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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. You could use "sterile seed-starting mix" or, since you'll be doing this in the germ-filled...

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 their manure to help fill in. Our writers and admins will handpick a few of your questions and answer them in an upcoming Ask-a-Gardener,...

To get rid of the chlorine, all you need is some time. Because of that, I recommend that in hot, dry climates, plants other than cactuses and other true succulents be planted in plastic or glazed pots.

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. 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,...

Several studies indicate drought brings on early fall color, but I'm not able to determine if experts suggest excess moisture does as well. However, you are from Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the average first frost for your area is October 20, which makes...

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...

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. First of all, protect your plants from harsh wind.

Fall leaves are much fluffier and you could do several inches of them, preferably topped with manure to help them rot. 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.

I'd say your jade plant (Crassula ovata) looks pretty healthy, judging by the bright green tips on the branches. With your jade plant, it sounds like you want to drastically change its shape.

Some experts recommend adding some coating or sticking agents to the sprays to keep them adhering to the leaves longer, so the flies will die off if they come right back. It started with prostrate lantana, which is listed many places as being allergenic...

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. Yesterday I put a little bit of miracle grow liquid in it.

There is ais a bush canteloupe. If space is an issue, you might try trellising smaller, icebox varieties. Sometimes a lack of bees in the area results in poor pollination. Mine are in my garden outdoors in a shady protected area.

When they have somewhat or completely died back, you can dig them up. They need to have enough fertility and sunlight in the current year to make enough energy to store it over the winter and bloom the following year.

That is why herbs tend to do better in these areas. For a summer annual I'd have to say an annual Salvia. Read lots of feedbackAnnual: Pansies are the one annual I buy every year. They do not like their roots standing in water and it tends to drain away...

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.

So what is an instant garden? Then, I hung the potted baskets of bright purple and pinkunder the large white tent that had been set up for food and drink and displayed a few large Victorian urns filled to overflowing with delicatePlacing the birdbath...

A flower garden overflows with opportunities for the creative spirit to come alive. Its colors and patterns will never look the same as they did yesterday. I'm not an “artsy” person per se, but I always tell people that the garden is my canvas because...

You can plant a flower bed any way you like – big or small, curved or straight, raised or flat – whatever. Fill the area with cardboard or several layers of newspaper and saturate with water.

Pull them away from the house and add graceful curves to soften the edges. Take comfort in the fact that this is an easy fix with the right garden shape ideas.Oftentimes, all the garden needs is to get in shape, just like the rest of us.

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. Do you want a bed close to the ground? Want your plants higher and easier to reach?

Mechanization additionally put pressure on smaller farms to compete with growing numbers of commercial farming operations with large budgets and the best equipment, and today far fewer farms produce much more food and agricultural products than 200 years...

The key is to get them planted early enough in the year that they have time to establish a good root system before freezing conditions. I purchased 3 that day and the other two are already planted.

Those grown outdoors will typically bloom in the spring, though I have had rogue plants rebloom in the summer or fall. Good place to rot to take place as this soil gets wet. They should have a half day of sun and be watered and fed like any conventional...

Communis and callryana are two different species. At this time of year, spring-blooming bulbs still have several months in which to grow roots. Or maybe the garden soil was just so lovely and nice that the critters could not resist rummaging through it.

I've had daffodils blooming already and then it dropped into the teens. My coneflowers emerge with little purple leaves and shoots, but quickly turn green as sunlight gets their photosynthesis factories going.

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They also say, though, that 'Sarah Bernhardt' is less needy of chill, and a good choice for warmer gardens. You can see how they are constructed by checking out the link to the articles.