--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1300008 Date: 01/02/98 From: SHARON MCCORMICK Time: 11:27am \/To: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES (Read 2 times) Subj: soil-cleansing CG> My chosen method is to take one hanging basket into the shower CG> with me each morning. "Save water, shower with a frond" is my CG> motto. The water from the shower spray isn't hot enough to damage CG> the plants, which get a good soaking, the leaves and pots get a CG> mild soapy rinse-off, and the pot drains in the bath until excess CG> water can be tipped from the saucer. I take all of mine about once a month, and pile them in the shower, and give them a nice lukewarm shower, then let them drain off and put them back where they came from. The plants seem to like it. --- GAPNet Enhanced * Origin: QUACKERS BBS - Cleveland, Ohio (1:157/443.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1300009 Date: 01/02/98 From: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT Time: 09:12pm \/To: ALAN HESS (Read 3 times) Subj: Fields, Gurney -=> Quoting Alan Hess to All <=- AH> Has anyone ever purchased trees or shrubs mail-order from Henry AH> Fields or Gurney? If so, how was the stock, and how was customer AH> service re any plants that didn't survive? *adh* I haven't purchases trees or shrubs, but did get a small plant from Fields several years ago. It did fine. I order seeds from Fields most years. Last year they sent me the wrong seeds and I wrote them and they were very quick to send me the right seeds plus a free pack for my inconvenience. Marilyn ... Make Windows go fast: drop it from a balcony. ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30 --- Alexi/Mail 2.00 (#10000) * Origin: Space Coast REACT, Melbourne FL <407> 255-9069 (1:374/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1400000 Date: 01/03/98 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 08:16am \/To: LAIRD KELLY (Read 2 times) Subj: seedless cukes CG>How do they propogate seedless cucumbers? LK>2. A fruit-setting hormone was used to produce fruit without pollination Yup. I note that the possibility of vegetable clones never crossed my mind. I could imagine a slurry of cucumber plantlets being injected into the ground every three feet or so along a row, and the strongest one winning .... Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com www.Interlog.Com/~CGreaves * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Don't Brake! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1400001 Date: 01/03/98 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 08:16am \/To: MARILYN BOISSONEAULT (Read 2 times) Subj: soil-cleansing CG> Dolomite, as in Italian Alps, is a Calcium Carbonate, isn't it, MB>supposed to add both calcium and magnesium to the soil as well as There you go! MB>I guess I would hestitate on the baking soda since I wouldn't MB>know how much to use, might err in the wrong direction. Maybe My theory is that one couldn't add too much. The small amount of the weak carbonic acid generated would be ineffective as an acid, and the salts would quickly wash out. Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com www.Interlog.Com/~CGreaves * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Don't Brake! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1400002 Date: 01/03/98 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 08:16am \/To: SHARON MCCORMICK (Read 2 times) Subj: soil-cleansing SM>I take all of mine about once a month, and pile them in the shower, and Hmmm. You take them all and it's Party Time. I take mine only whene they *really* need it. Yesterday I said I took them one at a time. That's almost not true (grin!). I take them in cycle, moving on to the next plant the next day, but if one plant shows signs of acute dryness, it gets to jump the queue. By taking one plant a day, I figure it's also a good time to inspect the soil, trim dead leaves etc. It's really a trip to the beauty-parlour for the plant. Far too late for that for me! Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com www.Interlog.Com/~CGreaves * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Don't Brake! