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We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! In early spring, if it is growing, increase the watering and add a gentle organic fertilizer.

Your main concern would be if your table can handle the added weight of your containers, WET soil, and any heavy mulch (such as rocks) that you might use.) does produce the spiny seed balls, but as someone who has dealt with them for years, I can assure...

Here's a list of plants I am either familiar with, or sounded like candidates when I looked through my Encyclopedia of Annuals and Perennials. Impatiens are fairly sturdy once established (as long as they get enough water) but the just germinated seedlings...

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 28 inches from its center to place the center of the next plant.

Excessive plant food can also burn leaf tips. It may be somewhat depleted from the first crop. Fall is a great season for planting shrubs. Cut it too close, and you'll get nothing for your efforts.

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.

Although I'm not familiar with your climate, things like ice storms, late freezes or even early leaf-out affects the timing of my color show. Several studies indicate drought brings on early fall color, but I'm not able to determine if experts suggest...

This past winter I saw many seedlings coming up in an area that had not burned since circa 1994. If your crepe flowers are distinctly different, then you would seem to have a valid complaint.

Any kind of windbreak or structure that holds heat, affects the micro-climate around a plant and the area remains a few degrees warmer. With just a few preparations, you can conceivably increase the climate area where a plant is growing as much as a couple...

There are beds of garden soil on either side for other plants (strawberries), gravel and decorative river rocks purchased by the truckload, larger rocks from digging in the yard, and miscellaneous recycled concrete pads and bricks for the stepping stones.

I'd say your jade plant (Crassula ovata) looks pretty healthy, judging by the bright green tips on the branches. 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,...

They will always come back.: Hybrid clematis seed will not produce plants that look like the parent and they can even be sterile. But you do have to approach them properly. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members...

If you have a question you'd like us to consider, you may pose it in 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...

While It isn't exactly a bush, the vines are much shorter than regular-vined melons. The bananas that we find in the supermarket are hybrids and produce no seed. There is ais a bush canteloupe.

I was advised to dig them back up and plant them at a shallower depth. Right now you can not do anything to make them bloom this year. When they have somewhat or completely died back, you can dig them up.

Answers: Since you're growing 'Bouquet Dill', which is NOT a nice compact bouquet but a back-row border plant of up to 6 feet tall, and since it's now late November and you live in Maine, unless you re envisioning an entire basement herb garden, I suggest...

There is a generalforum for help with edibles. You can expand the search to a greater distance if you wish too.Our members review their shopping experiences so others have an idea of what to expect.

“Oh mom, what am I going to do? Whether you've suffered from a sudden loss of plants, are having difficulty booking garden space for a special event, or simply lack a green thumb, then creating instant gardens may be just the thing for you.

There is no right or wrong here. Whether you have 50 or 500 square feet of area that you would like to plant with flowers, the process should be fun and enjoyable. Be aware of the quirks in your canvas before you plant and you'll save yourself a headache...

Take note of available light and nearby structures. Let's look at how to create a flower bed.So you want to build a flower bed. Where do you begin? Fill the area with cardboard or several layers of newspaper and saturate with water.

Play around with different colors, textures and forms. Put your garden shape ideas on paper first and then use containers to find and position your desired effect before placing anything in the ground.Remember, a boring garden is not the effect you want...

Bricks and stones are good options, too. Just a little.The confusion stems from the name. Once upon a time cinder blocks were made of a material called “fly ash,” a byproduct of burning coal that can be harmful to your health.

This article first appeared in the May-June 2009 Hobby Farm Home. The building is 10 feet deep and 14 feet wide with double doors in the front so it's easy to haul things in and out.

I have a Loropetalum that I purchased earlier this year that I've kept in its pot all summer, waiting until it was cool enough for me to prepare the planting area. Swan Island Dahlias, a leading dahlia grower in the United States located in Canby, Oregon...

Plants can be kept in pots year round, but my experience has been that those planted in the ground bloom much more consistantly. Once dead, I like to remove them, as these can trap water and allow for rot to take place, and bugs to hide in4).

For planting in groups, dig down about eight inches so you can loosen the soil in the bottom of the hole and add fertilizer. Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you.

Peas are ok to plant early because they are a cool weather crop. In the very early spring, you should see little shoots starting to poke throught the soil. You may have some blooms frozen, but the plant will survive.