Re: Industry Stats/Duane Campbell

**"* M* <B*@verizon.net>**

Furthermore, Duane is an expert Scot -- I see he is one of the featured 
speakers at Longwood Gardens at an all-day conference in June, demonstrating 
how to make magnificent container gardens on a very thrifty budget. By the 
way, 6-inch impatiens cuttings can root in plain water in about a week and 
never stop blooming. Make a few quarter-inch vertical slits in the base of 
the cutting's stem to aid water uptake (flower arranging trick).

-- Betty Mackey, a Scot by marriage.

>
> I do he same thing -- plant several flats of impatiens for bright color in
> areas where I don't have the time to do something creative -- but I seldom
> pay more than a buck or two per flat. I buy them in June after they have
> been mistreated by the big box "associates" for a couple of weeks. Sad
> looking fellows and usually ignored by the pseudo-gardeners. I put them in
> the shade for a week or so and pour on the blue water. Stunted impatiens
> snap back with gusto. And because they have been stressed, they bloom 
> early
> and heavy.
>
> What can I say. I'm a Scot.
>
> D
>

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