From: "Cereus-validus"
Date: 7/2/2004 5:09 PM Mountain Standard Time
Message-id:

Know what you mean.

There seems to be a lot of deadbeat loose-cannons that like to haunt this
supposed gardening newsgroup.

Too bad that many of these know nothings are arrogant egomaniacs too.

Ironically it appears that Karen just doesn't care!!!

I've gotten a lot of good help here from others and once in a while I'll give
some advice although I'm far from a master gardener. I know more about
houseplants.

I have a tiny yard in back and just have 10 rosebushes. The trees from next
door are getting huge and blocking the sun so I can't really grow vegetables
anymore. I do have herbs on a little strip on the south side of the house and
they do well. Some herbs that are thriving are thyme, lemon thyme, French
tarragon and oregano. Rosemary didn't make it through a Colorado winter, nor
did pineapple sage. Never ever plant a Russian tarragon. That thing is a
monster that needs to be destroyed.

I had houseplants when I was living at home and I would water them, and without
my knowing, my mom would water them again. Most of these over-watered plants
died. And yet, with a dried-out, neglected plant, I can often revive it. But,
my plants of preference are succulents.

I have no idea who this Karen is but I am a Karen, too.

"bob" wrote in message
...
took me 3 months to hunt down karen. she bet me and lost, this is the only
place she lurks now..she'll run from here now too..

bob

"Cereus-validus" wrote in message
. ..
There you go Bob.

Good to know that somebody else knows he is dealing with idiots in this
thread. No amount of advice is going to get through to Helene. Hand
holding
is a total waste of time.

Now we know that not only is Helene completely incapable of competently
growing plants but also that those constantly off-topic trolls John
Watson
and Tom Randy encourage incompetence. Maybe they think that makes them
look
like geniuses by comparison?


"bob" wrote in message
...

"Karen" wrote in message
om...
(Helene) wrote in message
. com...
Hello,

I have a big plant (ressembling a schefelra, but it's not) that i
overwatered. What actually happened is that there were small rocks
on
top of the soil and it prevented humidity to get out.

I removed the stones and placed the plant outside 2 weeks ago. It
has
not been watered, except for occasionnal rain, and it's still very
much wet and drowning. The plant is losing leaves by the ton and
I'm
afraid it's dying.

What can I do to save it? Will removing some of the top soil help?

Thanks.

Repot it with light soil. Drill more holes on the bottom/side. Stick
a
pipe with small holes to the pot bottom. Put it in a place with good
air circulation.

i know agassi plays like a houseplant nowadays, but do you think that
would
help his game at all?

Moving a house plant from inside to outside would cause leaves
dropping even with a health plant. You might have a plant with wet
feet and burned leaves.

btw, got my $100 yet karen? i take paypal.

bob

Why did you tag on to this loser of a thread?

You should start a completely new one of your own.

At least change the subject heading.

I would not be the one to give advice about rose bushes because they are
very high maintenance and take up space that can be used to grow much more
interesting plants. If it were up to me, I would yank out all those cabbages
on thorny sticks or at least severely cut them back. They flower on the new
growth, you know. Ten are far too many for a small yard.

Herbs are by far the more practical to grow but I much prefer succulents as
garden subjects.


"Skirmishd" wrote in message
...
From: "Cereus-validus"
Date: 7/2/2004 5:09 PM Mountain Standard Time
Message-id:

Know what you mean.

There seems to be a lot of deadbeat loose-cannons that like to haunt this
supposed gardening newsgroup.

Too bad that many of these know nothings are arrogant egomaniacs too.

Ironically it appears that Karen just doesn't care!!!

I've gotten a lot of good help here from others and once in a while I'll
give
some advice although I'm far from a master gardener. I know more about
houseplants.

I have a tiny yard in back and just have 10 rosebushes. The trees from
next
door are getting huge and blocking the sun so I can't really grow
vegetables
anymore. I do have herbs on a little strip on the south side of the house
and
they do well. Some herbs that are thriving are thyme, lemon thyme, French
tarragon and oregano. Rosemary didn't make it through a Colorado winter,
nor
did pineapple sage. Never ever plant a Russian tarragon. That thing is a
monster that needs to be destroyed.

I had houseplants when I was living at home and I would water them, and
without
my knowing, my mom would water them again. Most of these over-watered
plants
died. And yet, with a dried-out, neglected plant, I can often revive it.
But,
my plants of preference are succulents.

I have no idea who this Karen is but I am a Karen, too.

"bob" wrote in message
...
took me 3 months to hunt down karen. she bet me and lost, this is the
only
place she lurks now..she'll run from here now too..

bob

"Cereus-validus" wrote in message
. ..
There you go Bob.

Good to know that somebody else knows he is dealing with idiots in
this
thread. No amount of advice is going to get through to Helene. Hand
holding
is a total waste of time.

Now we know that not only is Helene completely incapable of
competently
growing plants but also that those constantly off-topic trolls John
Watson
and Tom Randy encourage incompetence. Maybe they think that makes
them
look
like geniuses by comparison?


"bob" wrote in message
...

"Karen" wrote in message
om...
(Helene) wrote in message
. com...
Hello,

I have a big plant (ressembling a schefelra, but it's not) that
i
overwatered. What actually happened is that there were small
rocks
on
top of the soil and it prevented humidity to get out.

I removed the stones and placed the plant outside 2 weeks ago.
It
has
not been watered, except for occasionnal rain, and it's still
very
much wet and drowning. The plant is losing leaves by the ton
and
I'm
afraid it's dying.

What can I do to save it? Will removing some of the top soil
help?

Thanks.

Repot it with light soil. Drill more holes on the bottom/side.
Stick
a
pipe with small holes to the pot bottom. Put it in a place with
good
air circulation.

i know agassi plays like a houseplant nowadays, but do you think
that
would
help his game at all?

Moving a house plant from inside to outside would cause leaves
dropping even with a health plant. You might have a plant with
wet
feet and burned leaves.

btw, got my $100 yet karen? i take paypal.

bob