LaCantina or Nanawall? If you have either can I pick your brain?
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Comments (25)Hi Susan, might you have any suckers of Dr. Huey sprouting from under any of your roses? Or, might you have some long whips of any other climbing or bush rose you're going to prune off anyway? The two things you want to practice before tackling the "good stuff" are lifting the bark from the cambium layer without going through it into the pith and removing the growth buds with cambium on them without a slice of pith. If you grab your budding knife, razor blade or whatever you're going to use and then start performing surgery on rubbish to practice, it'll help you determine when the sap is sufficiently flowing so the bark slips (separates) from the pith easily and how to do the operations without destroying the cambium. That's the bright green, juicy layer between the bark and the pith. It's the circulatory system of the plant and the tissue that differentiates, calluses and either becomes roots when rooting or knits the bud to the stock. I don't know of any which are more successful being budded, but if you start with larger buds, they're generally easier to hold on to. You want to match the width of the bud to the width of the stock. Putting a large HT bud on an eyebrow pencil gauge stock won't work. The curve of the bud has to fit the curve of the stock for best results. With practice, you'll find you can do all the things everyone tells you won't work, but to start out, doing those which are most likely to succeed will feed your confidence until you feel comfortable experimenting. I always try to stack the deck in favor of success first so you'll gain that confidence quickly and begin doing all the "Dr. Moreau" stuff when you feel ready. If your cuttings are thinner, look around for canes of those you might want to replicate and see what you can find that pretty much matches the same gauge or thickness. You'll be surprised how small a bud you can use and have it work. You can also try grafting pieces of stem to them as that also works. That's how mini trees are made as they have such small buds, using a piece of stem with buds is much faster, easier and has greater chances of success. Sequoia used to graft the stem pieces to the stocks then root them under mist so all the operations were accomplished at one time and all growth and knitting occurred simultaneously. It was fascinating to a newbie as I was when Ralph showed that to me. Feel free to play with Purple Buttons if you'd like. I'm glad she's working for you. I love the scent and color of that one. Thanks. Kim...See MoreCan I pick your brain?
Comments (11)I love the portrait idea. The thing I treasure most from my wedding is a large family Bible. It has our family tree. I transferred from my confirmation Bible what my grandmothers had told me..and added my DH..his family (what I could get..they didn't know much)...and our children/grandchildren. Came in very handy when a cousin was looking for information. He was flabbergasted that I had what he was looking for (our great grandfather in Poland..when our grandfather hit Ellis Island..etc). It is really the only thing that has survived. Everything else went out of style or got used up....See Morecan I pick your brain
Comments (2)I don't have any experiece with this but you might ask over at the Decorative painting forum . The link isa t the top of the page hope you find the answer....See MoreNeed to pick your Crafty brains!
Comments (11)I gave you a suggestion over at the KT (Home Depot hanging planters)...but that was before I knew what you were doing. I made the same balls when I got married for my reception hall. First of all..heads up!! Those battery operated lights are not bright nor long lasting. Tried that and what a challenge to go back & replace batteries on the wedding day! Once you have flowers on the ball-the battery ones barely show-honest. What I did was get a roll of chicken wire and formed balls to whatever diameter you want. (Mine were BIG ones-about 16") Make sure you wear gloves when bending into balls & as you mold into shape-just bend the wire ends over to secure. We had a dropped ceiling in the hall-so I ran extendion cords all above and along the places I wanted a lighted ball. When placing real strings of white lights on your ball-secure with bread ties-making sure the PLUG is at the TOP of the ball. True Value stores have hooks specific for the strips on a dropped ceiling-for you to hang your balls!! I made BIG tissue paper flowers in my colors and wired them to the ball, after placing the lights. Real pretty & showy!! NOTE: Don't wrap the lights to tightly to the ball, so if once the flowers are on-you can pull any lights furthur out so they show amid the posies. Hope this helps!...See MoreUser
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