APRIL FOOL!!!!!! Must be David Boucher Hawaii On Apr 1, 2013, at 3:21 AM, "Leo A. Martin" <leo@possi.org> wrote: > Hello All, > > I bought one of the above a few years ago. I must have received one of the self-fertile > clones; the thing blooms and sets seed several times yearly. It also offsets the way > Hippeastrum striatum does. I have it planted on a bark raft in my carport. > > My problem is that the pods usually open while I'm at work, and the seed blows away. > They sprout on just about every surface, completely covering the big saguaro in my front > yard to the point I'm worried it won't have enough photosynthetic tissue exposed. Lately > they are growing on the electric cables, the way I have seen ball moss grow in southern > Texas or even here in Arizona (Tillandsia recurvata, not a bulb, sorry for the off-topic > mention but it helps you visualize what I'm talking about.) > > Anyway, my local utility Salt River Project http://www.srp.net/ has left a door hanger at > my house telling me their cables are at risk of breaking due to the weight of the > epiphytes on them, and directing me to remove them or they will take legal action. There > are too many to remove by hand, so I have tried Round-Up, but it seems not to be too > effective. Can anybody suggest a better herbicide? Plus, I don't want to spray Round-Up > on my big saguaro. > > Thanks, > > Leo Martin > Phoenix Arizona USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/