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Comments (8)Hi there, Coll! First, I am sorry you lost a lot of your potted hosta. (At last count I lost 13 different potted cultivars.) The winter was really harsh and that could account for the slooooow progression. Also, isn't most of your garden relatively sheltered by large trees? Wouldn't that shade slow the growth rate at the beginning? Do you leave the hypertufas in place all winter? If yes, how does the cold affect the potted hosta within? Is it slower to heat up in the spring? So many questions, do forgive me. As far as the remaining potted shrinky dinks are concerned, if it was me I would bring them all into full sunlight for awhile to invigorate them. I have not yet started fertilizing but slated to start in a week...although at least a third of the hundred or so are in leaf already and could be fertilized. I want to start all at the same time...easier to remember if all get treated the same!:-) I will leave the direct fertilizer question to the experts of the potted hosta! Do take heart, Coll. You know the rest of your beauties will be okay, so try not to worry. I say that knowing that I too, worried and checked each day, waiting for certain ones to appear...I still do check every day for added growth, progression in general because that is what I do, but I have to remind myself that the losses are nothing compared to what I actually have left to enjoy! :-) Jo...See MoreNew Here and Off To a Bad Start
Comments (20)Your responses and feedback have been incredibly helpful. We've decided that we're slowing the process way down--until we have a much better defined idea of what we want along with a concrete proposal from the cabinet maker. I am getting photos, layouts, etc. together today and will be posting it here today. A quick update: I had a long conversation with my decorator/friend (I am paying him for his consultation, so this is a business relationship). He was fairly defensive of the cabinet maker (he does refer clients to this guy frequently) and was putting a lot of pressure on me to "keep the momentum going". He wants to meet with the cabinet maker's CAD guy and refine the plan. I told him that we're not ready for that yet, as I was need to spend more time with the plan myself. We told him that from a business perspective we are not satisfied with the vagueness of the proposal. He did not seem to understand our concerns. Here's the outline of the original cabinet proposal: -Face frame construction -5/4" face frame materials -inset doors and drawer fronts -exposed butt hinges -maple interior construction consisting of 3/4" sides and 1/2" backs -maple drawer boxes with dovetail joinery -under mounted, full extension, self-closing drawer slides -crown molding on cabinets -custom wood hood -$10 per knob or handle included in cabinet pricing That's it. No dimensions, no. of cabinets, door style, etc. When we pressed him for more detail he emailed that the following would be included: --all cabinets paint finish --base cabinets to have a top drawer --two full drawer banks, 3 drawers each --pull out trays in base cabinets --pull-out trash bin --two piece crown molding on cabinets --silver ware and flat ware dividers --base and uppers to have end panels to match door style chosen --4-6 upper cabinets with glass doors and painted interiors --cabinet installation We got back to him and told him that we wanted almost all drawers in the base cabinets, not pull outs. He said that was fine, but then drew up the plan with numerous pull out cabinets. He wants 40% down from us now. So that's out dilemna--we don't feel that we can sign off on this yet--but he doesn't want to provide more details until we do. Off to get my materials ready to post here. . . Thanks again!...See More- 10 years agolast modified: 10 years ago
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