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Fungus on tree
Posted by Hannah Avery | July 5, 2018This showed up on my red bud tree which Is only a few years old. I am worried about it. Would you know what this is or what I can do about it?
Roses with holes
Posted by Bryce Thomas | July 5, 2018I have multiple roses bushes suffering due to them having holes all over their leaves. The occurrence has just started only years ago, but the roses are almost a decade old. A few are knockout roses and the other are unknown since it has been so long. In the past winter, I read that pruning them will encourage their grow ...
Yoshino Cherry Tree
Posted by Bryce Thomas | July 5, 2018I have 2 new Yoshino Cherry trees that are replacing our cut down silver maples and I’ve noticed that the 2 small trees have problems. 1 tree has lots of small holes on the leaves and they eventually fall off. From my thinking, it has to be aphids but when I went to check, there weren’t any of them on ...
Which one
Posted by KALISHA WRIGHT | July 5, 2018I see that there are several types of Osmocote and was wondering which is best or is it necessary to only use what it says on the pack? For example the Flower & Vegetable for just that or is it Ok to use the indoor/outdoor or is the indoor/outdoor for house plants. I have tomatoes, lemon, orange, peppers, plumeria and ...
larger sizes
Posted by Rachael Ramsey | July 5, 2018I tend a local park. How and where can I get larger sacks of osmocote?
PlantersPlace 2018 Spring Has Sprung Winner and Finalists
Posted by Jodie McLeod | July 2, 2018Is there a page that shows the finalists and winner photos?
Tree roses
Posted by Richard Gorton | July 2, 2018Suggested product for spraying for Aphids and black spot
wilted hydrangea
Posted by carol telfer | July 2, 2018One half of 2 separate plants have wilted. One is trying to come back and has set some buds. The other appears to be giving up. The plants were planted 3 years ago and were great until now. 3 others in the same area are fine. They were all fertilized back in April. They had all started to set buds ...
Tomatoes
Posted by Jeanne Finley | July 2, 2018Is Osmocote safe for tomato plants? Thank you.
Enum stag sumac both male & female flowers
Posted by Lori Molinaro | July 2, 2018I planted a staghorn sumac 3 years ago and it always had the red flower plumes on it. This year they all started out red but many have changed to the yellowy male 5 petal plumes. There are both types on my 1 plant now. I know that it is rare to have both male and female flowers on the ...
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