What do you do with your dead plants??
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Comments (20)Quite a nice bit on that -- hammer drill? When I first started doing gardening here, I spent $100 (with discounts and coupons) on the lowest quality Harbor Freight demolition hammer (like a mini jack hammer, but can be hand held). It acts a little funny (won't engage easily sometimes) but I've put many hours on that thing and it was WELL worth it as renting one would've been $70 for the day. It tears apart the rock-hard hard pan. My hard pan cannot be broken with a pick axe; the first time I tried was hilarious. I had padded gloves, safety gear, lifted the axe overhead and let loose a full-body powered swing onto the pan (I love to chop wood and I've broken up sidewalk with a sledge and pick, so I know how to "power chop"). Well, my attempt was less than successful as there was a loud CLANG and with it a giant spark! The smallest little dent was made the size of a dime. My boys laughed as I put the axe down and tried to get feeling back into my still vibrating hands for the next couple minutes. Felt like I was in a Looney Tune cartoon. This picture is a section that was breaking off in chunks. The piece in my hand it turned over -- the pan to the right of my hand is more typical....See MoreThinking ahead...what do you do with your plants in the winter?
Comments (19)Bev I did the same thing, put Lantana in the garage to keep it warm, then left the garage door up once when it was very cold. I don't know why but I put my plants on the end close to the garage door instead of at the back of the garage next to the house where it would be warmer. I'm going to try again this year. Heat rises so I assume they would be warmer if I put them up on a shelf instead of down close to the floor so I'm going to try that too. Monkeybelle - Your basement sounds like an ideal place to keep plants in the winter. I use my garage because my basement is too warm. Sometimes my garage gets below freezing though. I wish it was a little warmer. There are a lot of "annuals" that you could try wintering over. I've had mixed luck keeping Butterfly bushes in pots over winter but about 3 of 5 have survived outside in pots on my patio on the south side of my house. They may have gotten too dry rather than too cold, not sure....See MoreDo you return your dead plants/1yr warranty?
Comments (14)I have returned a few things over the years, but I think only one of them was actually dead. Can't remember what it was though... I also retuned a shrub that had bugs. When I bought it the eggs must have been on there and I didn't see them. A few days later, after I had planted it of course, they hatched. And this was at a high-end nursery no less. Ick. I don't like to retun things though, plants especially. If the plant goes down hill right after buying it you can assume that it is the fault of the store/nursery and it was diseased. But I wouldn't take it back if you plant it and it slowly languishes. It isn't the fault of the store/nusery if the plant simply does not like the conditions you planted it in. Want to hear a funny return story? Several years back I bought a Bridal Wreath at Shopko. It did fine and had lots of new growth. The next spring I decided I didn't have the room for it, so took it back (just had the tags, no receipt). The weirdo lady at the plant dep said "that isn't one of my shrubs!". Huh? Does she have pet names for them or something? The tags were on there. And my plant was super healthy and looked BETTER than her shrubs! It was BIGGER than hers too! I just told her I had bought it at another Shopko. Lol. CMK...See MoreWhat Do You Do "When Customs Wrongfully Confiscate Your Plant?
Comments (14)I'm not sure what to do. I would either file a complaint with customs to try to sort it out or message Iyares on eBay and tell them what happened. They may be able to sort it out or offer to send you another plant. Last year, I had a similar situation. I ordered a Christmas cactus from a seller on eBay and Customs either seized it or sent it back to the seller. Three weeks later I received a letter from Customs explaining that because it didn't have a phytosanitary certificate and other necessary documents it wasn't allowed to go through customs. Also earlier this year, I ordered a Hoya Kerrii from a seller named bkinterplants and the poor plant was in transit for over a month and the poor plant was so stressed out that it died a week later from a fungal infection. The seller offered to send a replacement plant if I ordered another plant but I decided to get a refund from eBay. It took a couple weeks to get the refund after a case was opened for item not as described. You can always explain the situation to eBay and ask for a refund since eBay covers your purchases....See Morejacoblockcuff (z5b/6a CNTRL Missouri
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