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How do I change the color of my hydrangea flowers?
So, I've heard that people sometimes mix a bit of lemon juice in when they water blue hydrangeas, they say it keeps them blue if the soil is lacking in acid. I was wondering, I have a pink indoor hydrangea plant; would it be possible to alter the…
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What should I do if the soil shrinks and separates from the flowerpot walls?
Recently we relocated a cactus into a new flowerpot. When it was planted the soil would evenly occupy the flowerpot and adjoin the flowerpot side walls. The soil isn't cactus soil, but just regular soil that we bought from a local shop.
Now the soil…
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Are there any drought tolerant plants that will force out weeds in pavement and sidewalk cracks?
In front of my house there is a sidewalk and about 2-3 feet of pavement behind a fence which I'm assuming was formerly dirt that was paved over. I've done my best to work with what I've got and make it look nice, but I'd love to find a solution to…
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What special steps should I take to prepare my garden for fall planting?
I am starting to think and plan out my fall/winter garden. I am looking at trying to plant some crops that will be overwintered and some crops that I can harvest before spring. What special steps should I take to prepare my beds for fall and winter…
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How do I choose a good tiller (cultivator) for a 1000 sq. ft. garden?
I'm getting ready to till about 1,000 square feet, but the problem is I have no experience buying tillers. However, I don't know much about buying them. What should one look for in a garden tiller that's appropriate for the size of my garden?
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Harvesting beans to prolong cropping - but how thorough do I need to be?
It is said that if you let your runner/french beans reach full maturity, the plant stops producing.
So I harvest my beans (even if only to throw/give them away) regularly to prolong cropping.
How thorough do I need to be? Is it sufficient to…
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Does it matter if my cabbage forms its heart some way off the ground?
My cabbages have been growing strongly, but until recently mostly big loose leaves, not hearts.
Now they're beginning to heart up, but some way up the stalk and off the ground (about 12-15cm up the stalk, possibly more [photo probably shows the…
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What exactly is an outdoor bonsai?
I recently got a Brussels Boxwood Bonsai, 3 years old.
And I have it placed indoors near an optimally sunlit area and apartment temperature is around
70 F.There seems to be a little bit of wilting/decay on the top canopy.
Boxwood is supposed to be…
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Why should I leave my coriander seeds on the plant to dry before harvesting?
I want to harvest the seeds from a Coriander/Cilantro plant. I would like to pick them now, but investigation on the internet suggests that I should let them dry on the plant. Why?
The plant has bolted so I would like to cut it back to encourage new…
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How do I know when winter rye seed is ready to harvest?
I planted some winter rye last fall to hold a patch of soil over the winter. Planned to mow it, but spring came, summer came, and I still haven't cut it down. It's got beautiful fat seed heads on it now.
How do I know when these are ready to harvest…
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How do I prune a cork-screw willow?
I would like to have a small "cork-screw' willow in my front yard. I don't want it as a bush, but with a strong middle trunk.
It currently is about 1.5 feet tall. It has three fairly equally tall trunks. One is very bent. The other two are fairly…
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How can I discourage wasps?
We built our house last fall, and I've already found one wasp next in a corner of the eaves. I know that one of our neighbors has a huge problem with wasps, and has a large amount of exterior exposed wood (multiple decks, wood trim, a large…
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How can I drain lawn with very little slope?
I have a depression on the side of my lawn where rain and sprinkler water collects. There used to be a plastic lined pond and a lot of rock (for the last 5-8 years) that I suspect blocked the water from draining properly on that side. I'm going to…
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Which types of broccoli are cut-and-come-again?
I grew two types of broccoli this year. One was monaco I think, and the other one I'm not sure about (maybe calabrese?).
We started harvesting the monaco more than a month ago and per this question we have been getting a good crop of secondary heads…
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What is the effect of streetlights on plants?
This may be totally off the wall, but the sunflowers growing around my garden are bigger the nearer they are to the street light. I've seen documentaries with marijuana labs in California where they grow their plants all day and all night under the…
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