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Many times when people get a discounted price on an item, they think it should be that price all the time. 95% of my business comes from people on the internet and what kills prices faster than anything else is when someone puts a really cheap price…
I also think Dyckias in general have a lot of potential for any area that doesn't get cold temperatures lower than 15F. I am the first one to admit that I kill bromeliads pretty easily. Dyckias on the other hand are so easy to grow, just about anyon…
Here is my page that has lots of pictures that include the plants and what the flowers look like. There are more listed than the 2 I mention:
http://cycadjungle.8m.com/cycadjungle/dyckias.html
"Cherry Coke" Dyckias in 3 gallon containers have sold as well as I was hoping for this year. They were one of the two Dyckias that were featured as FNGLA Garden Select plants for 2010 and apparently people who weren't familiar with this genus of xe…
I use 1 of the silver bags of used coffee grounds that are free at Starbuck's to a 55 gallon drum. I can tell you more, but with some pictures, here is an article I wrote about 3 years ago for the Cycad Society. This article deals with the Asian sca…
The only insects I have to deal with are aphids, mealy bugs, and about 5 kinds of scales. I have a barrel sitting around that has a home made filter in the top made out of plastic corrugated pipe they use for drain fields with the sleeve material ma…
I can tell you that it works in some situations. I'm in the SE and I use a peat and sand mixture in my containers. Maples and camellias, I can't tell you. I CAN tell you though that using mycrrhizae is a long term process. If you are selling these p…
No matter what the details are, if someone promises you anything and they do something else knowing it will hurt you, they are not worth dealing with. So, in basic terms, are you saying this person was supposed to sell you something when the time ca…
I read the article and it is obvious he just doesn't get the whole idea of why they have these gardens in schools. He also doesn't understand gardening and why people garden as a hobby.
I agree with him, going to a class where you can work in a gard…
For me, I think I need to separate the first half of the year and the second half. Business has been off by 25 to 50% for the last couple of years and the first half of 2009 was the same for me.
My main business has been selling full sized rare cyca…
I saw Don Shadow yesterday and he had a yellow barked Sophora japonica that was striking. He also had a Japanese Maple called Bilhou that was a yellow barked Sango kaku that was exceptional!
I have used coffee to take care of any white flies that cause me trouble. I take the used coffee grounds from Starbucks and make "sun tea" from them and then use that to spray the plants. It works great, is organic, and even gives them a foliar spra…
Marie, I think your right about the dwarf BB. Information on the net says it is an 8-11 plant so if that is true, it is more cold hardy than the regular trees we are used to. So, besides Amplex, who is growing this one close to us? I know Brantley h…
Have you checked out a Callistemon sold as "Cane's Hybrid"?
If you are on the west coast I can do some digging around for you to see who grows Little John.
Definitely my favorite plant right now is Dwarf Bottlebrush, Callistemon 'Little John'. Drought tolerant, slow growing, multiple bloomer, butterfly/hummingbird attractor, neat foliage texture, full sun loving plant. Just a very well behaved small sh…
A small tree, Pittosporum ferrugineum, was introduced from the Atherton highlands, North Queensland Australia through IFAS at the University of Florida. The tree has evergreen 3 to 4 inch simple alternate leaves that have a rust colored underside wh…
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- At 10:43am on April 22, 2009,
Sherwood Botsford said… - Hi, You mentioned using coffee grounds from starbucks. Care to elaborate?
You can email to sgbotsford@gmail.com
- At 9:28am on April 11, 2009,
Terri Pinder said… - Yeah, I guess you could say I am the computer person. But it is hard to work the keyboard what with the whip in my hand :-)
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