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Generally, there isn't a connection between the zone and the PH number as you described, but climate and PH will have an effect on the ultimate height and spread. Sweet potatoes from the grocery store make a great houseplant too.
You'll need to consider your fall frost date first. I used jugs of water and a row cover to carry lettuce through the Blizzard of 2010. You'll not only change the exposure, you'll also take away the protective pot, disturb the roots, and expose them to...
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Once you begin experiencing regular frosts, your soil temperatures will drop, even though snow is still a ways off.If you are choosing a plant from your local nursery, what condition is it in?
I desire a blue garden, myself, and would be irritated if an iris named "true blue" turned out to be lavender! I have yet to find a magic code word -- I would have thought "true blue" would be the bluest of blues.
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.
To get the best germination percentage, the seeds do not need to dry out like most seeds you are familiar with. Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure.
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. With your jade plant, it sounds like you want to drastically change its shape.
You could do one plant at a time and see if you can isolate the one that's bothering you, but my sense is that wouldn't really be useful. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.
I dont believe that there are any leaks from it. These images were used with their permission. Yesterday I put a little bit of miracle grow liquid in it. The sewer line is rather new (about 6 years old) and made of plastic and not clay or steel.
Your little squash should grow and mature. Sorry, unkapete, it sounds like they're not annuals, but read theadds: Depending on the species of banana, some seeds can be quite difficult to successfully germinate.
Mix a good fertilizer "bulb food" into the soil, and compost if you have it. Then replant the bulbs at least six inches apart each way. Just use one good treatment at this time then stop.
I'd trim it back pretty hard( to about 12")and mound up leaves or mulch over the stems this first winter. It was so dependable that I got tired of it and gave a small new one back to my MIL to keep, while I experimented with other exotic choices.
You don't have to put it in a larger pot necessarily, just give it fresh potting mix. Answers: We have knowledgeable gardeners who will be delighted to assist you at Dave's Garden.
Using colored pencils (you could use markers or crayons too), decide on your color scheme throughout the instant garden. After watering all of the plants in and spreading some finely chopped cedaron top of the soil, although you could use gravel or whatever...
If you have four feet of flower bed space against the garden shed, you probably only have room for four clumps of giant pinkthere. See ya' laterthere. It's time to get dirty! A shovel, a dirt rake, and a trowel are definite necessities for loosening the...
Before starting a flower bed, you need to plan ahead. Fill the area with cardboard or several layers of newspaper and saturate with water. If, determine the type and amount of edging material as well.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1");...
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Is there any truth in this? 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.
My guess is that it would appreciate a bigger pot. His dahlias were the biggest and most beautiful dahlias I've ever seen. Do this again around the first of July. Even tropical plants can "cook" their roots in a black pot.
Plants can be kept in pots year round, but my experience has been that those planted in the ground bloom much more consistantly. This can also keep the voles and moles away . For more information you can also read my article "answers: Blooming at Christmas...
There may well be a huge load of Pyrus pollen in your neighborhood already. Daffodils are one of my favorites for naturalizing. Communis and callryana are two different species. This is still well within the window of daffodil planting time.
Do not plant cowpeas (like blackeye peas) until after the soil has warmed. Answers: Winter sowing is a great way to get a jump on your garden, but there are a number of plants that you'll want to wait and plant conventionally.
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Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. If you don't have a garage, just leave them outthere andpray they won't die. Answers: Bulb2005, you should have transplanted your strawberry plants outside before...
