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Gardening is one of the hottest topics on Hometalk. Whether you're gardening as a profession, or as a hobby, you'll find awesome gardening inspiration on Hometalk. Do you need to identify a plant? Post a photo of it, and a gardening expert will be able to identify it for you. Is your garden blooming in a spectacular way? Share the joy with fellow gardening buffs. All garden talk is welcome on Hometalk; so whether you're planting a flower garden, looking for green gardening tips, or researching the perfect gardening tools, you've come to the right place.



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A Nest for All Seasons
A Nest for All Seasons Hummelstown, PA 17 minutes ago
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  • Soap Sticks for Kids  #diy #kids #craft #summeractivities #summercrafts
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    Dria @ Dio 32 minutes ago
    I love this!! It's looks awesome :)
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    • Taken last week...see the trendles reaching for something to grab on to?
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  • There's only one flower spike in about five iris plants in my garden.
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Gardening: One Lonely Iris

Last year, I planted a number of iris cuttings from a friend. The only one to bloom has just opened. They are in full sun and I planted them shallow as I've done before successfully. What could be wrong?

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    Heather Benton 1 hour ago
    Thanks for all the advice. As I look around the garden a few days after posting this, I am ...»
    seeing more iris spikes on other plants. So I'm hopeful that next year there will be tons more.

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Gardening: Planting around trees

I have an old tree in my back yard, the big roots are showing in the ground around the tree. How can I make a bed around the tree trunk with the roots showing? Can I build up the bottom ...»
with soil and cover the roots? I would like to plant hosta's or impatients. thank you

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Gardening: How do you get rid of nut grass permanently?

We have a problem with nut grass. (My mother bought dirt from a nursery and it was in the dirt) We pull it and its back in back in a week. She has used Roundup and it doesnt work. She bought a " nutgrass killer selective herbicide" by a company called Monterey this also had no effect. As you can see from pics below.
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  • Succulent Gardens are easy to create and super easy to care for.
  • We used PVC pipe and cut it at an angle
  • Spray painted with stone paint
  • Fill with pea gravel for drainage and soil. Then planted the succulents.
  • Some of the plants were also planted in the ground.
  • Since there were some questions about Indoor Succulent Gardens, I thought I would add a photo of the one we created for indoors. They do great indoors.
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How to Build and Plant a Succulent Garden

Succulent Gardens require very little water and almost no maintenance. And they can be gorgeous!
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Hoosier Homemade Laporte, IN 6 hours ago
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    Hoosier Homemade 2 hours ago
    Thanks so much everyone! Nicole, if you leave in a region that gets severe winter {and I see ...»
    you do, you are near me} then you would want to transplant the Succulents and bring them in.

    Miriam, Succulents do GREAT indoors as well, we also made another planter to have indoors.

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Gardening: Just bought a passion plant. Never saw one before.

What is the best way to care for it, says you can bring it in during the winter months. Right now in a transportable pot, any suggestions?
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Pat R Roswell, GA 2 days ago
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    Pat R 2 hours ago
    Thank you very much, I will try that.
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  • Household vinegar will NOT kill weeds.  Read how to REALLY kill weeds with vinegar.
  • You need at least a 10-20% vinegar plus horticultural orange oil (or other citrus oil)
  • You need to apply it with a spray bottle when the sun is bright, the ground is dry, and the temperature is above 70-degrees.
  • This type of sprayer will tackle larger jobs.
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REALLY Killing Weeds With Vinegar

For more details on this process, please visit the blog post below.

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vinegar weed killer. Friends, I'm here to tell you that their information is faulty and their vinegar weed killer will not work.

Most of the blogs that show vinegar weed killer recipes, show household vinegar with 5% acidity.

This.Will.NOT.Work. I repeat, This.Will.NOT.Work.

You need a vinegar that has AT LEAST 10% acidity PLUS a horticultural citrus oil. There is some controversy within the organic gardening community regarding vinegar strength. Very respected gardeners say that 10% acidity mixed with citrus oil will kill weeds.

For at least 10 years I have been using a 20% vinegar for my weed control. I have not tried 10% vinegar ~ but I trust the gardeners who say it will work. Many of them are diluting their 20% vinegar by cutting it in half and adding water. Doing this will give you two gallons of 10% vinegar.

WARNING: This 10% – 20% vinegar is potent. You need to wear goggles, rubber gloves, long sleeves, and shoes when working with 20% vinegar. It will burn your skin if any splashes. I have experienced this first hand ~ it can be very painful.

While the vinegar alone will work well at getting rid of weeds, it's the orange oil that nails the coffin shut on weeds. However, none of this will kill weeds if it isn't properly applied. That is the real secret to killing weeds and killing them for good.

If you want to kill weeds naturally, then here's what you do:The correct ratio for weed killing is: 1 gallon of 10-20% vinegar to 1 C. of orange (or citrus) oil. Mix well. (see my Warning above) Then, add to either a spray bottle like this one. I highly recommend rubber gloves when applying with this type of bottle ~ it does tend to drip.

This ONLY WORKS when applied at full strength, in sunlight, during the heat of the day.

That means, if it rained yesterday, then don't apply it. If rain is in the forecast within 24 hours, don't apply it.

Wait until the soil is dried out a bit, the sun is bright, and it's the middle of the day. It must be at least 70-degrees for maximum efficacy. The weed will think you are giving it some good food. Down the hatch, little weed.

Keep in mind that this brew does not discriminate. Be careful where you spray. It will kill your flowers and plants just as effectively. Obviously, avoid application on windy days.

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The Seasoned Homemaker Austin, TX 2 days ago
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    Mikell Paulson 2 hours ago
    I use regular vinegar, and the weeds do not come back! It kills them dead. I only spray a ...»
    second time if seedling start to grow! It kills roots and all! Maybe you are not spraying them enough the first time! I spray them to the point where it has a drip on the weed!

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