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Sunlight, lamp light, flashlight, any kind of light will impede or even stop germination altogether. You can read DG member feedback on almost any plant by checking the PlantFiles.

This will help keep from having to use so much additional soil. 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...

I do this once a week until the problem clears up. We save what water we can from the roof when it rains and collect the condensate from the air conditioner, which is water vapor from the air.Desert climates are often windy, and wind makes the plants...

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The theory of using deep throated flowers is a good one, but some bees simply chew a little hole in the base of a tubular flower and never miss a beat. I order blue plants that grow purple! So my recommendation is to plant new plants in containers or...

We hope you find these questions (and answers, penned by our admins and writers) helpful as you grow your gardening knowledge! 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...

For those who are unfamiliar with the process, roses produce a fruit called rose hips, and that is where you'll find the seeds. If your question is chosen for this feature, you can be sure you've helped others with the same question.: You are certainly...

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So you have to usually spray UP your plant. I get whiteflies on my bananas, cannas, hibiscus (the worst attractors), begonias, and sometimes on Heliconias and Strelitzia. In general, plants to be careful of are those with tiny hairs along their stems,...

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Generally, holes chewed in leaves with no culprit in evidence is a dead give away for slug activity. Scrolling up to "Search articles" I find the one I remember, by Jill M. Do you have good bee activity during the day?

You need to fertilize. The buds did not form. Your bulbs have several weeks in which to use the food now but will die down no matter what as their natural cycle dictates. Just use one good treatment at this time then stop.

Bumpers, fenders and many other parts come wrapped in it. Dill is an annual herb, and would die if you planted it out, if your outdoor soil is not already frozen.Dill was the 2010 Herb of the Year, and there is a Dave's Garden article about itanswers:...

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.

I wrote down all the plants I wanted to buy to fill in most of the spaces in my new garden beds. Luckily, I was able to design a plan for an “instant garden” that everyone at the reception raved about.

Shopping for the seeds is one of my favorite things to do in late winter and watching the tiny seeds grow is something no person should miss out on.But if you're short on time (and who isn't?) or you prefer to buy certain flowers from the nursery and...

If, determine the type and amount of edging material as well.freestar.queue.push(function() { googletag.display("div-gpt-ad-300x250-ATF-1"); });Once you know how to create a flower bed, you're ready to build it.

Reshape these beds and borders. Play around with different colors, textures and forms. Perhaps it is suffering from a dull shape or lack of direction. Is it empty and unappealing? Be sure to look around you.

Just do one layer. Wood is a common choice. There are a lot of options when it comes to the material used to build a raised bed border. Once upon a time cinder blocks were made of a material called “fly ash,” a byproduct of burning coal that can be...

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you Try shading the pot or insulating it somehow. Do this again around the first of July. Basil and cilantro can be re-started from seed, too.

Once I found a dead vole outside the exit hole(where the water came out) after doing that, but on other occassions they might just die inside the tunnels...or not! But I can tell you that my plants don't die, meaning the voles don't eat the roots or bulbs,...

Other questions may be moved to one of our other forums so your fellow members can help you. ' is the best cultivar you can plant if you want to eat raw quince, but '' is the most cultivated in California.

I've had daffodils blooming already and then it dropped into the teens. These letters stand for Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus, (P) and Potassium (K). In most cases, everything on the surface disappears and there won't be any evidence that a plant lives below...

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The website, has a number of lovely photos of pleached trees. 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.