Help out a poor new to hostas gardener
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Comments (13)Cantstopgardening, I am so glad my handsome Regal Splendor has helped out helping you ID your Amnesiac too! What a great cause you are contributing to. The 4-H club is a great club. All my cousins belonged when they were kids. We used to go and watch them compete in barrel racing at the county fair each summer. Good memories! Koidom, I think you will love Regal Splendor. He really is a beauty. Very eye catching, a real attention getter. I'm sure he will make a wonderful addition to all your blues! Tracy...See MoreNew house...new garden, hosta transplanting?
Comments (4)IF IT WERE ME .... find the best/closest soil selling place ... go there... find some nice soil ... i might have to visit a couple places ... then i would order enough to make a small bed .... couple yards ???? flatten it enough so you can water it... and put all 75 into this one bed .... maybe on a 1 foot by one foot grid .... and start watering... make a map ... and walk away .... BECAUSE YOU NEED TO WORK ON THE HOUSE .... ... i would try to have everything planted within 30 days.. so they can grab hold.. and not heave during the winter ... you will have most of october and november.. to figure out what to do with heavy clay .. and maybe start a few beds.... for moving the plants in the spring ..... BUT THE PLANTS SHOULD BE IN THERE WINTER LOCATION BY 9/15 AT THE LATEST IN ZONE 5 .... but just in case it all gets too over whelming.. they will already be in the pile of good soil ....... i dont know if the typed word is expressing what i am trying to say .... all i know.. when i moved... plants really interfered.. with finding out where all the pots and pans and sheets.. and everything else you need is packed ... try to make the plant part as easy and fast as possible... good luck and congrats on the new house ... ken...See MoreHelp a Poor Guy Out with His Layout... PLEASE!
Comments (41)Been doing a bit of thinking (and working) so haven't really had a chance to post. Davidro: Thanks again for the suggestion, but I'm not into the Silgranit or the drainage area. As far as I'm concerned, taking away counter space is a bad thing. As for the other things, I stood int he future stove area and there was plenty of space behind me for others to get by. I don't think thats an issue. Measured the fridge and will need to incorporate the dimensions into the layout. They're pretty close as they are now, probably a 1/4" here and there off. Opening my fridge to 90 degrees gives me access to pretty much everything easily. If I need to take drawers out (which I do like once a year now) I can either pull the fridge out or just remove some of the door storage shelves (they pop in and out easily). So, where I have it now is pretty good in terms of placement. I'm thinking of getting a 36" wide vent hood instead of the 30". i've been doing more reading and it seems like everyone is going 6" wider than the range/cooktop, especially with gas. Also, I'm thinking in the future, when this stove dies (hpefully not for a while) we'll get something a bit more high performance, but still 30" wide. Anyways, in order to get a 36" hood in, I need to switch the 24" cabinet to the left of the stove in the layout above to a 30" which is better for pots too. The cabinet on the left side of the stove will stay at 18". I'll have to rip my door trim down a bit, but oh well, can't have it all I suppose. So, I'll try to get my plan updated a bit although there aren't any huge changes at the moment. Still thinking about microwave placement. Have to do a rough layout for my laundry room as well. We're moving it from the main floor to the basement and the plumber that is coming to do the kitchen drains is going to do the laundry room rough in as well so need to get that planned out. Bye for now! Thanks! Dan...See MoreNew to potted citrus gardening. Can someone help me out
Comments (37)Heruga Their trees are grown under perfect conditions and are very well feed. I grew 3 tangerine trees under perfect warmth and light condition and this is what 1 year from seed sprout looks likeThese trees are 13 months old and all have more than 8 feet of trunk/branch/twig growth. 2.5 years old has a linear branch growth of over 100 feet. I measured it and am accurate to within 10 feet. The richest dirt heavy feed and greenhouse over winter with no slow growth season. This is also a tangerine tree and will grow 3 timed-4 times as faster than a Meiwa kumquat as Laura pointed out. 6b Steve...See Moremomdino
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