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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.
Tina R
Tina R 15 hours ago
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    Tina R 5 hours ago
    It is very windy here, but I will try. You have great ideas. Thank you!!!
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Gardening: What is This Orange Fuzz on My Apple Tree?

It is also on a couple of pear trees.
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Kathy Gig Harbor, WA 5 hours ago
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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??
Jess W
Jess W 15 hours ago
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    Gail Salminen 7 hours ago
    Jess, I would definitely take up the plastic for proper drainage. Putting paper down to keep ...»
    the old weeks at bay is also a good idea and will decompose in a short time. Most of the moss will likely come up when you remove the plastic. Also adding a good topsoil on tip will be beneficial for your plans. After you plant I would put a thick layer of shredded mulch on the soil, this will decrease the weeding required by a significant amount. You will need to add mulch each spring, just not as thick as the first year, but it is well worth it. Thanks for posing the question.

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Gardening: Planting corn?

I'm looking for advice about growing corn. I'd like to plant some in my backyard, but I have a lot of questions. Does corn need a lot of sun? What type of soil is good for growing corn? Does it require a lot of water? Also, when is the best time to plant? Spring or fall?
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Aron Garfinkel Atlanta, GA 2 days ago
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    Sia@South 47th 8 hours ago
    Jeanette S YES! Good point luv! ...»
    Folks forget to 'cure' the manure and end up overheating and killing off their crops. xo

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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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Judy S 2 days ago
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    Donna 9 hours ago
    clematis
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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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Janet Griffin, GA 2 days ago
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    Sia@South 47th 48 minutes ago
    OR? Buy a mess of Ladybugs. They'll be in Aphid heaven. ;)
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Gardening: Persistent crape myrtle

I had two huge crape myrtles taken out, thought I had the stumps ground. But they keep sending up suckers in my papyrus. Anyone know how I can stop this, it's constant.
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Evelyn McMullen Montgomery, AL 2 days ago
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    Judy 15 hours ago
    Cut it back as close to the ground as you can. Cover the area with heavy black plastic. Cover ...»
    plastic with mulch. Leave it for a year or so. Lack of light & water will kill it.

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  • This is what it looked like when I first transplanted it. It's about 1 1/2 inches taller now and has more leaves on the top. But not much growth to the "trunk".

Gardening: Silver Maple Sapling.

I had a silver maple sapling come up in one of my flower baskets when I brought them inside last fall..It stayed alive in the basket all winter and even had 2 little leaves on it. This spring, I transplanted it in a 5 gallon bucket making sure to get all of the roots even the tap root. It's doing wonderful and now has at least 10 leaves on the top of the "knitting needle" sized stem (or should I say trunk?). It's definitely getting taller but I'm not seeing much growth in the ...»
circumference. Is there something I can do to help it along? I really don't want to lose it as it's an offspring of a very large Maple we recently had to cut down due to disease. Thank you for any advice you can give me.

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Donna N Weatherford, OK 16 hours ago
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Gardening: How to prune rosebush?

Trimmed a few weeks ago to get rid of crossing branches, but it has gone crazy. not sure whether to prune more or just let it grow
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Cheryl Davisburg, MI 6 hours ago
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Gardening: My pomegranate tree is being attacked by ants!

I love looking outside and seeing how well our pomegranate tree is dong this year. We've raised it over the past 6 years from a tiny sapling and now it's producing some beautiful fruit. ...»

But the other day my daughter came running inside screaming, "The patio is swarming with ants!" I went out to see what was going on and I see a ton of ants making a line across the lawn and headed directly for the pomegranate tree. They were climbing up the trunk and crawling all over the leaves! By nature, I'm the "live and let live" type when it comes to insects outdoors. So I left them alone, assuming they could do no harm. But this morning I noticed that many of the tree's leaves have shriveled up and I'm afraid that ants will kill the tree or at least ruin the fruit.

Does anyone have any information that can help me?

First of all, why are the ants suddenly attacking this tree?

Can they do real damage?

If so, what is the simplest way to get them to stop and keep them off of the tree?

I prefer a natural remedy to using chemicals, but if only chemicals will help I'm willing to go that route.

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Yair S 20 hours ago
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