How To Thread A Weed Eater

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Subsequent Azomite applications can be made often as well.answers: There are several opinions about plants that shouldn't be planted next to each other and most...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. Those send runners out every year which will hang down two or three feet. A fertilizer with this ratio (3-1-2) of the major nutrients (N-P-K) and some micronutrients...

Sweet potatoes from the grocery store make a great houseplant too. If the area is a wetland, I'd make sure that the trees I chose are ones that like wet conditions such as cypress, willows or sycamore.28 inches apart means place one plant, then measure...

To get your bougainvillea to climb the trellis, you will have to give it some support and direction. Give your seeds and young seedlings extra care in the remaining hot weather. Gypsum granules (calcium sulfate) can also be added to lower the pH.

A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another. Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener, one of...

However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes October planting risky at best. If your branch tips start to die, you should check with your County Extension Agent for local issues with...

This past winter I saw many seedlings coming up in an area that had not burned since circa 1994. Still, it is a concern and a real danger for people who are allergic. Many gardeners seeking blue are snagged by the optimistic naming of their favorite type...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. First of all, protect your plants from harsh wind. If your plants can be cut back, as mine can, cut them back to a few inches above the ground and mound mulch over...

It is hard work loading in that organic stuff but it will eventually pay off!You may have the perfect yard to grow several perennial Mediterranean herbs as well as several annual herbs! They need good drainage that a rocky soil environment would give.

Those are the parts that are actively growing. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. Make sure you are treating your jade properly - lots of light, not too much water, as one reader commented "give...

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! So you have to usually spray UP your plant. Then I just spray the remaining plant from below first with a sharp stream of water...

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.

If space is an issue, you might try trellising smaller, icebox varieties. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one another.

Certain weeds and volunteer trees pop up regularly on my property and need to be removed before they establish themselves. First, I would like to positively identify the species and then make a place for them along the edge of the property that borders...

Answers: It sounds like your seedlings have 'damp-off.' It is a condition usually caused by improper watering. That worked for me. Preventing damp-off starts with giving your seedlings plenty of room, and soil that is slightly damp.

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.

Here's the cool part -- new roots will sprout out from the neck once it's buried!When a plant goes a long time without being repotted, that bare neck can get long and snake-like, just as with your AV.

Here's how I did it…When creating instant gardens, start by figuring out how much space you have to work with. Then, I hung the potted baskets of bright purple and pinkunder the large white tent that had been set up for food and drink and displayed...

You can sketch out your home and other structures on site and then draw the layout of your flower garden around them. Its colors and patterns will never look the same as they did yesterday.

That being said,, there are distinct features of this plant that set it apart from this and other grass species. Nimblewill spreads by stolons that run along the surface of the soil, whereas many other grasses, like Bermuda, spread via rhizomes.

Poison oak leaves look rather like the leaves from the spreading oak, but the effects are very different. The plant is an American native beloved by birds. Unfortunately, getting rid of poison oak is not an easy matter.

Ragweed is an upright growing plant that has leaves that look almost fern-like, feathery and green. The flowers on ragweed are yellow and long, like streamers. There will normally be several clustered flowers at the top of the plant, which look like a...

An herbicide with aminopyralid is safe to use around grass and livestock. Each newly rooted spot is a new plant. However, buttercup is considered by many to be a weed due to its invasive and prolific nature.

Most striking is the long, sickle-shaped seed pods that develop from each flower after it matures.The plant was used by indigenous people for medicinal purposes. Read on for more sicklepod information and tips for how to get rid of sicklepod plants.If...

Hairy bittercress weed is no exception. What is hairy bittercress? Its extensive seed expulsion means that just one or two weeds can spread quickly through the garden in spring. The two-way herbicide should be sufficient for your purposes unless you have...

Each tropical soda apple can produce 200 of these fruits.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });) was first found in the U.S. in Glades County, Florida in 1988.

This will allow the creeping charlie to grow more leaves, which will cause it to take in more herbicide and then will allow time for the herbicide to work through the plant's system.You can get rid of creeping charlie in flower beds by either hand pulling...