Why do diebacks occur on my cast iron plant and how to make it flower?
Heruga (7a Northern NJ)
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Comments (11)Well, as promised, here are a few photos: First one is the solid green mother plant: Second is the stolon and its branches: Third is a closeup of the mostly white baby on the stolon: And another: And a closeup of one of the leaves. Its kinda blurry, but I think you can get the idea. Notice how the verigation on the leaves that do have some green, is very odd? Its not even close to your typical white edges w/ green centers, or green edges w/ white centers. Is way more stripped, and the stripes are uneven, and different on each leaf. The mostly white leaves are white , save for a thin green strip on the very edges. I would be happy to give some of these away, once the plant matures and produces more. These are still very young. The stolon has not even bloomed yet, and there is not a single sign of ariel roots forming on the babys. I usually will not remove the babys until they have well formed arial roots. The top photo, was the "big green baby" that was still on the mother plant, and had massive ariel roots. I placed it in water and within a week it started producing the big fat white, hairy roots (soil roots). Ill try to post a few more pics of my other spider plant today. The babay that is on that was is getting very big, and has a good set of ariel roots beginning to grow. however, that baby already has been promised to someone. =o( That plant is mostly gree, with white and yellow verigation on the very edges of its leaves. The baby it has produced is just about identical, maybe alittle more yellow in its verigation....See MoreDie back after flowered; no dieback if not flower?
Comments (2)Adding onto Al"s message. If you cut off the spent blooms on perennials, the plant WILL stay green longer. However the plant energy, will be directed at the roots, new growth instead of creating seeds. This is why so many of us work at deadheading our perennials, to make better plants. Better roots allow better leaf and stem growth to produce more flowers NEXT year. As Al said, annuals only live one season in most places. Warmer climates may allow some to overwinter, they survived to bloom again. Depends on how your winters go. Some annuals can actually be tender perennials, will survive in warmer winters. I do not count on my annuals being around next year, too cold, frozen ground. You can deadhead annuals, it helps produce more flowers. I regularly trim my salvias, dianthus, marigolds, geraniums and they reward me with more flowers. Many new annual plants are great at deadheading themselves, flowers fall off. Kind of like mowing grass. The more often you mow a short amount of leaf, the thicker, nicer, lawn grass looks. Not mowing regularly then whacking off large amounts of leaf on grass, makes lawn look kind of tatty, patchy. May go to seed and then dormant. Annual flowers can like being trimmed of dead flowers, will bloom again for you....See MoreCast Iron VS. Fireclay SINK?
Comments (81)My Kohler Whitehaven does not always look dirty but I have the grills and make an effort not to let food - especially fruit scraps - sit in the sink. This is much easier now that I don't have a bunch of little ones to watch after - though husband still drops tea bags in the sink - usually right after I cleaned it:) As cast iron sinks get older they get micro abrasions in the finish and stain more easily, but it is very easily cleaned. I will use the same philosophy of those with white cabinets - I can see when cleaning needs to happen. My previous cast iron sink was 20 years old. Almost every night I would give it a spritz of clorox and it would whiten right up. I do't need to clean my Whitehaven that often - maybe twice a week, but as time goes on it may need cleaning more often, but then its a sink and should be cleaned regularly....See MoreWhy do my blackberries do this? Some segments don't color or fill out.
Comments (10)Yes iron deficiency in the soil and happen on top most drupe-lets on berry, but you careful they get heavier turn after size up it also happen in side bush where shaded to when low iron. It happen on new planting more often its new planting for three to five years. A good way to soil apply iron out sprayer straight stream along side plants, better than broad cast to soil iron can cause problems as broad cast. Soil apply iron in sprayer at five teaspoons to gallon water apply walking speed. This to high rate for foliage one teaspoon to gallon foliage application. You have plenty time to soil apply iron it work on next years crop, I go on both side row after harvest and remove spend canes apply feed grade liquid iron. The good well stock garden center have liquid iron in small bottle that do most small planting. I bought mind feed store in 5 gallon bucket, because rate by acre is up to too to fours quarts acre, this last 3 years per application thereafter. You can wait until druplet disorder comes back before next application if comes back be slow showing up. A soil sample do no good for this disorder its plant take up problem....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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