Dragon flys appearing all of a sudden on my roses
bruin27
8 years ago
Just wondering if they are good or bad for the roses. They look really cool and have been appearing the last 2 weeks or so...
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Comments (9)Thanks all for your compliments. I meant to go back out every few minutes to get some good pics of the dragonfly nymph, but you know how it is when you get old(er). You go in the house with good intentions to come back out but you see a lamp that needs to be dusted. While you're dusting the lamp you see the bottle of Resolve you left on the end table. You put the Resolve back under the sink and take the cleanser to clean the sink. When you put the cleanser back you find the plant food you've been looking for for weeks. You mix it up and water the plants and find the scissors you have been looking for in the sunroom. You put the scissors back in the drawer where you keep the extra batteries for the camera............the camera, the dragon fly nymph, you fly out the door. There is no nymph, no dragon fly, no exoskeleton. Darn, I missed it, oh well maybe next year. I could have just sat out on the swing and waited, but it was 90º+ outside. Here's one more pic I shot last night. Jenny...See MorePoncirus trifoliata ' Flying Dragon'
Comments (4)My FD was exactly 3' tall when I planted it in July '04. It's now 6'. Taller than that if you consider the half dozen or so sparse branches at the top. I don't consider that terribly slow growing. Mine produced lots of fruit 1st time this year and it's never been bothered by insects. Btw, it's still holding on to all it's leaves but they're starting to yellow up. I got my tree from Edible Landscaping outside Charlottesville, Va. They have a beautiful specimen there that was about 10' when I saw it last 2 yrs ago. Nice day trip from where I live just west of Frederick....See MoreAll about Black Soldier Fly
Comments (56)These BSFs are amazing! Can't believe I never encountered this subject before. BSFs actually [i]DO[/i] what vermiculturists dream that their worms could...directly get rid of the garbage. I just had another gross, scary use for BSFL... they might be medical applications for them in the selective removal of necrotic tissue in humans. When I was young, I heard wounded soldiers in the American war on Vietnam would let maggots of some flies stay in their necrotic wounds till they could be evacuated to a real hospital. The maggots only ate the necrotic tissue, not the fresh flesh. They produced chemicals that killed narcotizing bacteria thus preventing gangrene from spreading. The maggots also prevented other more dangerous flesh eating fly larvae from infesting the wound. I wonder, could these flies from the American war on Vietnam were be soldier flies? I wonder...is this why we call them 'soldier' flies? Here is a link that might be useful: Black Soldier Fly and Red Worm Bioconversion...See MoreWhat can cause sudden massive yellowing on my yuzu?
Comments (29)Or..little sprout to the tree: ”One day, you will topple and it will be at my hand. And this will all be mine!” Lol that’s how I see it, those darn rootstocks Heruga, I think it’s the cold temperatures. The roots probably can’t perform or function being that cold so even if you water with diluted fertilizer, it’s not absorbing any of the fertilizer. The sunlight compels the trees to photosynthesize though, the leaves have no choice but to do it when hit by sunlight so it must get nutrients somewhere to complete the photosynthesis. Only place it can get nutrients are from its own older leaves. After reading and learning about Winter Leaf Drop last year, I view most scenarios of too cold temps+bright light as the cause of our yellowing citrus if root rot and disease are ruled out. Best thing for it now is to warm up the roots and give it the amount of light that corresponds with the amount of root activity it has via how warm the soil temperature is. Warmer soil means more light and vice versa. This is just my own theory about what it might be. Let us know what it is when you find out...See More
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