Re: todays events > acclimation
- To: g*@hort.net
- Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events > acclimation
- From: &* <m*@excite.com>
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 12:12:22 -0400 (EDT)
OK, Rich...since these are presumably ex's...maybe it did have something
to do with how they turned out so well...but maybe more background would
be good before I make my mind up on this one. :-)
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein
--- On Sat 07/10, Richard T. Apking < richa@midlands.net > wrote:
From: Richard T. Apking [mailto: richa@midlands.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2004 21:56:52 -0700
Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events > acclimation
Hi Kitty,<br><br>Actually four of them, and they have all turned out
quite well. I'd like to<br>think I had something to do with that. Now
there's an open door. Rich<br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From:
"Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:33
PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events > acclimation<br><br><br>>
Thanks for the reassurance, Rich.<br>> So did you run into your old
girlfriend, eh?<br>> Kitty<br>><br>> ----- Original Message
----- <br>> From: "Richard T. Apking"
<richa@midlands.net><br>> To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:01
PM<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events >
acclimation<br>><br>><br>> > Hi Kitty,<br>> ><br>>
> You know the old saying: if it works, don't mess with it. Sounds
like<br>you<br>> > have your stuff together.<br>> ><br>>
> FYI: just got back from my class reunion, in a little town on the
edge<br>of<br>> > the sandhills called Ord NE. Had a great time,
trying to figure out who<br>> was<br>> > who. Guess that's part
of the fun of class reunions.<br>> > ----- Original Message -----
<br>> > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > Sent: Thursday, July
08, 2004 7:26 AM<br>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events >
acclimation<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > > pot them up
in quarts and gallons. A lot will eventually go in the<br>> > >
ground.<br>> > > Being July, many of these little pots are
pretty well-packed with<br>roots.<br>> > > My philosophy: I
don't like putting something like that directly in<br>the<br>> >
> ground, so I pot to quarts, grow on a little while until they
stretch<br>> > their<br>> > > roots out and then put in
the ground in September. Also, even though<br>> they<br>> >
> may be ful
l sun plants, going from greenhouse to all day hot sun can<br>be<br>>
> too<br>> > > stressful. Potting enables them to be moved
to shelter if needed and<br>> more<br>> > > slowly
acclimated to such conditions.<br>> > ><br>> > > This,
of course, is extra work, and a small extra expense for potting.<br>>
Do<br>> > > you all think this is necessary or am I over-doing
it?<br>> > ><br>> > > Kitty<br>> > ><br>>
> > ----- Original Message ----- <br>> > > From:
"Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>> > > To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > > Sent: Thursday, July 08,
2004 9:10 AM<br>> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays
events....<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > >
Stonehouse is a wholesaler only. In fact, at first he said he
would<br>> > only<br>> > > > sell the flats for our
nursery - no individual gallons for us. He<br>> knows<br>> >
> > froom experience that it wastes a lot of time to attend to
a<br>customer<br>> > > > picking out one here one there and
won't do it. But for some reason<br>> he<br>> > > >
softened and said, if while we were touring the facilities we
saw<br>> > > something,<br>> > > > we could set it
aside.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > We had the backs of
2 vans for plants. I had also brought along 10<br>> > > >
stacking produce shells for flats. If things aren't too tall
(the<br>> sides<br>> > > are<br>> > > > about 9
inces high) , they can stack and you can get alot more in.<br>I<br>>
> use<br>> > > > these in the spring when buying flats of
annuals for the gardens.<br>The<br>> > > back<br>> > >
> of my little SUV will hold a dishwasher - just - so its footprint
is<br>> > > small.<br>> > > > But I can get a dozen
flats and several gallons in whe
n
I stack.<br>It's<br>> > > much<br>> > > > the way
bread companies use bread trays.<br>> > > ><br>> >
> > Fernwood has a little plant sale room. Plants were in all
sorts of<br>> > pots,<br>> > > > many were cuttings or
seed propagated, like the tree peony starts.<br>> They<br>> >
> > might be leftovers from their annual plant sale or possibly
donated<br>> > items<br>> > > > to help raise a little
money.<br>> > > ><br>> > > > And no, the
Stonehouse plants are not these overwintering in my<br>yard.<br>>
> > Right<br>> > > > now they are all in my driveway.
