Blanco Silgranit: Talk me out of - or convince me!
Sue
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Comments (29)Hi Cath, it's entirely possible, though I've not read of it. I do know Judge Henry Fonda, who lived in Mar Vista by Santa Monica and operated a small nursery at his home for several years, unsuccessfully tried Cl. Mlle. Cecile Brunner for standards. Nothing took for him and he theorized it was due to "genetic incompatability". I know Ralph Moore brought in the rose known as Moore's South African OGR with the intention of trying it as a stock, but it didn't work, either. He stated the wood was too hard and the bark refused to "slip", lift easily enough for buds to be inserted. I have no information whether he tried the chip budding technique Burling uses or not. With as many thousands who have played with roses over just the past century alone, I'm sure someone may have had your idea, I just don't have knowledge of or information about whether it has been tried nor whether it worked or not. I do know many things have been tried. A friend received Austins from Hortico back in the eighties and nineties whose suckers were definitely Bride's Dream, which Hortico flatly refused, but that's what grew from the suckers on those roses. I've tried quite a few things myself, including Cardinal Hume (which works splendidly), and Festival Pink, my solid pink sport of Festival Fanfare, the striped sport of Fred Loads. That one worked pretty well and developed very thick, nearly self supporting trunks, but sun burned very badly in my climate which made it less than suitable. I had previously found this in the 1920 ARS annual about someone in Florida budding Druschki on Mme. Plantier, though it's been theorized by others what was meant was probably Odorata or Fortuniana. Who can say for sure? If you have the rose in question and want to try it, the information would be quite interesting to report back to us here on the forum. Who knows? Perhaps you might stumble on the next great discovery? Good luck! Kim...See Moretalk me out of it!!
Comments (17)Oh Meg....you HAD to tell me this. Well, if she can come to Oregon, she's got a great home! We tentatively agreed to keep Teesha when her people were moving and needed her cared for for a couple months. She'd been chained (!!!) for most of her life and we were told she hated cats. We had cats, but hated the idea of her going to the pound, especially if she was as non-socialized as they claimed, so we figured our cats would be smart enough to stay out of her path. She was with us one day and I could not stand the chain, so we took her off it. The next day I took her for a walk. From that moment on she was my girl. She didn't hate cats...poor baby was chasing them to play with them! She was a gentle giant, and no matter how hard we tried, she didn't want to live in the house. She'd come in and visit, but preferred her dog house. But she was NEVER chained again. We'd take her and Howard to the park for walkies and she was sooo proud to be out. People were afraid of her (she was BIG) but she never pulled or was hard to walk,she'd walk sweet so she would get lots of hugs & kisses. We calculated her age...we were told she was 5 but we figured she was at least 7, and had been spayed at some point. The POs really didn't want her, and were glad to relinquish her to us. One day we noticed she was getting thinner, but we first attributed it to the exercise. Then we noticed the tumors. They came FAST and she went downhill quickly. Our vet said it was probably liver cancer and there was no real point in chemo. So we waited as long as we could stand it and had her put to rest. She licked my hand as she went under, as if saying Thanks Mom. DH and I loved that girl in the short time she lived with us. We know that the last 2 years of her life were her happiest and she sold us on those big lugs of love....See MoreWhat can you tell me about Blanco Silgranit Sinks (pics please)?
Comments (152)I commented on this thread a while back when I was trying to decide between the silgranite white or a darker color. I really wanted white because I thought it'd be prettier but I was afraid of the potential staining problems. Well I went for it and got the silgranite super single sink in white from home depot online. Even though the pictures don't show it, I bought the matching grate as well. I think the grate is a good investment as it protects both the sink and your dishes if you happen to drop them. It's been about 7 months now and I'm still so happy with my choice. I haven't had any problems with staining. I am careful with it as I would be with any item that cost me $300+ but I don't feel it's extreme. I always rinse out the sink after I use it and do at least a weekly clean with a liquid soft scrub unless I've done a lot of cooking. I have a bunch of microfiber cloths I got from Amazon that I use to wipe off any water spray on the counters' edge by the sink. I am meticulous about this because I have very hard water. Overall I love this sink. It's functional and beautiful....See MoreBlanco Silgranit sink in white
Comments (10)I am embarrassed to say I did not open the box. I knew I did not want off-white because I figured it would look too yellow and dingy against the gray/white of the countertop. I should be going to see the counters today or tomorrow, along with the sink, at the fabricators. I will take pics and post. Why don't you want a darker color sink with that Cambria? I think it might visually blend better. Functionally, I prefer a lighter color sink (has SS last house) and I think if you like white better with the Cambria than the Biscuit, then just get it. I hear they all clean up beautifully. That's why I chose it......See MoreAnnette Holbrook(z7a)
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