Beginner Gardening: Large drain holes in clay pots, 1 by Xeramtheum

Xeramtheum wrote:
Wow, they've whomped it up to $35 a bale now? .. Where in Walterboro? Since the Cross Garden Center closed here in Summerville I drive down to Cross/Folly twice a year and buy 3 bales at a time. Last price I paid was $29. That was in late Fall though. I'm starting on my 2nd bale and will probably need more by July now that everything in the greenhouse is going nuts.

YardMan, the grass clippings was a total surprise to me. In desperation I filled up my 2 datura containers with them last Spring because I was down to my last bale of ProMix and the Datura were screaming to be put in a permanent home for the Summer. By June, they were becoming frightening, growing like crazy .. by July they were threatening the house. Remember, these guys were in containers!. I learned later that decomposing grass clippings produce a lot of nitrogen and phosphourus as well as heat and is probably why they went crazy. This year I've planted Black Currant Swirl in the same containers. As to the screen, it's probably that fiberglass stuff.

I don't remember where Xeramtheum came from .. It's probably a creative spelling of something else.

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This message was edited May 15, 2006 8:29 PM