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Please explain exactly how long it takes before a book becomes useless, in
your opinion. Also, explain WHY you believe this is so. Have jade plants changed because of the advent of the interent? "Cereus-validus....." wrote in message m... "Crockett's Indoor Garden"?!!! ROTFLMAO!!!! Crockett died a long time ago. It's time to let it go, Dude. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Charles Woolever" wrote in message ... I have an old jade plant (age unknown) but from the size, I assume it's fairly old. The plant has always been in a southern window. I water it once every few weeks. When I water it, I soak the soil but do not let it stand in runoff water. It stays inside all year. I have no insect problems with it. Since last summer, the plant has started to droop. The plant itself is in very good shape with no soft tissue and only an occasional leaf drop, usually in the fall (I live in NY state). Here is a URL showing the plant: http://ny.existingstations.com/Jade/Jade.html The plant is 4 feet across and 20" high from the top rim of the pot. Before last summer, it never hung below the top rim of the pot and now it hangs 14" below in some places. All the "trunks" used to stand up straight and as you can see from the large horizontal trunk, they are loosing that vertical stance. Maybe it's top heavy? I'd like suggestions as to what, if anything is wrong, and what I should do or if it should just be left this way. Thanks for the help. Charles If the leaves have a red tinge around the edges, the plant's getting enough light. Otherwise, it's not, and it'll tend to get leggy. Yours appears to be in pretty good shape, but I wonder if it's getting pot-bound. According to "Crockett's Indoor Garden", they'll survive pot-bound for years, but not always thrive. Does the plant perk up at all within a day of watering, or does it still droop? And, does the water seem to pass through the pot more quickly than it used to? I'd repot it (with someone else's help, to avoid snapping branches). Go to a pot size that allows maybe 3" of extra soil in all directions, and make sure it's a heavy pot, to provide some weight to counterbalance the plant. Repotting can be done at any time of year. The plant should be fed every 3-4 months. If you break off any stems during repotting, they can be rooted to make new plants. If you can find rooting hormone powder, it'll help. |
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Crockett's book was a useless piece of coffee table anecdotal fluff catering
to dummies when it came out. It was never to be take as gospel. It certainly isn't even a horticultural reference book either. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... Please explain exactly how long it takes before a book becomes useless, in your opinion. Also, explain WHY you believe this is so. Have jade plants changed because of the advent of the interent? "Cereus-validus....." wrote in message m... "Crockett's Indoor Garden"?!!! ROTFLMAO!!!! Crockett died a long time ago. It's time to let it go, Dude. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Charles Woolever" wrote in message ... I have an old jade plant (age unknown) but from the size, I assume it's fairly old. The plant has always been in a southern window. I water it once every few weeks. When I water it, I soak the soil but do not let it stand in runoff water. It stays inside all year. I have no insect problems with it. Since last summer, the plant has started to droop. The plant itself is in very good shape with no soft tissue and only an occasional leaf drop, usually in the fall (I live in NY state). Here is a URL showing the plant: http://ny.existingstations.com/Jade/Jade.html The plant is 4 feet across and 20" high from the top rim of the pot. Before last summer, it never hung below the top rim of the pot and now it hangs 14" below in some places. All the "trunks" used to stand up straight and as you can see from the large horizontal trunk, they are loosing that vertical stance. Maybe it's top heavy? I'd like suggestions as to what, if anything is wrong, and what I should do or if it should just be left this way. Thanks for the help. Charles If the leaves have a red tinge around the edges, the plant's getting enough light. Otherwise, it's not, and it'll tend to get leggy. Yours appears to be in pretty good shape, but I wonder if it's getting pot-bound. According to "Crockett's Indoor Garden", they'll survive pot-bound for years, but not always thrive. Does the plant perk up at all within a day of watering, or does it still droop? And, does the water seem to pass through the pot more quickly than it used to? I'd repot it (with someone else's help, to avoid snapping branches). Go to a pot size that allows maybe 3" of extra soil in all directions, and make sure it's a heavy pot, to provide some weight to counterbalance the plant. Repotting can be done at any time of year. The plant should be fed every 3-4 months. If you break off any stems during repotting, they can be rooted to make new plants. If you can find rooting hormone powder, it'll help. |
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Interesting. His advice was always dead-on. The original Victory Garden book
