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Painting the house - need advice re taking down roses
Comments (9)I had to cut back a lot when I had my house painted. My climbing roses were on the front, which is stone, but they spread over the side which needed to be painted. So I simply cut those branches that were over there. On the side I had to severely prune my azaleas. But they grew back and looked better. It's hard but you may be surprised. Last year, my huge Teasing Georgia was on an umbrella trellis. We had a bad storm and the wind broke the trellis (I think it was rusting already) and the rose and trellis was completely horizontal. We had to cut the rose off the trellis. Which meant that we took off most of the rose. What happened is that the sun then was able to hit the base of the rose and it put out many new canes. Of course, being the procrastinator that I am, I did not get the new pillar until a few months went by. To get the rose on it, we had to cut off all but 3 of the new canes (which by this time were 5 feet tall). So we took these three canes and wrapped them around the pillar. It looked so bare, especially when it snowed: But as you can see, it responded with TONS of new growth and now you can't even see the pillar! (TG is on the left, you can just see the tip of the pillar) I would take this opportunity to cut back the roses and leave two or three newer canes. Then after the painting is over, if the season is right, fertilize the heck out of the plant and start fresh. I plan on doing that to my two front climbers after they finish blooming....See MoreFirst time help! Lighting ideas for next years seeds :)
Comments (4)@ heavenly -, There are 3 things to be considered in trying to start from seeds: 1) GERMINATING seeds: For this step you will need a warm environment: Heat Mat, Top of your frig, Top of your water heater. Depending on How big an operation you needs, you can germinated in paper towel or directly in the starter soil. GROWING seedling: 2) you will need proper lighting. A window sill, is IFFY. Fluorescent Shop Lights are the most practical way to go. Again, depending on HOW much is involve , you will need and investment upward of $20 bucks. I personally have two $20 bucks system( =$40.00) and I will have about 30 pepps, 30 toms, 30 misc. THAT is the number of seeds now. So I can start/grow 2 or 3 of them in one 3 1/2" pot. So roughly I will have about 40 pots. To give my self some training( though have done it in the past) I am test germinating and growing a few right now, so that I won't have surprises down the road. 3) OK. once your seedling started, you will have to give them an environment that is neither too cold or too hot. I would say 60F to 70F should be fine. On the cooler side is better. WHEN TO START: Generally 6 weeks before your average Last Frost date. Say, Your last frost date is May 15: Now count back 6 weeks. That will be like end of March (roughly). First time I did this, I only started a select few tomatoes and peppers that I could not possibly find seedlings for. So I would suggest to start small scale this year. Good Luck !...See MoreLast and First Frost for Salt Lake Valley Research Back 40 years
Comments (4)I tend to use "marker plants" for zone, before I'd go on temp. values alone. I lived in Albuquerque (zone 7b) for over 10 years, and in Salt Lake for over 25, and I highly doubt one can grow the same things in Salt Lake (or Provo) that easily grow in Albuquerque. First and last frost dates also make a big difference. My garden in Albuquerque had (at minimum) 4 months longer growing season than my Mother's back in Utah. My usual first killing frost was around Thanksgiving (never had one earlier than Nov 15), and crocus blooming around Valentine's Day, daffs by my birthday in the first week of March (last hard frost usually the first or second week of March). Only had a couple of odd years when we had exceptionally late frosts around April 1 - but even those only killed the most tender of plants. Stuff I grew as perennials (without any special protection or fussing) in ABQ that I think might be problematic in Salt Lake/Provo Utah; Artichokes, Pineapple sage, bletilla ground orchids, fuzzy kiwi vines, agapanthus, peruvian daffodils, harlequin glorybower tree, rosemary (as a 4' shrub), passion flower vines (incense and cerulea), jasmine vines, lemon verbena, crinums, pistachio trees, desert willow trees (Chilopsis linearis), Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin), Desert Bird of Paradise (these grow wild all over ABQ - Caesalpinia gilliesii), etc. And when you have 20-30+ foot yuccas all over town, as in the link below, let me know. I don't mean to be a total "rain cloud" - I just offer this as a "procede with caution" tale. Here is a link that might be useful: Yuccas in ABQ...See MoreFirst time in 9 years :)
Comments (18)FD ... my children are old enough not to be yelled at if they do not do their homework or clean their rooms guess what when they were younger they were taught to clean their room and do their homework. See I instilled those principles when they were very young so I wouldn't have that problem when they became teenagers. Would have enough to deal with teenage issues didn't want to deal with childhood issues when they were teens. And they are old enough to know if you don't clean your room it gets nasty if you don't do your homework teachers yell at you too. I parented my children I didn't let them tell me what to do I told then what to do. SD was told to stop doing what she was doing or she was going to bed... and she told hubby I am going to tell DSS you were threatening me. (she seems to think she is in control) I was on the phone with a male co-worker talking about work and SD listened in on the whole conversation after my phone call I went in and said I didn't appreciate it and she said I wanted to make sure you weren't cheating on daddy. (she seems to think everyone cheats on their spouses) When I told her she couldn't have pie before we ate dinner she called her mother and told her mother I was mean and she hated me. (Guess she thought mom was going to come in my home and cut her a piece of pie) Called her mother to come get her she hated it here because ...her uncle wanted to watch basketball game in the living room and she was watching disney channel and hubby changed it (I guess mom was going to make hubby change the channel)...See More- last month
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