What Is A Concrete Mixer

Covering the seeds with 1/8-1/4" of soil keeps the light out and lets the germination process continue as it should. Sunlight, lamp light, flashlight, any kind of light will impede or even stop germination altogether.

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! You may need him for heavy lifting at some point!answers: Yes indeed! The ornamental sweet potatoes do fine as a houseplant.

Stones are reasonably effective and decorative. If so you must be taking good care of it. That is good for getting the root system of a young plant started, especially in cool weather, but it is not so good for an unprotected plant in the hot sun all...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. 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.

Answers: Most crape myrtle foliage turns reddish or maroon in the autumn. Color develops when the tree quits producing chlorophyll, so any changes during the season might jump start the process.

They were coming up in a cut along a trail, where there were few other plants to compete with them.It is fascinating to watch the recovery of the chaparral after a fire. For instance, we were planning some indoor painting projects, and one was to choose...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. 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 hope you can turn your yard situation into a real bonus of edible and medicinal plants!Yes, you can grow roses from seed. I have '' with which I am well pleased, but take a look at the varieties of hydrangea which flower reliably pink (as opposed to...

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?

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. I usually move my potted plants to another area a couple of weeks before bringing them indoors.

These images were used with their permission. My question is, would be possible to use grow lights outside? We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!

Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area. Squash and cucumber vines will abort fruit in heavy clay soil that is too wet. Adds: There is a 'bush' version of the popular Sugar Baby watermelon.

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. I've lost seedlings more times that I care to think about myself. I'd do as Sally suggests and replant, paying close attention to the depth.

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By your picture I can see you're referring to a Paulownia dragon tree, or Empress tree. I like to lighten the mix by using half good-quality soil-less potting mix and half perlite.Leave a good long stub of bare neck when you cut the stem, because that's...

Using colored pencils (you could use markers or crayons too), decide on your color scheme throughout the instant garden. Whether you're creating instant gardens for a special event like a family reunion or a birthday party, or you're just short on gardening...

If you have four feet of flower bed space against the garden shed, you probably only have room for four clumps of giant pinkthere. It's a constant creation, and you really can't go wrong.

Take a stroll around your property and choose a suitable location. There are many types of flower gardens and no two are ever quite the same. However, you can easily smother grass quickly and effectively without the use of harmful chemicals simply by...

Perhaps it is suffering from a dull shape or lack of direction. Take note of its contours and its curves. However, you can transform it into something more exciting simply by adding curves andthat mimic your individual personality.

The cinder blocks that you buy in the store today are actually concrete blocks and totally safe.Unless you're using antique cinder blocks, there should be no reason to worry, especially when cinder block gardening for vegetables.

According to Swan Island, avoiding high nitrogen compost and highnitrogen water soluble types will help avoid weak stems, small blooms, or no blooms, and tubers that rot or shrivel in storage.answers: I think probably the windowsill light is inadequate...

They will flower next year, more than you can imagine.adds: adinamiti is right, in fact, many sources advise you to pinchany blooms from your plants the first year to promote a healthy root system.

This is still well within the window of daffodil planting time. For planting in groups, dig down about eight inches so you can loosen the soil in the bottom of the hole and add fertilizer.

This is sometimes known as the NPK. I've had daffodils blooming already and then it dropped into the teens. They are a hot weather plant. Jill Nicolas wrote several wonderful aticles on winter sowing,answers: Most of us who live in this part of the country...

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

Older leaves will eventually wither on their own, but once they start looking bad they're really not contributing to the plant any more, so they may as well come off. The floor and sides are probably 3/4" and resemble decking, so it isn't necessary to...

The website, has a number of lovely photos of pleached trees. My advice is to get them out of the garden now and keep them in a garage, then transplant them in spring. Maintaining the pleached greenery will require pruning, will you be doing that, or...