How should I paint my bedloft?

My boyfriend and I are building a bedloft for my dorm room, and I'm having a hard time deciding how to paint it. I've picked the colors (a medium/dark blue, marigold, and a rich crimson-y pink).



Any suggestions for what to do with it?
How should I paint my bedloft?
solid unless you like whimsy
Reply:Paint flat color then use a water based clear finish and stripe it . Looks cool and it is subtle.
Reply:Use a brush and paint. Paint it.

Something stripped all the leaves from my freshly-planted marigolds overnight!?

No other pants were touched, and I couldn't see any evidence of bugs, but the flowers weren't eaten, just the foliage. Anyone know what could have done it?
Something stripped all the leaves from my freshly-planted marigolds overnight!?
Slugs and snails are my guess.



It's their season (which lasts from March till late October, nasty things!)

Get slug-killing-pellets.



If it's the rabbits: Netting will work.
Reply:Sounds like slugs or snails. I use the beer method to get rid of them. Place a shallow contained near the area of your plants. Bury it to the rim and pour a small amount of beer (do not use lite beer, never works) in the container. The slugs are attracted to the yeast in the beer, go for a drink and drown. Dump the old beer and slugs every couple of days and add fresh beer. A more expensive way to do this is to purchase packets of yeast, mix with water, and pour it in the container. Works the same way.
Reply:Rabbits love marigolds.
Reply:I'm guessing snails. The liquid snail poison is best because your pets won't be interested in eating any of it.
Reply:people.
Toothpaste

Do marigolds reseed themselves every year?

I have planted some seeds out of a package and was wishing to know if these will reseed themselves or not.



I have already thrown the package away, so dont know if they do or not?



Thanks for your answers!
Do marigolds reseed themselves every year?
when the flowers die pick them of then pull it apart thats were the seeds are and you can plant them next time
Reply:Just to be on the safe side I would Pull a few seed heads off let them dry and replant them
Reply:Mine never did, but you just have to pull the dead heads off %26amp; save them to replant. This is especially good if there is one color you like better than the other.
Reply:Once the flowers die pinch 'em off and tear it apart . Seeds are narrow , black stems with white at the top. Unusual seeds but i would dry them and store in fridge until next year.
Reply:let dry the biggest one from the top .keep it or you can plant same day
Reply:In the fall or early spring when the flower stocks have dried take the flower head kinda crack it open and either spread the seeds around or store them until spring and put in the dirt then my self seed regularly and I do it both ways.
Reply:They will if you let the flowers dry out and fall. Or you save the finished flower, dry and save for next year.

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Do any women take there marigold OR any nomal rubber gloves off insideout?

HI DO ANY WOMEN TAKE MARIGOLD RUBBER GLOVES OR NOMAL RUBBER GLOVES OFF INSIDE OUT
Do any women take there marigold OR any nomal rubber gloves off insideout?
used to. but now run my hands still with gloves on, under the cold tap and they remove easily.
Reply:Yes - all the time
Reply:My wife takes her marigold gloves off
Reply:not me
Reply:seriously is there any other way idd really like to know lol
Reply:isn't this a little sexist.... are you trying to say that us blokes aren't allowed to wear rubber gloves???





oooops......my secret's out !!!



*blush*
Reply:yes .......... is there any other way
Reply:Thats how you are suppossed to do it.
Reply:dont use them my hands are not afraid of hard work
Reply:cant wear them
Reply:My wife does.
Reply:I do not use gloves. God made dirt and dirt don't hurt
Reply:Yes
Reply:Never. Take each finger and thumb off--one at a time.
Reply:always
Reply:If I haven't had them on too long then you can pull them off at the finger tips. But if you have been wearing them and your hands have sweat ed then I pull them off inside out and to get them back I turn the cuffs back and then blow them up that's the job done
Reply:Of course! I have to wear gloves for a lot of what I do at work and I always take them off inside out. It keeps all the crud off my hands. Peel them off so they are inside out and you have a nice tidy package to throw away.
Reply:yea!

my dog recently cut his face, so had to put cream on, have to wear gloves and when i pull them off they come off inside out!
Reply:No I don't wear washing up gloves but for you I will and take them off inside out if you want me to!!!

hee.............hee............hee.......
Reply:inside out
Reply:I usually just wash the gloves off while I still have them on... then there is no reason to take them off inside out.
Reply:don't wear them!
Reply:yes that's the correct way to do it.
Reply:yes, some do it.
Reply:yes all the time'''
Reply:I don't even use gloves...

