Re: non bloomers
I've been meaning to ask about these, which haven't yet bloomed:
Dean Sliger wrote:
>
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 15:10:40 EDT NitaCretbc@aol.com writes:
> > Hello fellow gardeners. I have a few questions regarding plants that
> > did not
> > bloom this summer: Tropical Hibiscus (I think I trimmed off the new
> > wood on which it blooms???),
>
> Nita --
>
> Yes, that's correct, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis blooms on new wood. Don't
> give up yet. Mine has only had a couple blooms on it so far this year.
> It does most of its blooming from mid-August through early October. BTW,
> I keep it out on the patio from mid-May to mid-October, then it spends
> the winter indoors semi-dormant in front of a south-facing window. Try
> giving your Hibiscus regular feedings of a "bloom food" (high middle
> number) for the next month -- and keep the soil in the pot evenly moist.
>
> >agapanthus (tender here, bloomed last summer, took
> > inside all winter, foilage is beautiful but no bloom) and tuberous
> > begonias
> > (also held over from last year). Ortho doesn't give any info
> > regarding lack of bloom.
> > Anyone have some insight?
>
> I gave up on both Agapanthus and Amaryllis. There's some trick to the
> dormancy which, after years and years of no flowers, I obviously never
> mastered.
>
> > One other questions: what is your interpretation of the words
> > "heavy feeders"?
> > Descriptions for things like agapanthus, delphiniums, etc. say this,
> > but I've
> > never been sure what that means? Once a week, once a month, once a
> > day???
>
> I'd say once a week, according to the instructions of the particular
> fertilizer, of course. Fertilizers are just like medicines: too much is
> just as bad as not enough. Many people also go with a fall or spring
> top-dressing of compost to provide the plants with more even, organic
> nutrition.
>
> Dean Sliger
> Warren, Michigan, USA
> Zone 6B
>
>
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