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Gardening: Weed?
I have this coming up all through my flowerbed. Can anyone tell me what it is? I can't find anything online that even looks remotely close. I live in the West Central part of Oklahoma if that means anything...
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Thanks for the answers, but I'm still hoping for more ideas.
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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give it time. I gave my sister some of mine and it took two years for hers to bloom ...»
Gardening: One of my red maple trees died.
We planted three red maple trees over two years ago and they did well the first year. Last summer two of them had some white powder looking stuff on the leaves. This year one of them did
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Gardening: Ants on My Prickly Pear!
A friend noticed some tiny (sugar) ants on my Prickly Pear then told me they would kill it. They are not easy to grow here and I really don't want to loose it. At this time it also has
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Food grade DE is the best and you can use it in and out of the house. You can also take it ...»
Gardening: Toadstools
I how can I get rid of hundreds of ink toadstools in my very small , garden , they are even growing under my artificial lawn.
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Thank you , I have started picking them as they get bigger , will keep doing it, hopefully ...»
Gardening: My Lavender is lackluster! Help?
I'm having great luck with all my flowers/plants so far this spring EXCEPT for my lavender. It's quite pathetic looking, frankly. I'm not sure if lavender is generally a slow-grower but mine is growing at less than a snails pace. Any tips out there for helping my lavender to grow and thrive? I want to help it, but not sure how! Thanks everyone :) (It is potted on my deck)
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make sure you are not keeping it covered and allow it to go almost completely dry between ...»
Gardening: Does anyone have a easy way to get cactus sticks out of people.
Hubby was outside and trying to get weeds away from the cactus. Wind was blowing and he ended up with about 100 little fine cactus hairs stuck on arm and back. I tried baking soda and
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Gardening: How do you get rid of white flies in a garden?
I just noticed a few white flies on my tomato plants last night. So, I am hoping that I have caught this problem in the early stages. I have looked on the net for suggested ways to get
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These sap suckers create havoc because they excrete honeydew as they eat – which in turn ...»
Gardening: Composting...
Hi, I'm a new gardener...just love this website. I just started my own composting since a lot of you're talking about it and it seems pretty easy enough. I had some grass cut, kitchen
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A bad smell basically comes from too much green (likely the ammonia smell is from too many ...»
Gardening: Black roaches in my potted grape vine
Watering this morning, discovered black roaches coming out of soil. What can I use?
