Should I move my disappointing Climbing Pinkie?
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Comments (7)Thanks, everyone. Since it is only three years old, I haven't pruned it yet other than to cut back the canes that spiral out of control onto my porch. Its bushy appearance is a bit deceptive; it has long canes that I tie to the porch rails and then let fall forward. So it is more of a cascade than a bush. It does get sun almost all day long, although the afternoon sun is indirect. I give it alfalfa when I think of it, but it is almost embarrassing how little care it gets....See MoreClimbing Pinkie Habit, on Pillar/Pole?
Comments (10)Kmama, I hope I'm not hijacking your thread. Hopefully, my Climbing Pinkie will shed some light on yours. Seil, here's a photo in April that shows the metal trellis attached between the 4x4s. The top curves up to a point like a gothic window. I had originally planned to train it straight up like you said, Denise, and then over toward the garage, adding brackets to the posts. HMF says it grows to 5' to 10'. My posts are 8' out of the ground. Looking at photos on HMF, I'm thinking I might be able to get it going up and with age it would take on a tree shape with bare lower canes. I think that would be nice. Perhaps my brackets would have to go in both directions like the horizontals on a pergola. Kmama, I noticed some photos of a lovely pillar on HMF by David Elliot in Australia. An earlier photo shows the pillar exposed and later shots show it engulfed, so it is doable. It looks like it will wind up looking like a big blooming bush not narrow at all. That's the way it worked when I put Prosperity on a rebar teepee. Wrapping the canes around the rebar gradually made the pillar wider and fatter. It got to almost 6' in diameter and that was only two years worth. I removed it after that. Maybe a pillar wouldn't get quite as wide as my tripod but I wouldn't put it past it. Looking at my two photos, I'm rather astonished. That's 2-1/2 months growth. Sherry Here is a link that might be useful: If only sweat were irrigation......See MoreClimbing Pinkie
Comments (4)Karen, my experience with climbing roses is limited but the ones I do have seemed to take a little longer to establish themselves and bloom consistently. For Sombreuil it took three years. My daughter and SIL just moved into a house in the spring that had Cl. Pinkie that was probably 3-4 years old. It was absolutely covered with blooms and has since had two lesser flushes. I think it takes patience (I don't have much) with some roses, climbing varieties especially. Hamp...See MoreShould I be disappointed with my 1997 Civic's fuel economy?
Comments (11)To nin7xbam: I wasn't expecting 50, but I expected to be better than 40, comfortably. As I said already, my 1990 did get better than 40MPG, even when I drove at 80MPH...and it was an automatic. I have also previously owned a 1986 CRX HF and you are right; those are the fuel economy champs in the Honda lineup. If I drove it a steady 40-45 mph on the road, I could squeeze just barely better than 65 mpg out of it. On my usual somewhat daring mountain trips to/from work (I lived in the Colorado high country at that time), I saw regularly about 55-58MPG. But I also owned, for a time, a 1980 Civic CVCC 1.3L, a two-door hatchback. The penalty with that car was that it was very slow, but it rewarded with fuel economy never worse than about 45, and a few times, better than 50. So, some of my research is actual measurements from Civics I have owned in the past. As far as comparing weight, etc, between cars, here's how it compares between the new 1997 and the old 1990: 1990 engine: 1.5L, 92HP, throttle-body injection 1997 engine: 1.6L, 106HP, multi-point fuel injection 1990 weight: 2480 pounds 1997 weight: 2438 pounds 1990 EPA estimate: 31/34 MPG (actually got 38/44) 1997 EPA estimate: 29/35 MPG (actually getting 33/38) So we see that the 1997 actually weighs LESS than the 1990, but not by much. I do think the exterior of the car has grown, so it's probably having to push a lot more wind out of the way. I was expecting to do better than the 1990 since my '97 had a manual trans. Also, the EPA estimate for the 1997 is slightly higher than for the 1990 on the highway, but I'm doing worse. As far as maintenance, yes, I had it to a mechanic. Shortly after the purchase, it was time for the routine timing belt/water pump replacement (gadzooks that is one EXPENSIVE routine maintenance!!!) and as long as he had it, I asked him to check over all other items that could impact economy or performance. He replaced the air filter, and tested the O2 sensor and pressure under load of the exhaust. It only has 115,000 miles on it, and I've certainly never had Honda problems that young. My 1990 had 125k when I bought it and 240k when I sold it; my 1980 1.3L and 1986 CRX were similarly "vintaged" when I owned them. Now that I think about it, it's probably been 30 years since I have owned a car with less than 100k on the clock. It's just not a spooky amount of miles with today's improved-reliability cars. I do not like "extra toys", fortunately the LX really doesn't have that many. The only annoying toys are the power windows and door locks. The windows are making crunchy noises as they go up and down; the dealer confirms that they do have to replace those motors on occasion. Thankfully, it is devoid of built-in cell phones, remote CD players, power/heated seats, has simple plain steel wheels and is overall a nicely dumbed-down car. When I look at the things that I've had to repair/replace in my cars as they approach 300,000 miles, a tremendous amount of it is "the toys". Engines/trans these days just don't wear out any more. In terms of power, my '97 seems to be about equal to a 1990 with 5 speed. In fact the 1990 that I tried recently is better at high speeds, this possibly due to the smaller wind resistance. I think the '97, due to the MPFI gets a bit more low-end torque, so it feels faster off the line, but for safety, you want the power at high speeds for safe passing. Low-end torque is good for impressing the gang as you peel out of the Dairy Queen, something that has not crossed my mind since I had my 1969 Z-28 in the 70s. I bought a Civic because I wanted a very simple car and very high gas mileage. The '97 is no barn-burner when it comes to acceleration, but there's just a little to spare (at least at sea level - at altitude, it's probably a real dog) and I would happily give it up in exchange for 10 more MPG. I think this is just a reflection of the American desire for more, more, bigger, bigger, more complicated. If a manufacturer actually made their newer models get BETTER fuel economy, the buying public would hate them because they were slower....See Moreoursteelers 8B PNW
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