Soft khaki brown area on caudex need some expert advice
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Caudex looks a bit cracked.... Help!! :(
Comments (7)hi Chuy! Rick gives great advise... If it feels like it is soft and you think it is rot setting in thin I would cut it out and then seal.. I like to use waterproof wood glue. Dap is used on Plumeria main branches when cut by some, but I use the wood glue on them as well. Make sure it is waterproof ! Keep the misting away from this area. You are misting the soil? Or the tree? Just wondering! If it is firm I would leave it alone and it might seal itself. Some of my limbs will do this, but not at the stem and main Caudex. I know it is out in the sun in your area. How often are you watering? These trees don't need misting ...this might help it to dry the areas in question. You could always seal as it is and then cut the stem later... But if there is any moisture in the crack, it would continue to cause problems. If it was mine.. I would Leave it in the sun, stop misting the tree if you are trying to give it moisture. Watch the watering. Dry side if possible. Watch for rot . If it seals itself great. If not , seal with wood glue after you cut the stem off and seal the crack. Make sure you use alcohol on your pruner after each cut. Good luck! Laura...See MoreCuttings, need expert advice
Comments (37)It's that whack a mole thing goin' on. (grin) Daniella - now the preform with the little stuff in it (sans the fish) sounds like a good idea. I swear, I'm goin' back for those rubber lillies. I thought they were hysterical. I wanted to throw them in some "perpetual" puddles around here, just to see if anyone said anything. (grin) That and the face on my tree sticking its tongue out, pretty funny. (grin) Too funny about the Xmas fern! Ha - yep, next time, just leave it and see if it goes. The asparagus ferns are used everywhere like evergreens in CA - I fell in love with them because they're just so fluffy looking. And they DO take full sun, no matter what anyone tells you. They need alot of water if they're in full sun. They stay soft and fluffy when they're happy and get lots of water. When it gets tight on water, they get spiny (self defense because they have bulbous wet roots that animals will chase in tight water times.) But if they're happy, they are fluffy and will actually climb as well as have long trailers. They take a lot of abuse, too. I'm going to get a bunch of them and put them in pots on my back deck. Full sun, fluffy green. Eh - they'll be pretty without a lot of fuss. I'm gonna buy those monster FAKE bostons for in front. (grin) Was too hard last year keeping them watered and happy. So get a couple monster fake ones - put them in some iron stands - viola! (grin)...See MoreHardwood in my farmhouse - need advice on options (tung oil)-PICS
Comments (25)From your link describing using the tung oil, I'd go with that. I would stay away from polys at all cost as they are so difficult to repair without redoing the whole thing. I am hoping to do my kitchen floor--don't know what's under the vinyl tiles or the several layers underneath, but the rest of the downstairs is oak--white I presume? I think my trim is red oak--is that possible? My house was built in 1908. I would replace the registers also, but don't go to the expense of the linked site--they seem to only sell ones to fit modern ductwork; check out salvage shops/antique shops...there is one in my town where I've bought a couple registers from their large pile--all the good old cast iron black, some with louvers, some without, but all with varying designs of patterns for the grate. I put in an additional duct to my living room, and absolutely had to have the large register if I ever move furniture to match the one in the open near the dining room doors. Your idea of tung oil has given me another and easier option than sanding insanely and doing smelly chemicals. Thanks!...See MoreDrapery Drama - Decorating Diva Advice Needed (Pics)
Comments (46)A couple of thoughts... First, I would have no hesitation in going with silk or something fancier. It sounds like that will go with your eventual furnishing plans, and it is way easier to dress down silk than it is to dress up something more casual in the event that you later get dressy furniture. In fact, it looks like your first choice panel was a little fancier. Second, If you're doing the side-by-sides AND the four(?) single windows, you're going to have a lot of patches of this fabric around the room. I would therefore be inclined not to break the bigger set into patches as well, but stack them at either end of the stretch of windows. But if you are doing this on a single long rod, that will be something you can play with. Third, about where and how to find what you want. It sounds like so far you have two options on the table, either ready-to-hang, or going through a designer. It may be different around here (heck, I'm not even in the same country), but here there are a lot of independent drapery shops that don't bill themselves as "designers". I wonder if you could find one of those. show them the photo of the JCP panels you liked, and see if they can find you a similar fabric and make them to specification? We also have a decorator fabric store (a chain of three actually) where you wander in, pick your fabric, and they can make them up for you or you can just buy the fabric. Even our normal fabric stores around here have drapery sections... in other words, if you look for the fabric separately, you might have better luck than if you shop for finished panels. Finally, have you tried to actually call JCP, including their stores, to physically hunt down and flush out the last of those panels you like? I know this sounds a little obsessive (admittedly, I am) but I'd bet that several of their stores have one or two of them in remainder bins around the country, or that the warehouse has some somewhere. Worth pushing a little if you haven't already done so. But you do need a lot of them, and that might be hard to take to completion. Good luck! KarinL Here is a link that might be useful: Arlene's (aka fabric heaven)...See Mores j
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