Bummed, ordered a Gold Flame
akrrm (Nancy in NJ 7a)
8 years ago
And received this. Contacted the seller and have not heard back yet. Ugh
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floorwalker IN zone 5b/6
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Comments (10)Hi neighbors, I have had a different experience with my key lime tree. I bought it 2 1/2 years ago. It was in a 30 gal pot and 3 1/2 foot tall. It had blossoms on it when I bought it. The first year it produced fruit all year long. I lost count after about 300. Honest, the smallest fruit was golfball size. Many were just a bit smaller than lemons! The second year it produced even more! It grew to 6' The only problem I have consistently had is citrus leaf miners. Unfortunately, during our 2 day cold snap in March this year the key lime took it hard. (As well as my 20' fishtail palms). The whole top 1/2 of the tree burned and died (yes I covered it). Almost all the older leaves have dropped. Now the tree is 1/2 the height and squatty. (is that a word?) New limbs are now growing but blossoms have been slow to come. It does have some fruit but not like before. Leaf miners are attacking enthusiastically! Any suggestions? Kjohn...See Morehabanero gold and other pepper questions
Comments (49)Noodling around on the internet I happened upon a peppers download from the Univ of Calif. It had an apricot pepper jelly recipe that is very similar to the big batch but using powdered pectin. It has more apricots, more vinegar and less sugar. No onions but I could sub some for some of the bell peppers. I would finely dice the veggies rather than put them in the blender. APRICOT PEPPER JELLY Makes 6 half-pint (250-ml) jars. 1 1âÂÂ4 cups dried apricot halves, finely slivered 300 ml 1 cup red or green bell pepper strips 250 ml (about 1 medium-size pepper) 1âÂÂ3 cup chopped jalapeno or other hot 75 ml pepper, stems and seeds removed 2 cups cider vinegar (5%) 500 ml 4 cups sugar 1 L 1 package powdered fruit pectin 1 package 1âÂÂ2 tsp butter or margarine 2 ml 5 drops red or green food coloring 5 drops (depending on the type of pepper used) 1. Cover dried apricots with boiling water. Leave for approximately 10 minutes. Drain. 2. Combine bell pepper strips, chopped hot peppers, drained apricots, and 1âÂÂ2 cup (125 ml) vinegar in a food processor or blender. Process until partially ground with small chunks remaining. Pour into a saucepan. 3. Mix 1âÂÂ4 cup (63 ml) sugar with pectin. Stir into fruit mixture. Add butter and food coloring. 4. Bring to a boil quickly, stirring constantly. Immediately stir in remaining sugar. 5. Bring to a full boil, stirring, and boil hard for 1 minute. Remove from heat. 6. Skim foam off the top. Then ladle jelly into hot half-pint jars, leaving 1âÂÂ4 inch (0.5 cm) of headspace. 7. Wipe jar rims with a clean, damp cloth. Secure lids and ring bands, and process in a boiling water bath as prescribed in Table 8. Table 8. Recommended Processing Time for Apricot Pepper Jelly in a Water Bath Canner Processing Time at Altitudes of 0-1,000 ft 1,001-6,000 ft above 6,000 ft Jar Size half-pint or pint 15 min 20 min 25 min...See MoreInca Gold vs Heidi
Comments (56)Jandey, I understand the butter and shoe horn technique well, and you certainly sound like a master. Like Laura said, where there's a will there's a way, and this group has a lot of will!! Love the ET Lemon Drop, still trying to get one. Dave, that's the part of my yard I call The West Lawn. It's between themed areas of my yard. On the West Lawn near the house, there are plumerias (Bali Hai, Cerise, California Sunrise, unknown yellow), plus passionfruit, banana and plantain. On the side you're commenting on are most of the fruit trees - lemon, persimmon, guava, peach, apricot, tangerine, a couple of avocados, loquat and almond. Mango, orange, lime and apple trees are all in the Farmhouse Garden section of the yard, with a bunch of herbs and some Japanese Maples. On the north side of the West Lawn, which borders "the High Country" are pine and Norfolk Island Pine. I have a Jacaranda and an Australian Flame tree at the bottoml, side by side, as I saw a pic where these both bloom at the same time - the former with purple flowers and the latter with crimson red. The Jacaranda has been a faithful bloomer. The