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Gardening: Tomatoes in South Texas
We are in our second year in San Antonio and last year had very little yield from our tomato plants. This year we put them in the ground early (end of March). The plants have blossoms
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CommentedWhen temperatures reach over 90 degrees, tomatoes stop pollinating themselves. I suspect this ...»
Gardening: Suggestions for window boxes. No fake plants.
So very hot here in the summer. Any creative ideas for window boxes. No real or fake plants, please.
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CommentedPlace a fake bottom to raise the level up to just below the lip and make a miniature town sort ...»
Gardening: Reclaiming a flower bed...
I need help! I am trying reclaim a garden bed in the side of my house. Someone laid several layers of black plastic down years ago it appears and it has been over grown with moss. I have gotten 3 hostas to take in it. Am I right that I should pull up the plastic, til it and start over??
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CommentedI am joining the chorus on taking up the plastic, though I do wonder what the original intent ...»
Outdoor Living: How to troubleshoot rainbird sprinkler systems?
After 5 years my system is not working correctly. Two of three zones run nonstop when turned on in the ground, even with the controller turned off and unplugged.
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CommentedSo your problem is solved then?
May Garden ~ Birdhouses & Flowers
In looking around the garden, I see a theme has developed. It's all about the birds and flowers. With approximately one hundred birdhouses, I suppose my collection is now nearing
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Commentedbeautiful Barb Rosen
Gardening: Please name this plant
This plant sheds its leaves in winter and in May bears new leaves then buds then these white flowers with yellow centers. It is a perennial and very hardy. This shrub is very old and does not need pruning.
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CommentedIt looks more like the mock orange (Philidelphus) than the fried egg poppy to me. Is the bloom ...»
Gardening: How do you do the natural way of getting bugs off rose bushes?
I have white bugs on my rose bushes and can NOT stand the smell or the chemicals of the spray. What is the natural ingredients to sprayon them?
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Commentedsounds like it might be white flies. You can try using a soft brush vacuum early in the ...»
Gardening: This plant is very old. Just last year, I put 3 different smaller pots
together into this longer planter. They've lived outside all spring thru fall on my shady deck for years and have always done well. But look what happened this year. The now brownish and not-so-pretty areas were new growth, I believe. What do you suppose made this happen? Nothing bad is happening to them right now but I want to make sure it doesn't.
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CommentedProbably would be better for them as long as it is an area that will get good air flow. I just ...»