Re: was Pam--Maxicrop, now Maxicrop--Pam

Kelp makes a great foliar feed for any plant I've discovered over the
years. It's the srongest thing I will use in the summer when the plants
are stressed already.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: james singer
Sent: 5/29/2004 2:23:51 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: [CHAT] was Pam--Maxicrop, now Maxicrop--Pam

> So this is what I did. I mixed 1/2 teaspoon of Maxicrop in a gallon of 
> water and watered one of the Hong Kong orchid tree emerging seedlings. 
> I also watered a couple of cuttings-in-progress, and a house plant or 
> two--any idea how difficult it can be to get rid of a gallon of 
> fertilizer when you don't especially want to fertilize anything? Man.
> 
> One of the other things we did today was go to Ms. Fatma's school and 
> bring home the ka-zillion potted plants she keeps in and around her 
> room.
> 
> Most, in my opinion, were not worth the ache, strain, and pain of 
> lifting them into the back of the truck [I did not tell her that; I'm 
> not completely stupid]. There was, however, an exceptional Jatropha 
> gossypifolia [common name: bellyache plant because the fruit is a major 
> purgative] that I might plant in the ground somewhere so that it stays 
> here during the next semester.
> 
> 
> On Saturday, May 29, 2004, at 12:10 PM, "" 
> <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks Jim - will copy mother on this so she can share it w/ her friend
> > Marge. I speculated that the plant might need to get a little older to
> > bloom (like my viburnums). Appreciate the info!
> >
> >
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: james singer
> > Sent: 5/29/2004 5:24:10 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Pam--Maxicrop
> >
> >> The orange-flowered bird [Strelitzia reginae, named for Queen 
> >> Victoria]
> >> seems to bloom best in the "cool" season, when well fed, and when
> >> crowded. It does not bloom easily when small or young. But I think
> >> crowding is the key. Even when planted out, a big clump blooms from 
> >> the
> >> center, not from the periphery. I do not have one of these myself, but
> >> we use a lot of them in landscapes--but never in sizes smaller than 7
> >> gallon [about the size of your mother's friend's plant]. Occasionally 
> >> a
> >> 7-gallon plant will bloom, but it's not a given.
> >>
> >> The white-flowered bird [S. nicolai, named for Tsar Nicholas] seems to
> >> need to reach a certain age to bloom. I do have two of these, only one
> >> of which blooms. It blooms all year, and at the moment has about 10
> >> flowers, all above the roof line of the house.
> >>
> >> On Friday, May 28, 2004, at 10:36 PM, ""
> >> <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Mother's friend Marge (not our Marge) has a 3 foot bird-of-paradise
> >>> plant in a pot in her sunroom. It does get to go outside when it's
> >>> really warm (July & August up there) then back to the sunroom. It 
> >>> gets
> >>> lots of light according to mother but it has never bloomed. Can you
> >>> think of anything special she needs to do to it to get it to bloom?
> >>>
> >>> TIA
> >>>
> >>> Pam Evans
> >>> Kemp, TX
> >>> zone 8A
> >>>
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> Zone 10
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >>
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