I can't offer a percentage, but I had a number of prolifs last year and quite a few have grown into full size fans so far this year. I did as others have said - - leave them on the plant as long as I could, then cut the scape an inch or so above and below, powdered on some rooting hormone, and put them in a good potting mix. Lost a few, but probably less than a third. Some say if no roots have formed, that is when they should first be put in water. Then when ther roots form, do as above. One thing I will add, when you plant them, place them where they get more shade than sun and keep them moist until the forming develop enough to sustain the plant. Larry

Hi Maybee Use the magic wand to select the black areas that you don't want. Then go to Selections - Invert. Copy Paste as new image You now will have the cookie and monster on a transparent background. You might need to then use the eraser to get rid of any stray black pixels around the edge. Hope this makes sense Sue :)

A Baptista sphaerocarpa poked its little head up today in one of my pots. I love when those bigger seeds come up and push up the potting soil, looks so frisky and alive. Also, the Mountain Mint came up, talk about teeny tiny plants. I'll probably end up frying them in my sunny window. They came up very easily, a bit too easily if you get my drift. I was hesitant to type that because I don't think its appropriate nor do I have any desire to get into a political back and forth discussion on a forum like this (or anywhere else for that matter) but I'm really scared. The recent developments are grotesquely disturbing and its affecting my state of mind. These are worrisome times but I've been observing and commented on Hot Topics (on one of the not so 'hot' threads) that it appears a long dormant patriotism is awakening due to resistance. We are for the most part a good and generous people even if we don't look like it right now to the rest of the world.

Everybody talks about too much N. Let's discuss too much N. In the gardens, I toss organics, and feed weekly with my own mix (mostly urea) at a rate of 0.25 pounds of N per week per thousand square feet. It's a grand total of well over 2 pounds N per month, or far beyond the recommendation. The pots...succulents, perennials, and bulbs are treated rather gently and with organic feeding. Annuals I feed the absolute heck out of. Miracle-Gro plus organics every two weeks. Plus some other stuff I throw in, like some extra urea. And kelp. The result of "too much" N is a lot of blooms--just on gigantic plants (photo below of a strictly average year, August 10th). The difference here is that I've had the soil tested, balanced the garden soil to a decent pH of 6.3 (with a proper calcium-magnesium-potassium ratio, or, don't use a home test which tells you exactly nothing about the right balance), set the phosphorus levels high and balanced other resources high to compensate for phosphorus antagonism, etc. It's not everybody's cup of tea, and some plants absolutely do object to too much N. But...most don't. And in the past, petunias, lantanas, have all been amongst those in my garden that haven't. Actually, ask me about the three foot tall lantana with the tap root I couldn't get out for two years. Gorgeous. Sturdy. Never repeated.