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New to plumerias, first summer with my new favorite plant!
Comments (3)Hi and welcome. Do you know what kind your plants are? I think our resident North Carolinian is Mona. She is a regular poster and will be able to give great advice tailored to your locale. Fertilizers can be made as complex or simple as you want it. As you get more comfortable with your new Plumerias you can always experiment with other fertilizers but for right now I would look for a more forgiving balanced fertilizer such as Osmacote 14-14-14 or use what you have and adjust longer the application schedule AND cut the dosage down by at least half to prevent salt build up in your soil. Leaves turning brown from the bottom of the plant are easily surmised as they are done and the plant no longer has use for them. If it continues past the bottom most leaves then it could be other issues such as too much or too little water. The best thing is be consistent and observe then adjust until you come up with your sweetspot. Good luck....See MoreOne of my favorite things in my new kitchen...only cost 23 cents!
Comments (33)Kate--Honestly, the sealer on my marble is doing a great job. No stains! We have polished on the perimeter cabs and honed on the island. There are a couple of tiny pitted parts on the island that, to my hyper-critical eye--seem to be a bit discolored, but everywhere else the sealer is kicking ass! SJMitch--The sink is a custom job in Belvedere soapstone from M. Teixeira. This is the second sink I had made by them (we had a 40" Cobra in our last kitchen) and, as I've posted elsewhere, am really happy with their work. The sink is counter depth--meaning 25" from apron to wall-- and 9 & 3/4" deep (exterior measurement). One 40" bowl and one 20" bowl. LOVE it! Makes cleaning up for a slob like me much better. Just pile all those dirty pots and pans and rags in the big bowl and I still have the small bowl free for...more cooking! Belvedere was not my first choice in stone (would have love something light like Python) but it is the hardest *and* the cheapest. I think it looks great with the carrara counters and white tile with gray grout. While some people are like, "Whoa, girl. What you doing with such a big sink?" I personally think bigger the better. but like I said, I am a slob. Here is a link that might be useful: close ups of sink on delivery day...See MoreMy new favorite store
Comments (27)Rose, here's a tip for you when shopping there. Years ago I had a job working for a wholesaler who sold to what were then called "99 Cent stores," which were basically the same thing. We had a little showroom in the office so we could see the merchandise we were pushing. The best quality merchandise was often in the very worst packaging. That's why it ended up having to be deep discounted. Maybe it was candy in a package that looked unappetizing. Or it was kitchen tools in cellophane wrap that was cloudy or damaged. Or the package said "Summer Special" in the winter. It might also be a name brand with a package offering a bonus size, long after that promotion had been discontinued. It's not always true, but it's true often enough that it pays to be on the lookout for bad packaging....See MoreMy New Favorite Tomato
Comments (5)Don't worry. I'm not making a recommendation. I'm just sharing/musing (not trying to persuade). I realize that different things perform differently in different conditions, and I'm not anti-hybrid. Have you tried Atkinson or Walter? I think they're probably the most disease-resistant OP varieties I know about; not sure how they perform in practice in hot, humid areas (but some people in such areas like Atkinson, at least; Walter isn't as well known). Disease isn't the issue we have here much, though, and we probably have different strains than you anyway (I've never noticed a correlation between disease resistance and which tomato plants get diseased in our garden; it seems pretty random). The real problem here is stunting from plant stress from the growing conditions. For some unknown reason, a surprisingly high percent of the commercial F1 hybrids get stunted (same for determinate tomatoes, but I don't usually grow many determinates anyway). I'm still trying to figure out why, but it's not the mere crossing of two varieties that does it: Accidental crosses tend to do really well by comparison. The stunting could be coincidence. Such happens, but it would be a pretty big coincidence. Hybrids that have done well here include these: Early Girl, Lemon Boy, Husky Cherry Red, Husky Red, Tidy Rose, Early Treat, Big Boy, Valley Girl (sans the early BER), and Celebrity. (So, they don't all get stunted.)...See More
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