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A Closeup View of My Pruning Technique
posted by: rjj1 on 06.27.2010 at 10:02 am in Cacti & Succulents Forum Like to cut at an angle across the stem. It creates a nice taper on the branch that points to the new growing tip. In a few years the cut will be very hard to detect. I also now have 2 keeper side branches coming out. The branch wanting to develop in back of the cut on top of the stem will be sliced off today. Branches growing out of the top of a semi horizontal stem is an eyesore.
 I put nothing on the cut. It is cleaned off with a paper towel to keep sap off the stem. Usually keep the plant in shade for a day or two after randy NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 07.07.2010 at 06:21 pm last updated on: 07.07.2010 at 06:21 pm
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RE: My First Hybrid Adenium (Follow-Up #7)
posted by: rjj1 on 03.14.2006 at 01:27 pm in Cacti Gallery Forum paracelsus
Thanks! IMHO it is a mistake to not water an Adenium in winter that you keep above 60 degrees give or take a few. When I keep Adenium in the house over the winter, I water just enough to keep foliage on them, maybe once every three weeks or so. If you choose to not water indoors, do wait until you see them getting ready to push leaves. The tip of the branch will suddenly turn a bright red and then in a few days have leaves starting to grow. I prefer to winter them over in a cold greenhouse completely defoliated. Super low maintenance. No watering or pest problems all winter. They received the first water last week. A few vigorous ones kept leavers all winter and are blooming. Most are pushing leaves now. randy NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 07.07.2010 at 10:32 am last updated on: 07.07.2010 at 10:32 am
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RE: How to get rid of Creeping Charlie (Follow-Up #48)
posted by: Brian Johnson 6 (Guest) on 05.03.2009 at 04:14 pm in Ask The Yard Doctor Forum I live in the northeast(CT) and have had a large patch of CC taking over my front lawn. It was spreading rapidly to about a 20 ft. x 20 ft. section. Pulling it up was impossible and I tried some of the products from this sight except the borax. I settled on Ortho Max Poison Ivy & Touch Brush Killer (concentrate). I mixed it by the instructions and sprayed it on in 3 successive weekends when it was going dormant (Oct/Nov). By this spring I was amazed to see it was TOTALLY gone! The grass had thinned a bit due to the CC taking over, but the Ortho didn't hurt the grass at all and it's starting to fill in already. Thanks for the info and give this one a try!
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clipped on: 06.22.2010 at 05:49 pm last updated on: 06.22.2010 at 05:49 pm
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RE: Desert Rose (Adenium Obesum) (Follow-Up #50)
posted by: greenclaws on 05.19.2009 at 05:57 pm in Plumeria Forum Hi there Zacbit, I too grow Adeniums, but from seed as we rarely see them for sale here in the UK...I have only seen them once and I couldn't afford one. I have 5, 6" high ones that are 15 mth old or so and some seeds sprouting as we speak. I pinched the tips from a couple of them, I can't recall which ones but the middle one (shaped like yours) I left to grow on its own as I liked the bottle shape of the caudex. Until recently it was just like yours, growing from one growth point and going straight up, so I pinched out the top a few weeks ago...it resulted in a 3 growths pushing out from the shoulders of the swollen part..I didnt like the look of them there so I just rubbed them off. Now there are branches just beginning to form from most of the leaf axils, exactly where I wanted them to sprout from. It will hopefully leave the bottle shaped caudex clear of leaves etc. and make a fuller top. Its all down to personal choice really how you wish your plant to look. I'll take some close up pics for you tomorrow as its almost 11pm here.
BTW...If you do use your fingernail to pinch the tip off, make sure you wash the sap off very well as it is poisonous to some extent..you would probably have to eat your DR to have enough to do any damage though!!! PLEASE don't try it!!!  NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 06.14.2010 at 04:53 pm last updated on: 06.14.2010 at 04:53 pm
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RE: A question about pine bark fines.......... (Follow-Up #1)
posted by: rnewste on 04.28.2010 at 01:55 am in Container Gardening Forum DL.
Ideally, this is what you are looking for (at some Home Depot):
Particles should be in this size range:
If you need a relatively small quantity, Reptile Bark will work well. Raybo NOTES: <none>
clipped on: 06.14.2010 at 12:26 pm last updated on: 06.14.2010 at 12:26 pm
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