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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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Agree Sia, you should also be careful about using free manures anymore. Check with the "donor" ...»
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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I agree with the previous posts, pull up that plastic and add layer's of newspaper. If you ...»
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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It is very windy here, but I will try. You have great ideas. Thank you!!!
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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clematis
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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OR? Buy a mess of Ladybugs. They'll be in Aphid heaven. ;)
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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Cut it back as close to the ground as you can. Cover the area with heavy black plastic. Cover ...»
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
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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
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.
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