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Comments (2)Ijumpman, You can click on a button on this page to find Stihl dealers in your area. Home Depot has stuff at a fair price and a good return policy and I buy quite a bit of stuff from our local Home Depot. But I didn't buy my chain saw from them because they are a "box store" and they don't have a credible service department. My Stihl dealer took a couple of hours to show me the safe operation and maintenance of my chain saw (including how to sharpen the chain) and steered me to the "perfect" choice for me (in my inexperience, I was going to get a much longer cutting bar than I needed). I think it borders on the criminal to sell chain saws in a box to a potentially dangerously inexperienced user. But enough about chain saws. You are interested in a trimmer, and you can't cut your leg off with that, unless you try really hard. From what I hear, Echos are good for the money and with only 1000 sq ft of lawn you could probably do all of your trimming with a pair of scissors. (grin) I'm pretty sure that Home Depot and your 20% off coupon will save you some money to start with compared to a comparable Stihl trimmer. And, if/when your Echo trimmer goes bad, you can always buy another one. Actually, with a lawn that small, I probably would get a good cordless electric trimmer with a rechargeable lithium battery. Cordless electric trimmers have come a long way in the last couple of years, particularly those with lithium batteries. And they have a lot of advantages over gas-powered models. MM P.S. I applaud your choice of a reel mower. They don't "butcher" the grass. You probably should set it to cut as high as it will go. A lot of reel mowers tend to cut the grass too short, unless you have one of those hybrid golf-course greens bermudas....See MoreHelp me understand....
Comments (6)It was seeming to me that the plants in a larger container(Say half gallon or gallon)would be growing the same as one in the soil. Nope, doesn't work that way, sorry. Problem is transplant shock. Comments made earlier were directed at standard, normal sized transplants and their planting process. In my experience, they will easily tolerate the less-than-ideal conditions that the older/larger plants won't tolerate. We have to do beat-the-heat planting here too. ;) First, why would a transplant be in a gallon or 1/2 gallon container rather than already in the ground? Was it started way to early? A normal tomato transplant wouldn't need a container anyway near that big? And a plant that is big enough to need that size container would have problems being transplanted period. That's why we so often discuss here that the ideal transplant size is 6-8". Think of it this way - kids adapt faster and better to change, to new situations, than adults do and the same is true for plants. ;) But, suppose for purposes of discussion, say that you have tomato plant in a gallon container. When you transplant it to the garden or its final container, any plant is set back a bit - it sits, re-adjusts, pouts, sort of settles in to the new location. Older/larger plants pout longer. Depending on several factors, including the size of the plant, that can take anywhere from 24 hours to 2 weeks. The larger/older the plant, the longer the re-adjustment period lasts and all that time is lost growth-toward-production time. So no, I sure wouldn't put a large plant that is going to have adjustment problems anyway into anything less than ideal growing conditions. If your goal is to get plants into the garden and well on the way to production before the summer heat sets in to prevent fruit set, then as said above, once the soil is warm enough plant some normal size transplants that will settle in quickly and get about their business. Give them some protection if a freak freeze comes along and they will serve you well. But if you have extral large/older transplants to deal with, don't give them even more stress to deal with by transplanting them into anything less that ideal weather conditions. Hope this helps. Dave...See MorePlease guys- Help me understand how to overwinter these plants
Comments (4)Let me put it this way. If you leave your plumeria out in a frost, it will be damaged. Maybe not killed, but as a succulent stemmed tropical tree, it is very susceptable to cold damage and then subsequent rot. SO if you like it, be certain to bring it inside before the frost occurs. I take mine in when the temps start to get into the 40's. You can do 2 things. You can leave it in its pot and set it in a corner...when the light is drastically reduced they will defoliate and try to go dormant. Water ir very very sparingly...maybe a cup or 2 every 2 weeks or less. Just enough to keep the trunks and branches from shrivelling. Or you can unpot it, rinse all the soil off the roots, and store it completely dormant in a cool dry place. Brugmansia and bananas....again, if you like them, bring them in before frost. Brugmansia is like plumeria, a soft-wood tropical tree. They will defoliate in temperatures between 28/29-32, and regrow leaves if it warms back up, but in a hard frost below the high 20's, damage to the wood will occur. In an ectremely hard frost (here that means 20-26) they may freeze to the ground. Ours are perennial, they come back every spring because our ground never freezes and over a single season reach heights of 12-16 feet. Yours probably won't be perennial. I have never had to winter a brug indoors, but I have heard others say that they will go dormant. Bananas, again, mine are perennial. Even if theleaves burn off in a frost, the trunks stay up. But I have grown bananas indoors as potted plants and they do fine if they get enough light. I don;t bother with hibiscus here, they get too many whitefly infestations for me, and I don't grow mandevilla either. WHatever you bring inside to overwinter, really REALLY reduce your watering. Many people lose plants in the winter that they bring in and then overwater and rot....See Moremandevilla vine in Dallas area as perennial
Comments (22)Madame Rosy is supposed to flower better and be less aggressive than the Madame Galen hybrid that I have experience with. If true, it should be great. MG grew fast (and large) here once established, but mostly stayed in one place, rarely (never?) set seed, and flowered much of the summer. MG is the parent of the MR cultivar. MR has also been recommended elsewhere on GW. The following link provides the full set of claims made in its plant patent. Here is a link that might be useful: PP18394: Campsis plant named âHOMRâ This post was edited by bostedo on Wed, Jun 5, 13 at 10:04...See More
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