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GardenTheater · #71 05-28-2011, 11:41 AM

Thanks Amanda. It's hard when you break a spike.
On the peanut topic..... Curiosity got the better of me

and I did taste a corn packing peanut. It tasted a lot like the puffed corn they sell at the grocery store. Maybe it's the same stuff.

Amanda L · #72 05-28-2011, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by GardenTheater

Thanks Amanda. It's hard when you break a spike.
On the peanut topic..... Curiosity got the better of me

and I did taste a corn packing peanut. It tasted a lot like the puffed corn they sell at the grocery store. Maybe it's the same stuff.

It is tough to break a spike. All that hard work gone to waste. But, there will be other spikes and we learn from our mistakes.

Well, if we run out of snacks we can eat the biodegradable packing peanuts!!

GardenTheater · #73 05-28-2011, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Amanda L

It is tough to break a spike. All that hard work gone to waste. But, there will be other spikes and we learn from our mistakes.

Well, if we run out of snacks we can eat the biodegradable packing peanuts!!

Just add salt.

mujacko2002 · #74 09-08-2011, 08:22 AM

Mabuhay!

Its better to break off a spike rather than breaking off a new lead or a sprouting new leaf. That will be super DUH for me. I hate it.

AnonYMouse · #75 10-24-2013, 03:43 PM

Gah!

Why is my cool grower on a heat mat?

RosieC · #76 10-25-2013, 02:20 AM

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Originally Posted by AnonYMouse

Gah!

Why is my cool grower on a heat mat?

That's the sort of thing I would do.

What I actually did recently is carefully group together a large batch of keikis that don't want fertiliser over the winter. Then early one morning when watering on auto-pilot I fertilised the whole lot of them.

AnonYMouse · #77 10-25-2013, 08:02 PM

That plant was getting warmth for a couple of weeks

I think I just put it down to free up my hands and forgot...for two weeks...

For all who have dropped, broken, dropped, crushed, dropped, mangled, dropped, knocked over, (have I mentioned dropped?), those are accidents, not "duh" moments.

fotofashion · #78 10-25-2013, 08:21 PM

Yes it was an absolute horror and disappointment when I knocked over my Peristeria elata and broke off the biggest new lead. It has two others coming along but this one was the nicest. Oh, well, the plant will eventually produce another (I hope )

Beverly A.

braxtonds · #79 07-29-2014, 02:31 PM

Old thread, but I'm going to post anyways. A few days ago, I was watering the orchids outside (I used a hose because I was in a hurry.) I noticed water on my Blc. Keowee 'Mendenhall' bud, it was just a day or two from opening. I started tapping it to remove the water so that I wouldn't soil the bloom and I snapped it right off. One of my absolute favorites, now I have to wait for another 6 months for a flower.

WhiteRabbit · #80 07-29-2014, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by braxtonds

Old thread, but I'm going to post anyways. A few days ago, I was watering the orchids outside (I used a hose because I was in a hurry.) I noticed water on my Blc. Keowee 'Mendenhall' bud, it was just a day or two from opening. I started tapping it to remove the water so that I wouldn't soil the bloom and I snapped it right off. One of my absolute favorites, now I have to wait for another 6 months for a flower.

dang