Another no-no is beans and onions, and I can see how this could possibly cause a bit of an issue, but haven't had any problems myself.Beans fix nitrogen in the soil and bulbing plants such as onions produce more tops in a nitrogen-rich garden and smaller...
:( Good luck! They sound lovely.answers: Good question, (meaning I wasn't sure and was curious myself.) I knew who WOULD know something--darius, a DG writer, who's written articles on all of the major and some of the minor plant nutrients.
Sweet potatoes from the grocery store make a great houseplant too. You may need him for heavy lifting at some point!answers: Yes indeed! The ornamental sweet potatoes do fine as a houseplant.
The alkalinity makes it more difficult for the plants to take in minerals such as iron and magnesium. Soil in pots dries out much faster than soil in the ground. Good luck, and thanks for the question--I need to consider that in my own garden, as my yellow...
Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features. If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.Marie...
I took the picture just for this question, so the foliage looks like this right now. Soil temperatures should be at least 50 or warmer when you plant trees and shrubs (warmer for conifers).
However, there seems no way to guarantee that bees won't visit the flowers in your butterfly garden.Here are a few suggestions based on what I've read:Grow plants as butterfly larval food sources and hope to see butterflies as they search for egg-laying...
A few inches of mulch and maybe a large bucket covering that would insulate the roots enough to survive the winter. Make sure your bucket has a couple of small holes cut in the sides to keep heat from building up and causing your plant to break dormancy.
To cover that all, one inch deep, would take 20 cubic feet of material, or about ten average mulch bags full. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!
Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of our Saturday morning features. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.
You could even apply a mild insecticide to the plant and soil if you wish. I have also felt itchy after handling fuzzy trimmings from annual Black Eyed Susan plants. Euphorbias, as a famly, can have irritating, milky sap and one should generally use care...
Any recomendations will be appreciated. Are the roots from these behemoths very invasive and/or should I think of installing this palm elsewhere?"Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post it.
The bananas that we find in the supermarket are hybrids and produce no seed. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!
Then loosen the soil at the bottom of the hole. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! They produced foliage, but never bloomed.
These sheets just go in the dumpster and they are so handy for a gardener to have.Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post it.
It has become naturalized in many areas because it so easily grows from the many tiny fluffy seeds contained in the pods. You'll want some sort of humidity dome for your cutting for a few weeks...
Using colored pencils (you could use markers or crayons too), decide on your color scheme throughout the instant garden. I chose to place annuals, like, per square foot, focusing on pink, blue and purple colors.
If you have four feet of flower bed space against the garden shed, you probably only have room for four clumps of giant pinkthere. Michelangelo only had so much ceiling to paint in the Sistine Chapel, after all.There are two ways to go about actually...
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...
Add seating to areas where you want others to view.. Take note of its contours and its curves. Gardens without a sense of direction are best fixed by giving them some definition, a purpose or function., such as benches, sculptures or large architectural...
Using a sledgehammer, pound the rebar down into the ground until the top is level with the top of the cinderblocks. Just a little.The confusion stems from the name. This way you can fill the holes with soil and expand your growing space.To make the bed...
Swan Island Dahlias, a leading dahlia grower in the United States located in Canby, Oregon says dahlias are best fertilized with a low nitrogen fertilizer - like what you might use for vegetables.
And you need to get rid of that. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. These will quickly suck the juices out of the leaves and kill them.Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like...
They will become a thick clump in a few years. But if you want to, you can dig a larger hole and plant the bulbs inside a plastic crate or surrounded by chicken wire.answers: The change in light brought about the change in your caladium's color.
The numbers on the bag tell you the percentage of each element. It takes some extended severe weather to freeze these hardy spring flowers back. Jill Nicolas wrote several wonderful aticles on winter sowing,answers: Most of us who live in this part of...
We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.
Jules Elie (medium pink double), and Teresa (pink), as good choices for warmer gardens. The Gronomics company sent Terry and myself a couple of them a few seasons ago and we did awhole summer's worth of articles on our experiences.
