Still trying not to kill my phalaenopsis
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Comments (12)I killed off Zoysia with glyphosate sold in concentrate. I mixed it and used a 2 gallon sprayer. Before spraying, let it grow longer than normal and make sure it's nice and green. The healthier the grass looks, the better. After you spray it and it looks like it is dead rake it out to expose live grass. Spray it again. From beginning to end it's going to take about a month. Don't cut the grass. You want the green leaves to be as long as possible so they can suck in the glyphosate...See MoreTrying to figure out how much and what to plant is killing me
Comments (9)I feel your pain, this is my first year market gardening as well. In the past, my garden was large enough for friends and family--this year it's an acre with other smaller plots spread around the farm. Boy, did I underestimate the amount of seed I needed. I know the people at the seed companies are laughing their heads off at my many extra orders. Stupid Me. I noticed you left out sweet corn. But maybe you're like me and decided that the risks (violent psycho deer and Jap. Beetle invasions, space hog, etc.) outweigh the rewards. In my lurkings at the farmers' markets around here last year, new and fingerling potatoes sold real well, but it's probably too late to get good choices now. Banana Peppers, hot and sweet were popular, as was the sweet pepper variety Carmen if you don't have an aversion to hybrids. Peas and spinach are also reputed to be money makers in spring. Those guys, along with a variety of lettuce and radishes and speciality green mixes are how I plan to start my season. But, yeah, being new to this is killing me too, but I love it. I love the fact that I have finally learned to drive a tractor, although I had plowed about a fourth of my field before my uncle (farmer for 80 years) comes rushing down and it becomes clear by the look on his face that there are some things you can't learn by reading about. But that was cool in itself, because now I know half the field is done right and I did it myself. Oh, I'm so proud. Now if the weather would just cooperate so Farmer Susan could plow the rest of her field I'd be in high cotton. Right now I don't like the fact that I just spent all day searching for a more energy efficent way to heat my makeshift shed/greenhouse only to discover at 12 o'clock tonight that if I hung plastic down from the loft, the inside temp raised 10 degrees right away. Note to self--keep little space heater--take back 200 dollar propane heater and never listen to that salesperson again. But tomorrow, I'll slap myself on the back for being a genius. Now if that irrigation system I pondered over for weeks on end arrives and works the way I plan...but there's fun in that too. I love this. Wish you much luck this season, and may we both be successful at juggling all these little balls in the air. Oh, shoot, sorry. Got off topic there and forgot--have you thought about investing in strawberries, blueberries or other small fruits? It may take a few years, but the end returns should be worth it. I'm starting out with strawberries and blueberries (hoping to add year by year) and plan to spend any extra time I have this season getting some land ready for bramble crops. And easy cut flowers, maybe?...See MoreIt's still too hot to kill all this crabgrass & reseed w fescue (NoVA)
Comments (59)>> He reminded me about the migratory Junko birds that ate much of our bare April fescue seeding last year. You get those too? Around here, they're year-round residents (sometimes). The average Junko (as well as other sparrows) are incredibly lazy. If you scatter just a bit of peat moss atop the blank areas when you dormant seed, they won't be very effective at finding the seeds and tend to do the job of burying them for you. No protection is required when seeding into a partially sprouted stand of grass. You can certainly add KBG to the mix if you like, but keep in mind that it'll tend to take over the lawn over the very long term (many years). Personally, I liked the resulting Abbey/Kenblue bluegrass lawn more than I liked the tri-mix that spawned it. So much so that I renovated to nicer bluegrasses! Under normal circumstances, pre-emergents for incidental weeds go around the time the forsythia blossom (or, when soil temperatures rise over fifty degrees). That takes care of most oddball stuff. You won't be able to apply any pre-emergent at this time as your new grasses will still be sprouting and have to be three mowings old before you use any pre-M or herbicides. Crabgrass sprouts warmer, but may get started in any warm snap in April or May. For that, I'd apply pre-emergent (Dimension, Barricade, most of them work on CG) around June first and realize that it's not going to be perfect. Spot treat any sprouted CG with Weed B Gon Crabgrass Control in July or so when you see it--the lawn will be old enough by then and more....See MoreHaving trouble with my new young phalaenopsis
Comments (44)I agree mikerno_1micha ! Plus that info you gave on the dried root makes sense !! As something like that happened with my last mini orchid , the roots dried out wet spagh and my heater on high aniliated there roots, it did not rot them they were green and shriveled and I pondered why the uptake of water was slow bout time I tried to recover with soaking it was too late crown rot settled in, but your explaination make sense! Its own Dry covering was suffocating the desicated root. Its interesting the problem is orchid roots are long and wirey and keeping consistant moisture to them is key. Thats what the velamin does naturally supplying warmth moisture and nutrition 24/7 as long as we give them drenching. And as far as the manure I know this is true, orchid are heavy eaters not through the fertilizers we give them which causes complications, though it works but through the more organic matter as they would get lieing on a tree, or rock and water way, debree , old leaves, manure from passing animals, dead insects, fish bone meal etc . I learned this when a fruit fly landed on a dendrobium seedling I had growing in water culture and died ,the seedling had a growth spurt and was gleaning like thanks for the protein ! I kid you not And all evidence of fruitfly was gone I never looked at that orchid the same way again. Aparently they get hardy diets in the wild feeding off many things gaining nutrients to survive....See Moredanielj_2009
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