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Tomato plants
Posted by Jai Bramanti | June 15, 2020We planted tomato plants in May. They are growing very large. But now there are little black spots (pelletes, eggs - idk) on the leaves and the bottom leaves are turning yellow and some kind of bug is eating the leaves. Also we have buds but no tomatoes. Can you please help
Raspberry Roots
Posted by Brian Perry | June 15, 2020Hi Marianne, I am a new grower of raspberries. Today I was using a weed scraping tool to dig up some grass that resurfaced. I was scraping pretty hard and getting in there deep to get the grass and noticed some roots that traced back to the plant. By the time I had noticed I had already applied the same ...
Camilla Bush
Posted by Joanne Simmons | June 15, 2020In the past 2-3 days my Camilla is dropping many of its leaves. Until now it has been big and healthy. It is planted in a large pot on the east side of the house and gets regular water. Temps have been mid-nineties. What could be wrong?
Wilty Cucumbers
Posted by Laura A | June 15, 2020Novice gardener here, I have 2 cucumber plants in a raised bed with a squash and a zucchini plant. Some leaves on my cucumbers are brown and dying. Plant overall looks wilty. Is it not enough water? Our garden is next to our white vinyl fence and I worry The sun reflection is frying the garden. Any idea on the ...
care of a hibiscus plant (bush and tree)
Posted by gregory english | June 15, 2020yellow on the leaves and sometimes small holes or film present
Water Plant
Posted by Victoria Russell | June 15, 2020Hello, I just bought a water plant and I dont know what it is. Could you tell me what it is and what fertilizer you would recommend. I absolutely love it so I want to keep it alive as long as possible. Thank you!
Does this look familiar?
Posted by Karil Jaskiewicz | June 15, 2020Don’t know what this little seedling is. Came up in a cluster of seeds almost as if a seed pod was buried. Thinned our and hoping I can figure out what it is. Had small, hard round/oval seed
Creeping Rainbow Rose
Posted by Janean Draper | June 15, 2020I have 2 beautiful rose bushes. They are creepers, so I planted them on opposite corners of a very sunny rockery. My question is do I cut down the very thick branches that are growing straight upward. My gut tells me to cut them before they get so tall and that they may be taking all or too much of ...
Any reason you ignored my question?
Posted by Brian Perry | June 15, 2020I see you answered many others since. Are they purchasing products? Is that how this works?
Fertilizer for herbs in containers
Posted by Howard Bluth | June 15, 2020Hi Marianne, I am growing a large variety of herbs in containers. I have more than one book on herb horticulture (for example, Thomas DeBaggio’s ‘Growing Herbs’) that all suggest something called Osmocote For Potting Mixes 17-6-10. Where can I obtain this product to maximize my herb production?
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