slowly coming back from thrips craziness
I have been spraying with beauveria bassiana for the past 3 weeks or so, and a bit of Safari (very little). The thrips are not completely gone, but certainly their numbers are down enough to able to enjoy blooms again. Japanese beetles are still around, but honestly they have not caused the destruction the thrips did. Maybe because I started hunting them down as soon as they first appeared, while the thrips went unnoticed until too late. I have been out of town and not posting for a week or so, but my husband was kind enough to send me some pictures today =). The picture quality is not great so I will take some better ones with my iphone to update them after I make it home this weekend. I just couldn't contain my happiness after seeing some blooms again.
Darcey Bussell rose in front, Bosco with Lichefield Angel barely visible on left back
Front bed in progress: This bed has Moonstone, Mary Rose, Fiji, Lichfield A, Madame A,
Ballerina, Iceberg, Earth Angel, Your are the one (mini), Daylilies, Salvia and that Cana that refuses to die. I thought it was a goner this winter and it survived inside the rotten stump.
Lichefield A on right, Crape Myrtle blooming on left. This left bed has 2 tiny Aptous roses, Benjamin B, and a wisteria I plant to train on the obelisk
This is another unfinished bed (most of mine are unfinished). Sharing the space are: Benjamin B, Charlotte, Crown Princess M, Queen of Sweden, Carding Mill and Princess Alexandra of K. The PAK are very tiny behind the bench.
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Comments (9)Here's a picture of some buds I clipped this morning. Other bushes which have stopped blooming look sick. For 40 years my bushes have been mostly trouble-free, only sprayed a few times. Barely had any aphids or mildew this spring. And now this. it's very disturbing. Aren't these just UGLY??? I got a spray bottle of spinosad, clipped a bush down to just sticks and sprayed it. I clipped it because recently when in The Huntington neighborhood I noticed all their small roses at the entry gate were clipped down very short, 8"-ish. Maybe they clipped them and then sprayed. I have about 30 bushes and cannot do all with a little spray bottle. My hand was cramped doing the one bush. Maybe I'll get someone to come do it. I don't like to spray myself....See MoreBack from the dead...Hibiscus 'Plum Crazy'!
Comments (2)My 'Plum Crazy' is barely a few stems this year too, but my 'Kopper KIng' is just as great as last year and has a lot of buds on it....See MoreScotts S2554 slowly driving me crazy
Comments (7)The carb came from the ROP Shop on Amazon. I've bought a few other items from them for other equipment and always gotten great products. No debris in the filter. About a year ago I cleaned the tank and replaced all the lines, so everything looks very clean. Since then it only gets Rec 90 ethanol free gas. I tried firing it up today and before I even tried it was already flooded. I cranked it for a few seconds with the fuel turned off to clear it since that has gotten it to start a few other times, and it backfired so hard it sounded like a shotgun had gone off in my shed. The force of the blast coming out of the muffler blew stuff around the shed and I couldn't hear a thing for about 30 seconds. Funny part, it started when it backfired so once I could hear again I realized it was idling calmly waiting for me to use it. I backed out of the shed, ran it up to about half throttle and it idled perfectly for a minute then abruptly died again. Ended up leaving it sitting for a few hours while I mowed the lawn with my brother's new Arians. Of course at the end of the day it fired right up without issue and I pulled it back into the shed....See MoreSlowly, slowly, slowly
Comments (7)Sorry you were one of those whose service was affected. Many around us in north AL, mostly to the west of where we live, were affected, and especially some of the 911 call centers. I understand many 911 services suffered outages in GA, KY and of course TN. We have Verizon so all is well for us. Such a sad day for Nashville. Haven’t seen any posts from Rob so assume she is affected by the outages...See Moredianela7analabama
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoMade it home last night and the first thing I did ( after hugging my husband) was to make a walk through the garden. Everything is much improved regarding the thrips. Some of my roses have some BS since I haven’t been spraying in order to let the Beauveria do its job. I’ll have to weed and deadhead today. Picking everything up in a plastic bag and disposing of it in the trash (thank you Jim). Here are some pictures from last night and this morning.
Mary rose was planted last fall and it has impressed me. First one to bloom while it was still 50 degrees and nothing faces her. These are new blooms at their darkest stage.
My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoEarth angel is gorgeous. Band planted last fall and already around 2 1/2 feet tall and blooming. It has been in the 90s for a month now and she still shows some pink. Can’t wait to see her next spring. Iceberg in background.
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My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoFront bed. The white in front is Moonstone. The tallest in middle back is Madame A ( love hate relationship with this one)
My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoBosco making a come back and showing some bs.
My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoCarding mill gets bs, but it is very floriferous and I love it.
My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoBenjamin is lovely
My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoDarlow’s Enigma baby
My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoBallerina is my best hybrid musk so far. Has grown 3 feet on her first season. I planted 2 buff beauties and 1 just died in its first week and the other one hasn’t done much.
My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoKew gardens first season. I know I am going to love it. I planted it too deep, but It is doing ok.
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoA couple more =)
Princess Anne is another very healthy and quick to bloom on her first season.
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My Roses and clematis 2018 · More InfoPrincess Alexandra of Kent is going to be a very very nice rose. I planted 4 behind my garden bench and the plants are tiny with huge blooms.
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