New paint on the house, and new weatherboards, where the old had begun to
rot off, and the agent had got after them!
Jungle
(may his head
rot off!) inquired whether I was my father's son, about which there was no dispute at all with any mortal creature.
Bleak House
Andrea Calland said her nails "
rot off, bleed, heal and then regrow"
Mum whose finger and toenails have all ROTTED away says she is at 'rock bottom'; 'Imagine someone looking down and seeing toenails and fingernails like mine?'
It's not so sophisticated and the chances are that some of my cuttings will
rot off before they start to produce roots, but the principles are the same.
The homemade tricks to blooming success with indoor gardening; From the humble jam jar to something a little more sophisticated, a good hydroponics system needn't break the bank. Agnes Stevenson looks at the options
THESE intriguing underwater images show long-forgotten shipwrecks left to
rot off the west coast of Ireland.
Under the see; Crew use hi-tech equipment to get rare glimpse at shipwrecks
It usually happens when damp weather persists followed by dry, sunny spells causing the buds to
rot off. The plant's health will not be affected.
Q &A; 44 LIFESTYLE Gardening with Adrienne Wild
If you add manure to the soil too close to planting time, the bulbs may
rot off in the ground.
GOOD ENOUGH TO EAT
SNAPDRAGONS I planted have come up patchy and some have started to
rot off. Jenny Wilbur, Huntingdon, Cambs.
EXPERT ADVICE
Good examples are the cadre of fungi that cause seedlings to
rot off at the soil's surface, called "damping off." These fungi are usually present in compost, but when forced to compete with other microorganisms in open soil, they stick to a dead-plant diet.
Make your own potting soil: you can save money by using your own soil and compost to make potting mixes your plants will love
'The people object to operations as a rule, and they would rather die or allow a limb to
rot off, rather than suffer it to be amputated.
On the notable MD thesis of William Anderson Soga, first black doctor in South Africa
MOST liberals would love nothing more than to see our industry
rot off the face of the earth and they make no bones about it.
Hates NRA
Why do fence posts usually
rot off just below ground level?
Make an easy fence puller and an easy way to plant seed
Seeds are likely not to germinate and cuttings can
rot off in the usual misting conditions that most plants need to grow roots.
A season for all plants
and if they didn't want their arms to
rot off, they'd be wise
Elegy with a Heart-Shaped Box
Avoid tugging at cuttings to see if they've rooted as more are killed this way than
rot off.
LIVING: IN THE GARDEN: Cutting the cost of plants