was equally good, except for his outmoded dependence on chemicals. What innaccuracies did you find? "Cereus-validus....." wrote in message . com... Crockett's book was a useless piece of coffee table anecdotal fluff catering to dummies when it came out. It was never to be take as gospel. It certainly isn't even a horticultural reference book either. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... Please explain exactly how long it takes before a book becomes useless, in your opinion. Also, explain WHY you believe this is so. Have jade plants changed because of the advent of the interent? "Cereus-validus....." wrote in message m... "Crockett's Indoor Garden"?!!! ROTFLMAO!!!! Crockett died a long time ago. It's time to let it go, Dude. "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Charles Woolever" wrote in message ... I have an old jade plant (age unknown) but from the size, I assume it's fairly old. The plant has always been in a southern window. I water it once every few weeks. When I water it, I soak the soil but do not let it stand in runoff water. It stays inside all year. I have no insect problems with it. Since last summer, the plant has started to droop. The plant itself is in very good shape with no soft tissue and only an occasional leaf drop, usually in the fall (I live in NY state). Here is a URL showing the plant: http://ny.existingstations.com/Jade/Jade.html The plant is 4 feet across and 20" high from the top rim of the pot. Before last summer, it never hung below the top rim of the pot and now it hangs 14" below in some places. All the "trunks" used to stand up straight and as you can see from the large horizontal trunk, they are loosing that vertical stance. Maybe it's top heavy? I'd like suggestions as to what, if anything is wrong, and what I should do or if it should just be left this way. Thanks for the help. Charles If the leaves have a red tinge around the edges, the plant's getting enough light. Otherwise, it's not, and it'll tend to get leggy. Yours appears to be in pretty good shape, but I wonder if it's getting pot-bound. According to "Crockett's Indoor Garden", they'll survive pot-bound for years, but not always thrive. Does the plant perk up at all within a day of watering, or does it still droop? And, does the water seem to pass through the pot more quickly than it used to? I'd repot it (with someone else's help, to avoid snapping branches). Go to a pot size that allows maybe 3" of extra soil in all directions, and make sure it's a heavy pot, to provide some weight to counterbalance the plant. Repotting can be done at any time of year. The plant should be fed every 3-4 months. If you break off any stems during repotting, they can be rooted to make new plants. If you can find rooting hormone powder, it'll help. |
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"Cereus-validus....." wrote in message
. com... Crockett's book was a useless piece of coffee table anecdotal fluff catering to dummies when it came out. It was never to be take as gospel. It certainly isn't even a horticultural reference book either. I'm looking at the book, and I can't see any evidence that it claimed to be a horticultural reference book. Hortus Third - that's another story. |
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Hortus Third was a real snafu. L.H. Bailey must have been spinning in his
grave. It was mostly compiled by grad students (not the experts in most of the various plant groups) who didn't even bother to do the horticultural or botanical research necessary and it was completely out-of-date when it was published. It was trashed by reviewers from everyone from orchid growers to rose growers. It has far too many mistakes to be taken seriously. The treatment for succulent plants is very inconsistent and completely useless. Many of the plant names claimed not to be of horticultural value were actually validly published and listed in Index Kewensis and/or Index Londonensis. The treatment for Plectranthus (which should have included the obsolete genus Coleus as a synonym) was a shameful atrocity. If they had bothered to look, they would have found the widely grown African, Asian and Australian species had been completely revised several years earlier and the literature was sitting right there the whole time in the Cornell library completely ignored. It is one overly expensive paperweight!!!! It only goes to show that in actual practice horticulture is little more than botany's idiot stepchild!!! "Doug Kanter" wrote in message ... "Cereus-validus....." wrote in message . com... Crockett's book was a useless piece of coffee table anecdotal fluff catering to dummies when it came out. It was never to be take as gospel. It certainly isn't even a horticultural reference book either. I'm looking at the book, and I can't see any evidence that it claimed to be a horticultural reference book. Hortus Third - that's another story. |
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:28:17 GMT, "Cereus-validus....."
wrote: It is one overly expensive paperweight!!!! Thank You!!!! I bought the da** thing and it was useless when I tried to look up any useful information. Thanks to hurricane Ivan and you I no longer need to feel guilty for being a dummy. |
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2005 06:28:17 GMT, "Cereus-validus....."
wrote: It is one overly expensive paperweight!!!! Hard on the butt too! |
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