Re: todays events > acclimation
- To: g*@hort.net
- Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events > acclimation
- From: &* <m*@excite.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 01:14:00 -0400 (EDT)
Ooooooh...I think that remark was telling enough, Rich! :-)
Melody, IA (Z 5/4)
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."
--Albert Einstein
--- On Sun 07/11, Richard T. Apking < richa@midlands.net > wrote:
From: Richard T. Apking [mailto: richa@midlands.net]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 21:03:08 -0700
Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events > acclimation
Now I just bet I'd lose any respect, however misguided, that any of you
have<br>for me if I was to kiss and tell. Rich in Z-5, still resting
up.<br>----- Original Message ----- <br>From: "Melody"
<mhobertm@excite.com><br>To: <gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Saturday,
July 10, 2004 9:12 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events >
acclimation<br><br><br>> OK, Rich...since these are presumably
ex's...maybe it did have something<br>> to do with how they turned out
so well...but maybe more background would<br>> be good before I make my
mind up on this one. :-)<br>><br>><br>> Melody, IA (Z 5/4)<br>><br>>
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."<br>>
--Albert Einstein<br>><br>> --- On Sat 07/10, Richard T. Apking <
richa@midlands.net > wrote:<br>> From: Richard T. Apking [mailto:
richa@midlands.net]<br>> To: gardenchat@hort.net<br>> Date: Fri, 9 Jul
2004 21:56:52 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events >
acclimation<br>><br>> Hi Kitty,<br><br>Actually four of them, and they
have all turned out<br>> quite well. I'd like to<br>think I had
something to do with that. Now<br>> there's an open door. Rich<br>-----
Original Message ----- <br>From:<br>> "Kitty"
<kmrsy@comcast.net><br>To:<br>>
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 9:33<br>>
PM<br>Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events >
acclimation<br><br><br>><br>> Thanks for the reassurance,
Rich.<br>> So did you run into your old<br>> girlfriend, eh?<br>>
Kitty<br>><br>> ----- Original Message<br>> ----- <br>> From:
"Richard T. Apking"<br>> <richa@midlands.net><br>>
To:<br>> <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Thursday, July 08,
2004 8:01<br>> PM<br>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events ><br>>
acclimation<br>><br>><br>> > Hi Kitty,<br>>
><br>><br>> > You know the old saying: if it works, don't mess
with it. Sounds<br>> like<br>you<br>> > have your stuff
together.<br>> ><br>><br>> > FYI: just got back from my
class reunion, in
a little town on the<br>> edge<br>of<br>> > the sandhills called
Ord NE. Had a great time,<br>> trying to figure out who<br>>
was<br>> > who. Guess that's part<br>> of the fun of class
reunions.<br>> > ----- Original Message -----<br>> <br>> >
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net><br>><br>> > To:
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > Sent: Thursday, July<br>> 08,
2004 7:26 AM<br>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays events ><br>>
acclimation<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > > > pot them
up<br>> in quarts and gallons. A lot will eventually go in the<br>>
> ><br>> ground.<br>> > > Being July, many of these
little pots are<br>> pretty well-packed with<br>roots.<br>> > >
My philosophy: I<br>> don't like putting something like that directly
in<br>the<br>> ><br>> > ground, so I pot to quarts, grow on a
little while until they<br>> stretch<br>> > their<br>> >
> roots out and then put in<br>> the ground in September. Also, even
though<br>> they<br>> ><br>> > may be ful<br>><br>> l sun
plants, going from greenhouse to all day hot sun can<br>be<br>><br>>
> too<br>> > > stressful. Potting enables them to be
moved<br>> to shelter if needed and<br>> more<br>> > >
slowly<br>> acclimated to such conditions.<br>> > ><br>>
> > This,<br>> of course, is extra work, and a small extra expense
for potting.<br>><br>> Do<br>> > > you all think this is
necessary or am I over-doing<br>> it?<br>> > ><br>> >
> Kitty<br>> > ><br>><br>> > > ----- Original
Message ----- <br>> > > From:<br>> "Kitty"
<kmrsy@comcast.net><br>> > > To:<br>>
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > > Sent: Thursday, July
08,<br>> 2004 9:10 AM<br>> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] todays<br>>
events....<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > >
><br>> Stonehouse is a wholesaler only. In fact, at first
h
e said he<br>> would<br>> > only<br>> > > > sell the
flats for our<br>> nursery - no individual gallons for us. He<br>>
knows<br>> ><br>> > > froom experience that it wastes a lot
of time to attend to<br>> a<br>customer<br>> > > > picking
out one here one there and<br>> won't do it. But for some reason<br>>
he<br>> > > ><br>> softened and said, if while we were
touring the facilities we<br>> saw<br>> > > something,<br>>
> > > we could set it<br>> aside.<br>> > >
><br>> > > > We had the backs of<br>> 2 vans for plants.
