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

Darling, didn't you do that, too?

You should start a completely new one of your own.

Yeah, I did, hon.

At least change the subject heading.

I did that, too.

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.

These came with the house. Some of the flowers are very pretty, like the
lavender ones.

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

The climate here doesn't allow me to grow succulents outside except for summer
save for some hens and chickens in the front. We have one large maple in the
front lawn and one large maybe mimosa in the back. It is hard to plant many
plants here now. I have had luck with certain groundcovers. Vinca, sweet
woodruff, moneywort. Oh yeah, and weeds.

Had any of you dealt with Altman's Specialty Plants?
They were a succulent and cactus dealer and were sold to Scotty's and I can't
find them online. I got a lot of rare plants from them in the past, I mean the
80's.

I don't have many fancy succulent plants now. I do have some "elephant plants"
from a grower close by who sells plants cheap. Also from there a variegated
jade. I also have an old "fingers" jade. A small, gem-like haworthia. A
planter with a variety of crassula, rhipsalis and other items in the pot. Oh,
that one called drunkard's dream, I think it's called Hatiora Salicorniodes or
something. I love the succulents best but don't have the best southern exposure
for them on my sills. I also liked the plants with caudexes or bulbs. That's
why I love the bowiea and also the pregnant onion.



"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

Altmans is strictly wholesale now. They appear to be in the process of
updating their website at the moment.

http://www.altmansplants.com/

Check out the Cactus Mall for your cactus & succulents jones.

http://www.cactus-mall.com/


"Skirmishd" wrote in message
...

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

Darling, didn't you do that, too?

You should start a completely new one of your own.

Yeah, I did, hon.

At least change the subject heading.

I did that, too.

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.

These came with the house. Some of the flowers are very pretty, like the
lavender ones.

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

The climate here doesn't allow me to grow succulents outside except for
summer
save for some hens and chickens in the front. We have one large maple in
the
front lawn and one large maybe mimosa in the back. It is hard to plant
many
plants here now. I have had luck with certain groundcovers. Vinca, sweet
woodruff, moneywort. Oh yeah, and weeds.

Had any of you dealt with Altman's Specialty Plants?
They were a succulent and cactus dealer and were sold to Scotty's and I
can't
find them online. I got a lot of rare plants from them in the past, I
mean the
80's.

I don't have many fancy succulent plants now. I do have some "elephant
plants"
from a grower close by who sells plants cheap. Also from there a
variegated
jade. I also have an old "fingers" jade. A small, gem-like haworthia. A
planter with a variety of crassula, rhipsalis and other items in the pot.
Oh,
that one called drunkard's dream, I think it's called Hatiora
Salicorniodes or
something. I love the succulents best but don't have the best southern
exposure
for them on my sills. I also liked the plants with caudexes or bulbs.
That's
why I love the bowiea and also the pregnant onion.

From: "Cereus-validus"

Altmans is strictly wholesale now. They appear to be in the process of
updating their website at the moment.

http://www.altmansplants.com/

I think after they went wholesale was when I started getting catalogs from
Scotty's instead of them. Altman's catalogs were so fine with many excellent
photos and great descriptions. Scotty's were cheesy but seemed to offer a
similar selection.

I got such excellent plants from Altman's.
Once in a while, if they had to make a substitution, I would get a personal
note.
Oh well, I'm not gonna open a plant store soon so can't go wholesale.

Check out the Cactus Mall for your cactus & succulents jones.

http://www.cactus-mall.com/

Thank you kindly.

"Skirmishd" wrote in message
...

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

Darling, didn't you do that, too?

You should start a completely new one of your own.

Yeah, I did, hon.

At least change the subject heading.

I did that, too.

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.

These came with the house. Some of the flowers are very pretty, like the
lavender ones.

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

The climate here doesn't allow me to grow succulents outside except for
summer
save for some hens and chickens in the front. We have one large maple in
the
front lawn and one large maybe mimosa in the back. It is hard to plant
many
plants here now. I have had luck with certain groundcovers. Vinca, sweet
woodruff, moneywort. Oh yeah, and weeds.

Had any of you dealt with Altman's Specialty Plants?
They were a succulent and cactus dealer and were sold to Scotty's and I
can't
find them online. I got a lot of rare plants from them in the past, I
mean the
80's.

I don't have many fancy succulent plants now. I do have some "elephant
plants"
from a grower close by who sells plants cheap. Also from there a
variegated
jade. I also have an old "fingers" jade. A small, gem-like haworthia. A
planter with a variety of crassula, rhipsalis and other items in the pot.
Oh,
that one called drunkard's dream, I think it's called Hatiora
Salicorniodes or
something. I love the succulents best but don't have the best southern
exposure
for them on my sills. I also liked the plants with caudexes or bulbs.
That's
why I love the bowiea and also the pregnant onion.

(Skirmishd) expounded:

At least change the subject heading.

I did that, too.

Yes, but you did it by hitting Reply, and then changing the subject.
That doesn't create a new thread. In the future just hit New Post or
whatever the sorry AOL software uses to create a new post, and you'll
get your own whole new thread.

--
Ann, Gardening in zone 6a
Just south of Boston, MA
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