January 2011

January 2011
photo: Joan Baril

Sunflowers, Russian Giant

Sunflowers, Russian Giant
Tallest about 12 foot high.

Thursday 6 March 2008

ROLL UP THE RIM; ROLL UP THE GARBAGE TRUCK

Roll up the Rim is here but, unfortunately, the cups are not recyclable. The good news is that these cups make great containers for plants. I start my seeds in flats, move the small plants to the four or six pack containers that one gets at the nursery and then, if they get bigger, move them on to four inch pots or Tim's cups. I punch a hole in the bottom. The cups do not disintegrate and are nice and deep for good root formation. Tim's cups are also good when a plant gets stretched and has to be replanted with part of the stem underground. Arabis is one flower that is prone to stretching as are all the vines such as canary vine, sweet pea and morning glory. If you don't replant stretched plants, they start lying down, crawling about. tangling with each other and creating one big mess.

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