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Colorado Blue Spruce Growth Season

Hello, I wonder how many growth seasons are there for the Colorado Blue, and the length of each growing period ? I am a...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by sftong
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by sftong

amusing safety warnings

I just picked up a hand operated grass shear. I planted some pepper plants in the front lawn and I needed something to...
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posted by no.junk
2 comments posted 21yrs posted by no.junk

Fertilizer for slow growing plants

Recently we planted around 15 4" annuals around our yard. Two or three of them are not growing as well as the others. I...
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posted by tenplay
50 comments posted 21yrs posted by tenplay

Thatch

My lawn accumulates an excessive amount of thatch. Does anyone know the cause of this, how to prevent it from happening...
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posted by jm_russo2
18 comments posted 21yrs posted by jm_russo2

"Carnations"

Can anyone tell me why carnations get to a stage where the buds ar about to open, and they don't? I have other carnation...
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posted by Brendy.1rnevy
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by Brendy.1rnevy

DEET Question

Hello: Have a question re DEET. Have a friend who is lactose intolerant, and as a result apparently emits a higher leve...
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posted by rgsrose
20 comments posted 21yrs posted by rgsrose

Liquidambar styraciflua central leader

Hi, Wonder what the consensus is on this. We have a lovely young Liquidambar styraciflua 'Silver King', a little over 6...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by notareal
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by notareal

Slugs eating our annuals

We recently planted a few 4" high annuals in our home garden in Western Washington near Olympia. Within a couple of nig...
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posted by tenplay
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by tenplay

Sedum "Autumn Joy" problem

I have a sedum "Autmn Joy" and something is killing it. It has made the stalks squishy about mid-way up. Would this be...
1 comments posted 21yrs
posted by lu.saufley
1 comments posted 21yrs posted by lu.saufley

Problem with Kalanchoe

I received as a gift a Simone Kalanchoe a year ago, and it has done fine, it flowered nicely and has grown quit a bit....
0 comments posted 21yrs
posted by dxer
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by dxer

The first blush...

..appeared last week on the cheeks of one of my Glacier tomatoes. Tonight I taste !!! All other tomatoes are churning a...
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posted by aspasia
0 comments posted 21yrs posted by aspasia

Petunia seed collection

I know they're tiny. I buy pelleted seed each spring. How do you collect seeds that small?
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posted by Klikos
4 comments posted 21yrs posted by Klikos

English Ivy

I have English Ivy growing on a hillside in my back yard. I do need something there to prevent erosion of the soil. How...
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posted by tfsdls
6 comments posted 21yrs posted by tfsdls