Uh-oh . . . I can't watch Jeopardy this week!
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Uh oh, I pruned my roses already!
Comments (6)Can't do anything about it now in any case. I don't know what forum you were reading. My recommendation for any one who might ask me is to prune when the forsythia is in bloom. Sometimes that is in March, sometimes that is in early April. No forsythia is in bloom here yet. Even though it was in the 60's here last weekend, no pruning here. We schedule the pruning of our community beds the first weekend in April, just to try to set a date. Each variety, each plant has its own needs. "Austins" is too generic. Some like a hard pruning, some don't. You'll find out over time what is best. If you didn't prune enough, you can go back and trim more off later. Don't obsess about it. Oh, and some just aren't good bloomers until they have matured, 3 - 4 years. Some just aren't good bloomers at all. Paul Z. has some videos posted, one is on pruning. Here is a link that might be useful: Ashdown Videos...See MoreUh-oh! Aloe rot! Did I manage to save it?
Comments (25)Tym, As Pirate Girl said, you're too concerned about watering these. They'll be fine. They are drawing resources from their lower leaves in order to live, but this takes months. As the resources are depleted, the lower leaves dry up. You can remove or not. This is a natural process, especially when they're in growth - as new growth appears, old growth dies. As you note, until there are roots there is no reason to water them. The only condition where you would is one you can't supply right now - lots of sun and warmth, a broad expanse of sidewalk or a heating mat, and the plant sitting in pure pumice in a pot that will warm easily. Until you have those conditions when an Aloe is rootless, watering is fruitless - or rather it's worse than fruitless, because it will kill the plant. Just be kickin' it with the Aloe - stand it up in a nice sturdy vase/container (a 155mm shell casing works great), or leave it potted in dry soil, and spritz as needed. It will be fine until growing time. I hope this has convinced you, because frankly I'm out of words....See MoreUh oh... should I still get induction?
Comments (18)I also have a Miele Induction unit. Like the above poster, I've found the power to be immediately responsive. There are 12 power settings plus boost, and if I so choose I can tweak it to have half settings, so that there are 24. Much to my surprise, I haven't found this to be necessary--I fully expected to change that setting. I have melted chocolate chips directly in the pot with no problem, and got plenty of heat to do a proper sear on meat. I hear a slight buzzing with some of my cookware, most notably the ones with discs on the bottom. Until recently I never heard the high pitched chirp that some people seem to hear. But recently I had all 5 burners going, and all of a sudden there wss a very soft, high pitched sound that I hadn't heard before. It was not intrusive or annoying to me, but it made me stop and think 'so THAT is what those people hear'. :-) I feel comfortable shaking my pans if I want to--but I find that I do it less now than I did on the old cooktop, as the heat is distributed evenly across the bottom of the pots. Each brand of cooktop is slightly different, though--I wouldn't make a decision not to get one based on the portable, unless you just really didn't like cooking on it for some reason. For me, I love cooking on induction and would never go back to gas. Cj...See MoreIf you watch Jeopardy . . .
Comments (55)I think I would do badly as a contestant, because I would probably be incompetent getting my buzzer to ring in fast enough, lol! Typically I do well with categories about Literature, Medicine, Geography, Movies/t.v. shows, and North American and European History (not knowledgeable enough about history of most other Continents.) Music and sports depend greatly on the era, regarding my knowledge level. I do okay at the 'Before and After' categories, but I'm downright horrible at categories connected to Mythology, Opera, Religion, Art History and Science Fiction. But oddly enough, even if I do pretty badly during the general game, I seem to have a weird knack of getting the Final Jeopardy response correct, which accomplishes nothing, if one doesn't accumulate enough money beforehand, to win the game!...See More- 7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
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