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Comments (119)Well I gave up on my fairy garden, after I found out that moomin mama wouldn't need a ladder for cleaning the second story windows. I'm really amazed at nack you've got for this, Purple. Even if I'm not commenting every time, I really enjoy your pictures. Keep 'em coming! For the bricks, you would have to make sure that you use a VERY thin paint if you go by the "shake'n'bake" method. Otherwise, I fear it would run down at the bottom while drying, in a way that would create a small tip on each brick. spray paint would be possible, as long as you keep a good distance to the bricks. Perhaps you could dry them on one of those plates, that little girls use for making pearl plates? -After they have dried you could "effect" paint them with a thin layer of slightly different colour pigment paint (not acrylics) on the sides that face out: put some thin paint on a flat surface (a lid or something) then dip a piece of sponge in the paint, then dap it on a piece of paper to get the worst excess off, and finally dab it onto the brick. You could also use this technique for the burgers. -For the illusion of searing, it's hard to get a brush that is thin enough... even a no 2 could easily make too fat chunks of paint, but perhaps if you take a string of hair, and strech it out between your fingers then dip it in: a: thin paint, and run it along the direction you want the line (still stretched out), or b: use a thicker paint, and remove some of the excess paint on a piece of paper, and run it along where you want the line on your burger (also with the hair still stretched out). Perhaps it could be done with cheese cutting wire, which is a bit thicker. I have yet to see a no 1 brush in an art supply store, but perhaps they would have it in a hobby supply store (I always wonder how people who paint tin soldiers makes those small dots for eyes). VG...See MoreGood minis/mounts for lights and east windows?
Comments (29)Charlie nix the sphag for the Tolumnia - they hate wet feet. Bob's mix sounds good if you don't want to bother with the mounts. My rant about the Gongora nigroviolacea (awarded). It has to be in a basket because it blooms from the bottom and sides of the sphag lined basket. It blooms for four days, really strong "fragrance". I guess if you enjoy watching the spikes peek out and the development of the buds, it can entertain you for, maybe, two weeks. The Gongora (named awarded species) is in a 14" basket, a very crowded 14" basket. It has big heavy pbulbs with rather long leaves, planted originally in sphag but now is a big twisted mass of roots. I have to take the basket down to water it and when wet, it is very heavy to put back up. Very heavy. The spikes grow over the edge or up through the leaf area and they have to be guided through the massive leaves. The buds all form, open at one time, bloom for 10 days and then all fall off at the same time and make a mess. The blooms are quite small but plentiful on the spike. From a distance, kind of attractive but up close, no. I would only consider these two species if space was not at a premium. I only have these two so can't speak of the size of the others in the genus. You might think these are great, it just isn't my thing. With 50,000+, there is something for everyone. Arthur please don't tell my Catts. I am a phal specialist - they are under the impression they rule around here :>) In this part of the frozen north, we have just about anything showing up at the club meeting for show and tell. I haven't really concentrated on what is brought in but there is always lots of blooming plants to show off. I guess I'll pay more attention this coming winter. Brooke...See MoreNew AV from Home Depot
Comments (54)Good Day, ladies, Lucille, I'm so happy you got your trays and book. Great news. You'll be busy for some time playing with your new toys and book. You're saying the trays come in different sizes? When viewing the site I only saw one size, but didn't have time to read all the info either, so probably missed it. I was shocked by their shipping costs. 30 something dollars..Yikes. How did you talk them down? LOL..I'm wondering if 30.00 is actual shipping costs or they include handling like so many other sellers are doing. How did you determine the right size? How many plants fit on each tray? Do they fit according to pot size. I think you said you bought 29 trays..How many AV's fit on each tray, and what size pots are your AV's in? You also mentioned these trays are thicker than those sold at Walmart. Are the trays you're referring to used for sowing seeds? The type Peat Pellets or Jiffy Pots are set in? If that's the case, I've got several. Before getting a gh, I used to sow annuals seed every winter/spring. Still have most of the trays. I agree, they are lightweight, so I double or tripple.. You've given me an idea though, Lucy..thank so much. I use two trays for a Coffee tree, a couple small Hibisucs, Azalea, and Ming Aralia. Since I have extras, I'll see how they work with AV's. Each tray would probably hold, 12, 4" pots. The minimum, 9 pots. I don't have an extra shelf to set AV's, they have to sit atop 3 single shelves in the LR windows. One shelf w/lighting isn't sufficent for AV's, so in winter, I place lower light plants or plants in dormancy. I'm really happy you got your goodies..I wish you'd take a pic of AV's on a tray to give me an idea what it looks like. BTW, I was reading your Bio..You have parrots? Do you mind if I ask their types? birds are the best. Anyway, thanks for the help.. Irina, it's too late..I've already contracted the AV bug..LOL..I'm planning on getting a Tiger, but waiting till cc statement is PIF. LOL. I also want to order the two books, Growing AV's and Growing to Show, but that too will have to wait. But I will, definately buy both books. About soil or soil less mixes, I'm afraid to pot in a completely soil less mix. I've been growing plants in soil so long, to change now is frightening..LOL. Don't get me wrong, my mix contains non-soil mediums like Perlite/Peat/Vermiculte/sand, but I still add soil, too. There are so many experiements I want to try, one is using a completely soil less mix, another is deadheading flowers so nutrients focus on foliage, last, breeding flowers..LOl..Is that what it's called? In my AV Orthos books, one article details how it's done..It sounds easy enough, but waiting is the thing..How long does it take for an AV seed to germinate? Its' been some time since reading the article. I beleive it was stated AV seeds can take up to a year to germinate.. Also converting soil to completely soil lees would be like starting over. I don't water any plant by schedule. (Fertilizing and ST is planned by date.) The AV magazine should soon arrive. I'm hoping between GW and the mag will explain AV care from novice to pro. I hope..(S) How are you girls today? Do you garden outdoors? How about indoor plants? Or dedicatated to AVs alone? Toni...See MoreTiny cucumbers
Comments (16)Thanks to this information. Now i know that the small wild cucumber-like weeds growing here in our town in Sibonga, Cebu, Philippines is a Guadeloupe cucumber. This type of plant is actually unknown to us until i notice it early 2011 and it grows everywhere in abundance.I thought it as a weed so we burn it down but it keeps growing and I thought it as a wild fruit so i taste some. I tasted two pieces of immature green fruit and the ripe deep green colored one. well i was ok. I believe the birds brought some seeds here coz' there are some colored birds passing in our area. And oh just now i read that the black ripe Guadeloupe cucumber is poisonous. While, the green immature fruit is edible and can be use in salad. Thanks to this information. Here is a link that might be useful: Melothria Pendula...See Moretiarella
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