Re: todays events > acclimation
Rich,
I keep reading your responses, chuckling, but with no good come back.
4 you say? Maybe it was the way you did that rain dance that had all the
girls gaga over you.
Kitty
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard T. Apking" <richa@midlands.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 10, 2004 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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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