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Covering the seeds with 1/8-1/4" of soil keeps the light out and lets the germination process continue as it should. 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,...

One last tip: Try not to gloat when you tell hubby you are right. If the area is a wetland, I'd make sure that the trees I chose are ones that like wet conditions such as cypress, willows or sycamore.28 inches apart means place one plant, then measure...

Stones are reasonably effective and decorative. It may be somewhat depleted from the first crop. You can fill the gap with an insulating material like Styrofoam, crumpled newspaper, dead leaves, or more potting soil if desired.Hard water can be a problem,...

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Several studies indicate drought brings on early fall color, but I'm not able to determine if experts suggest excess moisture does as well. Although I'm not familiar with your climate, things like ice storms, late freezes or even early leaf-out affects...

A number of books and websites list good butterfly plants according to the larval food or adult food quality of the plant. I order blue plants that grow purple! So my recommendation is to plant new plants in containers or in a separate trial area until...

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. Answers: The term ‘winter protection' means to give your plant just a little help to survive a harsh winter.

Depending on the type of rose you've collected seeds from, they might bloom the first year, and they might take as long as three years.: You're in Massachusetts, like me, zone 7 in your case.

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...

Other than those, though, you may have to improvise your own sensitivity test. No way to keep them permanently out of the yard that I know of, except live in Alaska, or don't grow anything they like.Start spraying with your favorite product (from safe...

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.Thanks to Joan for the Lilac image and palmbob for the palm image. Any recomendations will be appreciated.

Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area. The bananas that we find in the supermarket are hybrids and produce no seed. Take a small paintbrush or a Q-tip and lift pollen from the anthers of a male flower and gently transfer it to the stigma...

Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. (Bone meal is an old standby amendment for bulb planting as it adds a dose of phosphorous, but it has very little of the other nutrients needed.) Good fertile...

Some of these sheets are 3 or 4 feet across and are perfect for wrapping pots and plants. I buy them in September and plant them in a sunny spot for blooms all winter as long as the weather is not too cold or snowy.

Although some young trees have larger than normal leaves, not many could have those enormous leaves!Paulownia does not come from a tuber as far as I know, but could sprout from the roots even if the tops are cut off.

I also wanted to add some style to the garden, so I jotted down a concrete birdbath, a rustic birdhouse, someto wind their way through the garden bed, and whatever other accessories seemed appropriate to our reception, like citronella torches perhaps.After...

You've planned and you've shopped and you've waited for that first warm day of spring. If you have four feet of flower bed space against the garden shed, you probably only have room for four clumps of giant pinkthere.

You can plant a flower bed any way you like – big or small, curved or straight, raised or flat – whatever. Don't forget to add an attractive border to define the edges.approach.

Theis one of the best resources for your garden design. Play around with different colors, textures and forms. Whether you are just starting a garden or rejuvenating an existing one, giving it life can be as simple as changing its overall shape.Even if...

Cinder blocks haven't been mass produced with fly ash in the U.S. for 50 years, though. Using a sledgehammer, pound the rebar down into the ground until the top is level with the top of the cinderblocks.

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 produce runners and more plants, so be ready for the invasion!LOL My first 2 strawberry plants bloomed, but only one or two flowers,, so don't be worried. They will flower next year, more than you can imagine.adds: adinamiti is right, in fact,...

However,from Penn State Extensionsays that 'Bradford' pears can pollinate edible pears. Any appropriate tree within about 100 feet of your D'Anjou will work. Or maybe the garden soil was just so lovely and nice that the critters could not resist rummaging...

These letters stand for Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus, (P) and Potassium (K). The image at the left is one of my coneflowers emerging in mid February.answers: All fertilizer packages have a code on them that tells you the percentages of the nutrients.

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(many plastic flowerpots aren't made with food-grade plastics either, and folks use them every day without a clue) If you have access to redwood or cedar, those would be my reccomendations.answers: I think you should be fine.

My gut tells me that this is a professional level gardening adventure, and it just may be quite a challenge for someone like you, or me, who has just learned of its existence. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers)...