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Old 05-06-2007, 09:12 PM   #31 (permalink)
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...remove the blooms as they fade out and you need to keep feeding it to keep new leaves coming. Each leaf on a gerber has the potential for 1 bloom. As the blooms die out, you need new foliage coming to keep the flowers coming.
Crrap. It's at work. All we do is water. What kind of fertilizer do I need to get? Just the stuff for flowers that you sprinkle into the soil or something specific? I'm not hooking that Miracle Grow thing to the hose cause I always end up with it all over my hands. What do I get to fertilize? Oh, there are impatiens in there also.
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Old 05-06-2007, 09:24 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Crrap. It's at work. All we do is water. What kind of fertilizer do I need to get? Just the stuff for flowers that you sprinkle into the soil or something specific? I'm not hooking that Miracle Grow thing to the hose cause I always end up with it all over my hands. What do I get to fertilize? Oh, there are impatiens in there also.


...a general purpose feed, balanced, around 150-200 ppm (moderately strong)
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:31 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Larry, my Snap Dragons aren't getting any bushier yet... I may have to resort to artificial flowers after all...
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:41 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Larry, my Snap Dragons aren't getting any bushier yet... I may have to resort to artificial flowers after all...

...are they? Big enough to pinch?
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...are they? Big enough to pinch?
Yep. I've been pinching the dead/dying flowers, but I was hoping to see some better growth by now...
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:49 AM   #36 (permalink)
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Yep. I've been pinching the dead/dying flowers, but I was hoping to see some better growth by now...

...pinching the foliage back.
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...pinching the foliage back.
I'll pinch away, if need be... what should I be pinching...
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I'll pinch away, if need be... what should I be pinching...

...pic, we'll go from there.
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...pic, we'll go from there.
Okeee dokeee... I do so this evening.
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Yep. I've been pinching the dead/dying flowers, but I was hoping to see some better growth by now...

You're more than welcome to have my RollAMess if that doesn't work.
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