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Resiliance of a pelargonium seedling
I couldn't beleive this when I saw it today! - a single pelargonium left
over from last spring (April '04!) is still alive....I bought a few trays, (those which are 1.5 inches square per plant and eight plants per tray) last spring for the baskets etc and had one left which I didn't plant - I had nowhere to put it, so it got left at the side of the shed in the shade. Anyhoo, all last summer it stayed there and didn't grow, but didn't die either, I'd forgotten all about it because I changed the shed door in December and propped the old one up against the wall, with this little chappy behind....it's been there for 14 months without any water or very little sunlight and I noticed today that it has put on a bit of greenery! - I'm going to put it into a 9" pot on it's own and put it into full sun tomorrow, if it's survived a winter without any food or water I think it deserves it! -- You ain't nothing but a hedgehog, foraging all the time, You ain't nothing but a hedgehog, foraging all the time, Well you ain't never pricked a predator and you ain't no porcupine. |
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In message , Phil L
writes I couldn't beleive this when I saw it today! - a single pelargonium left over from last spring (April '04!) is still alive....I bought a few trays, (those which are 1.5 inches square per plant and eight plants per tray) last spring for the baskets etc and had one left which I didn't plant - I had nowhere to put it, so it got left at the side of the shed in the shade. Anyhoo, all last summer it stayed there and didn't grow, but didn't die either, I'd forgotten all about it because I changed the shed door in December and propped the old one up against the wall, with this little chappy behind....it's been there for 14 months without any water or very little sunlight and I noticed today that it has put on a bit of greenery! - I'm going to put it into a 9" pot on it's own and put it into full sun tomorrow, if it's survived a winter without any food or water I think it deserves it! I once put a small potted honeysuckle into the oven to save space in the removal van. The cooker went into storage in the new garage and was forgotten about for a year. Upon tidying the garage I found that the forgotten pot inside the oven was full of growth. Placed the pot outside in the sun, gave it a drink and it romped away. -- Sue Begg Remove my clothes to reply Do not mess in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup! |
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Sue Begg wrote:
In message , Phil L writes I couldn't beleive this when I saw it today! - a single pelargonium left over from last spring (April '04!) is still alive....[...] been there for 14 months without any water or very little sunlight and I noticed today that it has put on a bit of greenery! - I'm going to put it into a 9" pot on it's own and put it into full sun tomorrow, if it's survived a winter without any food or water I think it deserves it! I once put a small potted honeysuckle into the oven to save space in the removal van. The cooker went into storage in the new garage and was forgotten about for a year. Upon tidying the garage I found that the forgotten pot inside the oven was full of growth. Placed the pot outside in the sun, gave it a drink and it romped away. Heart-warming stories! Wouldn't the survivalist pelargonium be better in a smaller pot, though? Unless it's made a lot of root, how about a four-inch pot to start with? (Over-size potting makes me think of Franz: anybody know anything? I emailed a while ago, but no response. It seems nobody on sci.physics has any information, either.) -- Mike. |
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