flame tree focused on growing this, its second year, in which it almost doubled in size. I expect nice blooming from both next year. The High Country has dogwood, redbud, laurel and a berry patch (blackberry, boysenberry, blueberry, lingonberry, huckleberry, raspberry and white currants). The side of the West Lawn bordering the Swimmin' Hole has Cuban Royal, Teddy Bear and King palm trees along a fence covered in purple and yellow Trumpet Vines. Behind the fence in the Swimming Hole are several larger plumerias between the palms - Pop's, Loretta and Jeannie Moragne. Most of the plumeria are around the Swimmin' Hole, but "Na Pali (the Cliffs)" and "The Springs" all have plumeria, too. Na Pali is a terraced hillside overlooking the pool. I'm thinking of removing a huge pine there (there are five others in the High Country), and put plumeria trees all up the terraced hill, between Kentia and Flamethrower and bamboo palms. Now that should be a site! The Spings has beautiful Brazilian Tower trees, bamboo palms, and more plumeria. And let's face it, my big Shed in the back would be much for useful as a greenhouse than a shed, so that conversion will happen next year! So I really do still have room for more plumies, especially large ones, in case anyone is clearing some space and need to get rid on some.:) This yard was practically barren (except for the tall pines and some fruit trees) when I moved here a couple of years ago. Not anymore. It's not as dramatic or as nice as it sounds, though, the plants are still not that large, there's a ton to do and I'm in the early stages of a multi-year plan, it's all a work in progress. Sorry I got carried away! I love all these trees, and I left out a lot!...See MoreFragrance of GoldFlame and Halls Honeysuckle update
Comments (2)The Hall's is Lonicera Japonica and is classified as invasive in almost every state. I would stay away from it and probably say something to the store manager at Lowes. Most of their plants are supplied and managed by outside companies....See MoreSans2014
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI received two plants yesterday that I didn't order. A beat up BS and something else. The BS has some rust on it and it's way too wet. The other one is growing inside itself and I think it's planted too deep. I complained about the damage and wrong order and was given a full refund.
Any thoughts?
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8 years agoakrrm (Nancy in NJ 7a)
8 years agoNO, I would never order from her again. I'm still having issues with her.
These are what I ordered, Sayuri
and this called Rare King Kongo snake plant, I didn't think that was a real name but I liked the way it looked.
I come from a family of Nurserymen. I think if you are in the business of selling plants you should know what they are and so should your employees. I can't believe how many intruder plants, as I call them, I have, LOL.
Woodnative, do you know what that sans is? I've never seen one grow inside itself.laticauda
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8 years agoI just repotted them. The "Rare King Congo Snake Plant" barely had any roots and looks like it was rubber banded together. The leaf to the side was no longer attached and had two tiny roots on it.
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8 years agoakrrm (Nancy in NJ 7a)
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoI thought it was sans masoniana when I saw the picture. When I unpotted it, you could see the crown was really under far. I pulled the bigger leaf off of the smaller new growth. It looked liked a hot dog in a bun. It's very smooth but the bigger leaves have a dry edge on them. The rhizome was not as big as the masoniana variegated I have.
My mother's cousins are running the nursery my grandfather and his brothers started. They were originally in Elizabeth which is where I am from. The nursery is still in business but I don't want to name them here and they are no longer in Elizabeth . They sell trees, shrubs and at one time did large landscaping jobs. My uncles also had their own nursery business
but the two that are left are retired. My uncle gave us the greenhouse we just put up.
They might know Russell's but I don't.
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