Comments on: Save This Plant! http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/04/23/save-this-plant-042307/ Busy living the good life Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:21:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tree Planter http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/04/23/save-this-plant-042307/comment-page-1/#comment-4194 Tree Planter Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:09:43 +0000 http://www.hostmoon.net/~bumblebe/2007/04/23/save-this-plant-042307/#comment-4194 Great article... and don't forget the benefits that planting a tree will have on the environment. Each one will soak up 20kgs of CO2 every year and put enough Oxygen back in the atmosphere to support 2 people. Great article… and don’t forget the benefits that planting a tree will have on the environment. Each one will soak up 20kgs of CO2 every year and put enough Oxygen back in the atmosphere to support 2 people.

]]> By: lilcrow http://www.bumblebeeblog.com/2007/04/23/save-this-plant-042307/comment-page-1/#comment-3095 lilcrow Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:20:25 +0000 http://www.hostmoon.net/~bumblebe/2007/04/23/save-this-plant-042307/#comment-3095 pinch back the flowers as they die off and new ones will grow all summer and into the fall. keep moist but not wet. prone to root rot. do not let it get dry, as it will not tolerate drought either. do not get water on the flowers if you can help it. prone to aphids, slugs, spider mites and whitefly, so be careful. lots of light but not direct full sun heat. partial or dappled sun is best. i too found this beautiful baby quite by accident and brought it home. it's an annual so after summer, that's it, but that's okay, but i would never, ever throw away a plant just because the flowers died off. just pinch them off and more will come. it's just so pretty. pinch back the flowers as they die off and new ones will grow all summer and into the fall.

keep moist but not wet. prone to root rot. do not let it get dry, as it will not tolerate drought either.

do not get water on the flowers if you can help it.

prone to aphids, slugs, spider mites and whitefly, so be careful.

lots of light but not direct full sun heat. partial or dappled sun is best.

i too found this beautiful baby quite by accident and brought it home. it’s an annual so after summer, that’s it, but that’s okay, but i would never, ever throw away a plant just because the flowers died off. just pinch them off and more will come. it’s just so pretty.

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