Comments on: Convenience and Overload. http://www.idiotking.org/archives/2005/04/convenience-and-overload/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:52:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: cath http://www.idiotking.org/archives/2005/04/convenience-and-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-66 cath Sat, 07 May 2005 08:24:01 +0000 http://idiotking.org/idiotking_test3/?p=88#comment-66 That looks beautiful!!! I wish I was getting dirty digging...U know Id be helping!! That looks beautiful!!! I wish I was getting dirty digging…U know Id be helping!!

]]> By: tbtine http://www.idiotking.org/archives/2005/04/convenience-and-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-65 tbtine Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:51:56 +0000 http://idiotking.org/idiotking_test3/?p=88#comment-65 I love my lantana standard. Much better as a tree than a bush in my opinion. Gerbera daisies don't do so well here--but most everything in the daisy family has trouble here (zinnias, coreopsis, shasta daisies) because of the mildew problem in Catonsville. I'm taking a chance on the coreopsis again, but I'm not holding my breath. I love my lantana standard. Much better as a tree than a bush in my opinion.

Gerbera daisies don’t do so well here–but most everything in the daisy family has trouble here (zinnias, coreopsis, shasta daisies) because of the mildew problem in Catonsville. I’m taking a chance on the coreopsis again, but I’m not holding my breath.

]]> By: Linda http://www.idiotking.org/archives/2005/04/convenience-and-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Linda Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:47:14 +0000 http://idiotking.org/idiotking_test3/?p=88#comment-64 Must be a climate/soil thing - gerbera grow fine down here. They're hungrier than most blooms - gotta fertilize them once or even twice per week to keep them blooming. And they actually don't like as much sun as you'd think. Deer don't care for lantana ... so you can't walk 50 feet without seeing it in Austin. I like it fine, but certainly not well enough to see it constantly. Must be a climate/soil thing – gerbera grow fine down here. They’re hungrier than most blooms – gotta fertilize them once or even twice per week to keep them blooming. And they actually don’t like as much sun as you’d think.

Deer don’t care for lantana … so you can’t walk 50 feet without seeing it in Austin. I like it fine, but certainly not well enough to see it constantly.

]]> By: ren http://www.idiotking.org/archives/2005/04/convenience-and-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-63 ren Thu, 28 Apr 2005 17:41:32 +0000 http://idiotking.org/idiotking_test3/?p=88#comment-63 True about the nurseries...and the trends. That's why I've gotten the start-from-seed bug, and have expanded into starting cuttings. Gerbera daises are impossible to keep alive up here, even in patio pots in full sun. I gave up on them. True about the nurseries…and the trends. That’s why I’ve gotten the start-from-seed bug, and have expanded into starting cuttings.

Gerbera daises are impossible to keep alive up here, even in patio pots in full sun. I gave up on them.

]]> By: the idiot http://www.idiotking.org/archives/2005/04/convenience-and-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-62 the idiot Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:19:57 +0000 http://idiotking.org/idiotking_test3/?p=88#comment-62 Heh. It's funny how everybody is pushing the Gerber daisies right now. I was under the impression that they are really hard to grow (or at least, keep alive.) Is that true? It's also funny how plants, much like clothes, are in fashion or out of fashion. Lantana was EVERYWHERE three years ago, and I haven't seen but ten plants at three different stores this year. Heh. It’s funny how everybody is pushing the Gerber daisies right now. I was under the impression that they are really hard to grow (or at least, keep alive.) Is that true?

It’s also funny how plants, much like clothes, are in fashion or out of fashion. Lantana was EVERYWHERE three years ago, and I haven’t seen but ten plants at three different stores this year.

]]> By: Linda http://www.idiotking.org/archives/2005/04/convenience-and-overload/comment-page-1/#comment-61 Linda Thu, 28 Apr 2005 15:36:43 +0000 http://idiotking.org/idiotking_test3/?p=88#comment-61 Totally hear ye re: independent nurseries. I rationalize it via smug self-satisfaction at keeping my business in the community. ;-) You know the nursery with the kickass motel chairs? I went there looking for some gerbera and couldn't find any. Perplexed, I asked the manager since it was inconceivable that any nursery would be without something so common and popular. He told me he didn't feel the of gerberas his distributor brought him were up to par, so he isn't stocking them this year. I don't think you'd ever find that kind of commitment to quality at Lowe's. Totally hear ye re: independent nurseries. I rationalize it via smug self-satisfaction at keeping my business in the community. ;-)

You know the nursery with the kickass motel chairs? I went there looking for some gerbera and couldn’t find any. Perplexed, I asked the manager since it was inconceivable that any nursery would be without something so common and popular. He told me he didn’t feel the of gerberas his distributor brought him were up to par, so he isn’t stocking them this year.

I don’t think you’d ever find that kind of commitment to quality at Lowe’s.

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