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Growing tomatoes under lights
I'm growing some tomato plants under a 400 watt metal halide lamp. They are about three weeks old and several are a few days from blooming. Right now I have them under 18 hours of light and 6 hours of...
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lining a whiskey barrel
If I buy a half whiskey barrel at HD, Menard's, or Lowe's, will clear 6 mil plastic be good enough for lining it so it will hold water? I assume it won't hold water without a liner even after the wood...
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Hypertufa - Perlite alternatives
I am trying to make some Hypertufa outdoor planters. Perlite is hard to come by except in small (expensive) bags. I found polystyrene insulation at home improvement store. It looks like Perlite. I am...
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17 years ago
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Moonflower in Michigan
I collected moonflower seeds from an acquaintance's garden last year, and they produced several plants in my own garden. He has now moved away, and I recall that he had them year after year. But I...
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Does cedar mulch kill plants and shrubs???
i have read so many things that say that cedar mulch slowly kills plant and shrubs by leeching the nitrogen and nutrients out of the soil. i was wondering what anyones opinion would be on this as i...
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17 years ago
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Pitchfork for grass clippings?
What tool do I need to load a pile of grass clippings (left by scything the lawn ; you get a pile maybe a foot high and a couple feet wide running down the left side of a 10' swath you cut across the...
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17 years ago
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Husky 55 Rancher troubles
Three years ago I bought a new Husqvarna 55 Rancher chainsaw, to clean up after hurricane Juan. Only used it a few times. Stored it away and now it won't start. When I pull the starter cord I am met...
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17 years ago
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lavatera arborea in a container - drooping, drooping drooping
I have a beautiful lavatera plant (which I think is of the arborea(tum?) variety. It is currently planted in a half wine barrel. While it is growing and flowering, I have to water it every day because...
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17 years ago
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help with vegetable garden rife with sand & wood chips
hi all, i'm going to plant a small vegetable garden in our backyard. Currently an entire section of the back is piled with woodchips and in some spots several inches deep with sand. This was something...
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17 years ago
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grafting onto black cherry
I have wild black cherry tree about 30 feet tall ... I don't want to cut it down, is it possible to graft some sweet cherries onto it, a couple of varieties that will cross-pollinate? I'm thinking the...
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17 years ago
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Growing near black walnut
Hi, There is a tree near my yard and I am not sure if its a black walnut or a (butter?) I know that certain plants will not grow under or near a black walnut,is this also true for the (butter?)nut...
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17 years ago
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Something eating our Penny Royal mint
We have Penny Royal as a ground cover. Until recently it was doing incredibly well. A few months ago we noticed one of the plants had been stripped entirely of it's leaves. For a while after that...
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18 years ago
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Best way to thin out monkey grass?
Does anyone have any tips for thinning out monkey grass? It edges my landscaping beds around the house and it's getting too far into my beds. I'd just like to dig out about half the width of the...
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18 years ago
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Briggs & Stratton 3.5hp running too rich? (Cutting out)
Hello everyone! I have a Briggs and Stratton 3.5hp engine fitted to a Hayter rotary mower from the mid 1970s. The Model number is 92982 and the Type number is 1640-01. It's a 4 cycle, single cylinder,...
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18 years ago
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Surfactant for Use With Roundup on English Ify
I remember that someone mentioned mixing a surfactant with Roundup was mandatory if it was to have any chance of working on English ivy. I've been looking for a product that fits the bill but...
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18 years ago
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Cypress mulch in the bottom of a compost container ??
My landlord is redoing the mulch around his trees. He is removing Cypress Mulch that has been down for a couple of years. I am starting two new, 5 cubic yards, compost containers. Do you think putting...
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18 years ago
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Lightning debarked my tree
Last night my river birch was hit by lightning. I guess that explains why you shouldn't stand under a tree during a storm. Anyway, the tree is still standing, but it lost a significant portion of its...
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18 years ago
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Squashed banana and gladiolus plants
When Hurricane Dennis roared through last Sunday I had several hours of tropical storm force winds (landfall was about 100 miles west of me). It was too much for my very old privacy fence to handle,...
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18 years ago
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Gilson Brothers Co. garden tiller query
Long story short: acquired this tiller (Model # 10 511 05) from a co-worker, who had it for years at the lakeside cottage. It has a very 60s look about it. A Google search didn't turn up much of...
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[SOLVED] Killing Honeysuckle/bleach
I am trying to kill some well established Honeysuckle bushes. I cannot dig down far enough to remove the root. What do you think about pouring straight bleach on the plants? Would that make the ground...
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18 years ago
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