Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange
Gardening and Landscaping Stack Exchange

Most Popular

more tags
1500 questions
11
votes
2 answers

How much should I water my cherry tree sapling?

My good friend's dad helped me plant a cherry tree sapling (about a handspan high) the other day (I don't know what kind). He brought over the rooted pot, dug the requisite 18-24cm depth, and transferred it (soil and all) into the hole. We then made…
ashes999
  • 2,303
  • 5
  • 27
  • 39
11
votes
3 answers

What can be planted on a shady, damp slope to help remove weeds?

I am removing ferns and brambles from a steep, damp and shaded hillside. Proper planting will come later but first I want to have some ground cover that will help keep the weeds from re-establishing and help lock the slope. I am in mid-Wales (United…
itj
  • 357
  • 1
  • 9
11
votes
1 answer

Is it harmful to prune summer bearing raspberries in early autumn?

I planted raspberry canes last autumn which have grown well and produced a good crop this year. Some of the canes have grown to 7 or 8 feet and are dangling over the fence into a neighbour's garden. Can these be safely cut back at this time of year?…
Twisted
  • 947
  • 1
  • 6
  • 13
11
votes
3 answers

Are bananas male/female and which ones will contain seed?

My mum told me that there are female and male bananas (the fruit, not the tree), and only female bananas contain seed. Is it true? She said the little black things commonly seen inside banana are not seeds, and the seeds are very hard to chew and…
lamwaiman1988
  • 7,530
  • 9
  • 42
  • 75
11
votes
1 answer

How should I choose the correct N-P-K fertilizer values for my plant?

I have a red coleus plant at work that's still growing despite my best efforts. I'm trying to choose the right fertilizer for it, but I'm not sure what I'm looking at when it comes to that sort of thing. I keep the plant inside and it gets more…
Adam Lear
  • 377
  • 2
  • 9
11
votes
1 answer

Using carpet to stop weeds

I've got these citrus trees in my back yard but they're surrounded by weeds (5 foot high). The garden bed is elevated and hard to mow. I also have this old carpet just waiting to be thrown away. I'm thinking about weed whacking the weeds and then…
Coomie
  • 2,894
  • 7
  • 22
  • 35
11
votes
3 answers

What's a fast growing hedge suitable for Western Australia?

So I've got a large front yard and I want to use a hedge to divide it and provide some privacy. I live in Western Australia so the soil is very sandy and the area receives full sun, sometimes getting to 40 °C (104 °F) in summer. Also I'm looking for…
Coomie
  • 2,894
  • 7
  • 22
  • 35
11
votes
2 answers

Is there such a thing as a specifically indoor only orange/citrus tree?

I obtained an orange tree a few months ago and it always seems to have a lot of problems. Curling leaves, yellow leaves and dying leaves. I am not looking for suggestions as to why I have problems here, but when talking to a person at a hardware…
startoftext
  • 473
  • 2
  • 8
11
votes
2 answers

How can we keep high air humidity with a simple setup?

I want to plant a small size sinningia in my office. I read about the plant and found that it requires high air humidity. How can I maintain a high air humidity in my office with a simple setup?
lamwaiman1988
  • 7,530
  • 9
  • 42
  • 75
11
votes
3 answers

What is this weed and how do I get rid of it?

I'm located in northern Utah, USA. There is a weed which is proving difficult to control, which I haven't been able to identify. It is usually fairly easy to pull, but you only get a small bit of root because these things spread via an underground…
JYelton
  • 1,973
  • 2
  • 20
  • 28
11
votes
2 answers

Is there a way to discourage a tomato plant from growing too tall?

I have a tomato plant that is now 6ish feet tall and still seems to be growing up and up. Is there a way to discourage this upward growth and keep it to a height that I won't need a ladder to harvest?
wax eagle
  • 5,188
  • 6
  • 34
  • 70
11
votes
4 answers

Will diatomaceous earth hurt the earthworms in my garden

I have an organic garden, and use diatomaceous earth to discourage slugs from eating my plants. Lately I have worried that the diatomaceous earth might hurt the earthworms in my soil. Does diatomaceous earth have any detrimental effect on…
Cary Jensen
  • 511
  • 1
  • 5
  • 14
11
votes
3 answers

What do I use to fill in low spots in my yard?

I have low spots in my yard that I would like to slowly fill in. This isn't anything big enough to constitute a truck load of dirt or anything. What can I use (either dirt or manure) to fix these spots?
Rikon
  • 467
  • 5
  • 11
11
votes
1 answer

Can I force a dormant forsythia branch to bloom by bringing it inside?

I live in Massachusetts, where we have approximately three feet of snow in the yard, and the temperature has been well below freezing nearly every day for the last two months. In an article in yesterday's local newspaper, a horticulturist wrote that…
Sue Saddest Farewell TGO GL
  • 6,215
  • 8
  • 42
  • 74
11
votes
1 answer

How important is it to install an irrigation system during a new build?

We're building a new house in Lenexa, Kansas (southwest side of Kansas City). Our yard is larger than average, and the cost for the builder to put in an irrigation system is $4,250. I'm debating on if we should do it now or not. How much does…
Max Schmeling
  • 213
  • 1
  • 7
1 2 3
…
99 100