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Re: [ENABLED] Here I am...intro/Chuck.

My husband was bringing our 6' Schifflera plant indoors for the winter
when all of a sudden he felt a snap in his shoulder.  He had torn his
rotor (or something like that) and has never had the strength in that
arm again.  Don't make the same mistake!

Arlene

Anne Penfield wrote:
>
> At 6:17 PM -0500 11/5/97, HURLBURT, JR., CHARLES wrote:
> We have a cactus (not sure of the type) that is almost to the
> >ceiling (sp?). We also have a philodendron(sp?) that is growing up and we
> >have tomatoe cages for it to climb on! It too is almost to the ceiling.
>
>      Well...Hi there Chuck......I guess we BOTH make our condo's our
> 'gardens';-)  During the Summer time most of my plants go out on my deck (
> *NOT* the A. Violets tho!!)
> My plants go crazy out there...and everytime I bring them back inside in
> the Fall.....FRIST I spay them with a spray to make sure they don't bring
> *ANY* bugs in the house.....I spray them...AND the soil at the plants
> 'feet'.  Each Fall...they seem to get bigger and biger and heavier and
> heavier...WHEW!! :-P    Well for THIS fall when I brought them in...I
> thought I was going to get a hernia!!! ;->  Now most of them stay in my
> livingroom thru out the winter.....I have a yucca plant...actually I
> *SHOULD* say TREE!!! And I have VERY high ceilings but getting inside from
> the deck was a real back breaker!! I myself am 6 feet tall and the Yucca is
> about 9 feet tall. I had to bring it in sideways to fit thru the deck's
> sliding glass door!!!....THAT was a job 'n a half!!!
>
> >We have tried to grow
> >flowering house plants, but can't seem to succeed.
>
>       I think a good way to take care of flowering houseplants (mainly A.
> V.'s) is to *NOT* over water them. How I tell when to water is by picking
> up the plant and see if it feels
> light in weight......if it feels light THEN water it and after put the pots
> on a paper towel til it has soaked-up and excess........I also find that
> letting them dry out between waterings sets buds on the plant.
>
>   Sincerely yours,Anne,Sasha and Tex(the bare wonder)
>      .....and Pepsee (gone but not forgotten)
>
>           ***Despite the cost of living...
>                .......it still is popular***
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