Garden Forum

16153 Threads Posts
to

Tuberoous begonias made no tubers; Why?

Hi--I planted some pelleted seeds (from Seymour's)of Pin-up Flame tuberous begonias last spring. They spent the summer...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by vpn1
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by vpn1

Rhododendron advice

Hello there, I was given a rhododendron as a gift and have planted it in my garden but after reading up on them I teste...
10 comments posted 20yrs
posted by johnnybooth
10 comments posted 20yrs posted by johnnybooth

Vegetable Garden and Woodchucks

This fall, before the frost, I cleared an area for a vegetable garden. In the past, I've had trouble with Woodchucks in...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by smalden
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by smalden

Proper tree Staking (2025 Update)

-- Announcing a BROAD BELT - LIKE MATERIAL FOR STAKING TREES which will allow the tree to sway. CAMB GUARDS http://www....
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by treeman214
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by treeman214

Assorted

* Does any one work in Customs/Agriculture? I live in Hawaii where it's illegal to import any non native flora. I wante...
3 comments posted 20yrs
posted by bakerdivert
3 comments posted 20yrs posted by bakerdivert

Question Re: best, longest growing season in US

Hi: I'm curious about what area of the country is considered to have the longest growing season and the best land to gr...
17 comments posted 20yrs
posted by boxwoodstudios
17 comments posted 20yrs posted by boxwoodstudios

Slugs & Copper

Part of my garden in unused Scottish farm land with a high slug population. I've read that slugs don't like copper too...
11 comments posted 20yrs
posted by floyd
11 comments posted 20yrs posted by floyd

Phaelenopsis about to bloom?

After a couple of years effort, I think I've got a bloom stalk starting on my four-year-old phaelenopsis. It looks much...
4 comments posted 20yrs
posted by vze2jk3z
4 comments posted 20yrs posted by vze2jk3z

Growing corn

I have a few questions about growing corn. Any help would be much appreciated. As I understand it, there are different...
2 comments posted 20yrs
posted by seth.levi
2 comments posted 20yrs posted by seth.levi

Tree Recommendation

I live sort of in between zones 5 and 6 in the lattitude of Indianapolis, IN, can someone recommend a good tree or shru...
7 comments posted 20yrs
posted by jmartin02
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by jmartin02

Top Quality Tree Care Info

Anyone interested in learning about trees and their associates, as well as understanding treatments, should benefit fro...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by treeman214
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by treeman214

Kalopanax septemlobus?

Hi, Does anyone grow this? I'm thinking of giving it a go, but I have some differing information. Some seem to propose...
0 comments posted 20yrs
posted by notareal
0 comments posted 20yrs posted by notareal

How to burn leaves?

Does anyone know any clever ways of burning leaves? Simple design for an effective incinerator or something? My leaves...
7 comments posted 20yrs
posted by asdasd.asdasd
7 comments posted 20yrs posted by asdasd.asdasd

garden hand tools

My daughter just received a set of gardening hand tools for xmas, and I'm not sure of the uses of each of them (there a...
5 comments posted 20yrs
posted by anyofusNo
5 comments posted 20yrs posted by anyofusNo