Re: Xanthorrhoea australis culture

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• To: m*@ucdavis.edu
• Subject: Re: Xanthorrhoea australis culture
• From: D* P* <d*@ilsham.demon.co.uk>
• Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 07:42:59 GMT
• References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.971221200701.9703A-100000@hub.fern.com>

On Sun, 21 Dec 1997 Kay wrote:

>On Sun, 21 Dec 1997, Barry Garcia wrote:
>
>> my god! That mustve been quite a shock for it. How can they be too
>> shaggy? Its almost like clipping an ornamental grass because its too
>> high, you just dont do it :). Oh well , live and learn :)
>
>Never hire a neat freak for a greenhouse manager unless you can
>supply photos of what each and every plant *should* look like.  ;-)
  
I'd go further than this Kay:  Never hire a 'neat-freak' as a
greenhouse manager full stop - unless he *knows* what every plant
should look like!  I once took on a manager who came to me from one of
the top pot plant and perennial producers in the UK.  One year, whilst
I was holidaying in the Canary Islands, he decided to 'tidy' up a
glasshouse which held my own collection of rarities.  I lost many
trays of Dasylirion, Anigozanthus and Boronia seedlings.  He thought
that 'weeds' had invaded and so decided to get rid of them.  When I
had a staff revue the following spring, I decided to 'weed' him out :)

David Poole

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