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RE: name not found

On Thursday, September 11, 1997 10:00 AM, Margaret Noack 
[SMTP:m.noack@imsday.com] wrote:
--SNIP--
>
> I've been getting the "tychen name not found" message, too.
>
Don't know much about plants (that's why I lurk here!) but I know computers 
/ mail lists...The reason you get "name not found" is because the list 
processor just takes the messages that you post to the list and sends them 
out to everyone on the list.  Then, just like your e-mail program, it sends 
back a report of any errors.  So, it's probably trying to send to someone 
that subscribed to the list, then changed or cancelled their e-mail 
account.  The list administrator needs to manually remove that subscriber 
from the list.

Now, I suppose I need to throw in a plant question!  As I said, I have just 
recently decided that I don't want to be a houseplant killer any more and 
am trying to learn how to nurture my plants.  I have a Schefflera that was 
doing okay, not spectacular, in low light.  Then I figured out that these 
things thrive in brighter light and moved it to a place that has bright 
diffused light.  (My wife won't let me move it outdoors, as she feels there 
will be shock moving it from our air-conditioned home into the 95 degree 
heat we get every day in Texas).  I've also been misting it twice daily to 
give it the humidity that my air conditioning deprives it of.  Well, it 
dropped all its leaves, then started growing like crazy at the top!  It has 
one branch at the bottom that is still doing quite well, so now it looks 
like a botanical version of a french poodle with a VERY VERY bad haircut. 
 I think it will bend over double if I try to air layer it.  Any advice 
regarding how to make this plant look presentable (and not kill it)?  I may 
want to re-pot it also, as it is in a 12-inch pot even though there's only 
one plant, and I potted it before I was aware of the concept of drainage. 
 I have an urge to chop the stem up, stick it in rootone, and pot the stem 
cuttings right alongside the main plant.  I hesitate to do that because 
that might just be the evil plant-killer Tom trying to break free.
Any advice will help to stop me before I kill again!

Thanks,

Tom
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