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Is this a healthy Bulbo.?
Comments (3)I think the spotting is nothing to be concerned about- it looks like a scar, or some old event to me. But it looks pretty dehydrated. Those leaves look shriveled, but nothing that a good drink can't repair. I would soak for a while in nice clean water, and then mount/pot, and pay special attention to watering for a while. But, if the roots don't green up or look healthy after the soak, then I would be cautious with too much water until you have healthy root growth. Meaning, if the roots come out as a soppy mess, they might be gonners and too much additional water will drown the plant. Carolyn...See MorePhooey on the Austin's
Comments (60)I grow so many Austins that it would be simpler to list those that I don't grow, than those that I do. My collection just keeps growing because (surprisingly) Austins like it here. Is it the short growing season? The cold? My mountain air? Or maybe they like it that I spend a lot of time out there with them....perhaps they like company? Whatever it is, my Austins are among my happiest (modern) roses. What is intriguing to me is that many of my Austins are hardier than most of my Buck's and definitely hardier than my floribundas. I could list quite a few that come through winter with minimal dieback, which is a very rare miracle here...most modern roses start each spring with only about 5 inches of cane after pruning. Also, most of them are healthy here and bloom regularly. I get armloads of blooms and have very little disease issues. But could that be due to the short growing season? Roses don't start blooming in my yard until mid-June and are all done by mid-Sept.....not a very long time to have to be well-behaved...LOL. Maybe Austins like to sleep rather than work? Here they get a very long slumber. So maybe they 'wake up' all refreshed and ready to bloom. I even grow many of the 'older' Austins and am pleasantly surprised to find that they do just fine too. Each year I add a couple more, to test my luck. So far, only Bredon and Grace are wimpy and disease-prone... and I have to keep Grace, because that's my oldest daughter's name. It's planted right next to Tiffany...(my youngest daughter's name)....and the two of them drive me crazy all summer with blackspot. Very fitting. Celeste...See MoreI think a difficult question.
Comments (26)Bluegirl, That is exactly what I wanted to hear!!! That someone else has had this scrawny cane experience. We are starting to cool off already. Thanks. Michael, You don't know me, but for me to sit still and 'let it be' is not something that is easy for me to do. I do want to FIX everything! But I will just drink a nice cab and chill. and Kim, What a meanie! I might use those tactics on a person (or even my obstreporous new 'recue' pup,) but NOT on one of my beautiful babies. To all, I have done more waiting than I usually do with my first rose bed. All have been doing great, except Oregold and First Prize. Both stayed at about 18" and gave me only 2 or 3 blooms in a little over a year. Then 5 weeks ago, both started growing. Oregold is now about 48" with lovely long lasting flowers. And First Prize is about 30" with some nice looking flowers also. I DID wait for them and it was worth it. hugs and smooches to you all, andrea...See MoreParanoid about rotting my plants.
Comments (26)Okay, so one of the euphorbias I got at the C&S show last week is starting to put out flowers and some new growth, and the potting medium was dry, so I lightly watered it. Anyway, this actually leads me to another point. I remember reading a few sites suggesting that you use a small amount of topsoil instead of a small amount of peat in cacti and succulent potting mix because it tends to be fairly loamy and a lot easier to re-wet than peat, which I tend to believe because peat is terrible to re-wet. However, I kind of assumed that topsoil would be too heavy for most container plants. Then again, if it's in a fairly small amount in proportion to perlite/pumice/bark and the soil is still relatively airy and fast draining, maybe not. What made me think of this again is that, when I watered the euphorbia in question, the moistened soil DID have a distinctly topsoilish smell to it, and the mix the C&S society guys have their stuff potted in seems to be fairly fast draining. Also, C&S Society, so I figured they'd know their stuff. I think you also mentioned adding clay into the mix earlier (though I'm not sure if you meant clay-based soil or clay chips/balls). Anyway, a (small) amount of topsoil seems like it could work for this, although, as I said, I'd be concerned that it'd still potential be heavy or prone to caking. Any thoughts on that?...See Morestanofh 10a Hayward,Ca S.F. bay area
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