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About me: Hi, Im Mike from Davenport, Iowa. I like to garden with tropicals, and bring them indoors for the winter. I also grow cacti and tropicals for a local Farmers Market.I hope to meet fellow gardeners/ponders in the forums, and hopefully learn from each others' experiences-the good and the bad ;)

My zone is: z5 Iowa
GardenWeb Member: 2004-04-29
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Commented: Ponytail palm branching. I wouldn't think that wounding the base would encourage branching, but I do know that when the top of my ponytail palm rotted out, multiple branches formed. I think that cutting the center where the l...
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Commented: Men in the hobby I've been collecting and growing plants since I was 6 and got my first cactus. I worked in at lawn and garden center as well as a pet and garden center, and am 34 now. The "gotta have it" bu...
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Commented: Trying to salvage a disasterous trip to the nursery Maybe I'm lucky, but I have grown diefs in my office before and have had pretty healthy looking plants. Sure, they need to be misted because of the dry winter air, but they do real well with only arti...
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