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Comments (2)Leave them be until after they bloom, all they need now is water. Once they bloom, you can start giving them a light dose of fish emulsion (half-strength) or other water-soluble (quarter-strength) every other week until mid-August. That's it for this year. Next year, you can apply an organic or organic-based fertilizer like Espoma Rose-tone (or Holly-tone) once a month, April - August. That should be good enough. I know nothing about this variety, so I don't know if it is disease resistant. I suspect not, but hopefully someone else who ishas grown it can let you know....See Moreplumeria please give feed back
Comments (9)I grew 3 Plumies in pots for about 6 years while living in NY. They grew well but did need large pots. I am not an expert and can share what I did which worked for me. Mine spent all summer outdoors gradually moved to the sunniest spot possible (on my deck). I say gradual because you will burn the plant if you put it in full sun after spending the winter indoors. So bump up the light gradually. I was not fussy about soil. I used a mix of Miracle Gro, cactus soil and small wood chips. I also added perlite. The idea is to keep the mix free draining but loamy enough to hold some moisture so you don't have to water every day. I would move my trees inside when there was danger of frost or the night temps dropped below 50 consistently. If there is just one night or two below 50 they are okay. But when the nights stay cold, bring them in or you can get rot. Indoors I tried two methods. The first 4 years I forced them into dormancy by removing the leaves and putting them in a crawl space in the basement. I stopped watering and left them until March. I would move them to a sunny window and they would start to leaf out. They stayed indoors until the weather settled above 60's. The years following this, I moved them inside and grew them under floor lamps. Most were budded and I didn't want to lose the flowers. They grew well under the lights and I got the flowers. Spider mites are their enemy and appear every winter. No matter what I did I got them. Even when they were leafless, they had webs all over. It sounds like you have them. If your tree is still outside, hit the plant with the hose and wash them off. They will return when you move the tree inside. You can try heavy duty insecticides, but I don't like using those inside the house. I did use an oil spray which seemed to keep them at bay until Spring. Once the trees go outside the spider mites go away. Good luck, Jane...See MoreNeed current feed back on NXR
Comments (21)I doubt support would be any better from any one else in general. At least they are sending you a new one, just slow at getting it. It almost seems as though support from most companies depends on whom it is you get on the phone at the time. I have had really good luck lately though. My 30 year old Fenwick Flyrod broke on me a few months ago. I called the company to see if I could get a new top half, but each rod is made from a single blank so other top halfs would not fit so they don't make them. Especially for 30 year old models. Once I stated that it broke while I was fighting a fish he immediately offered to replace the whole rod for free, just pay shipping of $9. So I got a brand new $200 flyrod after 30 years of hard use for $9. Our new Kamado style ceramic BBQ we just got a few months ago, I used it one time and the inner firebox developed a hairline crack. I am still using that same firebox now, have used it at least a dozen times or more and it hasn't gotten any worse and very well may last just like that for another 10+ years. However I contacted the company by email, received a response from the Executive VP of the company within a few minutes. I sent a picture of the crack in first email. She said give us your address and we will send a new one out to you TODAY! I sent my address, and a new one was in the mail before the end of the day. Took 6 days to get it but still, within 5 minutes and 2 emails I had a new one being sent. I know have a replacement firebox sitting in storage for when that one finally becomes unusable which could be many many years from now. So Fenwick fishing rods and Vision Grills I have had outstanding service from this year. Our NXR has yet to need any service so I guess I will cross that bridge when I get to it....See MoreRestaurant feed-back
Comments (24)Cyn..........I've never had a meal comped or asked anyone to do so. (I've had drinks comped when they forgot, or maybe a free dessert when we all got served at different times, but no meal comping.) I just don't usually have my act together enough to make a kind yet specific remark when they first come by....plus, I usually sense that it's just mechanical and they are moving on. My own issues, yes. And honestly, I pretty much always get good food and even better service. The rare occasion with a problem, we usually just let it go. I will say that when I dined with my DD at a local Bistro/Bakery (very upscale, lunches at about $20) a few years ago, I was surprised that they took our appetizer off our bill but nothing else. There was a fly in my iced tea. I sweetly asked the waitress for another. She brought a new glass. When she came to refill it, she poured in another fly (or the same one???) from the pitcher. I pointed out the fly once again, (hard to do as by this time DD and I were doubled over laughing!) and she almost rolled her eyes at me. Not more than 3 minutes later, the waiter at the next table, a party of 8 Red Hat ladies, dropped a full pottery bowl of salad dressing. Bowl shattered and a shard hit my bare leg, cutting it, and blood ran down my leg. Waiter was horrified and embarrassed, hurried to get me a cloth. One of the ladies gave me a band-aid. (Cut was fairly deep, continued to bleed, seen by waiter as well as whole Red Hat table) We finished our meal and went to pay. They told us they were comping our appetizer. If nothing else, it was a funny story to tell my DH when we got home. Red...See Moreredneckgirlgreenthumb
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