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Comments (4)All plants need nutrients to stay alive and well, even nasturtiums. The best is to prepare the soil, feed the soil first. Nasturtiums do the best in low nitrogen compost. I sow them in a lot of compost with a little alfalfa meal, kelp + bone meal. You can tell I do the organic thing. Tons of flowers on healthy plants and they are all in my vegetable garden. What I would do...work in gently a big handful of compost around each nasturtium plant and keep well watered. In addition to compost, I use an organic granular fert. that has only a 3% N...keeps leaves a nice healthy green and it does not compromise flower production like the 30%N that is in things like Miracle gro(most of that gets leached from rain and is not a good thing) Nasturtiums do like cool temps....See MoreI need advice badly...
Comments (4)Nandinas are so "yesterday". How about japanese plum yew (a dwarf one)? There are also some very nice dwarf evergreen azaleas that bloom later in the season. Foster hollies have been used for years and can get quite big. In fact, often they get too big for the space they were given on the corners of the house. I have a matching pair myself, thanks to my builder and had the same arrangement at the house before that .... Don't be lulled into wanting it all to look full right now; often that means overplanting and dealing with that later as they stuff gets too big/crowded. I swear that we saw this same house plan on a post about 6-9 months ago. I think it was recommended to put a dwarf japanese maple in that area where your utility box is attached to the house. There are plenty of dwarf crepe myrtles. Do go to the nursery and look at things, as buford suggests. Crepe myrtles that are not dwarf can get huge. Here is a link that might be useful: Cephalotaxus harringtonia 'Prostrata'...See MoreI need advice badly....
Comments (6)Mimi- I'm not a landscaper either...sounds like the crape myrtle you're describing is like one of mine, and it's an Acoma. Only gets to about 10', wider than tall, beautiful arching shape. That shape sold me- I actually wanted a pink. I applaud you for wanting to have suggestions for the builder. His people will most likely suggest bradford pears, and other problematic [though popular]choices that you will eventually pay someone else to remove. Check out serviceberry "Autumn Brilliance", to use instead of Bradford pears. I'm sure others will have ideas for you as well. Your house looks great! TD...See MoreAdvice on Badly Undersize Returns
Comments (2)Downstairs 5 ton for the basement and main floor. It also has a 18x20 filter and ONE 22x22 grill (actual grill not opening). The return grill is near the stairs going to the basement with the main floor having an open floor plan. There are no returns in the basement (the plenum right before it hits the filter has a cutout and grill installed) The plenum is half running behind drywall and connecting with a metal duct going to the upstair grill and would be somewhat of a bear to get to. I was thinking of cutting a hole in the ductwork after the plenum and installing two returns to the basement area. Regarding the plenum itself I can have someone try to remove and replace it with a larger one to accomodate a 20x25 filter but the problem is that would still be 50% undersized. From what I've read there should be two separate plenums coming out on either side w/a 20x25 filter on each. the other side of the HVAC is where the boiler sits. Also there isn't enough headroom to significantly raise the unit. Googling I could find filters upto 24x36 on homedepot. Is it possible to connect a plenum of that size? Have the upstairs duct hook to it and the basements new ductwork as well Here is a link that might be useful:...See Morerudygee
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