HELLO
3 more days til spring, just hope the weather agrees!
Sorry about your computer, they can be a pain! LOL
Dorothy

Sorry to hear about the computer troubles. My laptop died yesterday. I've had to use my personal laptop for a lot of work related stuff, so I'm making them buy me a new one. hehehe

Great to see you again!

Ryan

Hi Edna!
So nice to see you posting again!
Im sorry to hear about the computer problems, that can give
a person serious withdrawl!
Yes, Spring is almost here! YAY!!!!

Karen

Hi Edna! I bet its getting close to the time where you can put your brugs outside? I have about two more months here but I know it has to be getting close for those f you in the warmer zones.
Shawn

Ha, ha, Shawn, I'm living dangerously, my brugs have been outside for two weeks. We have flirted with frost a coupla times but have made it thru okey, so far!! We are not wishing for a blackberry winter!

Edna, good to see you back. Those brug seeds are sprouting nicely, good germination. Hope we get some good seedlings!

Hi Edna!

Sure hoping you like your new puter..Glad to see you posting too :) Barb

WB !! Glad you got back online. I had my puter crash last year and it turned out that the MB was fried so I had to end up getting a new one because it was practically cheaper than replacing the Motherboard and doing upgrades on the old one etc. It sucked for awhile but I am used to Vista now.
The first thing I did when I got a new puter was put in spybot lol.

EDNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA come here I got a hug for you (((HUG)))

So glad you are back. I hate computer problems grrrrrrrrrr

Shawn and Brenda my brugs have been outside for a while too. There is a LOT of work waiting and the weather is so warm lol, that I only work in shaded areas now ha ha ha With suntan lotion.

But it feels GOOOOOOOOOOOOD. Hope EVERYONE will feel that Good soon!!

Lucy

Oh Shawn...how big are your brug seedlings now?

Hey Edna. Got a question for you. I had sort of a horrible few days and the first few was cold and rainy so I left the greenhouse closed up and the heat on. John checked on them Sunday and said they didn't need to be watered. Monday I had to open the shop while John was out of town and forgot to open the doors and windows in the greenhouse and it got hot and sunny that day. When I got home half my brugs look mushy from the top down and half just have crispy leaves. Some don't look bothered at all. What do you think ruined them? Humid and wet to hot and dry in one day? I hope they recover. It was some of my better ones I was trying to get a head start on in the greenhouse. I think I'll take them outside this weekend. We found out we put the roof panels on upside down to the UV stuff is in the inside not the outside. I hope its not acting like a giant magnifying glass. I'll have to flip the whole roof over, lol. Good to see you.

hey Edna!!!! You have been missed!!! You mean Pedro couldn't fix the computer???

I too decided to tempt the fates and pulled my plants out of the garage. Only to the driveway, just in case!!!

Mary

Kristy sorry that you are having bad learning experiences with the GH. Hopefully they will recover and I am sure that you are not making that mistake again.

But you are not alone. I am still learning on how to start out the brugs after winter storage. What is good or bad for them. Well finally took out the NO root cuttings yesterday :-( All hope that they have life in them, DIED.

Lucy

Great to see you posting Edna. Hopefully your computer will hold out. Mine crashed about 1 1/2 years ago and I bought a new one. It was a pain getting used to Vista, and still not quite good at it. I got an upgrade sent to me which was part of the package when I bought this computer, but haven't installed it yet. I have to save those files I don't want to lose in upgrading Vista so haven't done that yet.

Kristy,
My best guess on the problem was the sunshine. If you didn't open it, and the sun was out, it probably got up to 120-130 degrees in there. I don't think humidity or dryness had anything to do with it. If you don't have automatic vents, you need to open it every morning unless it's freezing. Also, I can tell you that you need to buy a shade cloth. That is a must ! Around the end of March you'll need it most all the time, or everything will fry ! Hope your plants recover !!

Thanks Edna. I think they fried too. I have been good about remembering to open it but I was stressed out all weekend and leaving earlier than normal messed up my routine. I got some shade cloth and am going to staple it to the rafters on the inside this weekend and see if it helps. I don't have a way to secure it from the wind on the outside. I guess I will have to cut some of them back and see if they grow back. Might take everything out I think they would be better off outside unless it gets cold again. Seems like the greenhouse is like a giant magnifying glass now that its been in the 80's. Gonna pull them out but leave them close to it and do some work on the inside and put them back later and see if it helps.