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How many mint seeds should you plant?
I received a package of 50 mint seeds. They seemed small so I just planted all of them in a wide 10 liter pot.
Was that too many seeds in too small of an area? How much is too much?
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Smallest practical garden pond
I have noticed a few toads in my garden, and would like to encourage them - they're welcome to my slugs. So I thought it might be nice to create a small pond.
However I don't want it to dominate the garden and I don't have all that much room. What's…
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Is there a good technique for transplanting medium-maturity pumpkin vines?
Pumpkin vines tend to drop roots at each major leaf along the vine.
I need to transplant several pumpkin vines that have dropped established roots in 5-6 spots each.
For the vine below, the black box is where I will be cutting the vine. However,…
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What does "hardiness zone" mean?
Several questions here refer to (hardiness) zone 6a, 7, 5-8, and others.
What is a hardiness zone exactly? Is it determined only by the temperature (maximum, minimum) or are there other factors?
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How can I discourage venomous snakes from living in my property?
I noticed that a copperhead has made his home under my front porch. He has been spotted two days in a row, and, yesterday, I nearly stepped on him. I prefer not to mess with him as I have read that most incidence of snake bites come from…
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How do you manage dying leaves on young plants?
If a leaf on a plant is shriveling or yellowing, should you cut it off or leave it there? If you do the former, should you only snip off the damaged parts or should you cut off the entire leaf? My question is pertinent to young plants that may have…
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What insect eats petals and what can I do to kill it?
My geraniums loved being outside the front window of my house. They've been thriving there for over two months now and I thought I'd finally found a winner (it's too hot for pansies and other daintier plants).
Now they're getting eaten alive. I've…
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I do not want to mow the lawn, how can I have a lawn without having to mow?
I have a lawn, but I limit my mowing. Plants do not grow well in the sandy soil. Weeds grow extremely well.
The climate is moist, humid spring, summer and fall. Winter is snow and ice. There is lots of sunshine during the noon hours of the…
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What is this weed, found in UK, with serrated leaves and small green flowers?
It's growing everywhere in my garden and it pops up faster than I can pick it.
I'm told it could be dog's mercury or gallant soldier. I'm not sure it looks the same as those.
What species could it be?
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Lemon tree leaf deformation
My lemon tree leaves are deformed and some have holes (see pictures).
Any idea what is causing it, and how I can stop it?
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Is it okay to top a redwood tree?
Our redwood is about 30 years old and about 4 stories high. I would like to shape and top it to keep under control. Would it be fine to top off about 10 or 15 feet and also shape it? A tree trimmer told me it would be a good idea but years ago…
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What is happening to the leaves of my avocado?
I have an avocado plant in my outdoors balcony. It's been growing nicely, but there are small brown dots/holes in the leaves for some time now. I don't see anything in the underside of the leaves, and up until now new, healthy looking leaves have…
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Is it too late for row cover to help with insects?
Last year I used row covers on PVC frames to effectively keep cabbage worms off my broccoli and cabbage. I put the covers on in spring as soon as I put the seedlings in the ground, and then took them off when the plants were larger. There were some…
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Why is my phalaenopsis' keiki (orchid) not thriving?
About five years ago, I bought a fully grown and blooming Phalaenopsis orchid. After a month or so, the blooms fell off as expected. I continued to care for it as directed, but it never flowered again.
Instead, it produced four keiki, which I…
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What is this white grub I found in my soil in southern England?
I found a white grub about an inch long, in my soil. At first I thought it looked like a wide, white prawn. It's not the long thin one with the brown head that I've seen online.
I'm having trouble identifying it, or working out how to go about…
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