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We Dig Plants Introduction: Poinsettias, Christmas Cactus & Cyclamen (22:33)
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We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Krieg, Carmen DeVito, Groundworks Inc, Heritage Radio Network, Roberta's, Hearst Ranch, holiday gifts, what happens to them mid-January, poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, Joel Roberts Poinsett, leaves masquerading as pedals, top 5 house plant in the market, you know its fresher if the yellow flowers are tight, native of Mexico, keep the soil lightly moist but not soggy, no rapid changes of temperature, don't fertilize it while its flowering, some people never through them out, repotting, from late September through November you have to make sure it gets no light during the night, 12 hour darkness rule, Christmas Cactus, flowers sort of resemble ornaments, epiphyte, lives onto another organism and gets nutrients from the air, stop fertilizing between waterings, tricking plants into different seasons, Cyclamen,Amaryllis & Paper White Narcissus (16:26)
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amaryllis, very gaudy and easy to grow, choose large solid bulbs, make sure there are no signs of mold on the bulbs, flowering will be compromised, size matters, the bigger the bulb the bigger the flowers, they like soil that holds a lot of moisture, peat moss or a similar mix, don't over water!, increase watering as the leaf emerges, turn the pot and encourage symmetrical growth, thick tubular flower stem, Paper White Narcissis, forcing bulbs, growing them in water breaks their drought dormancy, put them in a glass bowl with gravel, you can see the white spidery roots coming out within a few days after potting, easy and satisfying!,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/30/2010 03:30PM
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This week on We Dig Plants Alice and Carmen speak to Donna Dorian about Russel Wright's incredible Manitoga estate and garden, the designer's only non-industrial project and a masterpiece of mid-century modernism.
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We Dig Plants Introduction: Russel Wright, Manitoga & Industrial Design (20:37)
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We Dig Plants, Alice Marcus Kreig, Carmen DeVito, Groundworks Inc, Heritage Radio Network, Roberta's, Town & Country, House Beautiful, Southern Accents, At Home in Tennessee, Donna Dorian, Russel Wright, Manitoga, industrial design in America, most widely sold dining ware in American history, the pieces were designed with biomorphic organic shapes, collectors pay a high price for rare pieces, devoted to simplicity, textiles with a mass production mentality, Manitoga means place of the great spirit, he thought about how food relate to the plate, form follows function, he used the natural resources, cleared trees and used existing stones, The Martha Grand Girls, collection of 6-10 white birch trees, planted so they look like they are dancing, endangered landscapes, hemlocks,Donna Dorian Talks About Manitoga & Russel Wright's Respect for Landscape (23:18)
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hemlock in regard to the landscape, industrialization, Russel Wright was very forward thinking, creating an ecological garden in the 1950's, respecting the landscape, picturesque, Levitown, Wright worked the opposite way of Levitown, Save America Grant, Manitoga, The Secret Room, Dragon Head, Annie Wright, built on a ledge that overlooks the quarry, outdoor rooms, there are numerous rooms throughout the property, Frank Llyod Wright, Imperial Hotel, Japanese design influence, Tokyo, green roof, cup garden, China, porcelain, mass production,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 05/16/2010 03:30PM
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The subject of this week's show is the business of local horticulture. Greg Keil talks about his wholesale flower business--a family-owned business growing plants and selling them less than 50 miles from Manhattan.
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We Dig Plants Introductoin: Greg Keil (16:14)
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Alice Marcus Kreig, Carmen DeVito, We Dig Plants, Heritage Radio Network, Roberta's, Groundworks Inc, bringing the culture to horticulture, gardening, local horticulture, growing plants on a large scale, Greg Keil, Otto Keil Nursery, Long Island, the nursery business is still very local, Huntington, Hick's Nursery, how did the Keil family start?, the family left Germany in the 1930's, Ernie Schneider, cut flowers, Flower Confidential, Otto Keil, land in Long Island was so valuable it was all sold for housing, everyone has a carbon footprint, highlights and floral events, they supply the flowers to the Macy's Flower Show, Otto Hermann Kahn, majority of the Keil plant materials are grown in the North Fork, gardening is an entry level job for immigrants, low cost labor, immigrant bashing, it's the same story of European immigrants,The Nursery Business & Economic Dilemmas (18:31)
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how many plants does he grow in a year?, 1.5 million annuals 60,000 hanging baskets 40,000 poinsettias 20,000 lilies, who buys these?, garden centers, 60% of stock, holiday plants, landscapers, florists, cemeteries, funeral homes, weddings, roses at Costco, suburbanization, the rain last June was terrible, some customers haven't recovered from it, the weather can be a challenge, what are some other challenges, unionization of farm labor, farming profit margins are very low, poinsettias have been commoditzed, they are now disposable, Christmas generations,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
