Re: Help !!!!!!!!!
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- Subject: Re: Help !!!!!!!!!
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 16:53:58 -0400
No, no, Donna...not dumber than dirt...just normal humanoid.
In the first place, if you planted them in spring, they should have emerged
from dormancy and grown on for you *if* they were viable in the first
place. If they did not do this, they were probably DOA and it was not your
fault.
In the second place, if they did come up and grow and bloom and then start
to yellow and die down over a period of a few weeks, that was normal
behavior. If all of a sudden, one day, they were flopped over dead - that
is not normal behavior, I don't care how hot it got.
Most perennial poppies will sprout from root left in the soil - root
cuttings are a major propagation method with these plants, so there is a
chance that the one you dug up may have left enough root in the ground to
come back. I have my doubts about the bit left lying in the hot sun for
several days, tho':-) I also have my doubts about those who did not appear
in the first place. I would dig those up to see if there was anything
there at all. If not, you were sent dead roots which have rotted. I am
assuming, that true to form, Spring Hill sent you dry bare roots??
Do not beat yourself over your head on this! Although finding and reading
the planting instructions would have been a nice idea, I am willing to
wager that there is not a gardener on this list who has not done something
similar at one time or another. 'Tis all a part of learning about
gardening...the continuing education of the gardener:-)
Personally, I am so un-enamored by the plant material provided by Spring
Hill that I would not take it as a gift....so, I'm not convinced they are
off the hook on this one, yet.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: James & Donna Davis <dsdavis@intop.net>
> Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 12:19 AM
>
> Folks
>
> I'm in need of some help here. have you ever heard the expression
> "dumber than dirt" well as of today that title has been taken "by
> yours turly"
>
> I have worried my self sick about my Poppies that I ordered from
> Springhill and saying they are to blame because some of them didn't come
> up and the ones that did, droped dead right before my eyes.
>
> WELL yesterday my husband was cleaning out some boxes that I had
> recieved flower in and brought some litature in for me to look at
> before the threw it in the trash and here was a pamplet " Perennial
> Planting Instructions and General Care " and there in front of my face
> was Oriental Poppy quote "with the onset of hot hummer weather,
> the leaves of Poppies die back......this is their normal summer
> dormancy." unquote
>
> this is probable the reason some of them didn't come up. I dug one of
> them up and it's laying in the flower bed right now It's probable
> dead now it's been exposed to the hot, dry, weather for days
> now. I'm marking the locations of the others maybe closer to fall
> all of them will come up
>
> can someone comment and try to make me feel better, or maybe I just
> need to be commited , because I remember reading about the dormancy
> period, I'm telling you folks, I'm not playing with a full deck
> here. I am so angry with myself
>
> Donna in NE Mississippi zone 7
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