I noticed some inquires about "Walls o' Water. These are adverised in many seed catalogs, Park and Jung included. Don't know if the inquiry about an unheated porch was in reference to mine, but mine is galssed in and warm enough right now to put the potted peony roots, which have already sprouted in the [...]
March 2004
March is Going Out Like a Lamb
March 30, 2004 – Posted in: Garden chores, WeatherAfter the miserable snowy weather in the middle of March the month has made a dramatic turn for the better in these last few days. It started on Sunday the 28th which dawned clear and sunny. The day followed in the steps of the morning and Monday kept up the same and today as well. [...]
What’s up, what’s down
March 29, 2004 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThe snow banks are coming down; we can actually see grass in a few places. The Park's Whopper and Gardener's Delight tomatoes are just popping up, and can be put in a sunny window shortly, as are the Nagoya Flowering Kale seedlings. However, I've found an infestation of white fly on my large geranium plants [...]
What’s Going on with this shrub?
March 28, 2004 – Posted in: Pests, Plagues, and Varmints, Plant infoThis is my purple-leaved smokebush, Cotinus coggygria 'Nordine Red.' I purchased it in 1996 as a small potted plant, and it has always been a strong grower. However, in the last five years or so, branches have started breaking off for no apparent reason. Let me restate that. The branches that break off always look [...]
I can’t get started – seed starting that is
March 27, 2004 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingI can buy the seeds, but I can't seem to start the seeds. They are all organized by starting date, I have a chart in the garden where they will go, but for some reason, I am so not motivated to get the seeds in dirt. I think because once you start the process, you [...]
New Gardening Year Resolutions
March 27, 2004 – Posted in: Garden choresThis year I will wear gloves. This year I will also wear a hat and sunscreen. This year I will stake things. This year I will thin ruthlessly. This year I will spray rotenone or something to get those flea beetles. This year I will stop those rose slugs that are devouring all my roses. [...]
Uh-oh
March 27, 2004 – Posted in: Pests, Plagues, and VarmintsThis is a photo of my beloved crocus bank. The driveway runs roughly east to west, downhill all the way. On the south side of the driveway, the lawn runs down fairly steeply to the driveway, forming a bank that I have planted quite densely with crocuses. The crocuses are just getting started, but it [...]
Tomato seeds and roses
March 25, 2004 – Posted in: MiscellaneousIn all fairness to Burpee, I received those seeds from them the day after I said I hadn't but still several days after Park. They are all (the tomatoes) planted now with the Early Girl up and growing. About roses: in Mich.U.P. I am pretty leery about planting hybrid teas, too, going for shrub roses [...]
Roses & black spot
March 25, 2004 – Posted in: Plant infoGood link. But they neglect to mention that many antique roses are black spot resistant as well. I've never sprayed a rose for black spot, and my family has always grown roses. I'm under the impression that the tendency to black spot susceptiblity came into rose breeding with Chinas & thence into teas and then [...]
Blackspot-resistant roses
March 24, 2004 – Posted in: Pests, Plagues, and Varmints, Plant infoIf there is a rose in your future, you may want to consult the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Laboratory's list of blackspot-resistant roses. As the article states, gardeners"could increase their leisure time and decrease their fungicide expenses by using disease resistant and tolerant roses." There are so many different rose cultivars out there, why [...]
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