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(Joke.) These shrubs are pretty tough and it WILL be back.answers: There are some things I'd like to know before making any suggestions. You could use "sterile seed-starting mix" or, since you'll be doing this in the germ-filled outdoors anyway and can't...

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. This is sometimes called "planting on 28 inch centers," ( or whatever the measurement may be.) Planting 28 inches apart will certainly assure ample growing room...

Good luck, and thanks for the question--I need to consider that in my own garden, as my yellow squash collapses.answers:Though you are new to gardening, you have picked up right away on two of challenges to growing things in pots - a hot, dry climate...

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Soil temperatures should be at least 50 or warmer when you plant trees and shrubs (warmer for conifers). Soil temperatures are warmer than in the spring, and the plant will have several months to settle in before the heat of summer begins.

The good news is, there are far more purple flowers than blue ones. Sprinkle some of them through the bed for a cheerful border and include a few butterfly magnets such as zinnias to round things out.answers: Fortunately and unfortunately, color is subjective,...

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. A few inches of mulch and maybe a large bucket covering that would insulate the roots enough to survive the winter.

Maybe you can find more organics to add to the garden. Rose seeds do not need to dry out, so keep that in mind. Many gardeners have learned to build layers of organics on the garden, which they then plant right into several months later; its called 'lasagne...

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. I'd say your jade plant (Crassula ovata) looks pretty healthy, judging by the bright green tips on the branches.

So you don't have to use an industrial-strength biotoxin to rid your plant of these pests... If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.: Aside from the obvious poison-ivy (which can actually...

It has bloomed, but there are no roots, I put a miracle grow stick in it and it looks like it is dying. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!

If you like to personally hunt your enemy, a flashlight and salt shaker are your best weapons. Generally, holes chewed in leaves with no culprit in evidence is a dead give away for slug activity.

Mix a good fertilizer "bulb food" into the soil, and compost if you have it. Causes are crowded seedlings, cool conditions and improper watering techniques.When this happens, your best bet is to simply start over, as the plants will always appear sickly.

And you need to watch the temps while they are still outside.If you want to keep them in an unheated garage, it will be OK as long as it's not a deep freeze outside and if it's only for a few days.Otherwise they will die from freeze and from lack of light.You...

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. I've pulled up awithin a 25 mile radius of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

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...

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 with careful planning beforehand, makes building one as easy as that!

With only a little effort involved, learning how to shape the garden can help it go from dull and lacking to bold and beautiful. Be sure to look around you. If the garden lacks focus, regardless its shape, it will also appear boring.

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. Wood is a common choice.

I've never tried it personally. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you I moved the other one where it gets bright, but filtered light and sometimes watered it twice a day during the worst of the summer...

The report is that crowded plants bloom better.answers: You did well and your strawberries' roots will be there next year. Apply an insecticide after physically washing and/or rubbing off bugs.

There may well be a huge load of Pyrus pollen in your neighborhood already. Or maybe the garden soil was just so lovely and nice that the critters could not resist rummaging through it.

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. In most cases, everything on the surface disappears and there won't be any evidence that a plant lives below the...

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so our fellow members can help you. Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature, post itOur writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions...

I can't verify those. When fertilize use the normal amount of liquid you are using for normal watering, according to the size of the pot. The Gronomics company sent Terry and myself a couple of them a few seasons ago and we did awhole summer's worth of...

I'm keeping the strawberries outside in the garden all year round, without mulching during winter and they are doing very well. If you're hiring, I suggest you find a skilled garden service to discuss the plan BEFORE buying and planting any greenery.