee hee! It seem Karin and everyone else's green thumbs have worn off electronically. I have tried many times to start babies from leaves and always end up with mush. Well...Travis gave me a couple of leaves for a variety I wanted (in plant form) but he didn't have in stock. I faithfully put them down and bagged them expecting more rotten cuttings but today, three months later, I noticed that the soil is practically exploding with mouse ears! Holy cow! There are two leaves in a 2-1/2" pot and I don't know how many plantlets there are...it's hard to tell because it looks like the entire surface of the potting medium is erupting! Thanks everyone! I'm going to be doing my reading on how to separate and plant babies so that these survive. Yippee!! Shallon

we dont have enough information to make a judgement. you cant make a judgement until you know what a new unit will cost. get 3 estimates. if you dont live in an extreme climate one heat pump is probably your best bet.

It looks a lot like the beautiful blocks I received in 2007. I also made a small baby quilt (in the next post). I quilted each star individually, mostly SITD. I don't know why the picture is so blurry! I won't post the other one. This post was edited by bozogardener on Mon, Sep 22, 14 at 10:14