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Post by traveller on Jul 30, 2021 18:59:32 GMT 1
During a particularly hot spell, and as a totally hopeless gardener I decided to give the poor thing a good soak in a bucket, it was quite colourful as it was filled with snapdragons, anyway when I rehung it, it now has no flowers at all, do you think there was some poisonous substance coating the actual basket which leached into the water and finished it off?
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Post by ibis on Jul 30, 2021 19:50:03 GMT 1
could be root rot...Are there holes in the container?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2021 9:05:58 GMT 1
How long did you soak it for? Plants generally don’t like their roots sitting in water for long periods of time.
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Post by Aardvark on Jul 31, 2021 9:17:05 GMT 1
I have recently had a strange result. This year we replaced our hanging planters. They were becoming brittle and breaking up so bought some replacements. The new ones incorporate a fixed tray at the bottom instead of just having holes for excess water to drain out. If I give the plants a really generous watering the excess water does overflow the tray and escape. On two of the planters certain plants have wilted and died off. I thought it might have been drought but the soil is still damp. After reading Jackie's post could it be that those individual plants just didn't like having too much water at the roots for too long? This never happened before with free draining planters filled with all sorts of different flowers. I'm thinking maybe drill some holes in the trays so no water is retained.
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Post by gigi on Jul 31, 2021 11:24:04 GMT 1
One of our big baskets is in a sorry state. I extended the automatic watering system for the few days we were away during the recent heatwave and obviously didn’t check well enough that the water was flowing well into that basket. About half the plants survived but it’s nothing like its twin.
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Post by jardiniere on Jul 31, 2021 21:47:05 GMT 1
I decided to give the poor thing a good soak in a bucket, Was it a very long good soak? I've done the same thing and forgotten about them, so too much of a good soak. It seems unlikely any basket you bought would be coated with a poisonous substance. Gardening is full of mysteries! |
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Post by ibis on Aug 1, 2021 10:53:33 GMT 1
Gardening is full of mysteries! No, it is not. Sorry.
I hope your moniker is not your profession with that belief. |
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Post by jardiniere on Aug 1, 2021 14:10:13 GMT 1
Gardening is full of mysteries! No, it is not. Sorry.
I hope your moniker is not your profession with that belief. Perhaps I should've said 'My garden is full of mysteries', which is part of its pleasure for me. How sad for you that you find it all so predictable. I'd find that very dull. |
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Post by FFS on Aug 1, 2021 16:50:27 GMT 1
Gardening is full of mysteries! No, it is not. Sorry.
I hope your moniker is not your profession with that belief. , with all due respect for your gardening abilities, your forum interaction abilities need a little work - did you not notice the exclamation mark after jardiniere's comment? I think the comment was tongue in cheek. |
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Post by gigi on Aug 1, 2021 17:00:07 GMT 1
Mysteries in my garden? Yes, all the time. I never know what will flourish or what will die or need coaxing even after almost 40 years here.
Bulbs - will they grow and flower, or will they just have leaves and no flowers?
Did I cut back shrubs enough, or will they overhang other plants which won’t do well?
Apple trees - will they do well this year and I’ll be trying desperately to get passers-by to help themselves from boxes on the wall, or will there be so few that I won’t be able to make many desserts this year?
My lovely magnolia stellata in the front garden - will it flower magnificently (it usually does, but occasionally doesn't) and will rain and wind cause it to drop its flowers too soon - and will many people take photos of it?
One mystery I particularly enjoy is finding just where in the garden the snakeshead fritillaries come up each year? I love them and bought and planted several pots of them 30+ years ago with none appearing the following years. Then one year a couple appeared, a big surprise, and in the years that followed they’ve appeared nearby or in totally different places, sometimes in the lawn, depending on where the wind causes the seed to land.
Mysteries in my garden? Constantly, and how boring it would be if there weren’t any.
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