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"Cursed" spot in garden?
Mr. Bill wrote: [snip] Just an opinion but it sounds as though the underlying soil is, for lack of a better term "poisoned". I don't mean there is a poison in the soil, just that there is something in it that was bad enough to keep your plants from growing. Could be a fungus or salts or nematodes or something of that nature. I've thought about this possibility. If it is true, I'm surprised that the effect is so local. I'm also surprised that it didn't affect the grass that was growing there two years ago. +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Ladasky Home Solar, Inc.: blowing sunshine up your | | power grid since March 24, 2005. Fiat lux! | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Uptime Downtime kWh generated kWh consumed | | 311 days none 5740 5852 | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ |
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"John Ladasky" wrote in message oups.com... I'm also surprised that it didn't affect the grass that was growing there two years ago. Perhaps the grass does not go deep enough Tomes |
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I had a friend who pulled up about a square meter of his lawn so he could
plant 4 tomato plants. They kept dying, despite his best efforts, even though the grass around that area was fine. He also had 3 cats, and I asked him where they did their business... he groaned, and gave up trying to get those tomatoes to grow anymore, it was a losing battle. Any cats in your yard? 8-) "John Ladasky" sagely wrote in oups.com: Mr. Bill wrote: [snip] Just an opinion but it sounds as though the underlying soil is, for lack of a better term "poisoned". I don't mean there is a poison in the soil, just that there is something in it that was bad enough to keep your plants from growing. Could be a fungus or salts or nematodes or something of that nature. I've thought about this possibility. If it is true, I'm surprised that the effect is so local. I'm also surprised that it didn't affect the grass that was growing there two years ago. +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Ladasky Home Solar, Inc.: blowing sunshine up your | | power grid since March 24, 2005. Fiat lux! | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Uptime Downtime kWh generated kWh consumed | | 311 days none 5740 5852 | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ |
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Keith wrote:
I had a friend who pulled up about a square meter of his lawn so he could plant 4 tomato plants. They kept dying, despite his best efforts, even though the grass around that area was fine. He also had 3 cats, and I asked him where they did their business... he groaned, and gave up trying to get those tomatoes to grow anymore, it was a losing battle. Any cats in your yard? Interesting idea, but no. Our dog chases away any cats that come in to the yard. And before you ask whether the dog might be cursing the garden with contributions of her own, she isn't. Much to my dismay, her favorite places to poop are those places where humans are most likely to walk -- the deck, and the pathways. +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Ladasky Home Solar, Inc.: blowing sunshine up your | | power grid since March 24, 2005. Fiat lux! | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Uptime Downtime kWh generated kWh consumed | | 311 days none 5740 5852 | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ |
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On 4 Feb 2006 10:05:20 -0800, "John Ladasky"
wrote: Keith wrote: I had a friend who pulled up about a square meter of his lawn so he could plant 4 tomato plants. They kept dying, despite his best efforts, even though the grass around that area was fine. He also had 3 cats, and I asked him where they did their business... he groaned, and gave up trying to get those tomatoes to grow anymore, it was a losing battle. Any cats in your yard? Interesting idea, but no. Our dog chases away any cats that come in to the yard. And before you ask whether the dog might be cursing the garden with contributions of her own, she isn't. Much to my dismay, her favorite places to poop are those places where humans are most likely to walk -- the deck, and the pathways. Err...you might want to take her to a qualified dog psychiatrist who can analyze her "issues"...is there some latent hostility manifesting itself in her poop-choices? (Just kidding g) Persephone |
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my small dogs dont like grass tickling their butt. they use the walk too. Ingrid
Persephone wrote: On 4 Feb 2006 10:05:20 -0800, "John Ladasky" wrote: Much to my dismay, her favorite places to poop are those places where humans are most likely to walk -- the deck, and the pathways. Err...you might want to take her to a qualified dog psychiatrist who can analyze her "issues"...is there some latent hostility manifesting itself in her poop-choices? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List Manager: Puregold Goldfish List at http://weloveteaching.com/puregold/ sign up: http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?...s=Group+lookup www.drsolo.com Solve the problem, dont waste energy finding who's to blame ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I receive no compensation for running the Puregold list or Puregold website. I do not run nor receive any money from the ads at the old Puregold site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Zone 5 next to Lake Michigan |
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Hey, you were able to revive this thread! Google wouldn't let me do
it, since it had been quiet for over 30 days. I actually posted a follow-up a month ago that no one noticed: http://groups.google.com/group/rec.g...05fa90c3207fed My quince was alive. It just went dormant for MONTHS, starting in the early fall. I find that behavior surprising, given my moderate climate (Central California, USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 16). Following up again: now that the quince has flourished for four months, I'm seeing signs of stress again -- some leaf-burn. I can't say that I understand why! My _Sunset_Western_Garden_Book_ lists Chaenomeles japonica as a full-sun plant, with moderate to regular water needs, and I'm supplying that. If anything, the plant gets an hour or two more of shade than I would usually allot for a plant that is described as requiring full-sun conditions. I'm hoping that this plant doesn't go dormant in September again. It's clearly alive and coping with the conditions, but if it will look bare and unattractive for over half the year, I may need to talk my wife into putting something else in that location. OK, even though animals are officially a non-issue in my garden problems, here are a few comments about my crazy dog... Persephone wrote: On 4 Feb 2006 10:05:20 -0800, "John Ladasky" wrote: Keith wrote: [snip] Any cats in your yard? Interesting idea, but no. Our dog chases away any cats that come in to the yard. And before you ask whether the dog might be cursing the garden with contributions of her own, she isn't. Much to my dismay, her favorite places to poop are those places where humans are most likely to walk -- the deck, and the pathways. Err...you might want to take her to a qualified dog psychiatrist who can analyze her "issues"...is there some latent hostility manifesting itself in her poop-choices? (Just kidding g) Actually, we know exactly what our dog's "issue" is. She had inadequate time with her Mom as a puppy, only four weeks. Apparently, Mom teaches her pups their toileting habits, and she wasn't through teaching. We didn't take the puppy away from the breeder too early -- Mom died shortly after the litter was born. Our dog is the only dog I know that regularly pees in her own bed. :^P Our dog is a help in the garden, though -- well, she is helpful now that she has outgrown digging holes. She's a miniature Dachshund, and her rodent-hunting instincts are keen. We don't have any burrowing animals around here, but our garden-hating neighbor has a "rat motel" -- a large stand of Algerian ivy. Occasionally a rat tries to leave the neighbor's yard and enter ours. It doesn't get far. +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Ladasky Home Solar, Inc.: blowing sunshine up your | | power grid since March 24, 2005. Fiat lux! | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Uptime Downtime kWh generated kWh consumed | | 458 days none 8446 8669 | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ |
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