Re: todays events > acclimation
Now I just bet I'd lose any respect, however misguided, that any of you have
for me if I was to kiss and tell. Rich in Z-5, still resting up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Melody" <mhobertm@excite.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events > acclimation
> 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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