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What is this
Posted by Claire Hunter | May 8, 2020This looks like a sweet potato on the outside and a hard beet inside.
Black on bottom of tomatoes
Posted by Todd Morrow | May 8, 2020My tomato plants generally look good but one of the plants has a lot of green tomatoes with black on the bottom of most of the tomatoes. Pic attached. What can I do to keep this from happening?
Cauliflower
Posted by Penny Armstrong | May 8, 2020I’ve planted my cauliflower it was started early I just planted it about 4 or 5 days ago yesterday I noticed some white stuff on the leaves and leaves are turning yellow some one said I shouldn’t have planted until summer and harvest it in the fall what should I do
leaves on peach tree
Posted by James Stiles | May 5, 2020peach tree leaves are curled
Privacy and camouflage
Posted by Jane Spelce | May 5, 2020Hi! My neighbors just built a 10’ treehouse right next to my seclusion fence near the shaded corner I am planning to make pretty with a layering of taller plant and several smaller ones in front. To make a pretty scene with a 3’ y’all statue. I am wondering if I should consider planting privacy trees or shrubs first, in ...
Mushrooms
Posted by Susie Fuoco | May 5, 2020I have three separate clay pots, each with basil, parsley, and thyme. Every morning I check these plants and they have small mushrooms growing in the soil. I remove them only to find them grown back the next day. How do I get rid of them for good, and are they harmful to the plants?
Grass
Posted by Kathy Price | May 5, 2020How can I keep grass from growing into my flower bed
Flowering Almond Looking Ill
Posted by ConnieTrue Simons | May 5, 2020Our flowering almond has had yellowing leaves with green veins for the past few years. We’ve tried treating it with chelated iron, but no luck. Please help.
Seed Spacing
Posted by Randy DeFrehn | May 5, 2020I am looking for a low, brightly colored flowering perennial ground cover for around the pool lanai at my home in Central Florida. I have been considering a creeping phlox (but am open to other suggestions) which I would like to grow from seeds. Can you tell me what the spacing should be for seeds? the area I am attempting ...
Planter box in Full Sun and Shade
Posted by Amanda Geracioti | May 5, 2020I've got a planter box at the end of the driveway. It is 6 yards long and 30 inches wide and faces west/southwest with sun, partial sun, and shade. I am looking at holly or bayberry or possibly rose bushes. I had planted 8 lavenders 2.5 years ago but the ones in the shade did not thrive. We are moving ...
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