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We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! They mean to keep the seeds covered with seed-starting mix; these seeds (and many many others) need DARK to germinate.

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Give your potted fig some gentle fertilizer and good care until fall. They love the mild weather, and you can keep the soil watered much more easily. Answers: You're right to be cautious in this weather.

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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. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your...

I rarely see bees at my marigolds, and you can always use annual plants with interesting foliage such as coleus or caladiums. There would be a number of chances for human error to occur in the labeling during the propagation and packing of a nursery plant.

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. Answers: The term ‘winter protection' means to give your plant just a little help to survive a harsh winter.

Mywas generous enough to have produced some late autumn blooms, so we'll enjoy them in this article, but the red hips are from myThere are several camps on preparing the rose seeds and some say that they need to be thoroughly cleaned and soaked in a solution...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!

Place your potted cutting in bright light, but not direct sun and check frequently to make sure it does not dry out. I spray them down with a mister filled with water and a squirt of dish soap.

I dont believe that there are any leaks from it. Yesterday I put a little bit of miracle grow liquid in it. 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...

As carrielamont mentioned, many gardeners overwinter mature plants in a garage or basement.treehug asks: I have raised cyclamen for years. Generally, holes chewed in leaves with no culprit in evidence is a dead give away for slug activity.

Always let the daffodil foliage remain green as long as it wants to and don't cut it of until it withers and yellows. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.

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

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 mix around it.

For instance, drawing it up on a piece of graph paper with each square representing a square foot of my yard, I put my imagination to work dreaming up my new instant flower garden plan.

Be sure to observe if the site you want to use getsor mostly shade, as that will drastically change the types of flowers and foliage you can plant in your beds.Be specific in your diagram, too.

It will also make it easier when choosing plants, as these should always be compatible to the area. You can plant a flower bed right away if the grass was dug out or within the next season using the no-dig method.Knowing how to start a flower bed, along...

Does the exterior of your home seem boring and uninviting? 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 plantings, help achieve this.

Is there any truth in this? Do you want a bed close to the ground? Cinder blocks haven't been mass produced with fly ash in the U.S. for 50 years, though. Bricks and stones are good options, too.

They suggest first applications within 30 days of planting, then repeated again about 3 to 4 weeks later. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you

Potted plants should be kept in a sunny place and watered like a conventional houseplant. It also, being a yucca, does not need much watering (maybe monthly?). It is reported that plants grown indoors may bloom at any time.

Unfortunately, Callery pears have been vigorously cross pollinating each other in the landscape, and filling our roadsides and natural areas with invasive seedlings. Or maybe the garden soil was just so lovely and nice that the critters could not resist...

If your plants haven't bloomed, chances are the flowers will be fine. I've had daffodils blooming already and then it dropped into the teens. They are a hot weather plant. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good...

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They may not bloom in the year of a spring move but should recover the following year. I would pay close attention to their water needs until they are established, because drought stress and high heat will hurt them.

If you'll do it yourself, bear in mind that you will have to be able to prune the top of this growth, at eight feet. My climate is similar to a 5b zone. You might like the look of some sort of trellis atop the wall, dressed by vines.