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Personally, I am not using all of the sensors in the pictures. I mainly use the Walz to measure photosynthesis and work with some of the data from the sensors, especially sap flow.

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Mike Hill said:
Ahhh, I'm jealous. I'm gradually acquiring my herd of hummers. There is a bird shop about 3 blocks away that has a number of feeders in their back yard and they have 100's of hummers. I guess I get their sloppy seconds overflow! It takes awhile for them to find Lil Mikey's offerings! They usually discover the bee balm first, then the zinnias, buddleia, salvias, catmint and Cardinal Flower next then - the feeder. They have within the last two weeks discovered the feeder - but only one or two yet. They never visit, or at least I have never seen them on my cleome, pentas, daylilies, lilies. The anise is sorta hidden - so they have to be moved. Occassionally they visit a hosta (I have 100's), the phlox has not bloomed this year (got out late), and I have limited amount of salvia this year- I pulled up all the Blue and Black as it was getting invasive. And the white sage, crocomosia and pineapple sage hasn't bloomed much yet. -
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We have lots of hummers. No feeders. Kathies flowers. Try cat mint. They will fight over it.
 
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Mike1950 said:
We have lots of hummers. No feeders. Kathies flowers. Try cat mint. They will fight over it.
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Got catnip/catmint but they don't seem to utilize it. It is right next to some zinnias, lavender, buddleia, coneflowers, sage, comfrey and tansy - and they seem to prefer the zinnias. Go figure!
 
Mike Hill said:
Got catnip/catmint but they don't seem to utilize it. It is right next to some zinnias, lavender, buddleia, coneflowers, sage, comfrey and tansy - and they seem to prefer the zinnias. Go figure!
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Cat mint is not catnip. Sorta looks like scraggly lavender but smells like oil.
 
Mike1950 said:
Cat mint is not catnip. Sorta looks like scraggly lavender but smells like oil.
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Have both, but my catmint is the white variety and grows in more shade than it likes so might not be as desirable. The catnip,our cat sometimes sleeps underneath but doesn't stop the bees, bumblebees and small butterflies. The cat doesn't mind - she knows that we'll cut it down, dry it, and grind it up for her fun later.
 
Mike Hill said:
Have both, but my catmint is the white variety and grows in more shade than it likes so might not be as desirable. The catnip,our cat sometimes sleeps underneath but doesn't stop the bees, bumblebees and small butterflies. The cat doesn't mind - she knows that we'll cut it down, dry it, and grind it up for her fun later.
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ours was light lavender
 
trc65 said:
Wonderful collection of begonias! The rest are great too, but begonias are some of my favorite.
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The begonias of my childhood were boring. Now they are amazing. so far this summer has been brutal but the begonias are doing great.
 
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Mike1950 said:
The begonias of my childhood were boring. Now they are amazing. so far this summer has been brutal but the begonias are doing great.
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One can have all the wax begonias they want - give Lil Mikey the tuberous and the rex's. Unfortunately I have to pour the water to them this time of the year.
 
Mike Hill said:
One can have all the wax begonias they want - give Lil Mikey the tuberous and the rex's. Unfortunately I have to pour the water to them this time of the year.
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We have been in 90s-108 for almost 2 months. Kathie has pots hooked to sprinkler system with mini sprinklers in each pot. They get plenty of water.
 
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