John, I appreciate your help and I respect your wisdom and knowledge. I put
the tiny measurement of miracle grow in 1 gal. of water, I expect it is
probably 1/2 tsp.
Tomorrow I plan to repot into larger pots two catalpas which are about 8
inches tall. I have 4 catalpas altogether and all look happy. My contorted
willows do not seem happy right now but there are no pests on them. I will
watch them to see what is going on.
Our Cataract Palm was sticky and I found some scale or something, little
brownish round things, on it, so I cut off the offending branches, sprayed
it with Safer Soap and we have taken it out to the patio and given it a good
bath. We plan to cover the patio and I hope to leave the Palm outside when
that happens. Now it is in our south facing sun room.
Jackie.
"symplastless" wrote in message
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Jackie
What you would be doing is adding some of the essential elements as a
fertilizer which has been mislabeled as plant food. If you are a ghost
flower you won't but most plants manufacture their own food and are
considered autotrophs. Humans are heterotrophs which means they have to
have some one or something else manufacture our food for us. I would at
least only use half of what they recommend. Urea is most likely in the
fertilizer and that can play games in the rhizosphere which is in the
rhizoplane. Information on rhizosphere can be found he
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/RHIZO.html
Ghost flowers he
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...flowers-1.html they
get their food by way of the bicarbohydrate transfer of plants. It burns
fuel from other living plants. Usually an relationship like that is
mutual. I wonder what benefit the ghost flowers give to the supplier of
food?
I just made a decision to not use a product with urea for just that
reason. I found a solution of many microelements and some biostimulators
(sic?) with very little nitrogen. It just happens to be organic and
natural. I would have used it even if it was not organic. It had the
elements that I was looking for and not with urea and not with fast
release nitrogen, so I use it..
I hope you are not offended, but I will share some definitions I enjoy
understanding. many people on this list dispute them. They were
something my professor taught me, with great effort on my part, to help me
understand trees and their associates as well as the treatments, we as
humans impose. The more clearly he defined his terms the better I would
understand what he was saying. Many around the world have learned a great
deal from him. E.g., Spain, Italy, Germany, Australia, etc.
Food is a substance that provides and energy source, mostly. Nutrient is
a substance that provides an energy source, elements, and other substances
essential for life, in types and amounts that can provide a healthy life.
Fertilizer is a substance that provides elements, as salts mostly, or in
bonded forms, that require microorganisms to alter to forms that can be
absorbed by plants.
--
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Tree Biologist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding
us that we are not the boss.
Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books
that will give them understanding.
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"Jacqueline Davidson" wrote in message
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This was last year's germination and it had shed its leaves during winter
but has releafed to show me it is an Oak. It has violin shaped leaves.
Which Oak is that?
So far it is thriving and I hope it continues. I will feed it miracle
grow and will repot when it outgrows this one.
Jackie