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Comments (5)Science can sometimes get in the way of things we'd like to do, but if you have a whole lot of daffs - do your own "science" and cut down the foliage on a patch of them, mark the patch with a little tag or something, and see what comes up next season. If they come back as good as the ones left to go through their normal die-back routine, you've proven - at least to yourself in your particular growing conditions - that the bulbs suffered no harm in the short run. Doing this for several years in a row might find your bulbs shrinking away to the point that eventually nothing comes up. This is probably one of the tests the experts at the Universities have tried in assembling their body of knowledge. Digging up and measuring the size of the bulbs that have had the foliage prematurely cut against bulbs that have not would be another test. If you're familiar with Google - type in cutting daffodil foliage and sift through over 100,000 hits explaining the benefits of both science and convention. The science has been done and it's out there....See MoreThe science behind dividing
Comments (3)given enough time.. many plants will fairy ring.. the best growth being on the exterior where it is growing into fresh soil .. and the middle dying out ... at that point the old and dead needs to be removed... and by doing so.. you add fresh new soil ... air and water circulation .. there is just no downside ... though we think of them as perennials.. any given part of the plant does not live forever... but the plant does ... as pieces mature.. and head toward the geriatric years.. they simply lose vigor ... just like grandpa.. lol ... i really think its just the fresh un-compacted soil ... plus teenage plants ... that simply explode with vigor ... not much science there.. just observation and opinion ... ken...See MoreDoes anyone know the science behind snapping blooms?
Comments (9)As much preference as science, since both accomplish the removal of developing hips that might inhibit further flowering, as does a third method of deadheading for roses that bloom in large clusters. For those roses, I tend to grab the whole inflorescence in one hand and cut off all the spend bloom, leaving some, usually about a quarter, of the spray intact. What many of us have observed is that some roses that aren't deadheaded at all produce new growth and bloom right below the previous flowers and that the form of such roses is perfectly acceptable and even preferable for garden use, especially among certain classes of roses. For my time and effort, if I am removing spent bloom from a modern Hybrid Tea or a Hybrid Perpetual, I tend to cut down to an active leaf node because in my experience Hybrid Teas and Hybrid Perpetuals respond to the stimulation of pruning with active new growth and bloom. But if I'm deadheading a China or a Tea, which have a rather different growth habit, I often snap the spent bloom off at the abscission layer because Teas and Chinas love being fully clothed with foliage and produce new growth in the darnedest places imaginable. Shrub roses are all over the board. Something like Outta the Blue produces flush after flush if the developing hips are removed and by season's end, the plant is a 6 x 6 foot thug. A modern like International Herald Tribune or many polyanthas and hybrid musks produce huge candelabras of bloom. If hacked-to-the-next-lowest-outward-facing-five-leaf-leaflet, the plant would be about 12 inches tall. Removing spent bloom at the abscission layer is too time-consuming, so I use pruners to do more or less the same thing, which is to grab the whole inflorescence in one hand and cut off all the spend bloom, leaving some, usually about a quarter to a third, of the spray intact. Since these responses are plant specific, I usually do minimal, abscission layer deadheading (snapping off the bloom) with all new roses until I can study their growth habit. Short-and-hacked-to-the-next-lowest-outward-facing-five-leaf-leaflet is often preferable to tall-and-leafless- with-stem-on-stem-bloom-but-no-leaves-in-sight....See MoreAny Suggestions for child's Science Project on Herbs??
Comments (5)Help him to make some bread, or scones, or even fresh pasta, keeping one lot plain, the other with herbs added. Savoury crackers are another way of doing it. Another very simple idea is a jug of water, one just water, one with a sprig of mint, or lemon balm in it. Taste the difference! He could experiment with other herbs, too, like ordinary tea, basil, thyme, rosemary, whatever. Tell him he'll be making a cold-water infusion. That should blind him with science! He could have a row of jugs with a different herb in each, and little plastic medicine cups for taste-testing. He could, of course, make a real tea, using boiling water poured over the herb. He won't need to wait so long then for the flavours to infuse. Put a fresh sprig of the herb in the water for decorative purposes. Don't forget to label each jug so he can remember which herb is what. Get some cream cheese. Make cheese balls. Keep some plain, to the others, in small batches, add an assortment of herbs, or just roll the balls in the herbs. Parsley, chervil, chives, sesame seeds, garlic (or garlic chives), paprika are some suggestions. Make a small batch of spaghetti bolognese sauce, minus onion, basil etc. Just the meat and tomato base. Then take half of it and add in the herbs. Taste the difference!...See More- 9 years ago
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