Wisteria Woes: What could be wrong?
DevinJ 6b-KY
9 months ago
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Comments (18)Oh, sorry about the outlet thing ... well, it is GFI and it was inspected. But as we all know, inspectors don't catch lots. It's not right at counter level, but the outlet cover got shaved a 1/4" to fit on the top of the counter like that ... so someone will therefore know it's height off the countertop from that info (I don't). Does that make it sub-code par? I hadn't actually realized! It's not trying to be illegal, just we obviously don't know what we're doing and the city isn't really telling us. I guess you're thinking (duh) that's unsafe -- perhaps I should stick a kid outlet cover in the bottom one; it's rare anyone would ever be using that outlet anyway. I can see your point given its location, thanks! But what the heck am I going to do about this mess?? Is copper really soft enough to cut it back installed like that? Who could do that? I was wondering whether the big heavy duty round drill saw bit the stone guy uses could be employed to grind away 1/4" from around the hole? Is that doable???...See MoreOhhhh, What a Day! Cabinet woes still unresolved!!!LONG
Comments (7)Kas - I feel for you. Our kitchen has also been functional since December but the cabinet company (Holiday) keeps screwing up. We have been waiting for 4 cabinet doors/1 drawer front/Sub-Zero refrigerator panels/assorted moulding and some trim for our cooktop hood. They have supplied these things at least 3 times times but it always comes in wrong. Our cabinets are custom stain/matte finish/ distressed/ wormholed. The cabinets have come in either non-matte or non-distressed or non-wormholed or all three. It is amazing to receive the upper half of the Sub-Zero door matte without distressing and the lower half regular finish with distressing. What are they thinking at the factory??? In addition...they send these relatively small cabinet shipments in a huge semi whose driver has called to deliver as late as midnight. Meanwhile, our KD, who is a real peach of a guy, has not received the final 20% payment on our cabinet order. Nor does he even ask for it. He seems totally embarassed by this cabinet company. We have called the company and ranted and called the area rep for Holiday and ranted and of course, called our KD and ranted. Our only progress has been to have the latest (wrong) shipments delivered by courier during daylight hours. Maybe they will get it right some day. Although the cabinets are beautiful....I too question how they stay in business. It is amazing. Best of luck to you....See MoreOT:What would YOU do:moving a smallish wisteria plant-yey or nay?
Comments (20)First I want to apologize for my carelessness about the un-intended link. It seems that Houzz does this automatically when un-knowingly I type in certain combinations of letters; I can't see any editing option on the post so I can't take it out now,but I will try to be more careful in the future. Secondly I'm really glad I posted this on THIS forum as well as on "Vines" because the responses you are all giving me is what I was really hoping for...that is, I was hoping to "discuss" the question with fellow gardeners. So thank you all so much!!! I love wisteria, but am very confused. Back when I put in my first wisteria plant (Chinese one, Prolific), I read that it was "suitable for xeriscaping",extremely vigourous and even invasive, etc, etc. So I planted it on a hill with shallow, rocky soil,that was covered with broom, wild clematis and blackberries, thinking that the wisteria would be macho enough to compete. Not so! Eight years later, that plant is still only about 7-8 feet tall. Last year it almost lost all of it's leaves; I saved it by cutting away all the invading weeds, mulching, and watering. It's a bit better this year, though didn't flower much of course, due to the stress,but still seems to be struggling. This one has been very beautiful in the past,but I'm not considering moving this one, since I have other "Prolifics" elsewhere,planted in deeper soil, which are thriving (though one refuses to bloom so far...) Now, this Macrobotrys is a different story. I only have the one plant. It has produced a few flowers, so I know for sure it's not a "mule". These are 2 good reasons for trying to save it actively. The cons: mainly,I've got to face up to my physical limitations : digging it up would be a LOT of work. Also, it's never yet done anything to make me fall in love with it,though this may well be due to the bad conditions. I guess I think/thought that moving it to deeper soil would be the surest way to "save it actively",since that seems to be the most effective course to take with roses, but Cassandra's comment gives me something to consider (that little dryad is SO beautiful, btw!!!) I so long to obtain the effect that Anne is talking about,but haven't done so yet, not even with the better-placed wisteria...Cath, your post sounds very sensible,but why do you suggest layering this older plant instead of just buying a new one? Would a layerd baby from this one be a guarenteed "non-mule", perhaps? or is it just for economic reasons?...See MoreMarmoleum installation woes
Comments (6)oh gosh, I didn't see your response in Aug! I got an email today that you had tagged me, and even then this doesn't show up in my regular notifications. Houzz is weird. Anyway, Forbo's solution is to use some of the extra linoleum to fill in the seams, kind of like what you would do if a tile was gouged. It should work, although they haven't started yet. I hope it can be done by Thanksgiving. I don't know about the click-lock tiles. I had looked into them but the color I wanted was not available in click-lock in the US. I even priced shipping them from overseas but of course the shipping price was way too much....See Morerosaprimula
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