Re: Spray & Tides

Then I would guess that your soil was in a negative balance between moisture retention and plant need. That's not often my problem. Here, at the plantation, when plants wilt it is usually because the sun/heat has made greater demands on their transpiration needs than their roots can supply--watering doesn't help meet that need. One of the anti-transpiration foliar sprays might, however. Hmmm; have to think about that.

On Jun 6, 2005, at 6:07 PM, kmrsy@comcast.net wrote:

That may be, but after a good drink, each plant popped back to normal
within 10 minutes, while it was still hot out. Hydrangeas with shallow
roots and Filipendulas are notorious for their moisture demands and
often need more water while their companions don't. The Filipendulas
that were prostrate from thirst are planted on a very dry spot. Probably
should move them.


--
Kitty
neIN, Zone5

-------------- Original message --------------

Wilt is not always a sign of thirst. Sometimes it is simply heat
fatigue. Once the sun goes down and/or the temps drop, they are back to
looking normal.


On Jun 6, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing
Center wrote:

Re > Kitty, What were you doing on the roof?
Andrea, I was cleaning maple samaras out of the gutters. Mick helped;
he
can jump there from the arbor. I used a ladder.

I have 2 Cordylines now. One is C. bauerii, a spikey, deep purple
plant.
The other is a screamer from Home Depot. Wide deep purple leaves
splashed
with hot pink. 3 big plants in a 3gal pot, only $6.99, labeled only
Cordyline species. I haven't tried Nasturtiums in years, but these are
looking to be sturdy, plants.

I have 2 kinds of Filipendula. One is the regular Queen of the
Prairie, I
think F. venusta. Then I have 2 F. kahome, a dwarf variety less than
a foot
tall. All are planted in full sun. They do wilt and crisp if they
don't get
the water they want, so you are definitely providing the necessities.

Kitty

----- Original Message -----
From: "A A HODGES"
To:
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides


Kitty, What were you doing on the roof?

The bed sounds fantastic, not like a mish-mash, or either a very
pretty
mish-mash. ALL of my beds are like that. I love Cordyline. I have two
green

ones that have turned into small shrubs, and bought a purple/red one
from
Plant Delights last summer. I thought it had croaked over the winter
but
it's coming back nicely.

Wish I could grow Nasturtiums like you can. I love those, but they
poop

out
by now for us. Question, where do you have your Filipendula? I bought
one
this year from Spring Hill, just to try and it was cheap, since I'm
concerned it might not like it here. It's in the sun, but in a very
soggy
bed. So far so good. It even bloomed! It's planted between two
Pretoria
Canna lilies and looks really good. I've always wanted one but was
afraid
it's too hot here or too something. It's one of those zones 3-8 plants
that
are sometimes iffy here in the summer. Guess we'll see!

Donna, sounds like you had a rather productive day to me. Just dealing
with

my mom wears me out! YAY on the new furniture. Sounds like a great
thing.

I
love getting new stuff like that. Always make everything look between,
then

of course if you're like me you have to rearrange the plants to suit
the
new stuff. :-D
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC



[Original Message]
From: Kitty
To:
Date: 6/5/2005 9:53:04 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides

Hot was right, Andrea. I started at 7am with the roof, then coffee,

cereal

about 8am. Then I started working on my tenders bed, finished
picking

out

samaras and then planted some Cordylines, Acalyphas, Osteospermum,

Plumbago,

Muhlenbergia, and Penisetum. It eventually got too hot - this bed
is in

sun
and we hit 90 degrees, so I stopped around 1:30, had lunch, ran some
errands. I noticed that some plants like Filipendula, Oakleaf
Hydrangea,
and others were wilting, so emergency watered. About 4;30 I figured I
could

handle some heat and went back to work on the tenders bed. Then the

rain

rolled in. Got a nice soaker that lasted a couple of hours. I
didn't

get

the bed mulched, but it still needs some plants that aren't quite
ready

yet.

I started them late. I have 18 Nasturtium 'Empress of India' - 2.5
in
scarlet blooms against deep purplish green foliage. I'm hoping
they'll
spread out as sort of a ground cover among the other plants. I also

have

several 4 foot burgundy sunflowers and some 4:00s. I'm sure it
sounds

like

a mish mash, but I like it. The connecting color is purple/red from
the
fountain grass to the Cordylines to the Nasturtium leaves. With

Acalyphas

and Osteos for contrast.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message -----
From: "A A HODGES"
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides



Yep Kitty, back to the garden. Took the dogs to the beach this

morning,

gave them a bath when we got back, then out to mow. Had to come in
to

get
some water. It is HOT HOT HOT out there. Thought I was going to pass
out
for a minute. Guess I'll be mowing in increments. I've GOT to get it
all

done though before we get more rain. It's hard to mow now it's so
tall

and
the mower is set up high as well. So, guess I'll mow and work on my
tan.

YES Donna, I have on my 30 sun block. 45 in case I start to burn.
;-)
A


Andrea H
Beaufort, SC



[Original Message]
From: Kitty
To:
Date: 6/5/2005 10:44:01 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides
Just got back from the beach with two bags of shells for the walk.
I just got off the roof with 4 bags of maple samaras from the

gutters.



I guess it's back to the garden today.



We are stardust, we are golden
And we got to get ourselves back to the gaaaaardennnnnnnnnnnnn.

Kitty
neIN, Z5

----- Original Message -----
From: "james singer"
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides





Just got back from the beach with two bags of shells for the
walk.


A



look at the Gulf satellite seems to show that the storm stream
out


of



the western Caribbean has shifted to the south and is now headed



for



the Keys and Miami, so maybe it'll go out to sea rather than up



the



coast. And local radar shows no rain for 100 miles headed our



way...



so



I guess it's back to the garden today. Maybe I'll get the fig



trees



planted after all.

On Jun 5, 2005, at 8:08 AM, A A HODGES wrote:




Jim, did you make it to the beach? I did, for the first time



this



year.



Spent a couple hours lounging and working on my tan. It was the



first



day
we had seen much sun in over a week. Now this morning it's



completely



cloudy again. My yard looks like a jungle.

DID get the tomato seeds! THANK YOU! I'll plant them today.



Hopefully



they
won't drown before they can sprout......
A

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC





[Original Message]
From: james singer
To: Garden Chat
Date: 6/4/2005 3:17:10 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Spray & Tides

Mixed up a batch of volck horticultural oil spray and sprayed



the



medjool date palms. They have scale. As soon as I finished



spraying,



however, it started to rain again. Oh well... spray them again



if



the



rain ever stops. In the last 5 days we have had more rain than



we



normally get during the whole month of June. And it's still



coming.



It's kind of scary [not to mention tedious] to look at the
Gulf


of



Mexico satellite--big storms streaming out of the western



Caribbean,



across the Caymans and Cuba, and aiming right at us.

Also thinking about going to the beach in the morning, weather
permitting. We wanted to be sure we went as at close to low



tide



as



we



could, so I had to find a site that posted tide time tables.



Google



found this University of South Carolina site that is really
cool--http://tinyurl.com/asodd


Island Jim
Southwest Florida
27.0 N, 82.4 W
Hardiness Zone 10
Heat Zone 10
Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]






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