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Bugs
Posted by Sarah Morlang | June 26, 2020my turnip leaves and pumpkin leaves are all eaten up, look like lace, 2hat home remidie can I use
Trying to minimize spread
Posted by JoAnn Ingraham | June 26, 2020Would cutting off the bottom of plastic pots and putting in the ground with plants minimize the plants from spreading? Japanese silver grass, porcupine grass, lavender, Russian sage, honeysuckle will the pots damage the roots ?
My apple tree
Posted by Randy Lewen | June 26, 2020I recently planted an apple tree. Iam live in zone 8. My new leafs are getting brown spots and turning yellow. I figurrd it was a fungus and sprayed it with neem oil. This is not helping. Can u advise me of a better product.??
Zahara Zinnia
Posted by Peggy Hinson | June 26, 2020Will Zahara Zinnia do well in SC and is it an annual?
My plum tree
Posted by Leslie Taylor | June 26, 2020My plum tree had pls growing on it and the critters and deer ate them all. However, the plums didn't look healthy or ripe although they where red. Is there something else I can do for a higher yield and Heather tree. Go slow because I'm a Southern-Yankee from the Bronx and have never grown anything besides a house plants. ...
Spider mites
Posted by Darlene Placko | June 26, 2020I have spider mites on the hardscape of my patio. I cannot find any plant infestation. I have sprayed the mites directly, but have not stopped their infestation. How can I get rid of them?
Blueberries
Posted by Iliana Linares | June 23, 2020Can I put a mix of peat moss,cow manure,potting soil and Osmocote or miracle gro for acid loving plants to my potted blueberries
Queen of the Night
Posted by Julia PENUEL | June 23, 2020Last year about this same time I took some cuttings off my Queen of the Night and they are growing beautifully. I read that the Queen will bloom when it's 2yrs old or older. She bloomed last year 3 different times. Does that mean the babies will bloom also because they are off the Queen mother? Sorry had to do ...
Sick veggies
Posted by Kristen Thiel | June 23, 2020I have had a very successful container garden for the past few years. I built garden beds and this year my plants seem to be sick. The photos are, in order: squash, cucumber, bell pepper. There seems to be sand in spots on the soil. Some under the sick plants, some not.
Geraniums
Posted by Rondia White | June 23, 2020After 5 years of beautiful blossoms, suddenly they have a lot of beautiful green growth but no blossoms
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