Re: [IGSROBIN] Thirsty San Diego Pels
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- Subject: Re: [IGSROBIN] Thirsty San Diego Pels
- From: R* K* <r*@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
- Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:48:03 -0500
Cindy>
You certainly seem to have tempermental and high strung pells. We in
Florida are about to suspect the existence of some strange California
neurosis brought about by El Nino (a), or illegal immigration, or something.
Drunk and rowdy pels. Sulking pels. And part beaver pels. This needs to
be reported to someone, I think.
Robin
-----Original Message-----
From: Cynthia S. Lohry <Hedgehug@AOL.COM>
To: IGSROBIN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <IGSROBIN@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999 11:30 AM
Subject: Re: Thirsty San Diego Pels
>Andrew,
>
>Are you double potting those plants in exposed areas? It might help cut
down
>on the moisture loss and also keep them upright. I've also resorted to
"bean
>bags" of rocks to weight them down, similar to what George uses when
watering
>from the bottom up.
>
>All the angels are double potted, because they are the ones that I'm most
>concerned about. Of course, they are also quite petite, so they just
snuggled
>down into the pots to get out of the wind and have been snapping out
requests
>for luke warm drinks with fertilizer chasers (preferably with those little
>umbrellas!) And if I don't get it delivered fast enough, of course, they
>sulk. Nothing looks sadder than an angel in full sulk drooping
despondently
>over the edge of its clay pot.
>
>We're knocking together yet another 6x4 "temporary" table today to house
the
>angels in the sun, because I don't want them to get thin and scrawny in the
>lathhouse because of the additional shadey. Clark pointed out that this
makes
>four temporary tables, and I might as well fess up and admit that they
aren't
>temporary any more.
>
>Cindi