A GYSPSY REVIVAL!

it's sad when the cat who right now is half as old as te dog is 10 times smarter!

Moon, that link said one of the common diseases is scale!!!

It said that changing temperatures is not good. They said we actually had a light frost last night. And it has been high in the 40's except today will be a bit warmer, sunny, and windy. SO is that a problem bringing it inside?

Smiley, I do think it is scale!

it's bad enough the dog treats me lke her personal chew toy, Now I am a climbing post ad perch for the cat!

Trina, scale is surely not any worse than your smelly brugs!!!

OMG I don't know what happened and it was the double purple datura I found out that stank to high heaven...the first batch of flowers smelled absolutely wonderful, the second bloom did not but I think I know why

Excuse me ladies, I have to go launder my plants!

Be back later! To-da-lou!

BTY How much water to a blop or alcohol and soap?

This is my Ficus Benjamina

hhhmmm...I don't know....where is Moon when you need her?

There she is....and that is a lovely tree Moon!

Moon, mine looks like that but has many more of those bumps.

Venice, look at the bark in these pics

That tree must be huge!

Those bumps look like mine but 4 times as many!

ok I got the daylilies planted but for a little extra protection and some source of food for them over the winter I mulchedthem with the sweet potato vine tops

It is about 6 ft tall.

mines a weeper shouls I show her mine to so she can compare?

Mine is about 14" tall!

Good morning everybody! Aloha aku!

More plants for Carol!

#1 Schefflera actinophylla, Octopus tree.

#2 Ficus benjamina var. benjamina, Banyan.

#3 & 6 Ananas comosus, Pineapple.

#4 Euphorbia pulcherrima, Poinsettia.

#5 Schulmbergera truncata, Crab Cactus / Christmas Cactus.

There ya go! You can relax Venice. They just must be like that. I don't know nuthin' 'bout no ficus trees, Ma'am!

Venice, in a quart bottle a blop would be about a capful, maybe 2 of alcohol and I would say a few drops of dish soap. Not too many bubbles. Although I don't think anything would get hurt unless it was super soapy. Maybe Moon can correct my blops and squirts if needed, I'm not good on measurements.

Dave to the rescue for the rescued plants!!! Mahalo!!!

I have a pineapple plant and a poinsettia! Hurray!!!

I am so happy and I would do the happy dance if I were Trina!!! lol

I thought puppy's and kitties played all day? these 2 are driving me nuts today...or maybe it's just beause I'm out of my pills...who knows

Moon if I start my canna seeds now, will they be big enough to plant out this year?

Oh! I put WAY too much soap and alcohol in it! I will start again.

I have some poinsetia (sp) they don't look like that! is it wrong of me to hope a plant will die?

I mean will they be big enough to plant out this spring?

2 caps of alcohol, fill bottle with water, add 1 tsp dish soap, stir gently to mix.....spray.


I thought 3 looked like a brom and wasn;t sure about 6....glad the eye isn't completely off....grin

They should be fine to plant by spring, Trina

Venice, Pineapple is a bromeliad.....grin

Thanks for that recipe Moon. I was way off!

Got it. Who knew!

The white dots on the Banyan are normal. They are called lenticels, they allow the exchange of atmospheric gases and water. Don't scrape them off the plant!

The Poinsettia looks like it gets too much water and not enough fertilizer. It also needs to be in the dark at night.

Thanks, Dave. i could not remember lenticels to save my neck....but knew it was not scale.

Welcome Venice

Hey smiley those moxed daylily seeds you sent look just like some of the seeds I collected I malled mystery lilies! LOL so I guess I do have some daylilies after all....

Can I plant those all Now?

and I have another question...some of my poppy seeds say to sow them now and others don't....HELP! I'm loosing it!

Got your package today Trina. Thank you for the gloves. I will get a M/O for postage out to you this week.

Thanks again, Moon

http://www.poppies.org/news/97117733294890.shtml

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Dave, all my plants are in the dark at night. Should I live a light on for them? Except for the Poinsettia.

The small pineapple has a baby! The large one had a black spider in it! Yuck! Will my treatment kill spider eggs also???

Trina, I remember reading about poppies. Most can't and yours said their seeds can be planted now. Strange!

I know that's why I figured I'd ask Moon! I want it to be spring now!

Check the above post for poppy info.

Why not? Trina?

Hi Jean, I think it is common for rainforest plants to produce lenticels on the stems to aid in gas exchange, when the stomata in the leaves are regularly shut down because of being wet.