After the heavy winds of the past week a tree company was called in to repair the damage to some of the trees of the campus, one being right next door to our property. One of the men was taken by my brugs and I gave him one of the 'extra' plants as a gift to take home with him. Today the same company was on campus with a large tank spray truck with a several hundred foot long hose, spraying the azalea bushes. I asked what they were spraying. The answer was 'Avid'. I asked if they had enough to do a few brug plants. The worker said, 'Oh you must be the guy that gave D... the Brug last week! just show us what you want sprayed.' Did them all :-)
Cast your bread . . .
wow! And just think, you not only got them all sprayed, but probably made several new friends that you'll enjoy sharing with for a long time:)
Now, see....you give, and get back a hundredfold. It always works that way for me.
Imagine what a large tank of Avid must cost!
Padre, that is a novel example of an old story!
How much longer can you leave your brugs outside Padre? Are you going to dig them up and bring them in to your GH? Or were all of yours in pots?
Were they wearing protective gear as they sprayed? I was spraying some of mine the other day and was in full gear. I must scare the neighbors when I go around looking like a hazmet worker in the middle of a big spill! LOL
kell, I hope I have another four weeks before I must move them or lose them. Only ten or so are named varieties. The remainder were fertilized by bees etc and there are no marriage records in the church :-) As far as possible the named varieties will get to winter over indoors, either in the greenhouse or the basement. It remains to be seen how the unnamed ones blossom. They have many buds and might provide a surprise or two. Half of the lot are in 5gal pots and the other half are planted out, about 25 in each category. Decisions, decisions.
The worker who did the spraying had waterproof uniform, rubber gloves and boots but no mask. The sprayer was like a pistol about 1' long barrel and had several adjustments. He could spray 30' away with a jet or up close with a mist. I stayed back, upwind, feeding the hose so it wouldn't snag plants in the flower beds. He took off his glove to shake hands, said 'Good-Bye' and rode off into the sunset :-)
Padre:
What a beautiful story. I have "met" so many generous people here at Dave's garden. Peace and blessings to everyone.
That's wonderful, Padre. I bet they'll be looking for you to spray the brugs every time they come now.