Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Another contest: Celebrate lessons learned from failure, 1 by mpabbott1

mpabbott1 wrote:
It's been fun celebrating the success some of our great hybridizers and severely addicted Brugmansia Addicts have had lately..... however, some of us may have a few skeletons in our closet (or compost pile) that we're not so proud of. I'll go first. I spent almost 2 years as a plant murderer. My method of murder was drowning them .... not an easy feat in Southern California. I thought if a little water was good; a lot had to be better. Surely the yellow leaves meant they needed MORE water.?! Wrong!!!! However, once I decided that I had a brown thumb and almost gave up, the plants started to thrive. Benign neglect helped them far more than my compulsive over watering. LOL Lesson learned.

So .... bring out your dead or dying plants and take a picture of them.

Enter from now till 9 PM Monday night (Pacific time), Then I'll open a new thread for voting, which will be open until 9 PM Tuesday night (Pacific time).

The prize will be a Decorative Tiding Stone Just like the one pictured, only new and in a box, stating "I tried, But it died". Also a pair of Wonder Gloves, size Medium, so you can work comfortably in your garden and hopefully avoid future disasters. LOL

Edited to say that it doesn't have to be a dead or dying brugmansia - it can be anything.

Mary

This message was edited Jul 16, 2005 8:11 PM