Culture
Abroma augusta need full sun to partial shade with a rich well-drained soil mix. To grow indoors or in a greenhouse, use a mix consisting of 2 parts peat moss to 1 part loam to 2 parts sand or perlite. Plants should be watered and allowed to dry out slightly before watering again. They should be fertilized weekly during the growing season with a balanced fertilizer. They are very fast growing, so repotting should be done when they outgrow their containers. Extra care should be taken when repotting so as not to come in contact with the irritating hairs. Wrapping newspaper around the trunk helps to prevent exposure to the hairs while handling the plant. During the winter months, water should be somewhat restricted, but not to the point that the plant loses its leaves.
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Famous quotes containing the word culture:
“The problem of culture is seldom grasped correctly. The goal of a culture is not the greatest possible happiness of a people, nor is it the unhindered development of all their talents; instead, culture shows itself in the correct proportion of these developments. Its aim points beyond earthly happiness: the production of great works is the aim of culture.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“... we’ve allowed a youth-centered culture to leave us so estranged from our future selves that, when asked about the years beyond fifty, sixty, or seventy—all part of the average human life span providing we can escape hunger, violence, and other epidemics—many people can see only a blank screen, or one on which they project fear of disease and democracy.”
—Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)
“Insolent youth rides, now, in the whirlwind. For those modern iconoclasts who are without culture possess, apparently, all the courage.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)