Controlling Wisteria - Any Ideas?
ButterflyWrangler
19 years ago
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any ideas- decorative and cheap wisteria support?
Comments (26)I agree, these things can be massive and very top heavy. When we bought our place a few years ago, the 100+ yr old wisteria was overhanging the sidewalk. It consisted of 2 plants on either side of a gate. The 30 yrs of neglect had left it out of control. there had been a cedar tree planted on each side of the gate. Over the years the wisteria took over these trees and started killing them. 2 years ago one of the cedars fell over in an ice/ wind storm. We had to severely prune the wisteria on that side. It didn't take long for the plant to recover. This year the other cedar came down in a similar storm.( ever try to find someone to take care of these things BEFORE the damage is down?) Anyway, now our gorgeous tho overgrown wisteria is reduced to 2 stumps about knee high. We are looking for a new archway to support it. I am glad I came here since I was planning on building a wooden archway. After seeing the post about the joints, I think I will look into a metal one. Unless someone has an idea how to protect the joints??? Can they be encased with metal or something? Oh yeah, Whatever you do,,, DO NOT FERTILIZE these beasts unless you enjoy watching something grow up to 6 inches in a day! I made that mistake with ours after we moved in. I DO plan to fertilize it this year though, as soon as my arch is in place....See MoreAny Hunter Pro-C controller experts out there?
Comments (49)Hi - I recently seeded, and was told I needed to run my sprinklers every day for 20 minutes. So, rather than mess with my regular schedule, I decided to use program B. I set the program A start times to OFF for all 4, and set up program B, with one start time, but...on the "days to water", it shows every day as "blank". no rain drop, no rain drop with a slash, just blank. If I hit the up arrow, it changes to a rain drop with a slash and advances to the next day, and down arrow switches it back to blank. never get a rain drop. is this right, is this going to work as I expect? (the manual doesn't mention blank, it only mentions rain drop or rain drop with slash!)...See MoreAny Creative Ideas Of Things I Can Do With My Wisteria?
Comments (2)How about braiding three trunks, and espalier along a fence? I did that once, on a chain link fence. Beware though, over the years, it will get quite heavy. Neighbors complained it would bend the fence. So I had to cut back and regrow it each year--which got tedious, so after a few years I gave it a better home with a friend who had a trellis. BlueBars...See MoreAny cheap ideas for remote control holder???
Comments (9)I've done the velcro thing too, that works really well. And yesterday I made a holder for DH who was always knocking the remote to the floor, crash! I made a bag/pocket and attached it to a rectangle of fabric to drape over the sofas arm. It has a pocket on one side for his pens and pencils on the inside and the remote holder on the other side. He likes it and it hasn't hit the floor yet, so I like that a lot. I used fabric that matches the throw pillows on the sofa, fortunately I had some ....See MoreGeorgiarose
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