The "Landscape Workers" Strike Again!
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6 years ago
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Daphne syndrome strikes again...
Comments (15)True, Daphne require good drainage but they also require adequate moisture to survive. The term "good drainage" doesn't mean dry conditions and these terms can be easily confused. If not given adequate water, well-drained soil can quickly create dry soil. Daphne can't tolerate dry conditions and they can die from lack of moisture in a short amount of time. Perhaps the Daphne 'Briggs Moonlight' mentioned in previous post is thriving because the "extensive drainage problems" were helping it get the required amount of moisture to survive. For the Daphne 'Summer Ice' mentioned above I would suggest getting it out of the greenhouse and planting in the ground in average or better soil and giving it ample amounts of water on a regular basis until established and then normal watering after. If you are going to keep it in the greenhouse, watch out for old flowers staying on the plant and rotting which can lead to disease in stems and then dieback of that stem which sounds like the symptoms you might be having. Greenhouse conditions usually encourage heavy flowering in a high humidity environment, which is not an ideal situation for Daphne. Good luck with your Daphne and we are all hoping it makes it. The Daphne t. 'Summer Ice' is a fairly easy variety to grow and will survive nicely in decent soil with normal care and watering in the landscape. I have three of the 'Summer Ice' in my front yard that have grown very well for years. They produce flowers almost all year for me here in Oregon and are a wonderful addition to the yard. The scent on a warm evening is amazing! I also have 'Lawrence Crocker', genkwa, 'Wilhelm Schacht', odora 'Marginata', X houtteana, jasminea, 'Brigg's Moonlight', 'Napolitana', and Edgewortia c. growing well in my landscape with no special care or soil. I'm also going to be planting other daphnes soon....See MoreCorporate Greed strikes again....just a vent
Comments (17)chi83 I don't quite understand your logic. A wafer of 1/2 thickness would require double the wafers to get the same volume for a crumb crust. That would require double the scraping of less product but wouldn't the residue you mention be essentially the same? Increased price, double the effort for the same outcome is NOT what I'd consider more convenient, handy or of any value. I do agree with you on convenience items and I do pay for the prepared fruits and things. More expensive but time for me now is more valuable than before, plus I don't waste as much. Granted, I could waste more of an item and still come out ahead money-wise but not time-wise. SnidelyWhiplash hit it right. Everyone wants THEIR wages, profits and the like to go up and THEIR costs to go down but don't think business should profit. I can accept reasonable profits and I don't like windfall profits, except to me! I sure won't suggest there is no corporate greed out there. Absolutely there is, but it's not always corporate greed as much as consumer gullibility. People want to "feel good" about everything. They are offended by words so you have to pick the exact name and commercials can't offend anybody. People happily pay more for less, and ironically they'll buy gigantic when they often can't use it when they can "feel good" about "saving" money. Sam-boy really knew the greed of the people. Give him credit for that. People will walk into his club, pay more per unit for things, pay extra for the privilege and to really rub it in, stand in line TWICE to check out, all for the "feel good" of thinking they are saving money! He figured out that people will pay any price for the illusion of saving money....See MoreThe Dollar Store Strikes Again!
Comments (13)I do a lot of propagation of woody and other interesting plant material, and give the propagules a good start on their way toward bonsai. When people visit and show interest, I give these plants away. Of course, they look soo much better if they're in a nice pot, so I always have my eyes peeled for cheap ones. A few years ago, I bought about 3 dozen smallish soup bowls (hold about 2 cups of soil) with interesting drip glaze or planty-looking hand-painted patterns for $.99 each from Walmart. Obviously, soup bowls don't come with holes, but a .5 inch diamond core drill (around $20) makes short work of putting a hole in the bottom. You get about 20 holes per bit fir vitrified materials (glass/ceramic) - depending on the hardness.. If you are drilling terra-cotta, you might get 100 holes per bit. Repots I've been doing for the last 3 weeks: Sort of hard to see everything. These are my deciduous trees. I have about an equal number of conifers and tropicals, so this about 1/3 of my collection. Al...See MoreThe heart pan strikes again!
Comments (18)Hard to say. He doesn't really care about food in general. I asked him what he thought and he said "It was good. It wasn't very sweet. But that's better than too sweet." So who knows. He appreciated the amount of raisins in it. That's his main complaint about the store bought. Not enough raisins. I put twice the amount the recipe called for in it. He always is appreciative when I make things just for him....See MoreDelawareDonna Zone 7A
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