Yo Larry...

[julz20684]

...talk to me about Hollyhocks. I love Hollyhocks and have always had them in my gardens. I'm going to put some in my gardens at the new house, but I've always had trouble with something eating up the leaves (at least I think that's what it is). I've also noticed this with the leaves of Hollyhocks in other gardens. What is this and how do I prevent it?

TIA

 

[Larry Gude]

What I know about hollyhocks...

...talk to me about Hollyhocks. I love Hollyhocks and have always had them in my gardens. I'm going to put some in my gardens at the new house, but I've always had trouble with something eating up the leaves (at least I think that's what it is). I've also noticed this with the leaves of Hollyhocks in other gardens. What is this and how do I prevent it?

TIA

The gerber daisy should bloom continuously for as long as you see new buds developing. Remove old flowers as they fade. Cut the stem at 1 inch from the bottom of the plant.

Feed every third watering at the medium rate of any good home use general purpose fertilizer.

When your gerger stops blooming and no new buds are available, it is time to increase the fertilizer use to every watering in order to get new foliage growth occurring. Remove at that time also some older leaves as they do not produce any new flowers. In the axil of each new leaf there is a flower bud.

Gerbers make wonderful cutting gardens, flower beds, patio plants and window boxes. They also make great houseplants or can be grown in containers during the winter for cut flowers and, in some cases, may actually save the planet and small children.

Hope this was helpful!

 

[kwillia]

Typical man... you want him to hollyhock but all he does is gerber.

 

[julz20684]

Typical man... you want him to hollyhock but all he does is gerber.

I don't think he quite answered my question.

 

[Larry Gude]

Yes I did...

I don't think he quite answered my question.

...I know bumpkus about hollyhocks.

 

[Radiant1]

...talk to me about Hollyhocks. I love Hollyhocks and have always had them in my gardens. I'm going to put some in my gardens at the new house, but I've always had trouble with something eating up the leaves (at least I think that's what it is). I've also noticed this with the leaves of Hollyhocks in other gardens. What is this and how do I prevent it?

TIA

I don't know if it's the same problem you have, but the Japanese beatles tend to eat my Hollyhocks up. Aside from using the beatle bags I'm clueless as to how to stop those hungry buggars. :shrug:

 

[julz20684]

...I know bumpkus about hollyhocks.

You were talking about gerber daisy, I am talking about hollyhocks...they can't be in the same family?

 

[julz20684]

I don't know if it's the same problem you have, but the Japanese beatles tend to eat my Hollyhocks up. Aside from using the beatle bags I'm clueless as to how to stop those hungry buggars. :shrug:

I don't know if it's that or some tiny, itty-bitty microscopic pest. I don't think Japanese Beetles are out right now and I was looking at the Hollyhocks over at Leonardtown Middle School and they are getting pretty eaten up just like mine used to.

 

[Pete]

I don't know if it's the same problem you have, but the Japanese beatles tend to eat my Hollyhocks up. Aside from using the beatle bags I'm clueless as to how to stop those hungry buggars. :shrug:

DDT

 

[Larry Gude]

Sigh...

You were talking about gerber daisy, I am talking about hollyhocks...they can't be in the same family?

...it's a joke. The gag is you ask me about something I don't know, I start spouting what I DO know. That's my way of not having to come right out and say 'I don't know'.

See, if we're in a car together and it seems I'm lost and you say "you're lost' I'll say...'the gerber daisy is a really cool plant. It can be used for..."

Got it?

 

[Larry Gude]

Atta...

DDT

....boy!!!

 

[kwillia]

...it's a joke. The gag is you ask me about something I don't know, I start spouting what I DO know. That's my way of not having to come right out and say 'I don't know'.

See, if we're in a car together and it seems I'm lost and you say "you're lost' I'll say...'the gerber daisy is a really cool plant. It can be used for..."

Got it?

I got it the first time, but then I got skeered that my mind can wrap around your jokes so quickly so I tried to deny knowing what you meant.

 

[julz20684]

...it's a joke. The gag is you ask me about something I don't know, I start spouting what I DO know. That's my way of not having to come right out and say 'I don't know'.

See, if we're in a car together and it seems I'm lost and you say "you're lost' I'll say...'the gerber daisy is a really cool plant. It can be used for..."

Got it?

I took my blonde pill today (j/k)....I realized after I posted what you were doing.

 

[Larry Gude]

Next time that happens...

I got it the first time, but then I got skeered that my mind can wrap around your jokes so quickly so I tried to deny knowing what you meant.

...repeat this:


This is my gerber.

There are many like it, but this one is MINE.

My gerber is my best friend. It is my life.

I must master it as I must master my life.

My gerber without me is useless. Without my gerber, I am useless.

I must care for my gerber true...

 

[kwillia]

This is my artificial gerber.

There are many like it, but this one is MINE.

My artificial gerber is my best friend. It is my life.

I must master it as I must master my life.

My artificial gerber without me is useless. Without my artificial gerber, I am useless.

I must care for my artificial gerber true...

 

[Larry Gude]

No such...

This is my artificial gerber.

There are many like it, but this one is MINE.

My artificial gerber is my best friend. It is my life.

I must master it as I must master my life.

My artificial gerber without me is useless. Without my artificial gerber, I am useless.

I must care for my artificial gerber true...

...thing. I'm gonna nickname you Roswell; you believe in things that don't exist.

 

[GardenGal]

...talk to me about Hollyhocks. I love Hollyhocks and have always had them in my gardens. I'm going to put some in my gardens at the new house, but I've always had trouble with something eating up the leaves (at least I think that's what it is). I've also noticed this with the leaves of Hollyhocks in other gardens. What is this and how do I prevent it?

TIA

This website may help. Do your leaves look like the bottom two?
http://www.wuvie.net/hockdiseases.htm

 

[migtig]

...repeat this:


This is my gerber.

There are many like it, but this one is MINE.

My gerber is my best friend. It is my life.

I must master it as I must master my life.

My gerber without me is useless. Without my gerber, I am useless.

I must care for my gerber true...

Maj Gen WH Rupertus is rolling over in his grave...I can hear his screams of agony. You shall be haunted!

 

[Cowgirl]

DDT

I don't care 'bout spots on the apples, leave me the birds and the bees...ple-e-ease.



Try Sevin or better yet diatomaceous earth if you think it's an insect.

Could it be a fungal disease?