Anybody know a way to hide ugly black plastic pots?
peachymomo
12 years ago
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Comments (4)My mailbox is ALWAYS getting run into or hit by beer bottles or baseball bats. I keep the same poor ol' mailbox,though, because it's just gonna happen again :) Two years ago I painted it black and painted a magnolia on it. Before that it was white with flowers and birdhouses painted on it,and has been painted various different ways over the years. Last year when it was knocked off, I painted it lavender,then painted bees on it,and used bright red for the numbers. It got run into with something red(looks like someone's side view mirror hit it) and my husband had to go straighten the post and add some wood for strength under it. Sometimes we have to buy new posts,too,lol. Oh,and I had a bright yellow flag on the backside of it,and someone stole that sometime or other but I only just noticed! My husband says "quit making it such an easy target"....LOL!here it is with magnolia and tipsy pots last year before it was run over and had to be re-painted. Welllll......can't seem to find a pic of it painted lavender. I'll take one today! Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreAnybody know what's causing this?
Comments (21)wildflower, I am sorry that I have not gotten to respond to your post before now, but I have been trying to figure out how to post a picture or least a link to a picture in my post. Anyway, what you have posted a picture of is: the classic signs of broad and/or cyclamen mite damage. You notice how even the very small leaves at the tip are a brownish color and the plant is no longer growing at that tip? That is what the broad/cyclamen mites will do to a brug that they have infested. I am going to attempt to post a picture of one of my brugs that is suffering from the broad/cyclamen mite damage. The tips of my brug look almost identical to yours. Everyone has given you excellent advise from treating with heat, the polymers and the horticultural oils. I have been using the ultra fine oils to try to keep these critters under control. But it is a war in which they always come back. I spray with the oils at a heavier than recommended rate, it knocks them back for awhile, but they always come back. Now, if you want to treat a cutting with oil to totally wipe them out you can. You just have to dip or spray the cutting with the oil at full strength. Since a cutting normally does not have any leaves on it you don't have to worry about the oil damaging the leaves. And with the oil undiluted it will kill the mites and all their stages of development. But this is not an option when trying to treat a full grown plant. There are products out there to treat these mites like Forbid, Avid, etc., but they are very expensive and the mites will and are developing a resistance to these products. That is why I am so excited about the polymer products that Jim has discovered will work on mites. I will be getting a gallon of Anti-Stress 2000 to spray on my brugs and all other plants that will be coming in the house for the winter. These mites are not the same as spider mites that make a webbing. They are a different family of mites, they are in the tarsonemidae or tarsonemid family. There are also some predatory mites that will help control the tarsonemid mites and spider mites too. Well, I am going to try to include or link to my picture. Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreWindow treatment to hide an ugly view
Comments (35)Wow, to be honest, all I did was read the instructions. Yes, the paint is the Gallery Glass stuff. With the paint they had these black strips that were peel and stick. I used a razor to get nice neat cuts. I originally tried their black "leading" paint, but to be honest, it did not have the look. Unfortunatly the strips leave you to use mostly straight lines. Maybe a slight curve? The rest is just a matter of using the bottle the squeeze put the paint on the window, then use my finger to spread it out. I just altered with each "pane" from side to side and up and down. Cleaning the edges off when needed. I think i used a small brush to make sure the paint made it completely edge to edge, but then covered the brush marks with my finger. Probably the biggest thing to remember is it takes time to cure. (Since even normal latex paint on a basic wall supposedly cures for 3 weeks, imagine how long this takes.) I would tell you to put it up and not attempt to clean it other than dust or wipe with a damp rag for a couple of months. I have done a similar thing on one other area in the house. I made a pedestal for our master bath sink. The fun thing about it it has a color changing led night light inside....See MoreLooking for tried methods of upgrading large plastic pots
Comments (6)Are you talking of already planted pots? If empty you can probably make concrete pots from putting the wet mix over them, think you have to oil or grease the pot so the concrete after it's set up slips off the plastic, there is a form on here called hypha or something like that that has the way to do it. Be sure to put hole in bottom for drainage!...See Morehoovb zone 9 sunset 23
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