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Spider’s
Posted by Tammie Rigney | April 29, 2022I live in east Tennessee, this year my flower bed is over ran with spider's, so bad I can't get started planting, please help Thanks
Rose of Sharon plans
Posted by Greg Holton | April 29, 2022I have about five rose of Sharon plants that are all in pots. They were doing well until we had so much rain in Florida while I was away, that they all are yellowing. I drained them real good and took them out of the direct sun for now. Not sure whether I should repot them into larger pots Or ...
Black spots on avocado leaves and trunk
Posted by Vanda Kennedy | April 27, 2022I have a small avocado tree with black spots appearing on the leaves and the trunk. It is in a large container outside and it gets plenty of sun. I water approx. once a week. I have checked for mites and don’t see anything. Not sure what to do at this point.
Madevilla care
Posted by Sharleen Oetting | April 27, 2022I have a Mandevilla plant in a pot a friend gave me. It is woody looking and vines are brown. I live in S. GA. Should I cut back the brown vine and repot in the ground?
Redoing a 5 ft front of a condo Garden
Posted by Marilyn Marciante | April 27, 2022I have approximately 5 ft Garden area in front of my condo. I am a new owner the garden was there prior to my ownership. Due to hurricane Ida contractors came in to redo the siding and destroyed the garden. I have replaced with topsoil and put edging before I could do anything else it began to rain very hard. ...
Alchohol and rose burning
Posted by Barbara Doran | April 26, 2022Yesterday, I made a solution for a aphids, including natural soap, peroxide, alcohol (my husband pressed me to use what we had…”denatured”…ugh) and baking soda and of course very diluted. The gardenia is great but my young rose plants have what looks like black spot this morning. I would say it was a disease but not overnight. They are also ...
Broken Green Bell Pepper Plant
Posted by Jeffrey Abrahamson | April 25, 2022I was bringing some pepper plants to my science class this morning and one of them and broke the stem below all of the leaves. It is a relatively young plant about 4-6" in height. Can I plant the top half of the plant and have it grow or all hope lost and throw it away?
Star Jasmine
Posted by Gail Lucas | April 25, 2022I moved my Jasmine plant from container to ground about 1 1/2 years ago. It has never bloomed, even the pot. My Sun & water conditions are good, I use miracle grow to feed.
Bee Balm
Posted by Marcella Morton | April 25, 2022My Bee Balm plants will not bloom, and I can't figure out why, can you help
Clueless
Posted by Teri Sankey | April 24, 2022I purchased Dahlia’s bulbs from Costco - there are 5 bulbs in each bag - how far away from each other do I plant these ?
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