thank you crit,i'm doing the same.
i don't know how much time we have left but will try to keep you all posted.
retta
Brugs almost all planted outside
I read on one of the threads about fertilizing their brugs with Bayer 3 in One rose and flower care every other week. It says on the bottle not to use on potted plants, but mine are all potted. I went ahead and used it one them, hope I don't kill them all. Chime in and let me know if you use it on potted brugs or just in ground brugs.
Thanks!
everything in my yard gets that pot, cup, asket , planter or in the ground, Crit.
Retta, Prayers for you...
Serindipity bloomed out last night. The scent is fabulous. wish you could smell it.
beautiful, Char, I can smell it from here..
K lost her buds today, all of them at once as soon as it hit 102 the third day in a row..
That's so sad debra. What a disappointment!
Mayas two blooms hung on thru the storm tonight, I am glad..
Just read on another thread about a brug called Pink Velvet that she said had a really nice scent. She had several starts from her mother plant, but had lost a lot of buds due to the heat also.
hello everyone,we are still dry,but we are not out of danger yet,interstates are closed east and north of us.
mighty mo is still rising,army corps engineers are releasing 150,ooo cubic feet of water every second.
i post on face book for my dtr.you can to.just search out my real name( floretta matchett).i posted pics yesterday of the flooding near my home.
brugs are still doing nicely,growing slowly.i will be happy when they set flowers.
dear hb took my sewing machines over to a friend house in omaha,so i'm playing these stupid games.
so i'm on the puter a lot.i need something to take my mind off the flooding.
everyone take care.
retta
What exacltly does an epsom salt wash / water do for these Brugs?
Ohhhhhhhhhh, my bad, I'm sorry. That was for Iris.
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Here is Maya tonight, she is so very happy!
very pretty debra.
retta
gorgeous....
Please, somebody...What does watering with Epson Salt solunion do??
Adds trace minerals to the soil. Put about a tsp or so around a tomatoe and watch it grow.
It also enhances the colors on iris and helps them put up more blooms
Oh wow! so how much goes into one of those hose end sprayer mixers?? Sounds like I should use Epsom salts and frequent plant food on everything at least once a week.
That's a good question birdie. I don't know about the hose end sprayer, and would have to go back and look at my notes too see what the ratio is per gallon of water
I use whole cup in my mix in the sprayer.. things seem to like it.
Maya is getting the color in her blooms..
Debra, do you water everything with the salts? Do you remember the ratio for 1 gallon? I haven't located it.
I usually mix up a cup of salts, half cup of ammonia, some molassas( about a third cup) some tea tree oil, a couple squirts of dish soap, and some 20-20-20 in my galllon jug, top off with a 12 oz can of beer and pour the mix into my sprayer. ( a sprayer holds about 2 cups of mix) when I am transplanting, I add some melted multi b vitamins to the mix.
then I make a compost tea of aged compost mixed with buffalo pattie doo ( thanks, bonnie) put that in a huge blue tub of rain water, let it set with mosquitoe tabs, and use it as a drench around the bottoms of plants. Once a month I sprinkle sluggo all around the bases of the brugs, empty coffee grinds and throw all my potato and banana peels around the bottoms of the plants.
Once in a while I will spray the leaves with safer bug spray ( if I see bugs).
well ladies,i'm getting on with my life,and my plants.not going to worry about the river no mo.
i have to get batteries for my camera so i can post flowers.
brugs are growing nicely.
retta
good morning all,
here is a pic of the lily that showed up via the birds,
it sure is pretty,bright yellow
beautiful!
oh debra,it is huge,maybe 6-7 flowers on 3 stalks.
i really love it.
retta
my new neighbor kitty... her name is Mia and she loves me.. ;D
went up to northern kansas to see a DG'r who got me started on Brugs.. here is one of her blooms..
and another.. her brugs are real tree size, I can't believe how big they are
gm debra,mia loks like she could have some siamese in her.
the brugs are really nice.
we have such odd weather this yr,i don't think mine are going to do much.
they are still growing nicely,but still small.
retta
Debra, how does she overwinter them?
she over winters them in her basement, only her basement is a walk out from the garage, so she uses her tractor and trailer and kids to haul stuff in. I have doors, steps and not too happy son and dh to move my stuff. Mia has the cutest meow in the evenings and has crossed blue eyes. So cute!
More brugs..and Retta, brugs seem slow, they teach you patience, and you will see blooms I bet.
debra,well i must have lots of patience,cause i just look,water,fertilise them and wait,wait,wait,lol
getting my sewing room ready for this winter,for all the brugs and other plants i want to over winter.
just really love this(no pic yet)light colored geraniam i bought this past spring,took it time growing and the blooms was well woth wainting for.bright pinkish red,almost neon blooms.
my cats henry and moose are doing fine.henry had a urinary track infection.i almost lost him but with the help of the vet and 200.00$ he is fine.
with the river its going to go on all summer and still the possiblity of flooding.but if it does ,it does,and don't if it don't.i'm not going to let it get me down.
jake is still onery jake.
retta
well, I have to move the brugs.. get rid of some, do something, because the new neighbors just took out all the shade trees and shrubs on the south side.. which also means the ones on the patio.. *sigh* Guess I will try to get them to the pear tree dogrun area, and sell a few of them.. I have gotten most of them out but, they are still cutting down trees here..
Why??? Are they cutting all the trees. Won't it make their home hot????
I hate to see good trees cut down. Those look like big ones too!
it is a sin to cut down a tree, unless it is diseased. They were trying to prevent damage to our houses I guess, is what they said to me. They are leaving the God awful sycamore out at the back corner, but the big cottonwood that houses the squirrels nest comes down tommorrow, and they warned us of our cable being taken down for the day.. I bet DH doesn't stick around too long when that happpens, he will go out and shop for music. Me, I have to ready everything ( brugs) for the next week of triple digits.
These are out front in the front flower bed, they will be moved to the FULL SUN area this fall.
oh debra,that is awful.sometimes people just don't care.
what is the name of those flowers you have to move,those are lovely.
i hope you are right about my brugs,i would really like to see a flower.
retta
Did you, oh so polietly but also in a voice saying "are you STUFID????", suggest maybe they leave the lovely cottonwood for God's critters that live there, and that you 'really' like that tree????
okay, they are leaving the skinny honey locust, the cottonwood goes next weekend instead, they razed the whole yard and cut the tree limbs down over our roof, left that big tree, girl came over and I walked her down the fence and told her how special those plants were, just like last year with the kids to the north.. *sigh* DH and I have been watching them work all day.. Maya and Kaitlyn have buds again but it is triple digits all this coming week and getting to 106 on one day, so will watch the buds drop.. *sigh*
My brugs are going to be so unspoiled now..