Re: Impatiens capensis

Judy Sullivan wrote:
Panty hose is one of my new favorite tools.  Yes, it's air and water

> permeable.  It also makes cheap and easy staking material for trees and
> works beautifully for covering unripe seed on a plant for future
> collection (May I strongly recommend using white hose for faster
> identification after seeds are ripe.  Scrambling about in freshly fallen
> leaf litter searching for small plants sporting fashionable tan hose is
> an exercise in futility!).  For covering seeds, the toe end is the filet
> mignon of the hose.  Therefore, I cut the rest of the hose into sections
> of whatever length I need, roll one end slightly and sew a few stitches
> into it.  I can then slip this "stocking" over the seeds and tie thread
> around the bottom to secure it.

Thanks for your great ideas. My wife saves pantyhose for the garden since I
read a suggestion on this list to use them to support plants grown on
trellises.I know I'd never think of these uses. As the French say.....vive
la difference!

Joshua
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