I am giving up on growing brugs! :)(
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Comments (7)Maybe you could start a separate "crop" just for your kids. Let them know yours are off limits and when they "garden their plants to death", you just sneak some of your transplants into their crop so they stay involved and interested. I did this with my GK's one year. They each picked out the seeds they wanted to start, and of course they watered them constantly, but I had replacements going and in the end, they each had a mature plant that "they" grew. They never suspected I was replacing their poor drowned seedlings with healthy ones....See MoreI give up ! I'm buying Grow Lights!!
Comments (10)Hi don't throw your money away buy cheaper bulbs they work as good as grow lites and if you are only growing seedlings and not planing on fully maturing your plants,cool white or any of the others are fine just keepum close and watch for burning and most important be able to move lights easily, up and down without accidents.If you are shooting for full grown plants then by all means use High Pressure Sodium(4'x4'-5'x5'sq' area $100.00 to 175.00 400watt)this is high but it will do the job and if you are indoors and heat is a problem I have devised a method which uses hurricane chimney with a fan attached to force the heat generated from the bulb out of the grow room and also let's you get the light closer.Interested in this venture let me know and I will teach how to's....See MoreI am so sick of clematis. I give up!
Comments (5)In addition to the ones that Marlene gave you, some red to dark red to red-purple ones that I grow and like (and are type 3) include Mikelite, Carmencita, Kermensia, Avant-Garde, and Gravetye Beauty. Additional ones to look at include Allanah, Rosemoor, Serenata, Burning Love (AKA Vitiwester), Monte Cassino, and Voluceau. None look exactly like Niobe, and some have really different flower form, but it's worth checking them out. Photos often have different colors than the plants in reality, so if there is a nursery or public garden or a friend that has clematis you can visit, go look at them in person. Often the smaller flowered plants have huge numbers of flowers even if each flower is smaller....See MoreI am giving up on cantaloupes!!
Comments (8)A lot of the muskmelons out there seem to like arid to semi-arid heat, and even do extremely well with more compact, clay-type soils, as long as they have the right nutrients. Watermelons are another story as to at least the soil. There are some muskmelons that seem to prefer other conditions, though. Have you tried Petit Gris De Rennes and Charentais? I get the impression that they prefer other conditions, which may or may not include yours. At the very least, they're French. I'm not sure if France gets very hot and sunny, but it may. I hear Ha'Ogen tastes great in Montana (they probably do get plenty of sun at some times of the season, though). Melons bred in the eastern USA may handle humidity better (e.g. Weeks NC Giant), and they may even prefer it. Some Asian melons probably love humidity, too. Have you tried just not watering them at all ever again once the vines get about 2.5+ feet long? Muskmelons tend to do pretty well with drought, at least in my garden (without rain, too). Refraining from fertilizing them again after this point may also help (especially no nitrogen). You may work on improving the beneficial microbes in your soil. I hear that increases brix. If the muskmelons/cantaloupes look grungy, extra potassium sulfate and basalt rockdust can help them look great, if added in the hole at transplant time (I'm not sure about afterward). I'm not sure what effect this has on flavor or sweetness, though, if any. They can still taste great and sweet when they're grungy-looking. If you're not starting your melons early, you may want to try that in order to have them more mature at a hotter, sunnier part of the season, if there's one available. Phosphorus is supposed to help with both cold tolerance and plant maturity. If it's too cold for melons to taste great, I wonder if extra phosphorus might change anything. Monopotassium phosphate would probably be a good form for muskmelons (that has potassium, too, which muskmelons love more than most plants, although in cooler weather, there should be more available potassium in the soil than in warmer weather, unless maybe it's deficient—then the plants may need it more than ever). Creating hills may help the roots be warmer, since the sun will shine on it from more directions than one. I'm not sure how much that helps with muskmelons, but it's supposed to help with watermelons. Some critters may just want your fruits because they're thirsty. I've heard leaving water out for them may help with some animals....See Morecarrie751
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