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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. (road flares are incredibly hot as they melt, and the melting product can cause severe third degree burns should...

The larvae are drawn to it and you can easily toss them.If you have to, repot some of your most infested containers with new medium. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge!

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. It simply won't happen. It comes in a powder or granules (maybe other forms too), so you should check the distributor's...

I bought a "bloom enhancer" kind of fertilizer but have read that the extra dose of phosphorous forces the plant to bloom all at once and then it must rest anyway. Those send runners out every year which will hang down two or three feet.

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.

Dry soil can be somewhat waterproof and the water can run through the gap between the soil and the pot and never soak into the soil.Self-watering pots are also an option. If Egyptian growers are like American growers, they often offer young plants growing...

If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.Marie Harrison, (can2grow) and Melody answer the question:Remember, if you have a gardening question that you would like to suggest for this feature,...

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?

In the first year or two after the fire, there were probably a lot of lupines and various poppies and mariposa lilies in the area. However, there seems no way to guarantee that bees won't visit the flowers in your butterfly garden.Here are a few suggestions...

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

There will be as few as one, or maybe a half dozen. If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.: You are certainly on the right track, and I applaud your commitment to organic gardening.

Either with scissors, pruning shears or just by breaking them off (jade is usually crisp enough that it will break), you need to prune back the unruly parts of your plant to reshape it.

Or sometimes the Black Sooty Mold that makes the leaves look like smog is settling on them.The problems controlling white flies are multiple. Make sure enough of the stem is covered to almost reach the leaves.

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Since they hide by day and do their destructive deeds by night, it may be hard to catch them in the act. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing.

Your bulbs have several weeks in which to use the food now but will die down no matter what as their natural cycle dictates. A big part of what attracts people to Dave's Garden has always been our forums, where gardeners ask and answer questions for one...

Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. If it's about big plants like conifers, they might survive and you will be able to plant them later in the ground if it isn't frozen.The best thing you could do to...

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 the part you can stick down into the potting mix.

It must be noted, however, that even a determinate plant will produce a second crop if the first one is harvested early, before it matures.Determinacy is desired by commercial growers for the canning and freezing markets because they use mechanical harvesting...

I also wanted to place some potted plants, a classic instant garden choice, around the reception area to add diversity to my plant scheme.Next comes the shopping list. Also, be sure to allow your plants to sit outside overnight in the place where they...

If it's still winter and you have plenty of time before actually applying the glorious colors to your canvas, you may want to save some money and grow the flowers from seed. If you have a wet, slow-draining spot in your yard, like I do, check to see if...

While starting a flower bed requires some planning and forethought beforehand, it's not as difficult as one might think to build a flower bed from scratch. It starts with eliminating the grass as we did in the dig method.

Perhaps it is suffering from a dull shape or lack of direction. So if the current garden shape design isn't what you'd like it to be, if it seems uninviting or lacking something, don't let it burden you.

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.

It's true we need to address those things, but do we really understand ALL the ramifications, the How's and Why's? So, when I began gardening and reading about soil chemistry, it seemed so unintelligible that I could feel my eyes glazing over and my brain...

Basil and cilantro can be re-started from seed, too. Occasionally we come across a question that we find particularly interesting or intriguing. The key is to get them planted early enough in the year that they have time to establish a good root system...

In places colder than zone 9, amaryllis are sometimes grown in the ground in the summer and potted up and brought indoors for the winter. You should see plenty of fruit this next season!: For Mikeman13; Normally this is not an ideal indoor plant as it...