Sacha wrote:
On 18/5/05 8:11 pm, in article
, "Miss Perspicacia Tick"
wrote:
Sacha wrote:
On 17/5/05 6:54, in article
, "Miss Perspicacia
Tick" wrote:
solaara wrote:
my hydrangea has not flowered this year or last..two years ago i
removed the top third compost and replaced with new compost...what
is wrong?
Please note that I know nothing about hydrangeas (other than I have
three in the back garden), but the change of soil (why did you find
it necessary to do so?) could be the issue.
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I haven't seen the original post but if Solaara cut her hydrangea
back that might account for it. Most (not all) hydrangeas flower on
last year's growth. To tidy up a hydrangea, you should only cut a
few stems out each year if you want it to flower. Or, if you really
do need to cut it back hard for some reason, accept you probably
won't get flowers that year.
That's a point, Sacha, I'd not thought of that. I bow to your
superior knowledge... ;o)
Nice of you but unnecessary! Like everyone else, I learn by my
errors and the knowledge of others. ;-)
You run a nursery, therefore, in my mind, you *HAVE* to know more than me.
My kitchen windowsill has been dubbed 'Death Row' (I was forcing some toms
and a couple of cucumbers for planting out in my small (lean-to) greenhouse
(which is unheated) and they have, despite my best efforts, died on me -
again! Think I'll take that as a hint and give up. My father produces
trailing 'cherries' by the barrowful (literally - he has them in an old
wheelbarrow) - I'll stick to 'nicking' them from him...
My one achievement this spring was to divvy up a £2.99 osteospernum (sp?)
into four plants - and, so far, they're all doing fine (shouldn't have said
that - I'll go outside later and find them all dead...). I like doing that,
it appeals to the frugal in me (I'm of Yorkshire and Scottish stock). I then
thought I could sell the others for £1.50 and make a 100% profit, which
would enable me to buy another plant, divvy it up and sell the results which
would enable me to buy /two/ plants and... well, you get the idea... ;o)
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