Filling Containers Frugally
The reason you can winter some annuals and not others is for the fact that not all annuals are true annuals. Many annuals are in fact tender perennials grown as annuals in colder zones. Here is a list of tender perennials grown as annuals: Coleus Geranium (Pelargonium...
Top of Ripe Red Tomato Still Green?
This is called Green Shoulders and it can happen if the fruits are exposed to too much direct sun (ex. plants were pruned excessively) or too high temperatures for an extended amount of time. You could try picking the tomatoes that are doing this and let them...
Overwintering Miniature Iris Tubers?
In your zone after the ground has frozen, I would lay down mulch over the iris area. Iris are notorious for frost heaving because they are so shallowly planted. Frost heaving happens when there are freeze/thaw cycles over the course of the winter season. Even...
Soap Solution for Flies on Grape Vines?
Your flies I imagine are Whiteflies. You could also just purchase and organic product like Safers insecticidal soap and not chance using regular soaps that that can burn leaves once exposed to sun. Soaps MUST come in direct contact with the pests to be any...
Pet Owners Beware of Grapes and Raisins
Yup they sure are toxic! Ive know that for years. My dogs are like my children and you bet Ive done my research. Imagine my horror when I found out an older gentlemen friend of ours was feeding his Chihuahua and Chihuahua/Yorkie X M&Ms for treats! I dont think...
Flowering Hens and Chicks
Actually they flower when they become crowded. Some types of H&Cs crowd faster than others. The ones (green with red/maroon tips) I have flowered in 2 years because of the fast rate of their growth! When very crowded the hen will flower and then die leaving...
Cucumber Plants Not Producing?
I suspect just what the first replier stated. Your male flowers may not have started opening yet. I am growing in containers this year too in MG potting soil, but am doing a type suitable for containers called Cucino I picked my first yummy fruits today!
Uses for Lavender?
I have a ton of Lavender too.....Munstead and Vera. If you like the taste of turpentine by all means go for it LOL! I just use the plants to make wands. After they dry they can be left as is in wands or you can strip the dried buds from the stems and use in...
Getting Rid Of Bugs On Tomato Plant?
Could be that your bugs are Harlequin Bugs....another true bug belonging to the same order as the stink bugs...Hemiptera? These suck sap from plant leaves like aphids or white fly leaving white and yellow blotches. If problem is severe enough plants can wilt...
