When I say a few...I mean a couple each season, not a couple dozen! Kudos to you for finding the free amendments! The seed balls are great organic matter and your gardens will benefit from the addition.adds: My first question is, do you garden wearing...
(Typically, it's my family that's a little off the mark here.) Anyway, generally you DON'T prune this until after it's bloomed, such as other spring-flowering shrubs like forsythia or lilac.
Potting mix is expensive and if you need to supplement with bagged material, you can actually buy garden soil or humus cheaper. They grow, produce roots and seem quite happy. This will help keep from having to use so much additional soil.
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If your plants can be cut back, as mine can, cut them back to a few inches above the ground and mound mulch over the stems. When the worst of the winter is over, remove the bucket and pull the mulch back so your plants can wake up.
Mark the date on the bag and place in your refrigerator for 90 days.At the end of 90 days you can sow the seeds in damp potting mix and place in a cool area. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.
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?
Poke a hole for your cutting in some moistened, sterilepotting mix and place your cutting in the hole. Whatever I have used/done, the flies are usually gone for 2-4 weeks, and then return.
It has bloomed, but there are no roots, I put a miracle grow stick in it and it looks like it is dying. The sewer line is rather new (about 6 years old) and made of plastic and not clay or steel.
Adds: There is a 'bush' version of the popular Sugar Baby watermelon. 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.
That worked for me. Answers: It sounds like your seedlings have 'damp-off.' It is a condition usually caused by improper watering. Just use one good treatment at this time then stop.
If too big, it can easily have some tips cut off and rooted for a new plant. It creates a windbreak and protects the roots at the same time. Answers: Since you're growing 'Bouquet Dill', which is NOT a nice compact bouquet but a back-row border plant...
Ourforum is perfect for questions on starting plants from seed. Theforum blends newbie questions with experienced gardeners and no question is considered trivial. This can be as simple as a plastic bag propped loosely over the pot, held up by a couple...
After watering all of the plants in and spreading some finely chopped cedaron top of the soil, although you could use gravel or whatever mulch suits your style, it was time to get ready for the wedding.Seeing the joy on my daughter's face when she arrived...
See ya' laterthere. The variety of colors and textures, heights and habits of the flowers in seed catalogs today is absolutely mind-boggling. You many want to try a handy tool that I found at the Better Homes and Gardens website called the “Plan-a-Garden”...
Use a hose, spray paint or flour to mark out and shape the bed. Take a stroll around your property and choose a suitable location. Depending on its location, size and whether or not containers are used, starting a flower bed often begins with the.
Curved garden shapes also look more natural and are much more pleasing to the eye than sharp edges and straight lines.If possible, extend the living space of your home by enlarging or addingareas, such as a patio or deck.
Keep reading to learn more about raised garden beds made from concrete blocks.Using cinder blocks for garden beds is especially nice because you can so easily pick your height. One in each corner should be enough when using cinder blocks for garden beds,...
Adds: You can keep potted perennials and shrubs happy in their containers until conditions are right for planting by shading them from the hottest sun and watering them regularly. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our...
Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you Put near as bright a light as possible.For Russ15; 1) why were roots exposed? These will quickly suck the juices out of the leaves and kill them.Remember, if you...
I've grown White Christmas many years and there is also some variation in leaf color throughout the season as well. Maybe there was something else planted with the daffodils that the gophers wanted.
Corn and beans should be direct sown after the soil warms in the spring and chances of frost are over. While the seeds may sprout, cold weather will quickly kill the seedlings. There's really not any way to stop bulbs once they've decided to break dormancy...
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. Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post itOur writers and...
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. Both are rated to zone 9b and as long as they aren't in blistering sun, I believe they should do well for you.
