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Comments (10)It's not scale, mealies, or aphids. The last two could have caused this condition when those leaves were very young however. It just may be the cold and too much water. Cut those damaged leaves out. More will grow in, use a very sharp exacto knife found at any art supply store. Or a single edged razor blade in a holder. It must be sterile. Scale is like little pin heads that appear as bumps on the leaves. Aphids, are white, black, yellow, red? and can just be washed off, and mealies are white fuzzy tiny little egg shapped things that can walk lay eggs and hatch about every 5 days. The males will fly. Soap and water will kill them and well as 50% alcohol. You may want to use a cotton bud (que tip) to attack them or spray it on. cut off those damaged leaves. This is a product that I use in the Spring, Bayer Advance Garden 2-in-1 Systemic Rose and Flower Care. Be sure to follow the directions, more isn't better. The plant is more at risk if grown indoors. I also suggest you cut back water this time of the year. Crassula ovata oozes out extra moisture if it can't handle it. If you have high humidity then don't water as well. My humidity is about 5% this time of the year, and I do not water. I have it growing in a very coarse mix, that I put together myself, mine are crowded into their pots, and they flower in December though the next few months. I let the soil dry out. July-Sept I cut the plant back in Oct.1 and fertilize often during it's growing season. I only repot when it outgrows it pot, and out the bottom hole. The plant will actually tell me when it needs repotting. I hope this has been of some help, this information is only a guide, use your own judgement what your plant needs, just grow them with common sense. Most succulents are grown the same way in the same soil mix the same amount of water and sun, all of the same requirements. Norma...See MorePlease tell me my Maple isn't history...
Comments (3)It's called heat and drought :-) Some trees react more severely than others. Unless that color change is also accompanied by dry, crisp foliage (can't see at that distance), I'm not sure you have a lot to wrry about. If the drought persists, a few deep waterings should help....See MorePlease tell me this isn't true about JK Rowling!!!
Comments (20)I myself am a Christian however I do read the Harry Potter series. I have been raised in a Christian home and basically all my family are Christians. So I can understand where people come from when they share their ifs about the books because Christians believe witchcraft is of Satan and they think that these books promote witchcraft. However I know better. I don't believe that the thought of witchcraft is evil, yes I know that originally it was used as I guess people who believed in the Occult but I must have become modernized or something because to me when I think of witchcraft I don't think of the Occult. And some of my family has told me that that's the problem. I don't believe it is evil anymore. I do have a very creative side to me and witchcraft to me is just one of those things that come with the whole fantasy territory. I think it would be cool if I was able to do my chores 10 times faster with just the wave of a wand but I know that that isn't possible. However I do believe that these books open up an imaginative side to children. I believe that in many imagination is lacking but these books I believe help open up a kids imagination. Also as many of you have said these books are about good triumphing over evil which is so true. These books though they may use witchcraft are all about the underdog, a kid who he thought had basically lost everything in the world realizes that he has an extraordinary power that ends up not only giving him hope for himself but hope to a whole society. The last thing I need to say is, if you are one of those that believe that Harry Potter is evil because of its witchcraft, let me just ask you if you are a Lord of the Rings fan or even a Chronicles of Narnia fan?? Witchcraft and fantasy are a key component of those books and I know for sure C.S. Lewis is a Christian but he wrote a book about a wicked witch?? Hmmm......See MorePlease tell me this isn't what I think it is.
Comments (8)The first thing to do would be to pull back the carpet. That will tell you if the floor is wet. I would probably them pull of that baseboard strip -- if the wood is still sound, you may clean it up and replace it or just replace with new. There should be a gap between the drywall and the floor. I would look for moisture there. before tearing into the wall, I would follow anything you see up and look for possible damage above -- water stains, loose tape joints, any swelling or buckling. Look up and see what possible sources are above as well as outside (sprinkler head, pooling water, etc.). If you can determine the area of the source, you may not need to do as much damage to the wall that will all have to be repaired. Is there a bathroom above? a water line that runs across? Hot water heater or AC drain overflow that could have backed up? See what you can about those potential sources from above and outside and see if you can save yourself some work and money. We discovered a problem the previous owners covered up with paint when we removed a baseboard to put down new flooring. It came from the upstairs bathroom, but only the baseboard needed to be replaced and everything else cleaned up fine. ....See Moreraee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio
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