Thank you and I am back
By sofs
@sofssu (23660)
October 20, 2015 8:11am CST
I have been away for a few days and I was worried about my plants ( a little more than hundred ) about twenty five huge plants were on my terrace.
I am happy to report that with your help ( tips and tricks) they are doing fine.. at least most of them..
Some sunflowers and a gourd will have to struggle a bit but I guess except for two the others will be fine.
Thanks every one for chipping in when my supposed man Friday deserted me. 
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
20 Oct 15
I had forgotten you had a trip and wondered where you'd gone too, glad to see you back sade and sound. I bet the sunflower will power through, those are hardy. I need to grow some next year, pretty and i love eating the seeds
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@sofssu (23660)
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21 Oct 15
@jessicalynnt Thank you.. well yes the sunflowers are hardy but on the terrace they are hit directly by the scorching sun.. Yeah they are pretty and my bird eats the seeds.. this is the smaller Japanese variety.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
21 Oct 15
@sofssu don't take much work? Granted I'd be growing the monster ones. I dont remember them being work growing up
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
22 Oct 15
@sofssu Can you do something to shield it from the sun for part of the day? Course you wouldn't want the wind to blow over your shield/umbrella or whatever it might be either as that wouldn't be good at all.
@sofssu (23660)
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21 Oct 15
@SIMPLYD I did mention in my last post that I would be away.. I am sorry about that.. I will have to extend my holiday for another two days..something urgent has come up and I need to attend to it now. Take care I'll be back to read and respond to all your posts.
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
21 Oct 15
Hello and welcome back. 100 plants? Wow. Well, it seems like for the most part things did good. You will just have to baby the ones that didn't do so good, and hope for the best.
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@TexanTornado (5573)
• United States
21 Oct 15
@sofssu Yes, I'm sure they respond well to a little TLC. Well, hopefully they can survive until you get back.
@sofssu (23660)
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21 Oct 15
@TexanTornado Thank you. They seem to be happy after all the TLC I gave them.. But their test might come a wee b it sooner than I thought.. I may have to leave them again.. but of course they get special treatment .. this time around.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
20 Oct 15
glad they made it through fer the most part. i'd not fret the sunflower nor the gourd 's they should recover quite quickly with a lil tlc.
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@sofssu (23660)
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21 Oct 15
@crazyhorseladycx The wick worked quite well with some plants. The gourd seems to be recovering, its the sunflower.. but I guess some TLC will see it through.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
21 Oct 15
@sofssu got'cha some compost tea? 'r epsom salts? ya might wanna give the sunflower a dose 'f either - not both. either spray a weakened solution o'er the foliage 'r add it to its water.
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
20 Oct 15
i like reading the natural tips here too
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@sofssu (23660)
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21 Oct 15
@hereandthere They always come in handy those tips.. I was able to remember so many things I do.. when our friends here wrote them for me.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
20 Oct 15
Glad you are back and that your plants survived.
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@else34 (13515)
• New Delhi, India
21 Oct 15
@sofssu,I too was away for a day.Internet supply was disrupted and I had no alternative other than remaining away from all my online activities.Glad to know you love plants.Me too,though it will take me a few months to have a small piece of land for a small garden of my own.
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@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
20 Oct 15
I was wondering why I haven't seen you around for a while. Glad the plants are doing well. Hope the sunflowers and gourd will be okay too!
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@sofssu (23660)
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21 Oct 15
@cahaya1983 Yeah I had been away .. and may have to go away for another two days.. will be back to read and respond to your posts. I may have to subject my plants to some further tests. 
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@NeldaHoxie (1381)
• United States
22 Oct 15
Glad that the plants made it. Twenty plants are a large investment. It's good that they survived.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
22 Oct 15
Glad your plants survived. I did not read any post of yours about leaving your plants alone. Anyway all's well that ends well atleast in this case (lol)
