Re: Forsythia/Cats and Beans

You're correct, prune them after they bloom, or you'll be waiting a year or
so to see the blooms.  I'd just remove about a third of the oldest stalks
this year, a third next year, and the last the following year.  This is one
time that cutting off the dog's tail an inch at a time is a good thing.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jesse Bell" <jesserenebell@hotmail.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 1:29 PM
Subject: [CHAT] Forsythia/Cats and Beans


> Question for you knowledgable ones!  When exactly is the best time to trim
> Forsythia?  Right after they bloom right?  And if I trim them down
severely,
> will it damage it?  I have two weeping forsythia and one almost didn't
make
> it.  It's coming back slowly, but now the other looks so much bigger my
> garden is not "balanced".  So...I figured somebody here would know the
> answer to this.  Thanks.
>
> OHH, and for those of you who grow cat grass for your cats should try
this.
> Raja, my princess, is the only cat we have that likes cat grass.  Well, in
> the dead of winter...I couldn't stand it anymore...I had to have some
seeds
> sprouting and green stuff...so I soaked some plain ole pinto beans in
water
> overnight, planted them in a pot and a week later I had lovely green
shoots
> coming up.  Well, Raja decided to "taste" them.  And she like them.  So,
she
> mowed them down.  She is not on her SECOND pot of pinto bean sprouts.  How
> weird.
>
> Jesse Rene' Bell
> Claremore, OK
> Zone 6
>
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