http://www.commonweeder.com/2010/05/08/wisteria-tale/ Welcome to my country garden Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://www.commonweeder.com/2010/05/08/wisteria-tale/#comment-7420 Pat Sun, 09 May 2010 23:27:04 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=3690#comment-7420 Tinky - It is going to put on quite a show! Kylee - It is interesting that you mention the efficacy of threat. I have heard that you can beat a non-bearing apple tree with chains, to beat it into submission and fruitfullness. One skeptical theory is that the beating knocks all the bad bugs out of the bark. Tinky – It is going to put on quite a show!
Kylee – It is interesting that you mention the efficacy of threat. I have heard that you can beat a non-bearing apple tree with chains, to beat it into submission and fruitfullness. One skeptical theory is that the beating knocks all the bad bugs out of the bark.

]]> http://www.commonweeder.com/2010/05/08/wisteria-tale/#comment-7417 Kylee from Our Little Acre Sun, 09 May 2010 00:31:52 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=3690#comment-7417 Actually, there is some truth to that 'threatening' thing. The owner of a local garden center told me several years ago that stress actually DOES spur a wisteria to bloom. She said you can gouge the roots and it will many times cause it to bloom if it hasn't before. Actually, there is some truth to that ‘threatening’ thing. The owner of a local garden center told me several years ago that stress actually DOES spur a wisteria to bloom. She said you can gouge the roots and it will many times cause it to bloom if it hasn’t before.

]]> http://www.commonweeder.com/2010/05/08/wisteria-tale/#comment-7416 Tinky Sat, 08 May 2010 15:41:47 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=3690#comment-7416 Looking at your wisteria (which SHOULD be too delicate for the area and would be at anyone else's house) always makes me happy. I'm glad it's still trying....... Looking at your wisteria (which SHOULD be too delicate for the area and would be at anyone else’s house) always makes me happy. I’m glad it’s still trying…….

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