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Fungus gnats love damp soil and as long as your potting medium remains damp, they'll happily reproduce. Harris Seeds offers many color separated seeds too.is just one of the zinnia selections.

Whether you actively compost it by layering "green" and "brown" material, watering, and turning, or whether you just dump them and forget them for a couple of years, the sweetgum balls will have a chance to break down with the leaves, and you'll have...

How much area do you want to cover on the TOP of the wall too? Sunlight, lamp light, flashlight, any kind of light will impede or even stop germination altogether. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

Old manure and composted leaves make a great planting medium and many places will be grateful for you to haul it away. The ultimate height and spacing numbers are also a range of what a gardener can expect.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. It may be somewhat depleted from the first crop. Excessive plant food can also burn leaf tips.

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. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

However, all experts agree that stress is the main factor in early color.answers: In many parts of North America, fall planting is preferable to spring for many perennials and woody shrubs and trees.

They bite the base off of my coral honeysuckle blooms all the time. In the first year or two after the fire, there were probably a lot of lupines and various poppies and mariposa lilies in the area.

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Any kind of windbreak or structure that holds heat, affects the micro-climate around a plant and the area remains a few degrees warmer.

Depending on the type of rose you've collected seeds from, they might bloom the first year, and they might take as long as three years.: You're in Massachusetts, like me, zone 7 in your case.

Make sure you are treating your jade properly - lots of light, not too much water, as one reader commented "give it conditions just like Southern California." Is there a chance it could be stretching to get to the light?

I like to put a plastic bag over my pot to help keep moisture in, but I poke a few holes in it so it can breathe. I have not lost one yet to whiteflies, but they get weak, spindly, and very ugly if you totally ignore them.

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Nicolaus about her experiences with growing banana TREES in Maryland. They like beer, and a small dish sunk in the ground will lure them to a watery death. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

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. Then replant the bulbs at least six inches apart each way.

Wrap the pot and plant, leaving it open at the top. If you've pulled up any shrubbery or removed a tree stump, the earth has been disturbed.Another common disturbed earth spot is where a hole has been back-filled.

You'll want some sort of humidity dome for your cutting for a few weeks... People who grow AVs to show say 3 rows of leaves are enough for the plant to have when you repot.Stick the neck of your crown cutting down into the pot, and firm up the potting...

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You can sketch out your home and other structures on site and then draw the layout of your flower garden around them. I particularly enjoy heading over to the local library or bookstore and pulling up a chair in the gardening aisle., their classic beauty...

There are several ways to accomplish this – dig it out, apply herbicide or smother it with cardboard or newspaper.If you choose to dig out the grass, it will be easier to use a flat shovel.

Twists and turns in the garden can add excitement and a sense of mystery by enticing others to peek around corners just to see what's there. Whether you are just starting a garden or rejuvenating an existing one, giving it life can be as simple as changing...

Using a sledgehammer, pound the rebar down into the ground until the top is level with the top of the cinderblocks. Bricks and stones are good options, too. But if you want something cheap and attractive that's not going to go anywhere, you can't do better...

And keep the plant out of full sun while it recovers.answers:My late cousin was an expert dahlia grower. They can't possibly thrive under windowsill conditions, and they'd have to thrive to be able to be harvested, right?

It is reported that plants grown indoors may bloom at any time. They should have a half day of sun and be watered and fed like any conventional garden plant. They will produce runners and more plants, so be ready for the invasion!LOL My first 2 strawberry...

They also do well when you make individual holes for the bulbs, scattered about near trees and shrubs.The general consensus among gardeners is that daffodils will actually DETER gophers and voles, because daffodil bulbs are toxic to them.

It takes some extended severe weather to freeze these hardy spring flowers back. If your plants haven't bloomed, chances are the flowers will be fine. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!