Anybody use Nature Hills Nursery?
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anybody ever use these as hosta containers?
Comments (9)I use to grow Mums in this kind of basket. I have to say from experience they will not last a whole year. We would pot them up mid June with three cuttings per pot. But come October just as the mums are dying back the pots are done too. They sold well do to the rustic fall feel the pots added. But it was considered as expendable as the mum growing in it. The big issue being the wood is so thin. It takes little time for moisture to start to rotting it away. We would grow the mums like this up on wire benches instead of the ground. Specifically to allow excess water to drain off and away. If you planted the Hosta in nursery pots and set them down in the basket. Using a dish under the pot. You should be able to prolong their useful life. But keep the basket dry as best as possible. Jason This post was edited by W3CSX on Tue, Jun 24, 14 at 22:25...See MoreAnybody use peat eliminator for bedding?
Comments (8)Hi Bill: OK - I did the SEARCH and read up on COIR because I have a free, great source - but I have to pull it from the halved coconuts. . . but your post sounds like paper & cardstock is good enough? I think the coir takes forever to breakdown and I don't have a problem with my bin drying out (so far, I'm hoping his summer isn't awful like Summer 2007 when I started my bin in August - it was HOT!!) and maybe every couple days I give them a good squirting with the plastic bottle mister! Worm Nelly...See MoreSpring Hill Nursery Columbus Day Sale : -35%
Comments (3)I had some bad luck with Spring Hill. Ordered right at $200 worth of stuff. When my order arrived it was in terrible shape not to mention they left stuff out. I tried to baby them and lost 3/4 of them. Called their customer service and was basically told "we don't care" yeah we will give your money back to you. Two weeks later they did give me a refund. Took almost two months to get the shipment and the wait went past the prime planting time. Just be careful....;0)...See MoreSpring Hill Nursery
Comments (17)Kim you are spot on the cultivars with susceptibility to gall. Interesting they are still used in some breeding programs. Ball is a broker of liners of a variety of genetic programs and brokers a couple of different liner producers. Star does broker some liners too, but most go to the fields for production of own root one-year plants. As you all know Star Roses sells a lot of roses in the market. There have been some reports of gall being a problem in the budded rose fields too, but I have not seen this, I only heard some comments about it. If true, then gall has become more virulent. Crown gall is one of the biggest problems for greenhouses producing cut flowers roses the world over. I always want to remind everyone that crown gall is a disease of a wide range of plants, not just roses. It is present in soil over a very wide area of N. America and may very well be present in the soils where you plant roses. It often can be fairly dormant and you will see no symptoms, but if the soil was tested it would be found to be present. Hot humid climates like Florida seem to have more problems with gall. Florida Ag gets aggressive about reports of crown gall in plants because it is a huge problem in the production of tropical foliage which is a pretty important economic crop for Florida. It is often really hard to tell where the crown gall originates, the liner producer, the field grower, the container grower or the consumer's garden. It is spread through soil, mechanical wounding of plants and water - so a few plants with crown gall in a nursery can cause larger problems over time. That said, yes the industry needs to take the utmost care in production. I find it interesting that the target seems to be Greenheart. I have observed that no other producer has addressed the problem and has taken more steps to make sure they have clean plants then Greenheart. They have hired the best consultants on crown gall and have worked with Oregon State and UC Davis to insure clean production. I think the problems are now limited or non existent at Greenheart. One of the largest growers of wholesale field grown own root plants has also really committed to procedures to minimize crown gall in the field. I think there will always be some problem as it has so far proved to be impossible to eradicate. There is some research being done in other plant species on the genetic markers for disease resistance. Intriguing and I hope that if they are successful we could apply some of this knowledge to rose genetics....See MoreJudith Hainaut
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