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Posted by Maja_hr z9-10 S.Europe (My Page) on Thu, Aug 26, 04 at 12:10
I have a pretty large balcony facing S-SW with total insolation of about 9 hours on a summers day and approx. 6 on winters. Lowest winter temperature never gets below 35 deg. F. Last year I tried to grow something on it and by now there's a whole jungle. Allmost all of my plants did well but I still have some questions:
- I've 5 Begonia semperflorens plants and I was wondering if they can be transplanted and when, I'm not very satisfied with their current position.
- My lavander plants are growing as good as they can potted in plastic pots that look just like terracota ones but as they were planted in dirt/compost I've added some pumice stone and sand to make soil more porous. Is this ok?
- I have a climbing rose planted in the begining of april this year. It's in a plastic(terracota look alike) pot filled with about 15 gallons of compost and backyard dirt mixture. It developed 3 large branches, about 3 ft. long each, and was very leafy with lots of buds on them. In july, some bugs appeared on those leaves (small green non-flying lice-like creatures) and made them partially dry. I used some sulphurous dust and got rid of them butsome of the leaves had to be removed so one of the branches is naked, still with buds that look healthy all along it. Should I do anything with that branch before autumn or just wait and prune back then?
Thanks a lot, and sorry for my English, I know it's far from perfect |
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RE: a few questions
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| Hi and welcome! With respect to moving your begonias, go ahead. Just make sure you get as much root as you can and water well when you replant. With respect to the lavender - I understand they seem to do well in dry, almost poor soil, so what you describe should be okay. Make sure you don't overwater them. And the rose - you can remove any yellow leaves and it may resprout new leaves before winter. The branch should be okay unless it is dead and dry (which I expect it isn't). You might want to wait until you are ready to prune to do anything further with it. Wish you luck! Sounds like a nice set of plants and many of us also have "jungles" (me included - I just spent an hour deep-watering my jungle with a hose and finally came inside to cool off). LOL |
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