Re: [gardeners] Dark confession...
George Shirley (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Sun, 10 May 1998 07:46:22
At 09:53 PM 5/9/98 +0000, you wrote:
>As 50 approaches, I decided that it was time to buy my first scented
>geranium.
>
>They are, to me, the essential old lady plant.
>
>Now, I have this thing. It is called 'nutmeg'. It has a pretty little pale
>flower and tidy leaves. I don't hate it too much.
>
>Now, what the tweet do I do with it? It's in a 4-inch pot and while it's
>not root bound, it would like to move up into Big Plant Pot, methinks.
>
>I am 100% ignorant about pelargoniums. I know they aren't in love with
>Atlanta's humidity. I know the soil mix should be light and very fast
>draining. What else?
>
>Catharine, who is both aged and ignorant.
>
Miz Anne, who is a few birthdays past the half-century mark, has several of
the pelargoniums. They seem to do well in our high humidity (90% plus) area
if they are in shade or semi-shade for half the day. We keep them on a west
facing wall that has morning shade and afternoon sun. She pots them in
10-inch pots in Sam's Magic Earth, a potting soil from Walmart, made from
composted Georgia pine bark, a light bentonite clay, and perlite. It drains
fast but holds moisture for at least a day. A little fish emulsion, or even
that blue stuff, and they grow well for her.
George, who has never thought of the love of his life as old.