kolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) (01/22/86)
catnip: I'm trying to grow a catnip plant in my office, so I can clip pieces of it for my cats. Not a hope of growing it at home or in the garden, of course. I'm keeping it moist and it gets normal office light. It's sulking a bit, occasionally bottom leaves fade away. Any one know what's wrong? Maybe it needs more light? less water? gardenias: someone said drafts were a no-no. My gardenias grow outside, in the wind and the rain, so I doubt the plants care about drafts. african violets, on windowsills in the bathroom: I've had bad luck with miniatures on window sills, they seem to be too sensitive to cold. The regular african violets do okay.
seb@mtgzz.UUCP (s.e.badian) (01/24/86)
From kolling@decwrl.DEC.COM (Karen Kolling) Wed Dec 31 19:00:00 1969 >gardenias: someone said drafts were a no-no. My gardenias grow >outside, in the wind and the rain, so I doubt the plants care >about drafts. Drafts in Palo Alto and drafts in New Jersey or New England are very different things. I lived in Palo Alto for one year and I never, ever felt a 0 degree draft blowing under the door frame there. We're talking COLD here. I would imagine drafts are only a problem where the drafts are below freezing because the temperature difference between the draft and the inside air is so great. It probably puts the plants in shock. In Palo Alto you don't have to worry about placing your plants too close to a window and waking up to find the plant dead because it froze to death when the temperature outside fell to 5 degrees. Living in the Northeast is such a chore! Sharon Badian ihnp4!mtgzz!mtgzy!seb
suze@terak.UUCP (Suzanne Barnett) (01/27/86)
> > catnip: I'm trying to grow a catnip plant in my office, so I > can clip pieces of it for my cats. Not a hope of growing it at home or > in the garden, of course. I'm keeping it moist and it gets normal office > light. It's sulking a bit, occasionally bottom leaves fade away. > Any one know what's wrong? Maybe it needs more light? less water? I believe catnip does best in poor, sandy soil. Like many herbs, it doesn't seem to like a lot of nutrients. (If I am wrong, someone please correct me.) I never did anything to mine, and it flourished, despite the cats playing and rolling in it. -- Suzanne Barnett-Scott uucp: ...{decvax,ihnp4,noao,savax,seismo}!terak!suze CalComp/Sanders Display Products Division 14151 N 76th Street, Scottsdale, AZ 85260 (602) 998-4800