Color looks different on spot primed area and unprimed area.
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Comments (15)Ann, I don't use misters although I have a a couple sets in the factory boxes which I never got around to installing. My GH stays fairly humid even on the hot low-humidity (20% outside) days of summer. I water with a hose with one of those cheap wands from Walmart. They usually last about 18 months. I use a box fan (only in the summer) at ground level under my potting bench where I mostly grow big pots of large bromeliads; the water in their reservoirs aids in humidifying the GH and catch any debris from the plants just like they do in the wild. Less for me to sweep. I have an oscillating table fan, about 16" diameter, at the end of my workbench which ventilates the mid-level of the GH, and I have a small 10" fan on a high shelf which keeps the upper levels of air moving. I do have a big exhaust fan and vent in the GH, but it is programmed to only come on at about 95F, which almost never happens. I do not have roof vents, but I have 5' tall casement windows which reach to the roof and vent the hotter air. They stay open all summer. And then there is the storm door entrance, which right now is changed to screen from glass. Add a bottom vent which adjoins a cool under-deck area for passive ventilation. Part of my lack of severe heat problems comes from the house blocking much of the direct mid- to late-afternoon sun, leaving it bright but not sunny during the hottest time of the day. If my GH roof is covered with mold and algae, I don't need to use shade cloth. When it is clean, I use shadecloth only on part of it since the fiberglass is opaque anyhow and dims it down about 30% by itself. Be creative. Cheap electric conduit pipe (10' lengths)works wonderful for hanging plants from. Tack wire mesh up on the walls for instant mount space -- 1" or 2" square mesh works well. If you have a local society, join and politely invite yourself to other members' GHs to see how they deal with theirs under your climate conditions. This is probabaly the very best of the best advice. Good luck....See MoreCan you see the fuzzy line between sunny and PRIME Hosta areas?
Comments (6)the sun goes up in spring.. to a certain level.. and then goes back down for winter ... so i guess i am not understanding why the line today ... is relevant ... but.. you are onto something.. if you use the right day of the year ... and do understand.. that is the hosta line.. not the bed line... the bed extends beyond such .. for sun companions ... as well as edges or borders ... when you can use sun annuals.. as companions.. then you are really pushing the hosta envelope .... eh .. the key date is at the link ... and keep in mind.. every day since.. your fuzzy line is moving ... OR!!!! i entirely miss your point ... rotflmbo .... probably some snake in the grass or something... lol ken Here is a link that might be useful: link...See MorePix of tomatoes in different areas of my garden
Comments (7)The main cause of leggy tomato plants for most people- is by trans-planting them at the seedling stage into larger pots with potting compost in it,rather than letting them stay in three inch pots with seedling compost in it for quite a lot longer- where they would remain shortish and compact if the prevailing light conditions were good enough,. Tomatoes are gross feeders and greedy with it, they take full advantage of the extra fertilizer in the new potting mix they are planted in and stretch and grow as a result of it- without their being enough natural light at that time of the year. If you try and time it so that you do not transfer the young seedlings into larger pots and potting mix until around three weeks before your first planting out date, the young plants should then have established themselves and still remain fairly short and compact by the planting out date. For those plants that are planted in full potting mix and larger pots- the stretching and leggy nature occurs around the fourth or fifth week after transplanting and can grow about five or six inches a week as the plants stretch upwards to the existing light because of the greater amount of fertilizer in the mix, if you deny them that privelage by keeping them in smaller pots and still in the weeker seedling mix they will still continue to develop but in a more compact shorter form....See Morenew and looking for advice about shurbs for weird areas
Comments (11)Marlin, I have thought of roses the bush type or just the stalk type but I was always told that they needed full sun no matter what. Well, thats what my grandmother told me.... About 8 years ago I planted 4 roses I got in a bag I think right out in the middle of my yard in clay soil and never did much with them. Not much water not much of anything. And they would just bloom and bloom. Big blooms too. 2 were red and the other 2 were pink. If I remember right they were antique roses, and from what I have read on here they dont need much fluff to grow well. Which is my cup of tea :) Last year I bought 13 oleanders (before I knew they were poisenous, luckily they are in the front yard...) and put them along the southern part of my yard where there is no fence as a border. In the beginning I know I watered too much because thier leaves started to turn yellow. So I stopped watering, and they were fine and I didnt water at all during the summer (we had a wet summer though to be fair :) ) Yeah the different plants could be interesting. I was thinking of kind of zig zagging them. I think I have enough room to do that. The "bed" is not that wide, but luckily the next door neighbor is not a jerk, and his house is pretty far away from mine. So it would be ok if they went onto his area meaning branches or whatever. I really do like the lilies and the cannas. I know cannas grow pretty tall, there is also a huge square blank spot in the front that is like a blank canvas, it looks bare, so I thought cannas. The square is my house LOL.But I have also been reading that termites are just rediculous and I dont want to get termites as we have an older wood frame house. that area is middaysun no morning shady spotted afternoon sun. I dont think lilies would get tall enough for that area its about 15-20 ft tall and WHITE!!! I have a bed in the front made out of cinder blocks it is fairly big and I will be planting ferns and stuff like that in the front. I have been putting ALL the leaves in there through out the fall. It kind of curves around trees and such, but its pretty much full shade except in the late afternoon. So, on the mixing shrubs, would it look better to have a progressive color from light to dark, or just placed in micellaneous areas no pattern? Can I plant them now or do I need to wait? If the nurseries have them does that mean I can plant them now?...See Morejanesylvia
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