Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Please tell me it's a "Y"!, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
So true Linda, subequal leaves mean a flower is not too far behind. Hard to be patient Moonglow. But flowers will come. LOL. I promise! Now we will need to see pics of your Graham Thomas also. I hope you enjoy gardening as much as I do. It has been a love all my life. A source of such enjoyment.

Oh Ma Vie, I will never forget using molasses. You couldn't pay me to try it again. I used kitchen molasses and maybe that is why it was such a disaster. I know now that I should have used agricultural but I won't even try that now. My plants just keeled over. It was touch and go for a while. I immediately pulled them out of their pots and left them out, with just a piece of newspaper to protect the roots from the sun. They just would not dry out. After a few days, I loosened the dirt as I recall, and still left the roots exposed. I know others here love the mixture, but no one could ever convince me to ever add molasses again! It was too traumatic. LOL I use alfalfa pellets, epson salts and fish emulsion (another recipe I got on Dave's) mixture on my roses. It works great for me.