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FatPappy
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Posted: May 31st, 2006 04:35 pm |
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Scott L wrote:
A mixture of 1T baking soda and 1T of vegetable oil in one half gallon of water makes a pretty good organic insecticide and fungicide spray. Maybe using dishwater in place of the water would be even better.
Scott
Hey, Scott! Last year Pappy had some Japanese beetles over fer supper an' the varmints stayed on a few weeks an' nearly et my yard up! They just couldn't take a hint. Brought some o' their out o' town kin with 'em, too. Will your recipe above work on them critters, or have you got somethin' with a kick to it?
By the way, what do you think o' them beetle traps they sell? They seem a little bit like a self-fulfillin' prophecy in a bag to me. Me an' Mammy tried 'em last year after things started gettin' bad. We stayed busy emptyin' the bags, but I didn't see much benefit over where the flowers were. Maybe the bunch that was eatin' on the flowers got tired o' waitin' in line at the traps.
If'n things don't green up some, we ain't gonna have much to offer our guests this year.
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DToney
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Posted: Jun 20th, 2006 10:19 pm |
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Does anyone have a method for killing sweet peas? When we bought this house, the beside our back door was overrun with them. I've dug, pulled, and sprayed a double dose of round up on them & still cannot get them to die! 
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Alicia C.
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 01:38 am |
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Anyone know about propagating gardenias from cuttings? We have a lovely but overgrown gardenia next to our garden shed. It really needs to be trimmed back (we can barely get the mower out without thrashing the plant with the shed door) and I would love to take those cuttings and start new plants to put around the yard. I have rooting powder for cuttings. Should I baby the cuttings indoors for a while (since it's so hot out) or try to start them outdoors?
Any help would be muchly appreciated.
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 02:01 am |
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| Lucky you to have a large gardenia bush! I have in the past rooted them in water and I believe they are also easy to root in soil. I seem to remember that they need to be potted for maybe a year and then planted in a protected location. Sorry to be so vague, but hopefully someone else will know more. You have inspired me to find cuttings and try for some baby bushes of my own.
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Waytago
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Posted: Jun 23rd, 2006 02:58 am |
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DToney wrote: Does anyone have a method for killing sweet peas? When we bought this house, the beside our back door was overrun with them. I've dug, pulled, and sprayed a double dose of round up on them & still cannot get them to die!
How in the world?
Roundup kills everything, including concrete........I'll ask a dumb question, how old is the roundup? if you mix it 6 oz per gallon, it should knock 'em down.
If roundup won't kill them........better start cooking & eating.
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DToney
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Posted: Jun 24th, 2006 01:47 am |
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Waytago wrote: How in the world?
Roundup kills everything, including concrete........I'll ask a dumb question, how old is the roundup? if you mix it 6 oz per gallon, it should knock 'em down.
If roundup won't kill them........better start cooking & eating.
I wish theses sweet peas were the edible kind! These are flowers.. that are growing like bushes! I've gotten them to where they are only a few, but there are still some stubborn ones coming up... even after a double dose of just purchased round up - second application! They will not go away!
As for the gardinia bushes... typically any "shrub" (which this has a wood type branch) is propagated by placing dirt over the existing branch and allowing it to root. Most folks use a cut branch with a bag of dirt tied on, but my granny used to bury the branch a bit. Once the root starts, you can then trim the branch from the plant.
Last edited on Jun 24th, 2006 01:47 am by DToney
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Posted: Jun 25th, 2006 09:41 pm |
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| Sorry, I don't know anything that is more aggressive & less forgiving than Round Up.
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Posted: Jun 25th, 2006 09:46 pm |
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FatPappy wrote: By the way, what do you think o' them beetle traps they sell? They are wonderful at attracting the Japanese Beetles.........right into your yard. If you're going to use these traps........sneak them into your neighbors yard instead, at least you'll be attracting the Beetles away from yours !!
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Posted: Jul 4th, 2006 02:04 am |
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| About this time every year weeds threaten to take over every inch of my garden. With the heat and humidity, weeding seems a lot less exciting than lying in the hammock. Anyone know a weed whisperer?
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DToney
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Posted: Jul 28th, 2006 10:27 pm |
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I have put even more Round Up on those dang sweet peas & they are STILL growing! GRRRRRRRRRR!
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Alicia C.
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Posted: Jul 31st, 2006 05:35 am |
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DToney wrote: I have put even more Round Up on those dang sweet peas & they are STILL growing! GRRRRRRRRRR!
Er, have you considered a blowtorch? A friend who shall go nameless finally got so tired of his wife griping about weeds that came up through a crack in the sidewalk that he whipped out his torch and fried 'em. Little did he know that the wife was jockeying for a new sidewalk. Her ploy was unsuccessful (she's a little miffed about that) but at least the weeds haven't come back. 
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Steve Adkins
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Posted: Jul 31st, 2006 07:48 pm |
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DToney wrote: I have put even more Round Up on those dang sweet peas & they are STILL growing! GRRRRRRRRRR!
How strong are you mixing the round up??
Minimum is 6 ounces per gallon........in your case seems like 6 gallons per ounce might be more appropriate.
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DToney
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Posted: Jul 31st, 2006 09:31 pm |
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| Hubby mixed the Round up & said that he mixed it 3x as strong as it should be... dunno!
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Posted: Aug 27th, 2006 01:41 am |
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Actually as you've found out RoundUp does not kill everything. It kills nearly all weeds but not quite all of them. A few weeds require other chemicals. To find out what might work for Sweet Peas call Cardinal Chemical which is located just north of Greensboro on US Route 29.
Because Roundup kills desirable crops as well as weeds, the the food industry has bred so-called "Roundup Ready" crops. These crops are not as affected by Roundup as are weeds. Maybe you have inadvertantly bred a "Roundup Ready" Sweet Pea.  If you can cross it with the garden sweet pea, you might be able to sell the seed for big bucks! See, something good might come from all this.
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DToney
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Posted: Aug 27th, 2006 03:22 pm |
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The part of these sweat peas that have been driving me nuts is the fact they are so overgrown... when we first bought this house, they had taken over the back door... I did not even realize they had planted lavender in the same bed because it was lost underneath. I actually planted sweat peas in the past because the flower is nice & when they are compact, they are good to have in your landscape. The roots on these are integrated with my cable TV/internet source... so I cannot dig them up! so... I was pulling, prodding, & pouring (on the round up) to try to keep them at bay... like Pappy's stuff they wanted to come inside! 
These have not grown enough to have seeds... so I cannot harvest them for sale.... (there goes my millions...) I guess the best solution I have so far is like you say... call & find out what best suggestion they have at Cardinal to get rid of them. Thanks for the "word up"!
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