I had also brought along 10<br>> > > ><br>> stacking produce
shells for flats. If things aren't too tall<br>> (the<br>>
sides<br>> > > are<br>> > > > about 9<br>> inces
high) , they can stack and you can get alot more in.<br>I<br>><br>>
> use<br>> > > > these in the spring when buying flats
of<br>> annuals for the gardens.<br>The<br>> > > back<br>>
> ><br>> > of my little SUV will hold a dishwasher - just - so
its footprint<br>> is<br>> > > small.<br>> > > >
But I can get a dozen<br>> flats and several gallons in whe<br>><br>>
n<br>> I stack.<br>It's<br>> > > much<br>> > > >
the way<br>> bread companies use bread trays.<br>> > >
><br>> ><br>> > > Fernwood has a little plant sale room.
Plants were in all<br>> sorts of<br>> > pots,<br>> > >
> many were cuttings or<br>> seed propagated, like the tree peony
starts.<br>> They<br>> ><br>> > > might be leftovers from
their annual plant sale or possibly<br>> donated<br>> >
items<br>> > > > to help raise a little<br>> money.<br>>
> > ><br>> > > > And no, the<br>> Stonehouse plants
are not these overwintering in my<br>yard.<br>><br>> > >
Right<br>> > > > now they are all in my driveway.<br>> We
will schedule a day to get<
br>> together<br>> > ><br>> and<br>> > > > pot
them up in quarts and gallons. A lot will<br>> eventually go in
the<br>> > > ground.<br>> > > > We<br>> currently
have 7 nursery beds at the display gardens and<br>> after<br>the<br>>
> May<br>> > > > and June sales in<br>> which we sold
almost 500 pots, we have some<br>> vacancies.<br>><br>> > >
> (the sales sell much more than those 500, that number<br>> just has
to do<br>> > with<br>> > > > what we<br>>
grow)<br>> > > ><br>> > > > Kitty<br>>
><br>> > ><br>> > > > ----- Original Message -----
<br>><br>> > > > From: "Donna"<br>>
<justme@prairieinet.net><br>> > > > To:<br>>
<gardenchat@hort.net><br>> > > > Sent: Thursday,
July<br>> 08, 2004 6:13 AM<br>> > > > Subject: RE: [CHAT]
todays<br>> events....<br>> > > ><br>> > >
><br>> ><br>> > > > So are all of these overwintering
in your yard?!?<br>><br>> > > > ><br>> > > >
> Didn't realize Fernwood<br>> sold plants. Thought it was more of
a<br>> display<br>> > ><br>> > > type place. Most
times those type places only have a<br>> once/twice a<br>>
year<br>> > > > > sale of cuttings<br>><br>> .<br>>
> > > ><br>> > > > > Sounds like<br>> you
guys REALLY filled the van :) I didn't get nearly<br>as<br>>
><br>> > > > many plants, of course I didn't buy flats of
stuff<br>> either. Are<br>they<br>> > open<br>> > > >
> to the<br>> public or just groups.<br>> > > >
><br>> > ><br>> > > Hoping the weather hold out,
planted a few last night. Hear<br>> that<br>it<br>> > will<br>>
> > > > be in the 90's<br>> this weekend when I have time
off...yuck!<br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > > > >
D
onna<br>> > > ><br>> ><br>> > > >
><br>> > > > > > So did<br>> we! 7 of us (MG
Nursery Group) visited Fernwood and<br>> ><br>> Stonehouse<br>>
> > > > > today. One woman bought a<br>> couple of plants
at Fernwood, but<br>they<br>> > > > ><br>> really<br>>
> > > > > didn't have much. The one I<br>> liked was
