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popcorn
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Welcome to the Plants and Gardens Conference!
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Nov 11 15:54 UTC 1994 |
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bmoran
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Nov 12 05:12 UTC 1994 |
Mostly outdoor gardening. I use a lot of herbs in cooking, so I try to
grow what I can. A few vegetables, but not much luck. My zinnias were
incredible last year, but never got them in this season. Indoors, just
a few things. Tried forcing paperwhites last year with GREAT success.
The Xmas cactus is loaded with buds right now. Hey, wonderful idea for
a conference.
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srw
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Nov 12 07:58 UTC 1994 |
I grow nothing. I have an utterly black thumb. I am here because my wife
grows lots of things, but doesn't use Grex. So I'll hang out here
and be a middleman, if I can.
She grows houseplants and outside we have several gardens (well, she has).
Veggies: She grows tomatoes, basil, parsley, onions, garlic, chives, asparagus.
Fruit: We have apple and pear trees. We also have dwarf citrus trees that
live outdoors in summer, indoors in winter. The fruit is useless though,
except for the limes.
Lots of perennial flowers, including a new garden replacing a significant
portion of our front lawn. This new garden has mums, evergreens, and a
dwarf red maple in the center. In fact, I'm going to have to go wrap that
maple for the winter (in burlap) as soon as the last leaves drop off.
We have a few cacti for houseplants.
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katie
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Nov 13 03:31 UTC 1994 |
I just brought home a very large "Thanksgiving" or "crab" cactus, which
is basically a Christmas cactus that blooms in November. It has translucent
pink blooms all over it, and more on the way. I'd never seen a Christmas
cactus so big that it was woody like a tree. It's about 18'' tall. I got
it from a plant sale at church for only $8.00. I hope I don;t kill it!
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popcorn
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response 4 of 102:
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Nov 13 09:01 UTC 1994 |
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yradrok
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response 5 of 102:
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Dec 16 03:24 UTC 1994 |
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yradrok
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response 6 of 102:
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Dec 16 03:26 UTC 1994 |
Sorry. As I said I am new to this. I am wondering if any of have had any
experience with the Winged be. I am conducting research on them and would
appreciate any input from those of you who have grown them. thanks!
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srw
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response 7 of 102:
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Dec 16 04:45 UTC 1994 |
THat's OK, Shervin. Welcome.
You should hit a return character when you get out to around 75 characters,
because Grex doesn't do line wrap. That'll make your posts a little
easier to read.
What is a "winged be"? I am confused.
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popcorn
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response 8 of 102:
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Dec 16 15:12 UTC 1994 |
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bmoran
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response 9 of 102:
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Dec 23 05:15 UTC 1994 |
My reference books show only 2 winged items. One is a chinese
wing nut, a type of tree, and the other is a winged spindle, a type
of shrub with brilliant red leaves in the fall (kinda like a burning
bush), neither of which I've grown. Anyone else?
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eeyore
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response 10 of 102:
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Jan 18 15:12 UTC 1995 |
i've got a sun garden, and a shade garden...all my own!! and then i share
a sun one w/ my mom, and my dad has a veggie garden, and a rew other flower
gardens.... lots of cools stuff!!!! i love wax begonias, but i don't know
anything about winged begonias....
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zuber
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response 11 of 102:
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Feb 9 06:16 UTC 1995 |
Was that a winged begonia that was mentioned before? I don't grow anything now
but at work I am in charge of about 30 acres with 18 of that being woods. I
also worked at a greenhouse for two years while in shool. I don't know plants
by common names
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eeyore
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response 12 of 102:
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Feb 24 05:11 UTC 1995 |
well, i don't know them by scientific names, so wer are even, :)
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susan
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response 13 of 102:
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Mar 5 02:14 UTC 1995 |
Does anyone know where I can find some bulbs to force indoors?
It would be great to have spring inside soon. I think they would need to
be stored in the cold all winter. Maybe it's time to bring in some
forsythia from outside--it'll start blooming within a few days of being
indoors. (Hope this makes some sense-it's my first message.)
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popcorn
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response 14 of 102:
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Mar 5 12:51 UTC 1995 |
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eeyore
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response 15 of 102:
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Mar 6 04:13 UTC 1995 |
i tend to go for bulk bulbs more, just for the selection. i haven't had
too many problems...
check around. maybe colmen's food market (if you are in the ann arbor
area) still has some...also maybe franks.
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val
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response 16 of 102:
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Mar 6 19:31 UTC 1995 |
This will sound silly, but do any of yo uknow a store that
consistantly unhealthy plants? My professor for Bio. and Mangmt. of
Insects was looking for a sick plant to culture aphids on, and couldnt find
one sick enought to tempt them off the one they were on. <They were
to feed the ladybugs> Maybe i can suggest somewhere for her to find a
plant next year
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eeyore
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Mar 7 05:03 UTC 1995 |
check any grocery store. i've seen quite a bit at kroger and meijer. esp.
target...they are always killing off plants there!
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popcorn
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Mar 7 16:01 UTC 1995 |
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val
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response 19 of 102:
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Mar 7 22:12 UTC 1995 |
Aphids only attack stressed plants, they avoid healthy plants
<i'm sure there is a reason why, but it doesn't want to be recalled right now
but i do know that there is a preference in little aphid ganglion for
yellow and yellowish plants. the bulb that they were on when the instructor
got them was one step from dead, and the birdsnest fern she got for
them to move to was none to healthy>
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chrisv
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Mar 10 07:33 UTC 1995 |
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I was really surprised to learn that aphids only go to unhealthy plants.
I have a Hibiscus that had them on it but that didn't appear to be sick, it
was really green and had alot of flowers on it. I used some soap water to
spray on it to help get rid of them."."
":help".
Respond
Pass
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popcorn
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response 21 of 102:
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Mar 10 13:21 UTC 1995 |
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chrisv
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response 22 of 102:
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Mar 12 05:44 UTC 1995 |
Yes it did get rid of the aphids. It seems that I got them went I put my
plant outdoors. I had them really bad on my dalhias that were in the garden.
Being so far north it seems like we don't have very many lady very few up here
that I have noticed. But the soapy-water does seem to do the trick. ." ."
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val
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response 23 of 102:
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Mar 12 22:12 UTC 1995 |
that just goes to shoe you how much book learnign will
get you. i had learned that aphid prefer sick plants, maybe taht is
the difference, i prefer to eat hot food but left over burritoes
will do in a pinch :)
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mcpoz
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response 24 of 102:
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Mar 13 00:58 UTC 1995 |
We have several acres mostly in shade gardening. Ferns & Hostas & about
1/2 acre of periwinkle. My wife, Nancy, is getting to be an expert in
shade gardening. The grass keeps disappearing into landscaped garden beds.
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