Olafhenny
10-06-2014, 08:59 PM
I am writing up the following in great detail, hoping that it contains sliver of information,
which some might not have thought of; after all, see my sig. :)
The night to the day before yesterday the temperature sank to 3^C (36^F) and a few
days earlier even to 2^C (35^F), While that is still quite alright for my basjoos, which I
usully pack up for the winter only after most of the leaves have frozen off, it was time to
prepare the ornata for the winter in out living room.
The first order of business is to get it out of its summer pot. For that it helps a lot, that I
had used a conical pot without any inside rim. Nevertheless, this is still usually quite a
chore. So I set the spray nozzle of the garden hose on ’jet’ and stuck it in turn into each
of the three drain holes and gave them a 5 to 10 seconds blast.
I rolled the thusly treated pot a couple of times from side to side and before I could
gather my wits enough to take a picture of the procedure, the ornata slipped right out of
the pot.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15276949599" title="DSC05261 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2948/15276949599_b47ae4c51f_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05261"></a>
You can see the empty summer pot on the right and the black winter pot to the left
in this picture, awaiting to be filled. (Click on the thumb print to ’get the picture’)
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15277220820" title="DSC05263 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15277220820_c76fd78ffc_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05263"></a>
But before that can happen I had to get rid of that spent soil between the roots. I
used for that again the trusty ‘jet-setting’ of my garden hose. Oh my gosh, look
at all the dirt on my nice grass!
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15277325540" title="DSC05264 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2948/15277325540_ffffe12c68_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05264"></a>
Another thing was also important, to place a sheet of landscaping cloth on the
bottom of the pot. It lets the water through, but keeps all the dirt in. For outdoor
potting I use fly screen
Then I had to fill my patented three buckets of screened compost to one of sphagnum
peat moss potting soil into the pot and between the roots, I did that in several stages,
using plenty water washing it in.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15277268299" title="DSC05265 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15277268299_30d94b23a8_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05265"></a>
I had to use a hand truck to haul it down 5 steps to the lower part of our yard, where I let
it settle overnight before bringing it to its final destination for the winter.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15461042111" title="DSC05267 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2947/15461042111_1550d0bd69_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05267"></a>
Here she is, newly established in her winter quarters. Ain’t she a beauty?
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15461272711" title="DSC05269 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15461272711_c6a2a70c69_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05269"></a>
If anybody can still remember my photo of last winter, with the deer greedily viewing
the predecessor of this one (the mama meanwhile has bloomed and fruited and was
cut off), this is a deer eye view of the new edition. :)
Note: I have some time ago met my limit of space allotment for pictures here in
'bananas' and Flickr keeps on changing the method of transferring photos, every time
I open the thing up. What they have come up now is IMOEO a genuine pain, where
the sun does not shine
which some might not have thought of; after all, see my sig. :)
The night to the day before yesterday the temperature sank to 3^C (36^F) and a few
days earlier even to 2^C (35^F), While that is still quite alright for my basjoos, which I
usully pack up for the winter only after most of the leaves have frozen off, it was time to
prepare the ornata for the winter in out living room.
The first order of business is to get it out of its summer pot. For that it helps a lot, that I
had used a conical pot without any inside rim. Nevertheless, this is still usually quite a
chore. So I set the spray nozzle of the garden hose on ’jet’ and stuck it in turn into each
of the three drain holes and gave them a 5 to 10 seconds blast.
I rolled the thusly treated pot a couple of times from side to side and before I could
gather my wits enough to take a picture of the procedure, the ornata slipped right out of
the pot.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15276949599" title="DSC05261 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2948/15276949599_b47ae4c51f_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05261"></a>
You can see the empty summer pot on the right and the black winter pot to the left
in this picture, awaiting to be filled. (Click on the thumb print to ’get the picture’)
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15277220820" title="DSC05263 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15277220820_c76fd78ffc_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05263"></a>
But before that can happen I had to get rid of that spent soil between the roots. I
used for that again the trusty ‘jet-setting’ of my garden hose. Oh my gosh, look
at all the dirt on my nice grass!
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15277325540" title="DSC05264 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2948/15277325540_ffffe12c68_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05264"></a>
Another thing was also important, to place a sheet of landscaping cloth on the
bottom of the pot. It lets the water through, but keeps all the dirt in. For outdoor
potting I use fly screen
Then I had to fill my patented three buckets of screened compost to one of sphagnum
peat moss potting soil into the pot and between the roots, I did that in several stages,
using plenty water washing it in.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15277268299" title="DSC05265 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3931/15277268299_30d94b23a8_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05265"></a>
I had to use a hand truck to haul it down 5 steps to the lower part of our yard, where I let
it settle overnight before bringing it to its final destination for the winter.
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15461042111" title="DSC05267 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2947/15461042111_1550d0bd69_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05267"></a>
Here she is, newly established in her winter quarters. Ain’t she a beauty?
<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/lungwitz/15461272711" title="DSC05269 by Golestan2, on Flickr"><img src="https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2946/15461272711_c6a2a70c69_s.jpg" width="75" height="75" alt="DSC05269"></a>
If anybody can still remember my photo of last winter, with the deer greedily viewing
the predecessor of this one (the mama meanwhile has bloomed and fruited and was
cut off), this is a deer eye view of the new edition. :)
Note: I have some time ago met my limit of space allotment for pictures here in
'bananas' and Flickr keeps on changing the method of transferring photos, every time
I open the thing up. What they have come up now is IMOEO a genuine pain, where
the sun does not shine