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Gardening

Baltimike

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3. YESS!!! My great grandmother used to say that they are "HUNGRIES" all the time

Reply to Bernardo de La Paz (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 18, 2019, 09:25 AM

Apr 2019

She said that if you think about it....it's time to feed them.

I feed mine a light sprinkle of rose food weekly and a light dressing of compost every other week

And banana peels now.

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So I added some banana peel to my clematis growing up the mailbox [View all] Baltimike Apr 2019 OP

Wow. Ohiogal Apr 2019 #1

Yep...I absolutely planted them in the ground with compost Baltimike Jun 2019 #6

Interesting. Made me look it up and I never knew Clematis was so hungry! . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2019 #2

YESS!!! My great grandmother used to say that they are "HUNGRIES" all the time Baltimike Apr 2019 #3

Maybe I've had such bad luck with clematis because I didn't give them banana peels to eat. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2019 #4

Gardenias come to my garden to die...but hydrangeas, peonies Baltimike Apr 2019 #5