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Flats?) and plant them out when they're a few inches high. It also shows six more elements (micronutrients) in much smaller amounts. In lieu of a soil test, I agree that you can use a balanced all purpose fertilizer such as Miracle Gro.

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Bush beans, cucumbers, and summer squash are fast growing summer vegetables that might be ready to harvest inside of three months. The free access forums are available to everyone and some of our most seasoned paid subscribers devote some time each day...

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Soil temperatures are warmer than in the spring, and the plant will have several months to settle in before the heat of summer begins. However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes October...

This past winter I saw many seedlings coming up in an area that had not burned since circa 1994. The pictures they've posted show, to my eye, white flowers with only the faintest pink tinge, though the closed buds are pink.

Answers: The term ‘winter protection' means to give your plant just a little help to survive a harsh winter. I have some scarlet milkweed that I'm going to try and over-winter in the ground, so we're in the same boat.

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Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Either with scissors, pruning shears or just by breaking them off (jade is usually crisp enough that it will break), you need to prune back the unruly parts of...

Euphorbias, as a famly, can have irritating, milky sap and one should generally use care with them. Then I just spray the remaining plant from below first with a sharp stream of water dislodging most everything.

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.Thanks to Joan for the Lilac image and palmbob for the palm image. Thank you."Hello...I plan on planting this palm from a 15 gallon container over our sewer line...

Do you have good bee activity during the day? They like shady areas and cyclamen is a favorite treat. Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area. What is eating them?answers: It sounds like you might have a slug problem.

Just use one good treatment at this time then stop. If they are not crowded and have enough fertility, daffodils can make one bloom stem for each bulb every year.adds: Your daffodil bulbs might be planted too deep.

In early spring, (late February/early March) pull the mulch back from the stems and your butterfly bush should put out new growth.answers: It depends on what perennials you have. They came back every year without fail.answers: Butterfly bushes are generally...

You might be able to bury the neck gradually, cutting the root ball down enough to bury an inch or so of neck each time you repot and repotting every 4 to 6 months. Remove at least a couple rows of leaves (fewer leaves on a cutting means less water loss...

Luckily, I was able to design a plan for an “instant garden” that everyone at the reception raved about. Thewe were going to have the reception in has been vandalized!”freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...

You many want to try a handy tool that I found at the Better Homes and Gardens website called the “Plan-a-Garden” (check it out at bhg.com under “gardens”). I particularly enjoy heading over to the local library or bookstore and pulling up a chair...

However, you can easily smother grass quickly and effectively without the use of harmful chemicals simply by using cardboard or newspaper.You can start the no-dig bed in early spring for summer planting or build a flower bed in fall, as grass begins to...

Take comfort in the fact that this is an easy fix with the right garden shape ideas.Oftentimes, all the garden needs is to get in shape, just like the rest of us. Perhaps it is suffering from a dull shape or lack of direction.

Cinder blocks haven't been mass produced with fly ash in the U.S. for 50 years, though. This should keep the bed from sliding around. Want your plants higher and easier to reach? This way you can fill the holes with soil and expand your growing space.To...

Do this again around the first of July. But the good news is that basil & mint cuttings (maybe cilantro too, not sure) are readily rooted in water, so you might be able to periodically renew your plants by taking and potting up cuttings, giving yourself...

These will quickly suck the juices out of the leaves and kill them.Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post itOur writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. They will become a thick clump in a few years. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening...

Most perennial flowers and grasses winter sow with great success. You may have some blooms frozen, but the plant will survive. It takes some extended severe weather to freeze these hardy spring flowers back.

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I can't verify those. Even though they've discontinued using the dangerous compounds, they're still chemically treated. The 4x4 posts were slotted and we just slipped the side pieces in the grooves.

And if you are sure you want greenery only in the two feet above the wall, I think a vine on a trellis will be more easily kept within that range.I was lucky enough to view the spectacular vermillion blooms of the orange/red Poincianas in early June in...