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What kind of tree is this?
Posted by Ed Holland | June 21, 2022What kind of tree is this? Click here for our YouTube page for more answers to questions! For more questions, ask here. To search more questions related to yours, click here.
What is eating my plants?
Posted by Robin Hamer | June 19, 2022What is eating my plants? Click here for our YouTube page for more answers to questions! For more questions, ask here. To search more questions related to yours, click here.
Why did my indoor fig tree stop growing?
Posted by Cyd Rosen-Herrmann | June 19, 2022My indoor ficus Carica (fig tree) started to produce a few figs, but they stopped growing. I know the tree needs more sun. It's on a south window but there isn't enough direct sun. What type of artificial light bulb do you recommend? Click here for our YouTube page for more answers to questions! For more questions, ask here. To search ...
How to attract bees?
Posted by Alicia Wilczynski | June 19, 2022I noticed that I had cucumber Beatles eating my plants alive, till there was nothing left. I panicked and put 7dust on all my cucumber, squash, and both watermelons and cantaloupe. Now I’m scared the bees will never come and I just feel awful for using it. How long till the dust settles and disappear? Will the bees ever come ...
Why are the leaves on my evergreen plant going brown?
Posted by Tracey Moore | June 19, 2022My evergreen plant going brown what is wrong with it? Click here for our YouTube page for more answers to questions! For more questions, ask here. To search more questions related to yours, click here.
How to grow million bells?
Posted by Cindy Loy | June 19, 2022I buy million bells hanging baskets every year & they do the same thing every year. They go flat on the top. I water nightly because we have 90° weather and they sit in sun all day. I water from top but put nozzle through the flower down to the soil. What can I do to make the flower full ...
What type of potting soil for palm trees?
Posted by Vera Ferguson | June 19, 2022I bought a Pygymy Date Palm tree. I've never had a palm before. What type of potting soil is best to use? Should I let the soil dry out a bit before watering again? Click here for our YouTube page for more answers to questions! For more questions, ask here. To search more questions related to yours, click here.
How to help ant infestation?
Posted by Jackie Burts | June 18, 2022I have an ant infestation in only one of my potted strawberry plants. I have pulled the plant up got rid of the infested soil , rinsed out the roots very well so all the ants would be out of the roots . Re potted the plant in fresh soil and put the pot in a whole new spot. Now ...
Why are my hydrangeas turning brown?
Posted by Julie Woodward | June 17, 2022Hi Marianne, I have four large hydrangea bushes I planted about eight years ago. Each spring they are fuller and more beautiful than the year before. Last spring my largest bush started to have branches and blooms that turned brown and had shriveled leaves. This year the same thing is happening to the other three bushes. My hydrangeas are turning ...
What is this plant?
Posted by Tammy Rondeau | June 17, 2022I found this plant. I have a lot of this growing in my garden. What is it? Click here for our YouTube page for more answers to questions! For more questions, ask here. To search more questions related to yours, click here.
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