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1400003 Date: 01/03/98 From: FRED MASON Time: 08:25am \/To: BARBARA BUCKANTZ (Read 2 times) Subj: poinsettas BB>. . . I need to BB>know how to take care of it. What type of sun does it like or dislike? BB>Any special watering tips? My wife and I managed to maintain to poinsettas through last winter and the summer. This year both "bloomed" and it was fun to watch the leaves turning. We kept them watered during the winter, while indoors, watering when they dried out. Outdoors the treatment was pretty much the same. This fall we took them to our studio, where they got less light since we don't open to 10:00 am. with no special treatment they survived and bloomed. We in Norfolk, VA - with the colder climate in your area you might have to be a little more caring. Fred (R)etry (P)anic --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 10 * Origin: Selective Source Virginia Beach, VA (757)471-6776 (1:275/102) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1400004 Date: 01/03/98 From: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES Time: 10:16pm \/To: ALL (Read 3 times) Subj: humidifiers Is anyone else out there using a humidifier, or have any figures on volumes and surface areas of dwellings for absorption of moisture? In Canada there are only two devices you really must have in your home. The first is a humidifier. This machine uses electricity to drive a belt to spray water from a reservoir pan onto a foam envelope through which a fan passes air. The outcoming air is water-laden and counters the drying effect of having the heating turned on to overcome the cold. The humidifier pan must be refilled daily. For the other six months of the year a DE-humidifier is in use. This machine uses electricity to refrigerate coils over which a fan blows air. The coils grab moisture from the air thereby reducing the dampness that arises from the humid summer air floating around in the basement. The dehumidifier pan must be emptied daily. (Some smart-aleck is about to ask me how I like living in Toronto) I cranked out the humidifier a month ago and settled into my regular evening routine of refilling the pan with six litres of water. Every day for a month now I've dropped six litres of water into the pan, so 180 litres of water has been pumped into the air. The house plants love it, of course, but SO DO THE WALLS! I figure that maybe 50% of that moisture, 90 litres, has soaked into the plaster walls of the apartment. Last night, and tonight, the pan needed only about one litre of water. It seems to me that the walls have now achieved their load of water and that they act as a reservoir, supplying moisture for the air I breathe as I toss and turn restlessly at night, pondering the significance of this business. This is not critical, I'm just fascinated that the intake dropped so abruptly and by so much. Christopher.Greaves@CapCanada.Com www.Interlog.Com/~CGreaves * 1st 2.00b #6263 * Don't Brake! --- PCBoard (R) v15.3 (OS/2) 5 * Origin: FidoNet: CAP/CANADA Support BBS : 416 287-0234 (1:250/710) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1500000 Date: 01/04/98 From: PATRICK ROSINSKI Time: 01:01am \/To: SUSANA TAM (Read 2 times) Subj: Christmas Plant Hello Susana, just cut the plant back a little bit. And just keep it watered. It may go dorment for a little while but it will come back. You may have to transplant it to a little bigger pot too, the plant is probally root bound. --- GAPNet Enhanced * Origin: QUACKERS BBS - Cleveland, Ohio (1:157/443.0) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1A00000 Date: 01/04/98 From: BARBARA HAZEN Time: 01:30pm \/To: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES (Read 2 times) Subj: Re:mint Hi Chris Just a brief note to let you know I have looked for that dried mint I spoke of a long time ago. I can't find it. Perhaps hubbie threw it out. He is famous for doing things like throwing things or moving them without telling me. Oh well, at least I tried. I will also remember you this comming summer when the fresh stuff will probably come up in droves. Let me know if you are still interested, and I think you can come and get it all if you want. Hope you had a good new year. Barb ... Is that seat saved? No, but we're praying for it. --- GEcho 1.00 * Origin: Blue Beam MailServer Stoney Creek Canada (1:2424/3120) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 208 HOME & GARDEN Ref: F1B00000 Date: 01/04/98 From: SHARON MCCORMICK Time: 06:12pm \/To: CHRISTOPHER GREAVES (Read 2 times) Subj: humidifiers CG> Is anyone else out there using a humidifier, or CG> have any figures on volumes and surface areas of CG> dwellings for absorption of moisture? In winter, I have a small humidifier that I run in the computer room during the day and the bedroom at night. I run a de-humidfier constantly in the basement. CG> (Some smart-aleck is about to ask me how I like living in CG> Toronto) Toronto is a wonderful city. My sister still lives there, as do my neice and nephew. --- GAPNet Enhanced * Origin: QUACKERS BBS - Cleveland, Ohio (1:157/443.0)