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GardenForum Horticulture: Question Time: Blind Daffodils
... foliage dies down. And plant a few bulbs every year so they don't all reach the same stage in this lifecycle at the same time. Removing foliage The foliage wasn't allowed to die down naturally. Because daffodil foliage - as it ages - looks ... watering it onto the foliage and the soil and wait until the foliage dies down. Always allow the foliage to die ...
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Daffodils - GardenLady.com
... Most gardeners can regard deadheading as optional. After the flowers finish blooming, the stem and foliage continue to feed the bulbs underneath. These bulbs grow and multiply, and store the ... is like removing foliage that could be feeding the bulbs for the coming year. In the effort to keep Narcissus foliage neat, gardeners try all types of humorous, but perhaps misguided, foliage treatments. I ...
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Gardening with Perennials - Fall & Winter Care
... some marginally hardy perennials, leaving the stems up for the winter aids in overwintering. The foliage helps to insulate the crowns. Mums seem to benefit a great deal from this practice ... were bothered by foliage diseases. Removing the old foliage would be a positive in this case as it helps to reduce the amount of innoculum present to reinfest next year’s foliage. Removing foliage can also ...
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Plant Pathology: Disease Management: Cultural Management Practices
... their life cycle in the absence of an alternate host, where they undergo sexual recombination. Removing alternate hosts can delay an outbreak, but often inoculum finds its way to crop plants ... change the micro-environment in the crop due to increased canopy cover and crowding of foliage. The addition of phosphorous fertilisers affects different crops and diseases in different ways, sometimes ...
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June 2003 Newsletter
... foliage.  The old foliage on our roses will turn yellow and fall off sometimes due to excess spray build up when rain does not cleanse the foliage. We can help by washing the foliage ... and will flower well, year after year, by only removing the dead wood. A few Alba roses include: ‘Great ... on wire rack to cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan.  Cool thoroughly before cutting.  Can be frozen. ...
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July 2003 Newsletter
... no pruning and will flower well, year after year, by only removing the dead wood. A few Damask roses include: ‘Celsiana’ 1732.  ... of the rose ­ a rose intermediate in bloom size and foliage, falling between Miniatures and Floribundas. Shrub Roses (S)  This is ... clusters of 5 to 7 usually white flowers and dense, bluegreen foliage that's disease resistant. Bourbon  Vigorous open, repeat-flowering shrubs ...
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August - September 2003 Newsletter
... color in the bloom and a loss of flexibility in the foliage during very extended storage. Theoretically, the optimum process would be ... size of the remaining foliage, the ending leaflets on the leafsets may also be removed to insure that the foliage is not crowded ... fairly large, begin acclimating the plant to lower humidity by gradually removing the bottle top for longer periods each day. Start with ...
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Horticultural Excellence
... holding the bloom up proudly- a stem that says, "Look at Me!" Foliage to compliment the stem, dark green in color, thick and rich in substance (you don't often hear substance of foliage, but when you see one, you will know it) The individual ... four things involved in grooming. 1. Cleaning the specimen-stem and foliage. 2. Removing blemished petals or leaves. 3. Trimming of damaged petals. 4 ...
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A Watchful Eye Can Make a Winner
... : It interferes with the development of straight stems and untwisted foliage on strong stems that make potential candidates for the show ... achieved by inspecting the buds for the pearly white eggs and removing them. They seem easiest to spot in the early evening ... basal is crowded by crossing thin stems, other stems, and foliage. Remove anything that will interfere with the proper development of ...
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Bacterial Leaf Diseases of Foliage Plants
... S.L. Gould Copyright © 2006 Regents of the University of Minnesota. All rights reserved. Many foliage plants are susceptible to bacterial diseases, especially during gloomy winter months. Common symptoms include leaf ... third of the plant is involved, prune infected leaves over a period of time, since removing too many leaves at one time will put the plant under further stress. Disinfect scissors ...
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