Tropicals & Tender Perennials: New rooted cuttings placed in 5 gallon size pots...., 1 by SherryLike

SherryLike wrote:
I was ready to go buy a water meter and I still plan to, but I've been out checking the plants and those little 'bruggers' have been pulling my leg and I'm surely glad I didn't water them uselessly because they have plenty of moisture. Thank you so much Shirley for walking me through this, sometimes I need my lead jerked because I've always tended to over water. Well, just so you will know I can grow something, I'm attaching a photo of my Natchez White Crepe Myrtles, or some of them, I have about 35 or 40+ and they are VERY large, very healthy and bloom over and over all summer. They are fast growing and I have NEVER had a aphid, bugs, mildew, or any problem with a single tree, and they let me groom them any way I like and any time, without missing a bloom and they have beautiful bark and multiple trunks. I use Epsom Salt on them and little else. I have other colors too, but they are a PITA and have aphids out the kazoo and mildew, and they are very slow growing and have a short flowering season, at least compared to the Natchez...

This message was edited May 29, 2004 4:43 PM