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Confessions of a cheap AND lazy gardener
Comments (26)Hi Marcia. Yes, what I did was similar to lasagna gardening. With the leaves from the trees falling and the bit of chopped ones I threw around just before it snowed , I now have the makings of some new compost material also. I fortunately only had to slit and cut holes in the cardboard to go around the tree trunks. That was the hardest part, as I used pretty thick cardboard. There weren't any other plants there, but I hope to change that if this method continues to work. I must say, even if it has to be redone next year, it was well worth having that area weed free for a season. Oh, I just remembered, I threw Lavatera seeds from my plants onto this area just to see if they'd grow next year. They'll help fill up the space. Also, I planted a new clematis this year in a small spot that had grass and weeds. I removed the sod, planted the clematis, covered around it with cardboard, added a bit of soil and compost and now I'm just waiting to see what happens next year. I also put cardboard around my grafted lilac ( which had tons of weeds growing around it) and once in a while put grass clippings over top as it looks better than weathered wet cardboard, and none of the weeds have come through yet =:) All I need to hope for is a supply of ink free cardboard for next year in case I need it. I'm not sure how long it takes to break down. Sorry to hear about your adenophora invasion. It always seems odd that a plant could be invasive in such a cold climate. :D If you have lots of plants in your weedy area ( notice I didn't say weeds in your plants area) then it sounds like you may have to dig some of them out, add cardboard, etc. and replant. More work than I had. Hmmm. Since this thread is "confessions of a cheap AND lazy gardener" I guess this is my confession of being LAZY when it comes to weeds.....or maybe it has more to do with my waning patience/tolerance for weeds, ha, ha! I confess! ( Boy this reply is long. )...See MoreLazy rooting method
Comments (37)I am pleased that this thread is still alive. As so many people are waiting for results I should talk a bit about trying to get as many healthy cuttings as possible. You will soon find that many cuttings will grow leaves furiously as end of Winter approach. At the first break of Spring there are still cuttings thath ave no sign of growth at all. These cuttings should be removed in my opinion just because it will be hard to keep these into the heat of Spring when they are so late (without roots). This will free up some space for the promising ones to survive. Next you will find that they grow nice leaves but they do NOT have roots at the bottom. Don't pull up to have a look. I suspect that there is some relationship between the mix and the base of the cuttings helping them to get a little extra moisture into the cane. If you pull them up, you lose this formation. At this point in time they like gentle air flow, warm morning and cool night. They like a little bit of indirect early morning sun light but no more than 1-2 hour. The major problem the cuttings will face is sudden variation of temperature. In some regions of the world, the difference between day and night, and normal day and hot day is about 15 - 20 degrees C. That's just insane for rose cuttings if the top temperature reaches above 30C like many parts of Australia early in Spring. Dryness of the air can be a problem too in hot days. The only to counter this is to set up a timer to automatically spray them every 1/2 hours for a few seconds. If the weather is a bit too warm, they would grow too fast without the roots! Remember that the top couple of leaf sets have to mature before they will help rooting with enough sap flow to the base. This growth takes up the reserved energy and water. There is only one chance. If the leaves won't mature and generate sap flow, there will be no roots. The cuttings will just grow and burn itself out like depleted batteries. Therefore very slow growth rate is the key to sucess. Fertilizing will kill them. If you spray them with a little soluble fertlizers, they will grow beautiful leaves and within a few days deplete all the reserved energy and water and die!!! So never fertilise them and never use a mix that has fertilisers. When some of them already have some roots, what can happen? Many things I am afraid - When you see roots at the bottom, the chance is that many cuttings have roots and many still don't. If you are willing to destroy the ones that don't have roots then you can start fertilising them a little by spraying soluble fertlisers on the leaves or putting inorganinc fertliser pellets into the pot and water it. Otherwise wait another 2-3 weeks while you SELECTIVELY spray the cuttings that are most likely to have roots (you can tug them a little to feel the resistance) The reason why you would want to fertilise the rooted ones now is because the mix has no nutrients. They have drained all the reserved energy in the canes in order to grow leaves and root. They desperately need feeding but indiscriminate feeding will harm other cuttings that don't have roots. Finally you need to pot them out and discard the ones that are not healthy or don't have roots (or put the ones without roots back after you have taken other ones out). This is the time when you really appreciate the use of sand! You simply use a gentle water jet to wash the sand away and get the cuttings with 95% of the young roots in perfect condition. These rooted cuttings should be in water at all time until you pot them out individually. You should notice that young feeders are easyto break, bruise and rot. Again you should use sand as part of the potting mix. Rich potting mix goes in first. Normal potting mix goes in second. A bit of sand in third. Then the rooted cutting gets in. Some more sand in. Then normal potting mix fill the pot. Why 4 layers of mix? The bottom layer is rich with nitrogen which is good once the roots work their way down the bottom of the pot. The next layer is normal mix. Then the sand layer surrounds the young roots that need a relatively clean environment to avoid rotting away. It's a common mistake to use only one layer of potting mix and risk burning the young roots or having little nutrients for their development later. I have a guess about why many own root roses are sickly for a while until they get a bit older. My theory is that it depends on the rose type. Most modern roses have a life for a cane about 1-2 years. Some of them are even shorter. The aging of a stem is rapid in excessive heat and poor nutrition as it does not generate enough sap flow then bulk to keep it young. So when you root roses, the cane is effectively "old" by the time they have roots and become independent plants. This why they are sickly until they get around to renew themselves. The renewal process depends on sap flow and creation of new bulk (new wood). That's why I have a theory that the "effective" age of a plant or a stem of a plant is the ratio of new wood versus old wood. The bigger this ratio the younger it is. This process take time. It really helps to have lots of leaves growing rapidly. That's why it's better to grow rooted cuttings in shady areas for them to get more leaves. It also help to occasionally spray them with soluble fertilisers to encourage leaf growth during the first 2 months to build up sap flow down the main cane to the roots....See More? about pronunciation of a word
Comments (72)I agree Beth, that sometimes spending extended time in different places may alter how one pronounces certain words. For example, I grew up in Windsor Ontario, which is only 5 minutes away from Detroit Michigan. Many Windsorites pronounce words in the same way as their American neighbours, as they are so close geographically, that regional speaking habits tend to fall into common ground in border cities. When I moved to Toronto after finishing school, I was good naturedly teased by my new co-workers for pronouncing certain words so differently, such as saying 'Q-pon' instead of 'coo-pon,' which is how my Toronto peers pronounced it. I eventually decided to make a conscious effort to change my 'Michigan' pronunciation of certain words to the way people around me said them. I simply realized it would probably be easier in the long run, than to constantly have to explain to people who assumed I was American, that in fact, I was actually born and raised in Canada....See MoreAnother regional dialect quiz
Comments (19)Well, I came out at 80% Dixie. Isn't Southern pronunciation supposed to be closer to British? Didn't answer the aunt one - aunt rhymes with can't or aren't. We don't do toilet papering, but I have heard of it through another forum with mainly North Americans on it. Called the sandwich a sub but only because we now have Subway. I picked 'you all', but I was thinking of a sentence like 'would you all like coffee?' For other uses it would just be 'you' although unfortunately many Aussies say 'youse'. I didn't know about the bug and would probably say water fountain but nowadays doesn't everyone carry a bottle of water? *VBG*...See More- 4 months agolast modified: 4 months ago
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