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Plant ID
Posted by TomandLinda | July 27, 2020I was given this tiny start of what appears to be in the maple family. Maybe a maple tree, maybe not. Can you help me?
Hydrangea ID
Posted by Elizabeth Haycock | July 26, 2020These are the photos of the Hydrangeas I'm trying to name ~ I took snippets from a NPA/MG garden last year. They're growing in potting soil with a pH of 7.0. The 'mother' plants might have had blue blossoms
non blooming hydrangea
Posted by sweetpea | July 21, 2020My hydrangea has lots of leaves and looks great, but no blooms. Can you tell me why? I also have three patches of strawberry plants, no berries.
sword fern damage
Posted by Larry Swift | July 21, 2020We have had sword ferns in our yard in Olympia for 15 years and for the first time we are seeing tips of some of the fronds bending and appearing dead. ( see photo) Is this anything to worry about? We cut the fronds off every March so maybe the new fronds won't have that condition.
Dahlia pests
Posted by Larry Swift | July 21, 2020I have 200 dahlia plants and this year pests are chewing the tips of many petals. There are also holes in some petals. Suggestions of what I should do?
Bromeliad
Posted by Karla Durnil | July 15, 2020My son got me a bromeliad for mother's day. I have been watering it when it seems dry. Letting the water sit in the little cups of the leaves & the flower. But the tips of the leaves & of the flowers are turning Brown. What am I doing wrong?
Growing Onions
Posted by Abby T | July 11, 2020I have organic onion and garlic sets planted in my yard and around my house - right next to the foundation. I am having my house painted soon and the painter wants to use either Simple Green or a bleach and water solution to wash my house prior to painting it. I am concerned about runoff from the house wash ...
Fertilizer for seedlings?
Posted by Ronsung | July 11, 2020I want to fertilize my garden to maximize productivity but don't want to overdo. A friend who knows more about gardening than I do told me that fertilizing seedlings was like feeding a porkchop to a baby and it's necessary to wait until they attain some growth or risk killing the seedling. At what point is it safe to fertilize ...
Asian Vegetables
Posted by Clifford De Guzman | July 11, 2020How can I apply or use the Osmocote for my asian vegetables like okra, eggplant, long bean, chili, wing bean and bitter melon or bitter gourd? Which fertilizer do you recommend? Thanks and hope to hear from you
Plant Nsje
Posted by TomandLinda | July 11, 2020Can you name this plant?
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