What are some good tips to keep insects away from my marigolds?

I don't like to particularly use pesticides.
What are some good tips to keep insects away from my marigolds?
There are some bugs that love marigolds, earwigs eat them up! An easy, effective and cheap way I have used is beer bait. Pour some cheap beer into a shallow dish, (actually empty, clean tuna cans work the best) and put near the plant that the bugs are eating. The next morning, there will be all sorts of dead bugs in the dish. Dump it out, clean it and put more beer in! Works every time!
Reply:Every time I have ever tried to grow marigolds they have been half eaten by bugs. I said I would never plant them again but I had some given to me this year so I tried again. I was spraying my roses with ortho spray for fungus and bugs and figured what the heck, it can't hurt so I sprayed my marigolds. They are beautiful and bushy, the prettiest I have ever had and no bugs on them at all.
Reply:spray soapy water on them. (use liquid detergent like Palmolive). I don't remember the proportions, but I think it's a teaspoon of detergent in a regular spray bottle full of water. Bugs hate the smell of the detergent
Reply:Marigolds are naturally an insect repellent. They have their own chemical defense systems.



Go here for a list of different plants to repell different insects.

http://www.lawnsusa.com/natural-insect-r...

About marigolds - do you need to pinch off the blooms when they start to wilt?

Yep, dead head them up to the end of the growing season. When it gets close to fall quit doing that and let the heads remain on the plant. Let the plants winter over with out cutting them. In the spring when everything starts to green up bend the plants over to shake out the seeds, that way you`ll get another crop out of them and won`t have to re plant anything. I have been doing this every year for 4 growing seasons with one 6 pack of marigolds and now have a 2x6 flower bed of nothing but marigolds.
About marigolds - do you need to pinch off the blooms when they start to wilt?
yes you do , it will help promote more buds
Reply:If you want continious blooms it is best to dead head as soon as a bloom starts looking wilted or brown.
Reply:Yes, you should if you want your plant to produce continuous and beautiful blooms. Also, when you get your plants, you should pinch off the buds right before they bloom. This will make your plants produce more buds, and, therefore, more blooms and bushier plants. Yours will be the envy of the neighborhood.
Reply:yeah you should...keeps the plant blooming longer just drop them in your flower bed and you will get blooms off them either next year or toward the end of the summer
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What's the best way to press flowers within a 3 week time-frame?

Heya. I need to press dry some flowers, Lavandula officinalis (lavender) and Calendula officinalis (marigold) as part of an assignment due in 3 weeks time. What's the best method to use if you need to transfer them into an artbook and have them stay/stick without damaging the delicate flower heads? What type of materials will I need, and will plain blotting paper be ok? Part of the stem will also be dissected, will I need to use another method to dry that part?



Thank you! ^_^
What's the best way to press flowers within a 3 week time-frame?
What I always do is I take two tissues and place the flowers or plants between them, put heavy books above and below, and then put them in out side attic. I don't think pressing flowers usually takes more than a couple weeks. The marigold will definitely take longer than the lavender, so you might want to put a LOT of books on that one, because marigolds have such a thick sepal. You can place the whole flower in together, and tweezers are probably good for taking it from the tissue to the page. Only the thinner flowers are in danger of breaking by movement, so be careful with the lavender, you might even take the tissue directly above the page and carefully remove it and place it straight on your art book. what I've always done is to take decoupage glue and apply it in brush strokes with a wide paintbrush.
Reply:honestly? Put them in a dry room, not the living room cellar attic or room with cracks where moister might leak in and slow down the dry process, it would be best to hang them upside down, in a closed off, warm room. (keep a heater on in the room if you can!) after the flowers are dry place them in a heavy book, preferably the back of one, for about three days, then it should be safe to iron them to keep them flat!

Nicki Chaotic
Reply:You can press them quickly in a microwave oven too. Check this page at my site for some info on several ways to do it:

http://glassattic.com/polymer/mixing_med...

(... click on *Dried Nature* ...then scroll down to the section called "Quick-Drying Flowers %26amp; Plant Material--In a Microwave"...)



For any thicker wetter parts you want to press, just do them separately and adjust the time/etc since they won't dry out as quickly as the thinner parts.





HTH,



Diane B.
Reply:Generally, I've always pressed my flowers in big heavy books, I know that some one will not touch in at least 3 weeks.

Check out the web sites and hopefully they are helpful for your project.

Good luck.