You could use "sterile seed-starting mix" or, since you'll be doing this in the germ-filled outdoors anyway and can't hope to be sterile, just potting soil. They mean to keep the seeds covered with seed-starting mix; these seeds (and many many others)...
Just remember that most trees do best when planted at the same level that they are growing, so make sure your holes are filled enough to raise the tree to that level. Most often, the middle numbers are the optimum growing zone or PH.
If leaves are looking pale, it might be due to a lack of iron or magnesium and not necessarily because the soil is lacking, but because it is too alkaline for the plants to extract the minerals.
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Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. 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.
Now perennial shrubs are taking over. As time goes by, the ceanothus will crowd out these and a lot of the pitcher sage. The theory of using deep throated flowers is a good one, but some bees simply chew a little hole in the base of a tubular flower and...
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. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!
Over winter they'll begin to decompose. If you'll clean the hip material off of your seeds, you should be fine. 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...
Make sure to keep all your light-sensitive indoor plants rotated so they don't lean too much to one side.Finally, I like the asymmetrical, off-center look, but that's just me.http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/f/plantid/all/Remember, if you have...
Just before moving them indoors, give them another quick spray.Move your plants indoors before you have to turn your furnace on. Mid-June here in Kentucky is the perfect time. Fortunately the only whitefly-attacked plants I own that have flowers are the...
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.
They are blooming now, but all of a sudden for the first time ever, I see dime size holes in the leaves. Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area. You can experiment and see if it is a pollination issue by hand pollinating squash yourself.
Your soil should feel slightly damp, never soggy. Preventing damp-off starts with giving your seedlings plenty of room, and soil that is slightly damp. They need to have enough fertility and sunlight in the current year to make enough energy to store...
I grew Salvia coccineafrom seed, and now they plant themselves every year: I find several of each coming up in June.adds: Check big-box stores to see what grows well in your area; that's a clue to plants that are carefree and rapidly reproducing.
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.
For "serious" tilling and amending of new garden areas, we called on "Digger Dick" and his tractor.But after Dick had tilled my beds for several years, the soil was looking pretty good.
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 a few large Victorian urns filled to overflowing with delicatePlacing the birdbath and birdhouse, stepping stones,...
Its colors and patterns will never look the same as they did yesterday. I particularly enjoy heading over to the local library or bookstore and pulling up a chair in the gardening aisle., their classic beauty is always a welcome sight, or delving into...
Don't forget to add an attractive border to define the edges.approach. Let's look at how to create a flower bed.So you want to build a flower bed. Then carefully lift out or peel back the sod.
Don't be afraid to experiment with different plants to create various effects. Perhaps it is lacking personality. Play around with different colors, textures and forms. So if the current garden shape design isn't what you'd like it to be, if it seems...
Just a little.The confusion stems from the name. Is there any truth in this? Do you want a bed close to the ground? One in each corner should be enough when using cinder blocks for garden beds, but you can always add more if you're worried.If you search...
Basil & Mint like water, but they don't like soggy. 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:...
You may also try a vibration device which you will bury in your garden . These also grow massive roots and it is possible there is little soil left in the pot? Those grown outdoors will typically bloom in the spring, though I have had rogue plants rebloom...
This is still well within the window of daffodil planting time. There may well be a huge load of Pyrus pollen in your neighborhood already. I don't think you need to protect your daffodils when you replant.
Green peas are the cool weather pea. These hardy bulbs and plants are geared to withstand temperature fluctuations in late winter and early spring. Here in west KY, Valentine's Day is the traditional 'pea planting' day.
Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. 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 and...
Make sure you read the instructions on the fertilizer bottle and use it according to those instructions. So there should be a form and color available that would suit your needs within the genus.answers: "You should fertilize your petunia seedlings (...
