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Is "Days to Harvest" measured from planting date or sprouting date?
I have several Ferry-Morse seed packets, which, on the back, show what the expected "Days to Harvest" is. I am wondering if this "Days to Harvest" should be measured from the date I planted the seeds or the date I saw the sprouts first coming up?
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What are good plants to use in a container-based winter garden?
I live in an apartment that has a small outdoor patio and I'm looking to create a little container garden this autumn/winter. I'm located in the US (hardiness zone is 7) and I'm looking for ideas (plants) that might work well in this environment.…
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How do I tell if a Green Fig is ripe?
There is a Kadota (I think) fig tree in our yard - the fruit is massive, slightly squishy, and the holes at the bottom of the figs are starting to open and they're starting to pale.
How do I tell if they are ripe or not? They're only drooping…
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How would I go about grafting Japanese Maples?
I would like to plant a nice weeping Japanese Maple in my yard, but the nice ones at the nursery are quite expensive. Some friends have exactly the type of Japanese Maple that I would like in my yard. How would I go about grafting a branch into a…
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Is it safe to change the entire soil surrounding the roots?
Usually when you buy plants from the store, the soil type might not be suitable to them. Is it safe to change the soil completely? I mean to remove all the soil around most of the roots, then put it into a pot with new soil. I can think of 2…
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When is the best/acceptable time to perform a fall core aeration and seeding on a lawn?
I live in Southern NJ, USA (Mid Atlantic/Northeast region). I recently contracted with a (well known, national) lawn care company to perform some maintenance on my lawn (aeration, fertilizers, pesticides, etc). They came two weeks ago to apply…
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Best practice to prevent aphids and spider mites?
What is the best practice to prevent aphids and spider mites? I group them in one question because they make similar damage to plants.
I want to know the level of humidity for aphids and spider mites to grow, then I can do the reverse approach.
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Should I lift my onion crop?
Looks like my onion crop is done (end of August). The green part has died right back and I've got just the bulb sat a little way into the soil.
I don't have a good rodent-proof cool dry dark outdoor storage place to put the onions. If I lift them…
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Can I eradicate blackspot on roses with a winter pruning?
In mid-winter, I pruned my standard roses back harshly. Black-spot can be a problem on these roses. The pruning is such that they have hardly any leaves. The remaining leaves do not have any black-spot.
Should I spray now to remove any remaining…
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How can I tell when a cutting has developed roots?
Is there any way to tell if a cutting has put down roots? I've had cuttings with healthy-looking green leaves that just never create roots (despite using root powder). I'd like to discard cuttings that don't root, but I also don't want to break…
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What kind of chili turns brown and shrivels when ripening on the plant?
I have a few of these chili plants growing and they produce a longish (approx 4", sometimes curled chili that turns brown and begins to shrivel (slightly) when it ripens. It does not transition to a different, more standard colour (red/orange) and I…
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How to keep fescue grass from taking over my rye grass?
I live in Connecticut, hardiness zone 6a. Last Summer, fescue grass took over a large swath of the sunniest part of my rye grass lawn when it was very dry. Most of it died over the Winter and we reseeded very successfully in Spring. However, some of…
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Will an unevenly coloured (green) pumpkin ripen to a nice even orange?
My experience of cucurbits is mostly courgettes and cucumbers which a) don't matter too much about an even colour and b) don't sit so heavily on the ground.
But with a pumpkin it's all about how it looks. So I'm looking at my best and biggest…
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How can I help a sunburned jade tree recover?
I put my jade tree out to get some sun yesterday, and apparently the sun was a little too blazingly direct. Instead of the healthy red edges I was expecting to see, several of the leaves are now collapsed-looking and have a greyish-brown…
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Is September too late to plant winter greens in USDA zone 6?
I have Red Russian Kale and Collards that I want to grow for a late-season crop, but I keep procrastinating. Is late August/Early September too late to put them out in order to get enough greens to have a mess or two to eat? I live in USDA zone 6…
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