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« Reply #135 on: January 18, 2011, 07:04:02 AM » |
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Always a pleasure to see Heavy Metal. Even has summer spots, nice!
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« Reply #136 on: January 18, 2011, 08:42:41 AM » |
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Everyone, great bloom photos. Im working on mine to post. Had a bump in the road... got my new camera, but my software to change the photo from a RAW file to a smaller Jpeg is ancient!! So I am downloading new stuff IE: relearning everything!!! Ugh! and will have some great photos to share with you prolly by the end of the day. Its another snow day, so plenty of time to play and learn!
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« Reply #137 on: January 18, 2011, 09:02:55 AM » |
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greetings from snowy connecticut. this is the plant, tsunami. i have been having a hard time getting the color right. this is the accurate color for the bloom. its a stunning flower. louis  |
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« Reply #138 on: January 18, 2011, 12:46:24 PM » |
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That Tsunami bloom looks quite nice, Louis. I grew a few dozen of them several years ago but stopped because in strong sunlight the color changes to a rather drab appearance. The bushes were not very upright either which made them too much work to grow to full size in a nursery setting. You can probably train it properly and northern sun may never become strong enough to affect it the way it does here. Dupont is no longer offering it, for similar reasons I suppose.
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farmer d
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« Reply #139 on: January 18, 2011, 04:30:09 PM » |
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So I manually opened up half a dozen Vday blooms yesterday as I could see they were about to go bad. I got two worms and two earwigs living inside those blooms.
But today when I went outside magically the other blooms started to open on my plant.
Seems like this sent some sort of signal to the plant to go back into blooming mode? Curious what anyone's thoughts are on this.
Enjoy today's pretty colors...
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farmer d
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« Reply #140 on: January 18, 2011, 04:39:24 PM » |
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My Acapulco Gold has been winterized to the point where it looks exactly like Rise and Shine. I wouldn't recognize this as AG anymore. Still pretty especially overlooking my daisy planter.
Farmer D
PS - Louis, with the right angle on a bloom the sunglasses just naturally leverage themselves with gravity in a direction that doesn't causes the flower to fall over. Kind of like the bloom starts to fall backwards but it's not enough weight to go completely backwards and fall over.
You know with that bright glare from the snow outside I bet your flowers would love a little shade for their eyes...
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« Reply #141 on: January 18, 2011, 06:06:35 PM » |
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You know with that bright glare from the snow outside I bet your flowers would love a little shade for their eyes...
great idea, do you have an extra pair of Foster Grants  louis |
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« Reply #142 on: January 20, 2011, 01:16:29 PM » |
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Hey Lou! I sent you 3 emails, check your spam box, I think they are going there...
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« Reply #143 on: January 20, 2011, 01:35:01 PM » |
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Hey Lou! I sent you 3 emails, check your spam box, I think they are going there...
just sent you another email using a different addy, lets see if it goes through. dont post an email addy here. loluis |
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« Reply #144 on: January 20, 2011, 01:51:35 PM » |
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I got 2 from the first addy, and 1 just now. I responded, hope it works.
Did you check your spam folder? The first email you sent me went there. Then I added you to my addresses and since then, you go to my inbox. This is so weird!
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farmer d
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« Reply #145 on: January 20, 2011, 04:17:12 PM » |
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Several pretty blooms for today. Valentines Day has such amazing colorings when pic is enlarged, and the patterns on Chariots of Fire are really neat too when enlarged.
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« Reply #146 on: January 20, 2011, 04:24:51 PM » |
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Acapulco Gold with such gentle white veins.
Hot Pepper with some pretty yellow blush.
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« Reply #147 on: January 21, 2011, 08:22:36 PM » |
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P's Purple and Cranberry Muffin blooming in the rain.
Help please.
Does any one know what the name of the plant is below. I bought them at the local shop. If I know what it is then I can research on the Internet as to the best way to look after them. Thanks.
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« Reply #148 on: January 21, 2011, 09:03:55 PM » |
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Acapulco Gold with such gentle white veins.
Darren... That is such a yellow AG. Are you sure that is what it is? |
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« Reply #149 on: January 21, 2011, 09:04:33 PM » |
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David,
Pretty rain display! Sorry I cant help with the other plant.
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