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Is a Plantain a Fruit or a Vegetable?
They are fat-free and low in calories -- just 90 in a half-cup serving. Yellow plantains have brown or black spots and are mostly used when a dish calls for a somewhat sweet taste as well as a firm texture.
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Santa Monica
A to Z Gardening for Food and Nutrition: Vitamin A
Females age 14 to 70Excess vitamin A is stored in the body and not urinated out, so be careful not to overtake dietary supplements. The gardening process itself provides physical activity - a wonderful win-win for you and your family's health.Vitamins...
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
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. We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening...
California
El Segundo
Ask-a-Gardener: Your Gardening Questions Answered
In early spring, if it is growing, increase the watering and add a gentle organic fertilizer. The sand dries out quickly and isn't attractive to the gnats. Fungus gnats love damp soil and as long as your potting medium remains damp, they'll happily reproduce.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
Subsequent Azomite applications can be made often as well.answers: There are several opinions about plants that shouldn't be planted next to each other and most of them are simply ‘old farmers tales.' Tomatoes and peppers will be just fine as neighbors.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
Sun or shade, and which way does the wall face? Gardening is both art and science, with some luck and skill thrown in for good measure. You can read DG member feedback on almost any plant by checking the PlantFiles.
California
El Segundo
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You may need him for heavy lifting at some point!answers: Yes indeed! The ornamental sweet potatoes do fine as a houseplant. Depending on the size of your sinkholes, you might not need much, and you could check with some farms or stables to get some of...
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
More effective is to put the potted plant, pot and all, inside a larger pot or box so that there is a gap of at least 3 cm around the inner pot. Once branches are long enough, tie them to the trellis to get the plant going in a vertical direction.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. 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.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
Soil temperatures are warmer than in the spring, and the plant will have several months to settle in before the heat of summer begins. Mine is just starting to show a bit of change here in Kentucky and the image on the left shows normal color starting...
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
Butterflies also visit certain plants and trees to lay eggs. Answers: That's a deceptively tough question. Though I am not certain, I think that Lepechinia calycina would fall into the second group.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
It could mean putting a tomato cage over it and wrapping in burlap. 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.
California
El Segundo
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Fall leaves are much fluffier and you could do several inches of them, preferably topped with manure to help them rot. Do not let the containers dry out and when the little shoots start to appear, gradually move them to a sunny area.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
With your jade plant, it sounds like you want to drastically change its shape. Pot up all the cuttings you prune off - they may reach perfect shape and size before the 'mother plant' does.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.: Aside from the obvious poison-ivy (which can actually be somewhat hidden and still get you when you're not looking) I know of a few other problem...
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El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
My question is, would be possible to use grow lights outside? Any recomendations will be appreciated. Should I give up on it, or what should I do? These images were used with their permission.
California
El Segundo
Fun feature: Ask-a-Gardener
Generally, holes chewed in leaves with no culprit in evidence is a dead give away for slug activity. Squash and cucumber vines will abort fruit in heavy clay soil that is too wet. There is ais a bush canteloupe.
California
El Segundo
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They produced foliage, but never bloomed. (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 soil under the bulb is the daffodils best source of...
California
El Segundo
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They came back every year without fail.answers: Butterfly bushes are generally pretty tough when they have had a year to settle in. So much of plant health depends on individual situations, and individual gardeners' methods (and madnesses: some love to...
California
El Segundo
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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.
California
El Segundo
What Is An Instant Garden: Tips For Making A Garden Overnight
Also, be sure to allow your plants to sit outside overnight in the place where they will be planted so they can get used to that garden bed's particularThe day of the wedding arrived.
Ohio
Willoughby
How To Start Your Flower Garden
If you have a wet, slow-draining spot in your yard, like I do, check to see if any of the plants you've chosen like amarsh. You many want to try a handy tool that I found at the Better Homes and Gardens website called the “Plan-a-Garden” (check it...
Ohio
Willoughby
How To Build A Flower Bed – Starting A Flower Bed From Scratch
Add some plants, water thoroughly and mulch generously to keep out weeds. Flower beds can also be changed as time goes on or as space permits. Dig down about four or five inches around the bed's perimeter.
Ohio
Willoughby
Garden Shape Design: Tips For Shaping The Garden
Take note of its contours and its curves. Pull them away from the house and add graceful curves to soften the edges. Does the exterior of your home seem boring and uninviting? Is it empty and unappealing?
Ohio
Willoughby
Cinder Block Gardening Ideas – Tips On Using Cinder Blocks For Garden Beds
This will make the bed much sturdier and less likely to fall.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Stack the blocks so the holes are facing up too.
Ohio
Willoughby
Ask A Gardener: Your Gardening Questions Answered
Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you You could try soaking it in a saucer or bucket of water for a few hours instead of top watering, or you could give it a bigger pot.
California
El Segundo
Ask A Gardener: Your Gardening Questions Answered
These will quickly suck the juices out of the leaves and kill them.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 answer them in an upcoming...
California
El Segundo