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How should I prune my pomegranate trees?
I have a pomegranate tree that is 6 years old. It didn't get enough water for several years, and was growing under a canopy of other trees, so it only grew about 1 meter (~4 feet) high. How and when should I prune it to stimulate growth?
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Can I separate this spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)?
I just bought a spider plant from a store recently. The plant is so aggregated that I can see many stems in a 8cm diameter pot ( 10+ ). I wondered if I can separate them. I tried to separate them from the soil, then I see their roots are so fat like…
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What vegetables/seeds/fruits at the grocery store can be viably replanted?
I have a crude understanding that planted seeds should be non-hybrid non-gmo open-pollinated in order for their offspring to be as good as the parents.
If I try to use organic produce from the grocery store to start different varieties of plants…
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What causes flowers to fall off of a blueberry bush?
My blueberry bush's flower bells are falling off, leaving only the center stalk (stamen? pistil? whatever it is, its part of the sex organs)
Is this what happens when a blueberry flower is properly pollinated or is some type of disease/blight…
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Peppermint seeds? Isn't peppermint sterile?
At my local supermarket they are selling peppermint seeds. How is it possible? I thought peppermint was a sterile hybrid, and only reproduced through stolon.
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Which species and group of clematis is this?
Hi! I'm new to the site, and have long been wondering who I could ask to help me identify this clematis. I've done a bit of poking around online at various nursery sites hoping to find it, but I'm a little overwhelmed by how many varieties and…
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What type of fertilizer should be used on garlic?
This is my third year growing garlic and in the past I've sprayed my plants with a liquid fish and seaweed fertilizer throughout the season. I had also applied a small amount of composted manure in the fall when planting it.
This year when I…
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How does tree sap go up
How does tree sap go up very tall trees?
I would guess capillarity probably plays an important role; I read online that the production of sap generates CO2 which helps building pressure, but I would like to find a detailed explanation.
My girlfriend…
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How can I love a Silver Maple?
I'm reading this question What is the average lifespan of most maple trees? and the answer mentions:
Silver maple 100 years (I cannot imagine why you would want to plant this species)
followed by a comment:
Silver Maples in urban areas are…
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Mushroom growing, when to harvest champignons?
I am having a small experimental box with brown champignons in my basement.
It already had two great waves of mushrooms, but it seems I waited too long because they all were opened up already.
When I watched the day before, I harvested a few big…
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Why did the stem suddenly weaken in my oriental poppy?
I have an oriental poppy 'Patty's Plum' growing in new potting compost in a pot with good drainage. It sits in full sun, and I water it as needed in the recent dry weather. I purchased it from a nursery in May so this is the first season I've had…
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Options for an edible privacy "fence"?
I live on a corner lot, with neighbors' fencing on two sides of my back yard, the house on a third, and an open street on the fourth.
Rather than installing a fence myself, to provide privacy in the back yard, I had the idea of planting some shrubs…
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of using soil blocks?
I recently read a book that suggests using soil blocks for starting seeds. What are the advantages and disadvantages of soil blocks over the more popular seed starting methods? I am mainly interested in using the seed blocks to start vegetables.
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When is the earliest that I can safely add worms to my garden?
I live in northern Indiana and it is currently snowing. I want to add worms to my garden. Should I wait for it to warm up, start raining, or what?
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What is this plant with long sharp leaves? Is it a weed?
In my garden I have several of the plants shown below. At first I thought it is a weed, but then it was quite robust against cold weather and continued to grow slowly:
The leaves are long and sharp, the example shown below is about 30cm high and the…
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