We will schedule a day to get<br>> together<br>> > >
and<br>> > > > pot them up in quarts and gallons. A lot will
eventually go in the<br>> > > ground.<br>> > > > We
currently have 7 nursery beds at the display gardens and
after<br>the<br>> > May<br>> > > > and June sales in
which we sold almost 500 pots, we have some<br>> vacancies.<br>>
> > > (the sales sell much more than those 500, that number
just has to do<br>> > with<br>> > > > what we
grow)<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Kitty<br>> >
> ><br>> > > > ----- Original Message ----- <br>>
> > > From: "Donna"
<justme@prairieinet.net><br>> > > > To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > > > Sent: Thursday, July
08, 2004 6:13 AM<br>> > > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] todays
events....<br>> > > ><br>> > > ><br>> >
> > > So are all of these overwintering in your yard?!?<br>>
> > > ><br>> > > > > Didn't realize Fernwood
sold plants. Thought it was more of a<br>> display<br>> > >
> > type place. Most times those type places only have a
once/twice a<br>> year<br>> > > > > sale of cuttings
.<br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > Sounds like
you guys REALLY filled the van :) I didn't get nearly<br>as<br>> >
> > > many plants, of course I didn't buy flats of stuff
either. Are<br>they<br>> > open<br>> > > > > to the
public or just groups.<br>> > > > ><br>> > >
> > Hoping the weather hold out, planted a few last night. Hear
that<br>it<br>> > will<br>> > > > > be in the 90's
this weekend when I have time off...yuck!<br>> > > >
><br>> > > > > Donna<br>> > > >
><br>> > > > ><br>> > > > > > So did
we! 7 of us (MG Nursery Group) visited Fernwood and<br>> >
Stonehouse<br>> > > > > > today. One woman bought a
couple of plants at Fernwood, but<br>they<br>> > > > >
really<br>> > > > > > didn't have much. The one I
liked was Iliamna rivularis,<br>Mountain<br>> > > > >
> Hollyhock,<br>> > > > > > which they told us had
been propagated by Russell Stafford.<br>They<br>> > gave<br>>
> > > > us<br>> > > > > > a<br>> >
> > > > nice tour and it's beautiful place, but Stonehouse
is where we<br>> laid<br>> > > > > out<br>> >
> > > > the<br>> > > > > > big
bucks:<br>> > > > > ><br>> > > > > >
16 Heuchera sanguinea 'Snow Angel', Coral Bells<br>> > > >
> > 16 Hydrangea paniculat 'Pink Diamond'<br>> > > >
> > 22 Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate', White Snakeroot<br>>
> > > > > 32 Forsythia koreana 'Kumson', Korean Golden
Bells<br>> > > > > > 32 Itea virginica 'Henry's
Garnet', Virginia Sweetspire<br>> > > > > > 32 Phlox
paniculata 'Franz Schubert'<br>> > > > > > 32 Sambucus
racemosa 'Sutherland Gold', Eu
ro
pean Red Elderberry<br>> > > > > > 32 Schizophragma
hydrangeoides 'Moonlight', Japanese Hydrangea<br>> Vine<br>> >
> > > > 32 Stokesia laevis 'Mary Gregory', White Stoke's
Aster<br>> > > > > > 32 Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate',
Spiderwort<br>> > > > > > 32 Vitex negundo var.
heterophylla, Cutleaf Chaste Tree<br>> > > > > > 32
Weigela florida 'Argenteo-marginata Variegata'<br>> > > >
> ><br>> > > > > > Those listed above are all
2.5 inch or 3.5 inch pots and will be<br>> > grown<br>> >
> > > on<br>> > > > > > for resale. We were
also able to get 16 gallon items for<br>> ourselves:<br>> >
> > > ><br>> > > > > > Abelia mosanensis,
Fragrant Abelia<br>> > > > > > Astilbe chinensis
'Visions', Chinese Astilbe<br>> > > > > > Caryopteris
'First Choice', Bluebeard<br>> > > > > > Caryopteris
'Snow Fairy', Bluebeard<br>> > > > > > Heleborus
orientalis, Lenten Rose<br>> > > > > > Leptodermis
oblonga, Star Flower<br>> > > > > > Phlox pan. 'Blue
Paradise'<br>> > > > > > Salvia lyrata 'Purple
Knock-Out', Lyre Leaf Sage<br>> > > > > > Stachys
monieri 'Hummelo', Betony<br>> > > > > ><br>> >
> > > > There was so much more there we would have liked to
have had but<br>> > many<br>> > > > > >
items<br>> > > > > > we saw were already spoken for so
we had to keep checking the<br>> > > > >
availability<br>> > > > > > list and then deep sighs
when we saw this or that prized item<br>> wasn't<br>> > >
> > for<br>> > > > > > sale. We also wanted to
pick up a flat of Weigela 'Midnight<br>Wine'<br>> > > > >
that<br>> > > > > &
gt; we'd<br>> > > > > > ordered last November, but
they couldn't release it because they<br>> > > > >
didn't<br>> > > > > > have<br>> > > > >
> the tags for it. Something about Proven Winners having
bought<br>out<br>> > > > > Color<br>> > > >
> > Choice and the contract for growing requires selling with
the<br>> proper<br>> > > > > tags.<br>> > >
> > ><br>> > > > > > Kitty<br>> > >
> ><br>> > > ><br>> >
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