Sometime back I brought up the subject of how best to sprinkle my two-part shade and sun bed, the shaded part requiring sprinkling under a 4 foot tall shade ...
This season and last I have been expanding the types of media I use in domepots, and I am always trying new and different containers to convert into domepots. ...
[this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC] Wallace Stevens has a poem "O Florida, Venereal Soil" which includes the phrase "Tiestas from the...
William T. Ford
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Aug 5, 2007 7:19 pm
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Hi Bill, I didn't find any such reference in Galle's book. I did discover, however, that there is a Spanish word --- tiesto --- that means flowerpot. I don't...
this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC I would like to know the origin of Ruthford Hybrid Red Ruffle that I bought from Home Depot. Is it a...
Nick Shih
remini.geo@...
Aug 6, 2007 3:56 pm
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With our off and on drought conditions here in South Carolina, I can no longer depend on the once weekly rains to water the many containers in my Shade/Sun ...
Hi Mike, I have spent a lot of time running a Fire Sprinkler Co. and also a Irrigation co. The Water pressure looks ok in photos, it would help if you could...
this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC] I want to move my plants from the front of the house to the back. When is the best time of year to do so....
Jeff Casler
bajamann46@...
Aug 7, 2007 2:30 pm
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Fall best. Early spring, 2nd best. _____ From: azaleas@yahoogroups.com [mailto:azaleas@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Casler Sent: Tuesday, August 07,...
I have developed all my new beds in late August. Locally, that is the time of warm soil, the beginning of cooler days, start of frequent rains. Prepare the...
... Smaller diameter piping would *reduce* pressure (under flow conditions), not improve it. Use larger-diameter hose between them (perhaps you mis-typed). ...
Randell Jesup
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Aug 7, 2007 7:53 pm
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Earl, Thank you for your advice. If I put a Y cutoff on the main incoming hose and ran two hoses off from that to the sprinklers, would that equalize pressure...
I learn much more from mistakes I make in gardening than I do from successes. Never plant or encourage Cross Vine (Anisostochus capreolata) or Trumpet Creeper...
... It's frightening to list, but here in Valley Forge (PA), with 5 acres on a wooded ridge and sunny slope, I'm fighting: poison ivy (native), Virginia ...
Randell Jesup
rjesup@...
Aug 9, 2007 12:24 am
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I just took the shade cloth covers and humidity boxes off of two experimental DomeBeds that I planted in early December 2006 and early March 2007. For the ...
I would like to hear from any and all folks who planted the many Rhododendron eastmanii seeds I distributed via two different seed exchanges and directly to...
In the late 80s and early 90s when I first started studying an odd, mid-May flowering highly fragrant wild azalea, later named Rhododendron eastmanii, I ...
Today a large, old R. viscosum is at peak bloom. It will be the last azalea to flower here. The sweet fragrance is broadcast far and wide and with soft breezes...
I'm unable to view photos that are posted in this group; I read the group via the internet. I get the following message: <Attachment(not stored)> Any way I...
[this is from the ASK US page, so please send me a CC] Hello - As you can tell from the subject of this email, I am looking to plant some azaleas that have...
Carla Todd
ctodd617@...
Aug 13, 2007 7:18 pm
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Eddie, I suspect that you are viewing the messages by subscribing to a daily summary of the messages. In that format, attachments are not passed on....
If watermelon color is ok then try pride of mobile although it gets bigger than you like; don't fret just cut it back severely when it gets too big. If you...
Hi Carla, Two evergreen purples that should be good for your area are: 'Formosum' sometimes misspelled Formosa --- and 'Harris Purple'. The 'Harris Purple' was...
Michael Campbell Your comment about Koromo Shikabu is very interesting. I have had one for smething like 15 years. It is small plant today some 24 inches...
They bloom twice in the south and get decent sized too. The SFA Mast arboretum (sp?) has a whole hedge of these (maybe 500 plants - been a few years Buddy or...
Re:How to view photos? Hi Eddie, You have hit on a sore point with me. The people that send photos in posting are people who read each posting as an individual...
Steve To me there is only 2 ways to present images on the web. Quick you attach it to an email. Formal you create a slide show and use a web site or a web...
How about photos pasted into the message area? I cannot do it with my current email (Outlook Express6) but other people can. I am thinking seriously about ...
Mike, check your settings: on the Outlook Express menu bar go to Tools > Options > Send > Mail Sending Format: make sure it is set to HTML. From there, for any...
Since I take all my digital photos at peak resolution with a 5 megapixel camera, will inserting the photo within the email message area automatically reduce...