Plants that can cause a rash
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Comments (17)Susan, I'm finding out too that rue roots very easily. All I had to do was stick some cuttings in some potting soil and keep it moist and it has new growth already. Ha, that's funny about your cutting surviving the winter in a jug of water! LOL That has to prove that it must be a touch plant! I guess I must be lucky with getting the lavender to germinate. I had no trouble at all. What I wasn't expecting is how slowly it grows and like I said, the plants that I'll be planting out in the garden this year were actually started last year. I thought that I'd try them and see if the butterflies like them at all. So far it seems like whatever herbs I've had here only attracted the bumblebees and/or honeybees but not the butterflies. So I'm curious to see if the lavender will attract them. My daughter was upset when she heard that I was planting lavender and said she can't stand the smell of it. I'll have to wait and sit if I can or not. I know that those lavender/vanilla scents that are put into some handsoaps, fabric softeners, etc. about drive me up the wall. I don't know if it's the combination of the two or what, but I really can't stand the smell. I don't know if its because of my asthma or what. Of course, I suppose that laying in a bed sheet with the smell is different than smelling it outside. Yep, I remember of you mentioning that you were having trouble finding a type of lavender that worked well for you. I'm so glad that you finally found ont that does great. I don't know if the one I have is the same as yours. I have no idea how many different kinds of lavender there are. The one I have came off of a seed rack that I was browsing through at the grocery store last spring. I even have the pack yet. It's Burpee True Lavender (Lavendula angustifolia) if that means anything. Your Provence really did grow fast! At the rate my lavender is growing, I might get to see it that size by the the year 2020. Ha. Oh yeah, your mentioning that you run your hands through the foliage has me wondering if the flowers will have the same smell as the foliage. If that would be the case, I know that I won't mind the flower smell because I've been smelling the foliage and I think that it has a pleasant fragrance. I remember you saying how popular your lavender is with the butterflies and that's why I want to have it in my garden. On a side note, my Aristolochia macrophylla is doing fine, and so are the Pussytoes. They didn't grow much last year due to our drought. I think if I wouldn't have kept them watered, I probably would have lost them, and I didn't want that to happen. I'm hoping for PVS someday, but hopefully when they do show up, I'll have enough to feed them. I kind of doubt if that will be this year but maybe the vines will really take off this year. I'll keep my fingers crossed. I got some seeds from someone to start some pipevine too, but I don't know exactly what kind it is so don't know if it will make it through the winter here. If it comes up, I'll plant it with the others and hope that they don't fight. :) I also wanted to get more Pussytoes started, so I bought some seeds from Prairie Moon Nursery. They didn't germinate yet either, but I just planted those a couple of weeks ago. I plan on having a whole bed (about 4' x 30') of just Pussytoes. I had a couple of American Ladies here last year for the first time and I'm so excited that maybe they'll be back this year (well, not those exact one...lol) and lay some eggs on the plants. They really enjoyed nectaring on the Purple Coneflowers, as did probably all of the other butterflies that I had here. Those plants are so popular that I dug pieces out from the original plants and started 14 new plants. I also planted some seeds from the plants and will probably have at least 20 new plants besides those others. So I guess having 4 dozen purple coneflower plants here speaks for their ability to attract the butterflies. :) Yes, I know that my friend will really appreciate the rue cuttings. I got him and some of my other birding friends into butterflying last year and they just love it! This particular guy is having a display at a fair in August again and I also sent him tons of milkweed seeds thinking that maybe he'd want to pass them out. He already has lots for himself that I had given him last year. He raised Monarchs and Black Swallowtails and plans on planting lots of butterfly plants out this year. He's really into nature related things and I thought of all of my birding friends, he would be the one who would most appreciate the cuttings and seeds I would be sending him. I guess you probably saw the movie Paying It Forward. :) My fennel hasn't sprouted yet, but I hope that I'll have good luck with it. I just love the smell of that! I only had two plants here last year (none of the rest made it through the dry weather). I'm not sure if it's considered an annual or a perennial here, but neither of them have come back from the winter. I have also planted carrots this year and although I might get BST on them, I think that I should have plenty of rue, dill, parsley, and and fennel that we might actually get to eat the carrots. Ha. Thanks for everything, Susan, and you keep up the good work too. If it wouldn't be for you and others here, I wouldn't be as far along as I am. Someday when things really get going here, I'll have to post a few pictures. Cathy...See MoreWeird rash on the leafs of my Jade plant
Comments (4)Sorry to say, the sunburn does not go away until the leaves drop or you remove them. When putting my jades out, I've always started by moving them out after work in spring into afternoon sun for an hour, and increased the time by a half hour each day, until they reach the amount of sun time they'll receive in their summer spot. You can also start in the shade, then slowly move it into a spot that receives more sun, then more, and so on. This requires you to know the sun times of such a spot, so if you don't, or can't monitor throughout the day, you're best to follow the first method. All it takes is one "oops.....I forgot" incident and you have burnage.....been there done that. Joe...See Morecan wrom castings cause phytophthora and do this to my plants ( pics
Comments (4)the link to my original post explains all the info about how i started the seeds and potting mix ,,, i just didnt want to go bout typing it all out again and i thought the comments might also be usefull to help you guys help me determine why this is happening to my seedlings ,, season is almost here and i have no time to restart nor seeds to do it thanks for all your help guys...See MoreRash causing plant
Comments (6)When i have brushed up against a plant that causes a rash or itching,i go in the house and get the blue dawn,i wet my arm or whatever it's on and then pour on a few drops of dawn,rub it around to form a lather,let it sit for a few minutes then rinse off and dry.The itching and rash usually go away. I discovered this one day after dropping a rat tail cactus on my arm while moving it.At first i used duct tape to remover the needles,then the dawn.Worked like a charm and i've been using it ever since.. Kathi...See MoreLaura twixanddud - SE MI - 5b
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