Marianne’s Responses
Grass cutting
Posted by Jim Nystrom | August 28, 2019Just read your article on keeping cool in the garden and I have to disagree with point # 6- "8. Mow high. .... Let your grass grow to three inches high, than remove one third from the top so the blades are still 2 inches tall." That is not high enough. Maybe you are talking about warm season grasses. I ...
indoor pot plant feeding quantities
Posted by Jon Tribe | August 21, 2019Hi I just brought some of your Osmocote plus indoor/outdoor smart release plant food. I want to use it for my indoor house plants. The instructions for how much to use only say '1 cap full per 2 gal pot.' That's not so helpful to me as all my house plants are in small pots of about 5" diameter, so ...
When to transplant?
Posted by Daniel Bloom | August 21, 2019I have a haphazard garden with tall perennials in front and small ones behind. When should I try to move them around and impose order?
Feeding houseplants
Posted by Paytra Nyitrai | August 21, 2019Hello, I am new to gardening so I am unsure of the proper way to feed my various house plants. I purchased Osmocote plus indoor outdoor plant food but since I do not need to repot the plants I need guidance on the proper amount to feed them. They are in various pots sizes from as small as 4 inch ...
Ripening figs
Posted by Ronsung | August 21, 2019I'm trying to beat the birds and bees to my figs. Do figs continue to ripen after picking or must I leave them on the tree until they are ripe?.
Rescue prune a hydrangea
Posted by Pat Hergert | August 21, 2019Hi, my 10+ year old Niko blue was "snowball" pruned a couple of years ago so is badly out of shape. The heavy rains we had early this summer beat it down and it has not come back up. I know about taking 1/3 per year for regular pruning, but is there something different I should do to give this ...
Mums not forming flower buds
Posted by Debbie Nighswonger | August 21, 2019I have long followed your recommendation to pinch back mums until the Fourth of July to postpone flowers until Fall. I did that again this year ( actually on July 7th) but I have very few flower buds forming. Is there something I can do to get flowers this Fall?
Rate for feeding a potted Calamondin tree
Posted by Jeff Ross | August 12, 2019Marianne - I have a dwarf orange tree (Calamondin: x Citrofortunella microcarpa) that’s over 35 years old. I recently pruned its roots and repotted it in a 9 gal. planter. I also bought Osmocote Plus because the fertilizer I had been using for the tree is no longer produced. According to the Osmocote directions I should use “1 capful per ...
Collard greens
Posted by Linda King | August 12, 2019Where can I find some cheap or free seeds. Also calloo vegetables and okras.
Butterfly bushes
Posted by Charles Parker | August 9, 2019The leaves on the middle of the plant (butterfly Bush) turn brown and dye overnight .
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