Do most people disbud the first year?
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Roses - To disbud, or not to disbud
Comments (10)Joe, I rarely do... but when I do it's to get a larger bloom than you would if you allowed the small buds on the sides to develop. The energy goes into that one single big bloom, instead of a few smaller blooms per stem. It's a matter of personal preference. Also, disbudding is best done when the buds are just starting to form so the energy isn't wasted forming them only to pinch them off later. Hubby likes to disbud, I don't, because I want more blooms overall. I think disbudding is done for exhibition to get that nice big fat bud that results in the biggest bloom possible. I hope I explained that well.... I'm not a rosarian. :-) Jen...See Moregreenhouses - do most people have them?
Comments (5)Most people don't have a greenhouse, or a hoophouse, or even a cold frame or sunroom. Luxury items. Wherever you find yourself gardening it's best to grow what doesn't need extreme life support. A simple cold frame will expand veggie gardening considerably, allowing you to grow greens through the winter and start stuff earlier in spring. Portland is very mild compared to where I am so it may not matter as much for you but our springs are very cold and damp and I often don't even start my beans til July. Compared to SoCal, Portland is very much like England. But if you have a Sunset Western Garden book that's still useful up here. Just don't bother buying any nationwide gardening books, they have no clue what climate is like here - warm and wet in winter, compared to most of the country, and cool and dry in summer. And way shorter days in winter, so between that and the clouds very little sunlight to heat a greenhouse with. If you do buy a greenhouse you need a different design than most of the country would use as maximizing insolation is much more important here than minimizing heat loss. Charlie's Greenhouses is a local greenhouse supplier. Most commercial nurseries here just use unheated hoophouses to overwinter plants. Except of course for houseplants and other tropicals. 2 good sources for veggie growing would be Territorial Seeds and the book Growing Veggies West of the Cascades. Both are specific to the Oregon/Washington area. Don't make any major gardening investments until you've been here at least a year....See MoreDo most people purchase warranties
Comments (14)I did for our new range. I don't usually. Why? Really, I suppose gut instinct is what won the day, but the actual logical bit is like this. We cook, a lot. Full dinners, baking, dinner parties. From what I understand of the rest of the world, we're probably well above average on use of a range. Ergo, it's more likely to have things break (well, if there's any logic in breakages, of course!). Ergo...extended warranty--the cost is averaged across everyone, so if we're well above average in use, we're more likely to beat the system (aka, need it). I'd also figured out how much I was interested in spending, max, for the full purchase, and since we got a floor model, completely unexpectedly, and a floor model backsplash, I could afford the extended warranty & not go over my "budget". Won't know if it was a win or not for about 5 years, I suppose!...See MoreDo most people put in an ERV as part of new construction?
Comments (8)We use ERV's here in the south. Most homes do not require this because although they claim to be built tightly ..they simply are not tight enough to require this. Homes have to be tested with a blower door to determine the tightness of the structure. If the house is .25 air changes per hour or less fresh air or make up air is required. The only homes I've tested in my 10+ years that met this low air infiltration rate were sips homes. Or homes that incorperated lots of attention to air sealing from the outside of the wall to the interior of wall. an example is foam sheathing with seams taped holes sealed, sill plates gasketed to the slab, conventional insulation and air tight drywall to interior. even foam insulated homes do not always meet .25ach it is the details that make homes tight.usually the homeowner is the detail person not the builder. you don't know how tight the house is until it is tested. let me say that again...you don't know how tight the house is until it is tested. build tight..ventilate right! that is efficiency, and efficient houses are healthy houses. ASHRAE 62.2 ventilation details the specifics..Manhatten can tell you exactly what it says...Hey Manhatten where yat? Oh and wouldnt a HRV be used for your climate? best of luck....See MoreMolineux
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