http://awaytogarden.com/my-february-2010-garden-chores Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:18:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://awaytogarden.com/my-february-2010-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-14526 Margaret Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:39:55 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=7270#comment-14526 Welcome, Helen. I assume it bloomed the other years? Usually lack of flowers in a plant is controlled by not enough light, or too much Nitrogen (makes lots of leaves at the expense of bloom) or improper pruning (at a time that removed the buds). Do any of those ring a bell? As for forcing forsythia...maybe I'll go down the road and cut some now from those huge old bushes left behind when there was a farm there a century ago. :) Welcome, Helen. I assume it bloomed the other years? Usually lack of flowers in a plant is controlled by not enough light, or too much Nitrogen (makes lots of leaves at the expense of bloom) or improper pruning (at a time that removed the buds). Do any of those ring a bell? As for forcing forsythia…maybe I’ll go down the road and cut some now from those huge old bushes left behind when there was a farm there a century ago. :)

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/my-february-2010-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-14520 Helen in Connecticut Mon, 08 Feb 2010 12:21:32 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=7270#comment-14520 I went promptly out to cut branches for forcing--that's my idea of an attractive garden chore. To my horror, I found that my witch hazel does not have a SINGLE flower bud. The bush looks healthy; lots of leaf buds. This is it's third season; lots of flowers the other two. Suggestions? The forsythia that I wouldn't let my husband take out is the only substitute; I should have flowers soon. I went promptly out to cut branches for forcing–that’s my idea of an attractive garden chore. To my horror, I found that my witch hazel does not have a SINGLE flower bud. The bush looks healthy; lots of leaf buds. This is it’s third season; lots of flowers the other two. Suggestions?
The forsythia that I wouldn’t let my husband take out is the only substitute; I should have flowers soon.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/my-february-2010-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-14376 Susie's Homemade Mon, 01 Feb 2010 02:27:13 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=7270#comment-14376 I have done my testing and I will be sowing my cold weather stuff this week. I am going to be doing by pruning in the next couple weeks. I missed our January thaw when we normally do it. I have done my testing and I will be sowing my cold weather stuff this week. I am going to be doing by pruning in the next couple weeks. I missed our January thaw when we normally do it.

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