are "greens" always "greens" and "browns" always "browns"?
ynot
8 years ago
Featured Answer
Comments (8)
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRelated Discussions
light green brown leaves on corn light green melon
Comments (2)Have you been watering too much? How much sun were they getting before you moved them? Have you used any fertilizer? How big are the containers? More info please!...See MoreHow to take care of always brown roses? What are they?
Comments (5)Those look to be 'Iceberg' roses, the best and easiest roses for Southern California, which might shock you since you seem to be having trouble with them. Most plants that flower need to have the old flowers removed. You don't need to remove all the flowers individually, you can take off the whole cluster when most of the flowers are finished. The bugs you are talking about are probably aphids. Stop spraying them with insecticide. It only makes things worse. Spray off the aphids as much as possible with a strong blast of water from the hose. In time, predators will take care of all the aphids if you don't use insecticide. Insecticide kills the beneficial bugs just as fast as the bad ones. The white stuff on the foliage is powdery mildew (PM). It's been a late and rainy spring and PM is rampant this year. Make sure your roses are getting enough water, because thirsty roses are more vulnerable to powdery mildew. As summer comes on the PM will go away. You could shorten the roses a little by cutting them back and that will remove a lot of the PM. It looks like someone has trimmed the roses into a hedge like shape. They are in a very narrow bed. Think about widening the bed in the future. It will look a lot better and you will have less lawn to mow that way. Congrats on the new house!...See MoreAre brown roots always bad?
Comments (10)ottawapepper, mine like a little different. I'm pretty sure it isn't algae or nutrient build-up because this browning doesn't happen until I make some sort of change. Then it hit happens within 24 to 48 hours of that change and the roots never return to white. Again, the roots aren't slimy, and if I touch them, nothing rubs off. The kinds of changes that make this happen are going too strong on the nutes, or going too wet on the water tricklers. In addition to the air stones, I have a PVC manifold glued to the lid (as you can see in the pics) that have holes aimed at the net pots. A very weak pump was set on a timer to drizzle the nutrient solution onto the net pots for 10 minutes every 2 hours. The idea being that the water falling down would help further aerate the nutrient, and would keep the roots moist on the young plants whos roots had not yet left the net pots. One plant was really thirsty so I had make the pump run more frequently and longer (15 minutes every hour), but as soon as I did that, some of the roots on the established plants went brown. The plants with the brown roots are still growing fine for the most part. I have since completely disconnected the drizzlers as the bubble snap from air stones seems adequate to keep the roots and net pots moist. I can't go above 400ppm using GH Flora series or the roots will turn brown. If you follow the instructions on the GH bottles for the "mild" solution, the PPM rating is over 1000!!!! Ive used Pure Blend Pro for a while with good luck, but have never had luck with the GH Flora series. I have since switched back to it for the challenge haha. I'm determined to make it work. Maybe NASA uses it because they are the only ones smart enough to figure it out? :)...See Moreforest green or Rainforest Brown or Rainforest Brown Marble
Comments (3)Someone here did a very dramatic kitchen/family room with rainforest brown, which is somewhere on the FKB, but I can't find it now, and searching on rainforest on the forum is not bringing it up. I remember she did the backsplash and, where there were no uppers, right up the wall. It was pretty amazing. Maybe someone else will be able to direct you to the photos....See Moreglib
8 years agonancyjane_gardener
8 years agoglib
8 years agoarmoured
8 years agokimmq
8 years agopurslanegarden
8 years ago
Related Stories
Christmas Tables They'll Always Remember
Holiday Decorating: Make Your Gathering Special With a Beautiful Table Setting
Full StoryGREENColor Combinations: Brown and Green
Take Your Cue from Nature for the Most Classic Color Combination of All
Full StoryDECORATING GUIDES12 Spaces That Prove There’s Always Room for Books
Be inspired by the bookworms on Houzz who have won the book storage war
Full StoryHOLIDAYSA Violet, Brown, Bronze and White Holiday
7 Great Reasons to Deck the Halls With Unconventional Colors
Full StoryBROWNColor Guide: How to Work With Brown
It's all over nature and the decorating world too. From light latte to dark walnut, there's a brown for everyone
Full StoryGREENFavorite Color Combinations: Celery and Chocolate
Accent your space with a delicious mix of light green and dark brown
Full StoryBROWNBeige to Almost Black: How to Pick the Right Brown
Warm your home with paint the color of lattes, espresso and chocolate
Full StoryCOLORFall on the Wall: Decorating With Rich Reds, Browns and Oranges
For your interiors, take a cue from nature’s colorful seasonal offerings
Full StoryCURB APPEALWhen to Paint Your House Brown
Nature loves brown, from rich soil to sunlit sand, and so do home exteriors with a traditional or Craftsman bent
Full Story
klem1