Re: Kitty's mites

You have a miticide???  What kind is it Kitty?  You can adequately get rid
of them by forcefully spraying them with water.  Do it a couple three days
in a row and that should take care of it.  The live on the undersides of the
leaves so you have to get the hose at that kind of angle.

David Franzman
A Touch of the Tropics
www.atouchofthetropics.net
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!


> Thanks, I'll give that a shot tomorrow.  I'm pretty sure I have some
summer
> oil,  if not, I think I still have some miticide in the cupboard.  I'll be
> glad to get them out of here.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@islc.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 8:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
>
>
> > First of all, I would put them in the shower and wash off as many as the
> > buggers as I could. Then, you can spray them with hort oil, although I
> might
> > wait to harden them off a bit first. Or put a systemic granular poison
on
> > them if they are for sale that soon. I HATE those things! Good luck.
> >
> > Andrea H
> > Beaufort, SC
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 9:20 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> >
> >
> > > sorry to change the subject, but plants in the house....
> > > I started dahlias in pots indoors.  Was just about to move them to FL
rm
> > to
> > > transition them and I think they have spider mites.  Webs all over.
> Guess
> > > I've been too busy outside to notice.  They are supposed to be for
sale
> > > may22, if I spray them now with ?  and get them some air outside (in
and
> > out
> > > to harden), do you think they'll be ok by then?
> > >
> > > Kitty
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: "Andrea H" <hodgesaa@islc.net>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 7:05 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > >
> > >
> > > > It would probably be too cold in the winter, but the Gardenia
radicans
> > > does
> > > > pretty well as a house plant in a bright window. Give it a shot. it
> will
> > > > fill the whole house with the scent and trust me, the real thing is
a
> > > > thousand times better smelling than any lotion, cream, or candle
I've
> > ever
> > > > come across.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Andrea H
> > > > Beaufort, SC
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "F M Ferrari" <fm4re@swbell.net>
> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 10:35 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Gardenia! Yes a wonderful smell! The other day when I got my
facial,
> > she
> > > > > used gardenia essential oil in my facial massage. I think I must
get
> > > > > one! I wonder how they do in Oklahoma? Fran
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > pdickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:Pam,
> > > > > When I was in Houston last week my sister had 4 big plants and
they
> > were
> > > > all
> > > > > starting to bloom... in a couple of days I bet they were covered.
I
> > love
> > > > > gardenias the very most of any scent. We have one that grows in
the
> > > indoor
> > > > > pool at the YMCA... I help them with the plants so I get to take a
> > bloom
> > > > and
> > > > > put it in my pocket when they are blooming. The smell transports
me
> to
> > a
> > > > > wonderful place!
> > > > > Tricia
> > > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > > From:
> > > > > To:
> > > > > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:44 PM
> > > > > Subject: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > #65279;Well the gardenia has buds on it now! It's a small one
> > > (Radicans)
> > > > > in
> > > > > > a
> > > > > > pot, but it has at least ten or twelve buds on it! I'm so
excited.
> > > > > Mother
> > > > > > had
> > > > > > one as a houseplant that she started from a cutting in Richmond
> > (where
> > > > my
> > > > > > brother
> > > > > > &I were born) and by the time I was a teenager it totally filled
> the
> > > big
> > > > > > double
> > > > > > window in the front of the house. When it was blooming the whole
> > > > > downstairs
> > > > > > smelled
> > > > > > like Heaven. I've wanted one ever since. Splurged on one this
> March.
> > I
> > > > > watch
> > > > > > those
> > > > > > buds fatten every every day now and it's the first thing I check
> > > besides
> > > > > Sugar
> > > > > > when
> > > > > > I get home. This will give my homemade potpourri a whole new
> > > dimension,
> > > > I
> > > > > > can't
> > > > > > wait!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Pam Evans
> > > > > > Kemp, TX
> > > > > > zone 8A
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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