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Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Bamboo Chik — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:21:58 GMT

Why the heck is my post so screwed up? I know I didn't double up on words as I always re-check my typing for any errors. Is this the fault of Yahoo? Weird!

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Bamboo Chik — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:17:55 GMT

I'm not a boo shoot fan. I just grow it for it's beauty and usefulness here on our homestead. This spring they did the cutting thing and chopped the tops off

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

JHawkins@... — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:27:23 GMT

Yeah. You have to put up clearly visible signs that say either "No Spraying" or "No Spraying or Cutting" depending on your preference. But the trouble is, that

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Bamboo Chik — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:36:52 GMT

Then the bamboo leaves that fall would do the same thing. Mulch breaks down to "soil" anyway. It should only be a good thing. By the way...do I have a big

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Bamboo Chik — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:28:44 GMT

As long as the grass is not loaded with chemicals. bfn...deb/AL ... From: Txbooguru@... To:

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Michael Vanecek — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:21:03 GMT

There is more to decomposition than that. There is the decomposition that produces leaf mold that is a rich black compost. There is decomposition helped by

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Michael Vanecek — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 04:11:47 GMT

Oh - and clippings is very very rich in nitrogen - so much so that it's good to balance it with brown leaves to even things out. Be well, Mike -- Zone 8, Texas

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Jeffrey Hawkins — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 03:51:49 GMT

It is my understanding that decomposition actually requires (uses) nitrogen. Mulch is great due to helping to regulate and increase temperature, and to help in

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Michael Vanecek — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:20:57 GMT

Nature doesn't compost "clippings" before spreading them out, but produces compost FROM the clippings. The bottom layer of the clippings will decompose into

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Aslandra — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:50:02 GMT

I always get mold when putting fresh grass clipping around the plants. I thought that degradation requires energy for the microbes, which translates into

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Txbooguru@... — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:46:42 GMT

In a message dated 6/17/2009 7:33:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, JROGERS3@... writes: Not that I know anything about this, but doesn’t the

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Roy Rogers — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:32:07 GMT

Kinder, Not that I know anything about this, but doesn¹t the mulching cause the new rhizomes to grow up into the mulch and somewhat leave the soil? ... Roy

Re: Helping you grow out "Boobaby"..

Txbooguru@... — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:26:54 GMT

In a message dated 6/17/2009 5:06:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, boing@... writes: I normally pile grass clippings around my trees and other

Re: Please help identify my Boobaby...

hassi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 22:05:37 GMT

... Jeffrey, Many thanks for your reply...It stopped sending up shoots a few weeks ago but should another rear its cute little head rest assured I'll send

Re: Please help identify my Boobaby...

Jeffrey Hawkins — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:26:38 GMT

Are you saying that all of that growth is from this year? It all looks fresh, but that's a heck of a lot of growth from a one-year plant that looked like it