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Drowning houseplant - Thank you!
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"Helene" wrote in message om... Hi madgardener, Thank you for your kind post. As a matter of fact, I've been online since 1995, but it's been a while since I checked any newsgroups. I forgot about trolls and flamers. Even if Cereus-Validus was the greatest expert on this earth, I killfiled him. Because it doesn't matter how knowledgeable you are if you don't have a minimum of social skills. Dry humour doesn't translate well on the net, especially when talking to someone for the first time. That said, I probably shouldn't have answered him, but like I said, it's been a while since I've been to any newsgroups, and I forgot how useless answering to people like that can be. I can only hope that he too will learn from this and just shut up when he doesn't have anything nice to say. Thanks for the book suggestion, I will check it out. I have a pretty good book, but I left it at work, because it's where most of my plants are. Therefore, I don't have the name of my big plant, I looked around the net for an hour to find its name before posting, but I was unsucessful. Maybe it's a scheflerra after all. I will check in my book on Monday. The only other plant I have at home is a pothos, and it's quite beautiful. Oh, and I forgot to mention the cherry tomatoes I got a few weeks ago. No red one as of yet, I live in Canada, and we didn't get warm weather yet. At work, I have several african violets, as well as an aphelandra, and a staghorn fern. The fern is quite spectacular, although it's still pretty young. I love looking at the new leaves growing, it's quite amazing how this plant has two different types of leaves. La nature fait bien les choses (nature does things well) I wish I had a garden, but city living often doesn't allow it. So my tomatoes are my only outdoor life at the moment. I like hawortias too. Have a good weekend too... Helene in cold Canada I tend to not sweat the petty things and not pet the sweaty things. Cherry tomato's do nicely in containers on a balcony. No harm sugar. I tend to be more empathetic and explainatory. I also tend to like almost everyone. That's my nature. Just a caring Capricorn. I've been here since 1998 I think is when I ventured onto the newsgroup. I like the people pretty much. And there's always something to make me smile, cry or go hmmmmm.. have a good weekend. madgardener Hi madgardener, Well, lucky you for your thick skin, I'm not always able to ignore someone who insults me. Yes, I admit it, I have a thin skin. What I do not admit however, is to being a "genious with no common-sense". I'm sorry, but your definition of common sense must be different from mine. Case in point : 1) rocks we're covering the top soil of my plant simply because my cat thought it was a nifty litter box. She never tried it again after the rocks were in place. They are now removed and she apparently forgot the plant's previous usage. 2) my plant was put outside as per my annual schedule. This plant has been outside every summer since I have it, which is about 7 years. Its spot has direct sunlight only in the morning for a few hours. I bring the plant back inside at fall when the nights get below 15C. Every year, it grows more beautiful during the summer and its growth slows down the rest of the year. Maybe the plant has the 7 year itch... 3) it is a well known fat that something wet will dry when put in the sun. So for a begginner, putting the plant outside as I usually do was only logical... So let's just agree for the record that there is no such thing as lack of common sense in someone who just isn't knowledgeable... And last, but not least : 4) how can someone not react when asking a question, is told that she's a dimwit and should just give up? I think from now on, when I have nothing nice to say, I will just shut up. Here's to hoping that a certain someone will do the same and get over it already. Happy 4th of July! Cheers! Helene in cold Quebec And by the way, I have a law degree, but I'm not a lawyer. I have a high level job at the government. So let's not judge anyone here and make assomptions just for the fun of being mean. |
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