Iliamna rivularis,<br>Mountain<br>> > > > ><br>> >
Hollyhock,<br>> > > > > > which they told us had<br>>
been propagated by Russell Stafford.<br>They<br>> >
gave<br>><br>> > > > > us<br>> > > > >
> a<br>> ><br>> > > > > nice tour and it's
beautiful place, but Stonehouse<br>> is where we<br>> laid<br>>
> > > > out<br>> ><br>> > > > >
the<br>> > > > > > big<br>> bucks:<br>> > >
> > ><br>> > > > > ><br>> 16 Heuchera
sanguinea 'Snow Angel', Coral Bells<br>> > > ><br>> >
> 16 Hydrangea paniculat 'Pink Diamond'<br>> > > ><br>>
> > 22 Eupatorium rugosum 'Chocolate', White
Snakeroot<br>><br>> > > > > > 32 Forsythia koreana
'Kumson', Korean Golden<br>> Bells<br>> > > > > > 32
Itea virginica 'Henry's<br>> Garnet', Virginia Sweetspire<br>> >
> > > > 32 Phlox<br>> paniculata 'Franz Schubert'<br>>
> > > > > 32 Sambucus<br>> racemosa 'Sutherland Gold',
Eu<br>><br>> ro<br>> pean Red Elderberry<br>> > > > >
> 32 Schizophragma<br>> hydrangeoides 'Moonlight', Japanese
Hydrangea<br>> Vine<br>> ><br>> > > > > 32 Stokesia
laevis 'Mary Gregory', White Stoke's<br>> Aster<br>> > > >
> > 32 Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate',<br>> Spiderwort<br>> >
> > > > 32 Vitex negundo var.<br>> heterophylla, Cutleaf
Chaste Tree<br>> > > > > > 32<br>> Weigela florida
'Argent
eo-marginata Variegata'<br>> > > ><br>> > ><br>>
> > > > > Those listed above are all<br>> 2.5 inch or 3.5
inch pots and will be<br>> > grown<br>> ><br>> > >
> on<br>> > > > > > for resale. We were<br>> also
able to get 16 gallon items for<br>> ourselves:<br>> ><br>>
> > > ><br>> > > > > > Abelia
mosanensis,<br>> Fragrant Abelia<br>> > > > > >
Astilbe chinensis<br>> 'Visions', Chinese Astilbe<br>> > > >
> > Caryopteris<br>> 'First Choice', Bluebeard<br>> > >
> > > Caryopteris<br>> 'Snow Fairy', Bluebeard<br>> >
> > > > Heleborus<br>> orientalis, Lenten Rose<br>> >
> > > > Leptodermis<br>> oblonga, Star Flower<br>> >
> > > > Phlox pan. 'Blue<br>> Paradise'<br>> > >
> > > Salvia lyrata 'Purple<br>> Knock-Out', Lyre Leaf
Sage<br>> > > > > > Stachys<br>> monieri 'Hummelo',
Betony<br>> > > > > ><br>> ><br>> > > >
> There was so much more there we would have liked to<br>> have had
but<br>> > many<br>> > > > > ><br>>
items<br>> > > > > > we saw were already spoken for
so<br>> we had to keep checking the<br>> > > > ><br>>
availability<br>> > > > > > list and then deep
sighs<br>> when we saw this or that prized item<br>> wasn't<br>>
> ><br>> > > for<br>> > > > > > sale. We
also wanted to<br>> pick up a flat of Weigela 'Midnight<br>Wine'<br>>
> > > ><br>> that<br>> > > > > &<br>><br>>
gt; we'd<br>> > > > > > ordered last November,
but<br>> they couldn't release it because they<br>> > > >
><br>> didn't<br>> > > > > > have<br>> > >
> ><br>> > the tags for it. Something about Proven Winners
having<br>> bought<br>out<br>> > &
gt
; > > Color<br>> > > ><br>> > > Choice and the
contract for growing requires selling with<br>> the<br>>
proper<br>> > > > > tags.<br>> > ><br>> >
> ><br>> > > > > > Kitty<br>> > ><br>>
> ><br>> > > ><br>> ><br>>
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