Here's hoping our JB aka JBerger is having a wonderful birthday - day!!!
Happy Birthday JB!!!!
Happy Birthday!
Darla
What is that plant?
Happy Birthday to you, JB!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU. WHAT NICE PEOPLE YOU ARE. LOVE AND HUGS. jb
So...........what is the plant, Chantell?
You're welcome JB - you know you have a thread over on Mid Atlantic someone started too!!
Kay - sorry hadn't been on and didn't see your post...Queen of the Night 'Orange Peel' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/92085/ Personally I've not noticed a lot of fragrance to her...but I'll give her some time.
Thanks, Chantell - I have the pale yellow one and it does smell good and strong.
Kay is that the regular Night Blooming Jasmine? Just wondering if I'm missing a jasmine, I may need...LOL
Chantell, I did not know about the Mid Atlantic forium, thank you.
I threw out a big beautiful night blooming jasmine that I loved but it was constantly full of bugs, mealy bug especially, it took me hours to keep it clean weekly. One day I got so frustrated after spending hours cleaning it up, I went to the greenhouse and there is was covered again. I researched and all the people said the same thing. The bugs love it.
So, I threw it away. Can you imagine. It was four feet tall and just bloomed its heart out and I could not keep it clean of the mealy bug and so to save my other plants in the GH it had to go. I still miss it and the fragrence was wonderful, but I could not grow a clean plant of it for some reason. I am telling you, overnight it would be covered after hours the day before of cleaning and spraying and washing, etc. Made me crazy.
JB - yes I have to say the Mealy bugs and the aphids are the ones that annoy the you know what out of me!!! I will resort to heavy duty pesticides when all else repeatedly fails with them. Matter a fact - I spent probably 2 hours the other night scraping soft scale off 2 of my plants..I'd never had that before. Scraped...misted the areas with alcohol and then yes, did the unspeakable - watered with a Bayer product. I've been so good - doing the natural stuff...but we're into August and I can't have tons of creepin' crude going on w/them as they'll be in my living room come Oct. My NBJ is probably over 5' from the soil up. I only had aphid issues a couple of times while she was indoors and I blame that on my brugs - sad but true.
well a hip happy birthday from me too!!!
here's to another year of green thumbing :)
Hey dabneyrose, are you having as much fun as I am on facebook? I swear, I enjoy those FarmTown and Farmville as much as I do my greenhouse Of course I am a Farkle fan and the best part iit is all FREE. LOL.
I read in the Farm Bureau newsletter the other day that some of the members were complaining about potting soil being contaminated with something. I never did find out anymore. I will try and see what I can find and pass it on. Depending on the name of the soil, it may be part of our mealy bug problem.
Mercy the FB craze....LOL
It takes no thought, stress or money. My kind of fun.
Alrighty YOU....come on over and see your bday wishes http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1031429/ on the Mid Atlantic thread
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