On Jan 2, 2008 11:02 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: "David J Brooks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: 2008/01/02 Wed PM 01:37:54 GMT > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: Peso A special Peso to all of PDML at this time of year > > > > On Jan 2, 2008 4:54 AM, mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > From: ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: 2008/01/02 Wed AM 01:33:45 GMT > > > > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > > > > Subject: Re: Peso A special Peso to all of PDML at this time of year > > > > > > > > Dave - lovely photo and a great event -- I've never known a jade plant > > > > to flower um "in captivity" as it were > > > > even the ones owned by my friend who was a master gardener. Kudos! > > > > > > Many plants respond to stress or its relief by flowering. Mine flowers > > > every year, after it goes unwatered for a fortnight (or so....) whilst we > > > are away on holiday. Same is true for Christmas cacti. > > > > Interesting, thanks Mike. > > > > We have a large Christmas Cactus, that we put out side in mid June, > > under one of our large maple trees. Its his/hers summer vacation.:-) > > In early September we bring it back in, and it flowers about two weeks > > later. It flowers off an on all winter. Before we did this, started > > about 6 years ago, it barely flowered at all. AAMOF, its in bloom > > now., > > That's useful to know. I repotted mine about six years ago and, although it > has grown like the clappers, it has not bloomed since. No matter how much I > abuse it. It gets a holiday this year......
We have mentioned this to several others, and they have had success with it. Nothing to loose. The maple tree is quite big, maybe 80' tall and wide. We just position it, so its mostly shaded, but get some diffused light. Dave > > > ----------------------------------------- > Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email > Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
