----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Sue Ittner" <msittner@mcn.org> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:57 PM Subject: [pbs] Tipsy bulbs > Hi, > > I've received this link from a couple of people about feeding plants > whisky, in this case Narcissus, to keep them dwarf or prevent them from > getting too tall and floppy. It reminded me of some of our mealy bug > discussions. Anyone tried this? > <http://cnn.com/2006/TECH/…>http://cnn.com/2006/TECH/… > > This experiment was on potted plants and it doesn't really say whether the > plants had more than one drink. Do you suppose a shot of whisky would help > them hold their heads up in the rain? > > Mary Sue > Where we may go two whole days without rain so that I got to see a few > Sparaxis and Moraea villosa in bloom after all and a few Tulipa > batalinii. Rain is forecast for sometime Friday. > > > Mary Sue Ittner > California's North Coast > Wet mild winters with occasional frost > Dry mild summers > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > >Interesting, but generally this is used for cut flowers to revive them when >they get a bit droopy. Works wonders, but I'd hate to drop it on a pet >rooted Camellia seedling in a pot or in the ground. Shirley Meneice -- ---------------------------------------- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 334 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try http://www.spamfighter.com/ for free now!