WHY ISN'T MY HOUSE SELLING
Troy Brown
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Why isn't my one tropical lily blooming?
Comments (8)Hi Chris, Its a poly Rubbermaid tank that's darkish grey. Would it work to put clear plastic over it until it warms up?? Or would that cook it? No fish, but tadpoles. Would the heat hurt them? color=green> I was really wondering if it was metal. Since it is "plastic" and gray I'd say it is probably "drawing" a little extra heat on sunny days. (Now that you described it I have seen these in our local Tractor Supply store.) I've noticed this year in my area it has been more cloudy than in previous years. I think that factors into the mix, too. I'd hesitate to cover it with plastic now. It would probably heat up......possibly TOO MUCH for the tadpoles. And I'd hate to see you lose the tadpoles/frogs. Now the waterlilies would take the extra heat. :-) I have fish in both my ponds so I wouldn't cover them with plastic either. My two ponds are above ground. I built treated lumber frames, covered them with treated plywood (inside) and then dropped liners in each one. The smaller pond is 4' x 6' and has been going for 6 years. I bought a pond kit on clearance at Walmart for $35. My larger pond I built last May. It is 6' x 11'. I'll include a link to my Facebook page if you want to see pictures of last year's ponds. I haven't had time to take pictures yet this year. I had Green Smoke last year. I wasn't real impressed with it, as far as color. I have Dauben this year, and it reminds me of Green Smoke.color=green> I first saw Green Smoke at Longwood Gardens in PA. I love the coloring on the first two days. LOL! After that the petal tips "throw" the colors for me. That purple/deep raspberry on the tips just doesn't work with the rest of the flower. But I do love it. I've grown it two years in a row. I've seen Dauben at Lilypons and it is a little to pale blue for my taste. But it is a blooming fool! I do intend to grow it one year. This year I also have Panama Pacific again and its doing well. I also have a Fire Opal from Menards. I've had good luck with their water lilies, but this year I was a sucker. I should have known that there aren't any hardy purple lilies, but the picture on the container was purple, and they wrote that the color was Purple. Well, its light pink that turns to white the second day. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.color=green> I've grown Panama Pacific. Probably two years ago. Lovely color!!! Of the hardy waterlilies I have Attraction, Sulphurea, and Pink Grapefruit. LOVE the Pink Grapefruit. It blooms and blooms. Attraction (red) is not really a deep enough red, but it grows vigorously and quickly helps provide coverage in the spring. Haven't see Fire Opal. Sorry it wasn't purple enough for you. So many of the catalogs "lie" about the colors. GRRR! What do the McClane and St. Louis Gold look like? Where did you get them? color=green> McClane is a deep blue/lavender. The flowers are HUGE. The foliage is nicely striped and splotched. These stand up pretty high, too. St. Louis Gold is a deep yellow. And I've not had a tropical that flowered this much! The plant is a little less vigorous with foliage, but it just pumps out the flowers. I'm about a hour from Lilypons in PA. I either drive up or order online from them each year. Wonderful water gardening company. They also have a location in Texas, too, if I remember correctly. Do you overwinter your tropicals. If so, how? I've tried a couple times, but it hasn't worked. I was thinking of digging a deep hole with the post-hole digger and just keeping them down in there.color=green> I've tried without much luck. I have had the tropical set seeds, which I saved, and then raised from seed the following two years. Seeds were from a blue (un-named) waterlily that I had purchased at Springdale Water Gardens in VA. The seeds produced flowers in shades of blue, pink, and lavender. I think the first year I had about 15 that I grew from seed. I had 20 gallon tubs sitting EVERYWHERE that year. LOL! Lilypons and Springdale offer a "heated" pot that the catalog blurbs say will keep the tropicals warm enough to overwinter IN the pond. But I think only through zone 6 or 7. It sells for around $50. My problem is I wouldn't want to grow the same tropicals every year.......well, other than Green Smoke. I got my tropicals from William Tricker.color=green> I've seen their online catalog and they have an excellent selection. I'm tempted to try them one year. Lilypons is so good at getting stuff to me quickly that I just use them most of the time. I placed an order on Wednesday morning earlier this year. I had the order at my front door on Thursday! I'm spoiled! My leaves on the Juno and Red Flare are huge. I wonder if the leaves get larger, as an attempt to get more sun. I'm thinking I should find more sun for it. If it wasn't blossoming 'cause its not warm enough, you'd think it wouldn't put out so many leaves either. It looks very healthy. I have a volunteer butterfly bush that grew up in the rocks around my lotus bog. Its shading the lotus too much, but its so hard getting rid of the bush, since it attracts such beautiful butterflies. Ooohhhh....so many plants.......so little sun! haha Thanks for your help.color=green> I lost my lotus this year. I'm going to try to raise another one from seed next year. I've had good luck growing my own. I have a friend in Malaysia who sends me lotus seeds occasionally. I've grown a white and a double pink from seeds she sent me. Good Luck, Chris Here is a link that might be useful: Facebook Account....Click on Photos to see pond pics...See MoreWhy isn't furniture selling?
Comments (22)I just purchased a couch, chair and coffee table for 150.00. It is in perfect condition and I love wood that is not painted especially maple. I will recover the seats and backs in a traditional upholstery and they will fit right in to the family room at the lake. I also purchased a large table and 6 chairs in Vilas Maple for 150.00 for the lake. It is also in perfect condition. Wood furniture is a lasting asset that will come again into style after all the chip board stuff is gone. The furniture from the 60's is already coming back. I am actually lucky that I found these pieces locally and they all belonged to my boomers generation. I also have had a full maple beds and dressers set from when my kids were babies. They are now close to 50. Have patience in selling such wonderful wood furniture. Maple fits in with the "rustic" look especially for lake houses if it is accented and furnished correctly!...See MoreWhy isn't my outdoor spigot working?
Comments (20)The tan knob at the top looks like the vacuum break. Here's what I would do at this point... I'd turn the water off at that shutoff, and then replace the entire assembly (frost proof sillcock). You can get the whole thing for $30 at big box hardware. Note that if you go this direction you need to unscrew the sillcock from the copper pipe while holding the copper pipe from turning (so two wrenches). Frost proof sillcocks come in various lengths - match what you have. Also match the end that connects to the plumbing (is probably 1/2" male threaded). While you are there at the hardware store you will need a small roll of teflon tape to wrap on the pipe threads before you assemble again to prevent leaks. You will also need a can of "Great Stuff" or similar foam. With the new sillcock connected and properly in place, foam the opening around the sillcock from the inside so it's sealed up and keeps out air, bugs and critters. You don't want foam outside, so the new sillcock should be positioned tight against the house. If foam does get outside, don't mess with it until it's dry... then cut it / clean it up....See MoreWhy isn’t my ice maker working?
Comments (9)This is French door model with ice dispensing in the fresh food door, yes? The ice maker is in a separate small "ice freezing room" inside the fresh food compartment. It has a separate cooling coil to maintain freezing temperature discrete from the rest of the fresh food section. The heating element in there is to self-defrost that cooling coil. Nothing to do with harvesting the ice. The refrigerator's main control board operates the ice maker. It monitors the mold thermistor temperature which drops at a slower rate until the water freezes, then drops faster. Harvest triggers 1) after a rapid drop of 13°F from freezing (presumably to approx 19°F), or 2) when the thermistor specifically reads 11°F. The drive motor rotates the mold CCW. A back corner of the mold hits a stop on the ice maker housing while the motor continues to turn the front, which flexes the tray to release the cubes. A tab on the drive gear then hits a switch which reverses the motor CW to return it to normal position for another freeze cycle....See MoreTroy Brown
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