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chemical Miracle Gro versus organic BetterWorld Plant Food.
Hi all,
I'm new to your site. I just wanted to add that I'm doing a very basic growth test of MiracleGro as compared to an organic plant food called Better World Plant Food. I've been blogging about my results he The Great Plant Food Challenge: chemical MiracleGro versus organic Better World Plant Food And I'll add my posts to this site as well, as soon as I familiarize myself with it. Thank you. |
chemical Miracle Gro versus organic BetterWorld Plant Food.
On 06/25/2011 01:12 PM, Billy wrote:
In calnet, wrote: Billy, me thinks you best take your medicine now..... Ay, lad, I need all my strength for the hard day's work I have in front of me, but I can't find the fookin' bottle opener. How can a man become bellicose without his pint? It frees the body from the tyranny of the mind, don'cha know. Methinks that you may wish the boon yourself, after your orthographical faux pas with the word "methinks". Not from around here? Don't beat yourself up too much about it. I understood what you meant;O) Today I'm off after butterfly plants, but I'll take my sack and club with me, just in case I, perchance, come upon a beastie. --- The female butterfly searches for specific larval food plants on which she must lay her eggs. Some butterflies, like the Monarch, will lay a single egg on the leaf while others may lay clusters of eggs together. Here are the larval plants of some common California butterflies: Aristolochia californica - Pipevine Swallowtail Asclepias species - Monarch Ceanothus - Pale Tiger Swallowtail, California Hairstreak, California Tortoiseshell Eriogonum Grande Rubescens' - Acmon Blue Lavatera& Mallow sp. - Painted Lady, West Coast Lady and Common Checkered Skipper Mimulus sp.& Penstemon heterophyllus - Common Buckeye Quercus - California Sister, Gray Hairstreak& Mournful Duskywing Salix sp. - Mourning Cloak, Lorquin's Admiral& Western Tiger Swallowtail Sidalcea malviflora - West Coast Lady Spiraea sp. - Spring Azur Common Nectar Plants for Adult Butterflies The following plants provide a food source to a variety of adult butterflies year-round. Providing nectar plants in early spring is important for the early emerging Pipevine Swallowtail, while the Monarch and Skippers benefit from the late season bloomers. Many larval plants perform double duty as great nectar plants for adults. Achillea sp. (Yarrow) - Spring/Summer/ Fall Aster sp. (Aster) - Summer/Fall Bidens sp. (Bur-Marigold) - Spring/Summer/Fall Buddleia sp. (Butterfly Bush) - Summer Ceratostigma sp. (Plumbago) - Summer/Fall Convolvulus sabatius (Ground Morning Glory) - Summer Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy) - Spring/Summer Lantana sp. (Lantana) - Spring/Summer/Fall Lavandula sp. (Lavender) - Spring/Summer Leucanthemum maximum (Shasta Daisy) - Summer/Fall Limonium sp. (Statice) - Spring/Summer/Fall Origanum sp. (Oregano) - Summer Salvia sp. (Sage) - Spring/Summer/Fall Scabiosa sp. (Pincushion Flower) - Spring/Summer/Fall Sedum Autumn Joy' (Stonecrop) - Summer/Fall Solidago rugosa Fireworks' (Goldenrod) - Summer/Fall Verbena bonariensis, V. rigida (Verbena) - Spring/Summer/Fall -- With this drought I doubt there will be many butterflies or their offspring this year. The southern, southeastern and southwestern United States and even Northern Mexico is dried out so bad hardly any new growth is available for any type of living creature to thrive on. No insects for the Mexican Free-tailed Bat can crash their populations. Dear, Bear and Mountain Lion are invading cities and towns looking for food. The Monarch Butterfly has to travel right through the worst part of the drought and barely any will survive if conditions don't change for the better soon. There is a prediction of rain coming from the Gulf Coast around the end of the month, but I'll believe it when I see it. Desert West Texas -- |
chemical Miracle Gro versus organic BetterWorld Plant Food.
On 06/25/2011 01:12 PM, Billy wrote:
In calnet, wrote: Billy, me thinks you best take your medicine now..... Ay, lad, I need all my strength for the hard day's work I have in front of me, but I can't find the fookin' bottle opener. How can a man become bellicose without his pint? It frees the body from the tyranny of the mind, don'cha know. Methinks that you may wish the boon yourself, after your orthographical faux pas with the word "methinks". Not from around here? Don't beat yourself up too much about it. I understood what you meant;O) Today I'm off after butterfly plants, but I'll take my sack and club with me, just in case I, perchance, come upon a beastie. --- The female butterfly searches for specific larval food plants on which she must lay her eggs. Some butterflies, like the Monarch, will lay a single egg on the leaf while others may lay clusters of eggs together. Here are the larval plants of some common California butterflies: Aristolochia californica - Pipevine Swallowtail Asclepias species - Monarch Ceanothus - Pale Tiger Swallowtail, California Hairstreak, California Tortoiseshell Eriogonum Grande Rubescens' - Acmon Blue Lavatera& Mallow sp. - Painted Lady, West Coast Lady and Common Checkered Skipper Mimulus sp.& Penstemon heterophyllus - Common Buckeye Quercus - California Sister, Gray Hairstreak& Mournful Duskywing Salix sp. - Mourning Cloak, Lorquin's Admiral& Western Tiger Swallowtail Sidalcea malviflora - West Coast Lady Spiraea sp. - Spring Azur Common Nectar Plants for Adult Butterflies The following plants provide a food source to a variety of adult butterflies year-round. Providing nectar plants in early spring is important for the early emerging Pipevine Swallowtail, while the Monarch and Skippers benefit from the late season bloomers. Many larval plants perform double duty as great nectar plants for adults. Achillea sp. (Yarrow) - Spring/Summer/ Fall Aster sp. (Aster) - Summer/Fall Bidens sp. (Bur-Marigold) - Spring/Summer/Fall Buddleia sp. (Butterfly Bush) - Summer Ceratostigma sp. (Plumbago) - Summer/Fall Convolvulus sabatius (Ground Morning Glory) - Summer Erigeron glaucus (Seaside Daisy) - Spring/Summer Lantana sp. (Lantana) - Spring/Summer/Fall Lavandula sp. (Lavender) - Spring/Summer Leucanthemum maximum (Shasta Daisy) - Summer/Fall Limonium sp. (Statice) - Spring/Summer/Fall Origanum sp. (Oregano) - Summer Salvia sp. (Sage) - Spring/Summer/Fall Scabiosa sp. (Pincushion Flower) - Spring/Summer/Fall Sedum Autumn Joy' (Stonecrop) - Summer/Fall Solidago rugosa Fireworks' (Goldenrod) - Summer/Fall Verbena bonariensis, V. rigida (Verbena) - Spring/Summer/Fall -- With this drought I doubt there will be many butterflies or their offspring this year. The southern, southeastern and southwestern United States and even Northern Mexico is dried out so bad hardly any new growth is available for any type of living creature to thrive on. No insects for the Mexican Free-tailed Bat can crash their populations. Dear, Bear and Mountain Lion are invading cities and towns looking for food. The Monarch Butterfly has to travel right through the worst part of the drought and barely any will survive if conditions don't change for the better soon. There is a prediction of rain coming from the Gulf Coast around the end of the month, but I'll believe it when I see it. Desert West Texas -- |
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