Motorized window shades -- what happens when they break?
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Comments (15)1. I got 6 Kiowas last spring and 3 of them have very thin canes. Is this because they r still immature and should I just remove the canes this spring before they flower or go ahead and let them produce fruit? Im just not sure if u treat these plants like other fruit and let them mature before producing berries? Yes To first Question let them go ahead let fruit because there now Floricanes and don't take away from plants growth in 2012 which are primacanes. Floricanes has energy for fruiting allready so pruning will just loose fruits. Im just not sure if u treat these plants like other fruit and let them mature before producing berries? You do all pruning on Primacanes none on Floricanes until after fruiting prune hold cane from plant base. 2. I tipped the canes at about 4 ft and they only produced 1 or 2 branches and just keep growing up to 7ft. Should I cut the branches back to 18 inches or so, or just leave them be? The branches r now 3 to 4ft long. The growth change in 2012 to Dayem that plant growing on new primacane. Tip changes in south from north mountains Tiping use what called long cane practice in south because longer growing season I see V trellis in you future so hold up plants. Prune main new canes of 2012 six foot tall these fall over without V Trellis allow as grow lean onto wires this tighten wires there no need fight wire to be tight canes do that just install with slack out. Laterals use 36 inches not 18" hanging over wires this give wall berry fruits out side wire. 3. I planted them to close for comfort, 2ft apart so its a jungle in there. I also planted them next to my fence so getting behind the plants is impossible. When would be the best time to transplant them with out sacrificing a years crop from stress or that even possible? I would move half plants from fence now when new site ready mix with mature chicken litter is best out broil houses Kiowas 4 foot is tight over 8 foot loose between hedge rows 14 foot tight over 22 foot loose I've had only 4 to 6 foot alley way between Kiowa at 22 foot rows. Thin canes are from infertile soil and small crown on plants this grow out plants in one year if fertile almost impossible to grow from root cutting to thick cane in one year but after 2 years no different than big crown transplant. The reason grow long canes in South is fewer cane come up from crown like one to 3 in north mountains there 7 to 9 canes from crown so 18" applicable for lateral pruning and shorter canes at 52" top out. Just remember 2011 does not apply to practice for 2012 are 2013 after that 2014 will be same old same old etc....See MoreLook what happened when I bought a desk!
Comments (9)That is a wonderful photograph, perfectly framed and gives us the exact feeling that we are looking out your window. At dusk a few evenings ago I saw shapes around my pink powderpuff that could only be hummers, too far to be seen from inside the house. Now I can be sure that's what they were after reading your post. Do you think they like red/orange dwarf poinciana flowers too? One is in bloom on the side yard (unobservable from house) and one close to the front window will be blooming soon. Denise...See MoreMotorized Sklyight Shades- Battery Power Sufficient?
Comments (14)I hate when people do this, but here I go doing it just the same. I am totally NOT going to answer your question and veer off on a tangent instead. . . We have skylights -- one being a huge 10' x 17' cluster in the center of our great room. I think the POs had rigged some sort of sheer fabric underneath it (based on some tacks and nails), but in year two, we realized that in the summertime, something had to give. After researching all the shade options, we would up getting a skylight cover for the outside. Of course it's not something that you take on and off at a whim, but it's perfect for our needs. DH puts it on some time in May and it comes down usually in late September. No batteries, no wires, no fuss, no muss (aside from the biannual trip to the roof). I'm not sure if it would work for your application (slanted roof on a garden room), and you may want the daily option to open or close, but it's an option. As for the non-hardwire issue: if you're springing for the electrician anyway, to install the outlets, spring for a carpenter to make a wooden rail of some kind that will hide the plugs from view. Would the plugs be at the bottom, or the top? And how are you getting the power behind the wood? (I ask because we have a post-and-beam home with no real working space between the ceiling and roof, so I know what a hassle retrofitting wiring can be). Here is a link that might be useful: skylight shade folks...See Moremotorized privacy blinds/shades/what?
Comments (6)As to your ... empathy extended. You don't want to be reaching up for shades and the newer mini-blinds don't even have strings -- you have to reach up for them as well.. You need to be able to open and close whatever window treatment you have standing at the side of the window. Consider either vertical blinds or drapes designed to pull open and closed from a side cord. Vertical blinds can be vinyl (relatively inexpensive) or wood or faux wood or fabric. Whether they are suitable depends upon your style/decor. Drapes could also have sheers on an inner rod for a bit of daytime privacy but could be closed at night or on a cloudy day when the lights are on for even more privacy. With the right rod, you could open and close them w/o reaching up. https://www.wayfair.com/Symple-Stuff--Bembry-Heavy-Duty-Single-Curtain-Rod-and-Hardware-Set-31131-L6262-K~W002066057.html?refid=GX294078696632-W002066057&device=c&ptid=820037231436&network=g&targetid=aud-354999624471:pla-820037231436&channel=GooglePLA&ireid=87285191&fdid=1817&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIhIHjtafy5AIVyODICh0eRQfqEAkYAyABEgJkCPD_BwE...See Morechrisntine
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