"Cursed" spot in garden?

[dr-solo]

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[Persephone]

Hey, you left out my last line "Just kidding ".

Someone might think I actually MEANT the dog-shrink!

Persephone

[John Ladasky]

Hey, you were able to revive this thread! Google wouldn't let me do it, since it had been quiet for over 30 days.

I actually posted a follow-up a month ago that no one noticed:

quince was alive. It just went dormant for MONTHS, starting in the early fall. I find that behavior surprising, given my moderate climate (Central California, USDA Zone 9, Sunset Zone 16).

Following up again: now that the quince has flourished for four months, I'm seeing signs of stress again -- some leaf-burn. I can't say that I understand why! My _Sunset_Western_Garden_Book_ lists Chaenomeles japonica as a full-sun plant, with moderate to regular water needs, and I'm supplying that. If anything, the plant gets an hour or two more of shade than I would usually allot for a plant that is described as requiring full-sun conditions.

I'm hoping that this plant doesn't go dormant in September again. It's clearly alive and coping with the conditions, but if it will look bare and unattractive for over half the year, I may need to talk my wife into putting something else in that location.

OK, even though animals are officially a n> > >Keith wrote:

[snip]

Actually, we know exactly what our dog's "issue" is. She had inadequate time with her Mom as a puppy, only four weeks. Apparently, Mom teaches her pups their toileting habits, and she wasn't through teaching. We didn't take the puppy away from the breeder too early -- Mom died shortly after the litter was born. Our dog is the only dog I know that regularly pees in her own bed. :^P

Our dog is a help in the garden, though -- well, she is helpful now that she has outgrown digging holes. She's a miniature Dachshund, and her rodent-hunting instincts are keen. We don't have any burrowing animals around here, but our garden-hating neighbor has a "rat motel"

-- a large stand of Algerian ivy. Occasionally a rat tries to leave the neighbor's yard and enter ours. It doesn't get far.

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