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Black Thumb desperately seeking help for innocent Japanese Maple
Comments (6)Sometimes when we get plants, maples especially, they are in pots and potting mixes that might have been appropriate for their situation in the hands of the grower but not for us the end-buyer. If you have left the maple in its original pot I would recomment what David hinted at and remove it from the pot and do an inspection. As the maple heads toward dormancy and the daytime and nightime temps are quite mild taking the time to repot will allow you get ahead of the game for next year and avert any contined problems with the way you maple is potted. Here is my short advice and you can search for more detail on potting mixes, repotting, etc if you want. 1)Maples often come out of summer looking stressed and ragged. It is normal. There may be nothing at all wrong with you plant except the fact that you are not used to seeing how small young maples respond. 2)Remove from pot. 3)Revmove as much of the growers soil as possible while preserving as much root mass as possible. 4)Trim any long ragged roots or rotted or diseased roots so that things are mostly even. 5)Find a pot that is just slightly bigger than the one you had if you plant was near rootbound or filled the previous pot. If you did not have a full root mass and removed all the soil and root pruned just a bit, it might fit back into the same pot 6)Go and buy a bag of cactus planting mix. If you have some forest humus, mulch or fine bark around add just a little to the mix to make it a bit richer. If you don't, I wouldn't go out of my way to find some, just use it as it is. 7)Pot up and do not plant any deeper then it was before, at best, leave it a 1/4" higher. 8)Water and leave in direct sun for the rest of the season and allow to mostly dry out between waterings. 9) Overwinter in garage or protected if you get well below freezing or have sustained freezing temps. 10)Leave maple in that pot until just before bud break in 2008 and repot to larger pot or put in ground. If all is well with your plant and if leafs out fine and beautiful you might give it a very light dose of fertilizer in the spring and let be for the rest of the year. There is little we can do if your plant is dieseased, but we can always try to improve the culture. We never know what is up with the roots unless we look at them and then give them what they need to thrive. Good feet are the quickest way to a strong healthy plant and how your maple is potted and cared for is what you have control over. There is very little risk to repotting maples and many thrive from the process. If you repot it and it dies it was likely destined to do so anyway. MJH...See MoreDesperately seeking backsplash help for light granite counter!
Comments (18)You ALL are totally awesome for helping (sorry if I sound like a teenager!) Great ideas and advice. You all are so right about the paint color--I can see it now. Thanks for taking the time to show me examples! (The existing paint is actually more of a gold- but looks yellow in certain spots and colors). I love those examples of the darker red backsplashes, boxerpups, with cabinets similar in color to mine. Red wouldn't match anything in my house, (I know you weren't suggesting that)but maybe a burgandy or maroon or rust would! Noobee- I can't get over how that darker backsplash you did (in the cut and paste you did over my kitchen photo) makes the cabinets and granite pop and ties it all together. I love it! I think that seems to be heading in the right direction--though perhaps the exact colors and pattern need tweaking. I love the look! Though there isn't any actual brown in the granite, some of the garnet does appear brown-here and there. Do you think I'd need to have gray in the backsplash to tie in with the granite if I went darker, with mixed colors, like that? Also, Noobee, how DID you do that cut and paste-is that a paint program that comes with windows or adobe photoshop by any chance? I'd love to try and play with that myself. I have been visiting a few tile shops, and even the salespeople there have been having a hard time finding the right solution for me. One lady who was working with me is even a trained interior designer. She was thinking darker would work, too, but was having a hard time finding just the right tile. So I really appreciate your suggestions....See MoreDesperately seeking lighting help
Comments (1)If ,,,, I had to pick I choose 5 the industrial birdcage however and ouch this hurts my French country design style but this could be absolutely fabulous JS and love tri level ranch style...See MoreDesperately seeking help with this dated small guest ensuite bathroom!
Comments (37)Paint walls solid white or very light color - get rid of wallpaper. I would not swap the toilet as older toilets were smaller. Replacing with a modern unit of any style will take up more room. The wall mounts don't save room and put stress on the wall. The shutters are gorgeous so keep! You simply cannot buy shutters with thin slats like that anymore. Remove the "secret" door and glass shower door. Simply use a thin white curtain. If the shower will not be used the space could be converted into a storage closet or combination of sink and shelves. Change floor tiles to white or very light color. Your sink is adorable and unique. If it is functional I would keep. The towel bar could be swapped with clear lucite or thin chrome bar. Remove wall basket. That space could be plain wall, a piece of artwork, or a bathroom towel holder (clear lucite or chrome). We remodeled our small home bath and are familiar with brightening up such rooms and maximizing space....See MoreB L
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