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Worm
Posted by Scott Carroll | May 14, 2020Just planted green bell pepper and have green worm on it. What are they and how do I get rid of them.
Primula japonica
Posted by Marilyn Todt | May 14, 2020Dear Marianne, I am cultivating a creek bed with clay soil. I live in SE Iowa zone 5a. It floods in the winter and dries to moist in the summer. I am considering lining the edge of the moist creek with primula Japonica. I have read they are hardy to zone 4 and tolerate clay soil. Will they work in ...
Cow manure
Posted by Kathleen Magnuson | May 14, 2020I just found out that my husband added fresh cow manure to my vegetable garden when he tilled it last week. I'm ready to plant but does that mean I can't use it this year? Is there any way to fix that?
No buds on hydrangea
Posted by Saundra Whisenant | May 14, 2020I purchased your Garden Select for Blue Hydrangeas to use on my hydrangea that was blue but was more pink last year. It has had beautiful blooms for the last 2 years. We applied the product in mid March in North Texas. So far we have a beautiful green plant but no evidence of any buds. The hydrangea gets morning ...
Smelly soil
Posted by Pat OConnor | May 14, 2020We have found a bag of smelly soggy soil left over from last year. Is there any way this soil could be used or should we just dump it in the woods?
Seedling damage in pots
Posted by snyderoly | May 14, 2020I've started plants from seed indoors, only to see some of them have the first growth on top of the stem, or even the whole sprout, disappear. This has happened with tomatoes, peppers, and cosmos. I've looked for cutworms, but haven't seen any. There were some gnats. What can I do to make sure I don't lose the rest of ...
Salvia insects small holes in many leaves?
Posted by Michael Lawson | May 11, 2020My salvia that has been planted in the same two locations for over ten years has small holes in many leaves? It is near my rose garden. The roses show no signs of aphids. What insect may be eating thi salvia? And what do you recommend that I treat it with ?
HELP
Posted by Catherine Geston | May 11, 2020I'm hoping someone can offer ideas what kind of plant this might be. I ordered what I thought were garlic seeds and well, I'm not an expert, but this doesn't look like garlic to me. Whatever it is, it's doing great though 😁
Fiberglass planter
Posted by Connie Campos | May 11, 2020I have planted these vegetables in an old trough. It’s aluminum on the outside and has a fiberglass liner. I planted these peppers about 6 weeks ago and they don’t seem to have grown. Is it the fiberglass liner trough that is affecting the growth or is it perhaps the Ph level of the soil, which I bought at a ...
Yellowing and browning of shishito peppers
Posted by Toma Bowen | May 11, 2020I’ve googled everything and tried what I thought was right from the info. The pepper plants aren’t growing that fast, and everything else around them is exploding. They have yellow leaves with little brown spots, and I have one pepper out of two plants. I’ve used potash, coffee grounds, and some early worm casing from my worm compost. They live ...
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