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<blockquote data-quote="trinityroyal" data-source="post: 184140" data-attributes="member: 3907"><p>I don't know a whole lot about gardening, but here are the things I have been doing to keep my garden growing.</p><p></p><p>1) Don't over water. Water when the soil looks dried out, but not totally parched. If the leaves are starting to shrivel a bit you've gone too far</p><p></p><p>2) Put bone meal and blood meal in the soil. Stir it in gently with a little garden fork. Don't know exactly why this works, but I'm guessing all of the nutrients that are added to the soil</p><p></p><p>3) If you have any ashes from the fireplace, mix them into the soil. Again, don't know why this works, but it seems to.</p><p></p><p>4) Dead-head any flowers as soon as they start to wilt. This apparently let's the plant put its energy toward growing new bits rather than supporting bits that are going to drop off soon.</p><p></p><p>5) Prune aggressively when the fall weather arrives. Cut branches back pretty severely. (You might want to check whether this is good for hydrangeas before doing this), but I cut all of my plants back to the ground last fall and they came back ever so beautifully this year.</p><p></p><p>I don't really have a clue about gardening, but Green Thumb runs in my family (my Grannie once brought a dry stick back with her from the Caribbean, and grew a beautiful hibiscus tree from it) and I tend to have pretty good luck with plants.</p><p></p><p>Hope that you find something useful in all this, and good luck with the hydrangea. How lovely that it came back. It does sound like a sign from your dad.</p><p></p><p>Trinity</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="trinityroyal, post: 184140, member: 3907"] I don't know a whole lot about gardening, but here are the things I have been doing to keep my garden growing. 1) Don't over water. Water when the soil looks dried out, but not totally parched. If the leaves are starting to shrivel a bit you've gone too far 2) Put bone meal and blood meal in the soil. Stir it in gently with a little garden fork. Don't know exactly why this works, but I'm guessing all of the nutrients that are added to the soil 3) If you have any ashes from the fireplace, mix them into the soil. Again, don't know why this works, but it seems to. 4) Dead-head any flowers as soon as they start to wilt. This apparently let's the plant put its energy toward growing new bits rather than supporting bits that are going to drop off soon. 5) Prune aggressively when the fall weather arrives. Cut branches back pretty severely. (You might want to check whether this is good for hydrangeas before doing this), but I cut all of my plants back to the ground last fall and they came back ever so beautifully this year. I don't really have a clue about gardening, but Green Thumb runs in my family (my Grannie once brought a dry stick back with her from the Caribbean, and grew a beautiful hibiscus tree from it) and I tend to have pretty good luck with plants. Hope that you find something useful in all this, and good luck with the hydrangea. How lovely that it came back. It does sound like a sign from your dad. Trinity [/QUOTE]
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