tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172950672568235224.post919251699359937937..comments2023-10-31T08:46:01.629-06:00Comments on A Life of Whimsey: Big Dreams . . . Small SpaceRosahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08398715219729884144noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172950672568235224.post-73099155900936431382013-03-08T18:56:29.158-07:002013-03-08T18:56:29.158-07:00No need for head hanging... they grow a little dif...No need for head hanging... they grow a little differently in greenhouses as large as theirs. There would not be enough manpower to remove all the flowers just for starters!<br /><br />And yes that is the same Done rite floors!Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398715219729884144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172950672568235224.post-22277993378879463262013-03-07T09:11:59.542-07:002013-03-07T09:11:59.542-07:00After leaving this comment, I explored further and...After leaving this comment, I explored further and discovered that your sister has acres and acres of greenhouses--actually had visited her blog before through another blog link--so I hang my head with embarrassment for giving you advice. We have about 6000 sq. ft.<br /><br />The hardest thing I tell my customers to do is to cut off that first flower stalk on snapdragons. I have to leave them on in the greenhouse, but when I plant them in the garden I take them off, and the subsequent flowering--#of flowering stalks--is so superior.<br /><br />Is Done Rite the company I see when I ride the LRT to Belvedere, right beside where a feed elevator used to be?Sigrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946917976357336794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172950672568235224.post-55710963605569741932013-03-06T09:11:51.602-07:002013-03-06T09:11:51.602-07:00Hi Sigrun,
No renovating thankfully, that's m...Hi Sigrun,<br /><br />No renovating thankfully, that's my husband's work truck. Done RiteFloors is a great company though. Of course I am biased as his dad started it many years ago. Family companies are awesome!<br /><br />I hang my head in master gardener shame. I know very well I need to take the flowers off. They just looked so pretty I couldn't bring myself to do it ;) <br /><br />I hadn't realized you would pinch the leaves back further though.<br /><br />Thanks for the tip!Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398715219729884144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172950672568235224.post-34058641892406563732013-03-06T08:59:22.356-07:002013-03-06T08:59:22.356-07:00I meant to say "don't break off at the pl...I meant to say "don't break off at the plant's stem" I can't imagine breaking off the stems, but that's what I implied might happen.Sigrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946917976357336794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172950672568235224.post-72241089061857187722013-03-06T08:57:48.911-07:002013-03-06T08:57:48.911-07:00Before greenhouse, I had a table downstairs with 2...Before greenhouse, I had a table downstairs with 2 sheets of plywood and 4-light fluorescents on chains so they could be raised and lowered. Those were the days. Now DH is asking if it's time to fire up the second greenhouse as he thinks we're getting crowded in the first one (not till next week when the 500 strawberry plants come).<br />I see a flooring truck outside your window--renovating amid flowers? The reason I ask is we're thinking of some new flooring.<br />BTW when transplanting my geranium plugs, I break off the flower stalks and all but 2 good leaves (don't break off the stem, but on the flower/leaf stalk--this helps them get really bushy.Sigrunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06946917976357336794noreply@blogger.com