Good Lord; turn your head for ten days and people just start talking about you and
everything. Guess that is what comes from being an instigating-shyte stirring-arse.
I can tell you yes, but not when
So, I am going to call in a great friend of mine who has done it with great success
@armetisius . His experience growing them is far superior to mine as far as that aspect goes so maybe he will pipe in with some magic and more detailed information
Grimmy
Grimmy you could not have timed this better I guess. Just closed that sheet set and the
building is off to the printers. Whew! Such a simple building nearly whipped my a$$
with its "vagueness".
Where the hell has Arme been? Sorce
Up until about an hour or so ago I have been designing & drawing a "Wedding Chapel Barn"
for the last couple of weeks. Could have saved the man a couple grand of costs if he had just
agreed to do it my way to begin with. 3 iterations to come back to almost the exact drawings
I took to the initial presentation. After 18+ years of banquets I
am the one you want laying out
your facilities. Oh well; his way my check is fuller. Even got to buy me some of them there bone zeye
pots by mail. [Even if they had to be bought at 2AM.] This client is so country even his hayseed
has an accent. So long as his check doesn't bounce he can speak Flemish for all I care.
To the OP:
Yes they are finicky biotches. They can and will shed their leaves faster than a three dollar crack
whore can strip. BUT get them outside; let them get as much Sun as they can until ten in the AM.
After 10, you want them in highly dappled cool shade. They love the Sun but cannot stand the heat.
Kind of like a fuchsia. Snatch that out of the pot and put it in a big pot. Let it grow and feed it weekly.
Let it ride out all season & winter as is and just as it starts to kick up in the Spring cut the hell out
of it. Following that cut back, cut the bottom half or so of the root ball off. I use a butcher's knife.
Reset it in fresh soil in the same big pot. I use a primarily organic nursery mix that has awesome
drainage but tends to hold its moisture for a couple of days at a time. They won't take drying out
well but watch that you don't get them too wet too long. Couple of years and you will notice it has
tripled in girth. Then you can start to worry about the nebari. Responds very well to the roots on
a plate technique for base building. Oh yea, use a micro-nutrient balanced food about 4 times
a season. Or throw a crushed vitamin on the soil about as often.
Or at least that is what works for me. Even though I am certain there are people drawing lots to
see who gets to scream at me first about how contrary this is to published--I don't give them too much
thought or attention and they do just fine.
It is your first and a challenge, to so many, to make it through its first year;
don't worry man, mess it up and I'll send you one. k? Enjoy the journey but
don't take it too seriously. Not at first at least. Right now focus on learning
to water and work on "your life including your plants" not "your plants including
your life" balance.
