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Posted by sunflower_ia z5 IA (dguiter@hotmail.com) on Wed, Jul 14, 04 at 22:20
| I have impatients in different gardens throughout my yard. Most of them are doing great. I have a huge impatient garden under two trees and it usually does good. This year all of it is doing great except for one little section. It seems like the plants just sit there and haven't grown much. I have even planted a few more in this little area to make it look fuller and they too are just sitting there. The rest of this area is lush and growing beautiful. We've had enough rain so far so I haven't had to water yet. Any ideas? |
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RE: impatients
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| Maybe if you gave them a shot or two of Miracle Grow? Or put down some Osmocote? Try it, it might help. :) Diann
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RE: impatients
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| There are several possibilities, one is that there is a large tree root by the surface there and it has sucked up all the nutrients in that section as well as the available water-or a dead root that is soaking up nitrogen. Another possibility is that there is an imbalance or chemical spill, like gasoline or oil(if someone parked a leaky car on the grass) or some salt from winter or other spill in the soil and it is causing the plants to not thrive. I noticed an area in our lawn where the grass always got browner in the heat and later realized that there was an old walkway underneath that the lawn had grown over many years ago. Go figure! It's something, eventually you'll probably find out..if so, let us know what it is~ |
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