Garden & Landscape - July 2006

We have large old evergreens about 4 feet high. If we cut them back to the wood and leave a foot worth of branches, will it regenerate? Any tips? How long before it looks like a shrub again?

2006-07-08 02:40:38 · 8 answers · asked by mikepw46 1

2006-07-08 02:37:18 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have 2 tomato plants about 2 feet apart. Both are growing very well. 1 plant has a lot of blooms and is beginning to grow fruit. The other won 't even flower. What can I do to promote the second plant to blossom?

2006-07-08 02:29:22 · 6 answers · asked by downie_d 3

2006-07-08 02:00:47 · 8 answers · asked by Becky T 1

2006-07-08 01:43:13 · 10 answers · asked by mrskymira 1

I used boiling water to kill ants because they were really pissing me off. Er, but I killed off a patch of grass hahaha. How do I/ How long will it take to, get it back?

2006-07-08 01:30:17 · 11 answers · asked by snowpatrol161 2

I just planted flowers and wanted to put mulch down but the grass has grown around all the flowers i just planted and I don't want to sit and pull the grass out by hand.

2006-07-08 01:06:24 · 10 answers · asked by Krista R 1

I don't have much of a green thumb nor the time for upkeep with plants. I'd like to have a few around the house for decor and because I simply like plants.
What are the best houseplants you can maintain? Something that requires sunlight or minimal sunlight and can be watered weekly? Something preferably green leafed that is not poisonous to animals would be my idea plant. Also, I'd like to have a plant I can root from it's leaves (where you take a leaf and stem and place into water so you can root it).

2006-07-07 23:33:46 · 9 answers · asked by royal_78 1

I live in Spain;my patio most of the time is blooming with flowers and happy plants but this summer my bourhainvillias is looking very unhappy and my geranuims I planted in flowerpots are dying;could I be overwatering or is this summer really affecting the plants;I live on a rooftop;there is full sunshine all day and I water mostly in the morning or the evening.

2006-07-07 22:28:00 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 20:09:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 19:09:23 · 6 answers · asked by barbie38 1

2006-07-07 17:38:39 · 3 answers · asked by igollert 3

2006-07-07 17:06:51 · 15 answers · asked by [carly] 2

I have a small palm tree that I have kept indoors for over a year. It is a trooper. It stayed alive with no added water while I was evacuated from my house for 3 months. Just this month I noticed patches of white on the soil. I repotted it in a new and bigger pot and replaced all the soil. I used Miracle Gro potting mix. After just a few days the white path started forming again. Is is harmful. How do I get rid of it? What is it?

2006-07-07 16:57:26 · 11 answers · asked by PPNurse 2

2006-07-07 16:54:24 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 16:17:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I really want to shape my alberta spruce in the pom pom style but alot of websites only talk about the spiral or poodle shape...is there a site that can explain more about the pom pom style with the alberta spruce? And if anyone has tried to do it how hard is it to create this kind of shape?

2006-07-07 15:58:39 · 3 answers · asked by Maiku 1

2006-07-07 15:26:05 · 4 answers · asked by Maldives 3

i live in utah. i plant my elephant ears in large pots. at the end of the season i usually dump the dirt in the front garden for next year to use.
lo and behold, in the corner there are ee sprouting!!
so, my question is: what do you think are the odds of these ee surviving the summer. they are in 80%sun with moist soil.
i'm eager to see what happens, but wanting public opinion
thanks :)

2006-07-07 14:45:31 · 6 answers · asked by timpoops 2

2006-07-07 14:44:58 · 3 answers · asked by dolphinchk64 2

2006-07-07 14:42:20 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-07-07 14:38:34 · 5 answers · asked by dolphinchk64 2

2006-07-07 14:31:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have several flowers and shrubs (marigolds, hydrageas, azaleas, roses, black eyed susans ect.) and none of them have signs of bugs; but yet my dahlias, begonias, and my camassias are very much infested. Does anyone have a clue as to what bugs eat only bulbs, and what I can use to kill them without killing my bulbs or the other flowers that won't cost me much?

2006-07-07 14:26:58 · 10 answers · asked by limitations_32 2

Any suggestions on how to solve this problem......cheaply?

2006-07-07 14:20:48 · 2 answers · asked by JRandy 2

2006-07-07 13:52:21 · 3 answers · asked by gergy 2

Hi everyone,

We just had a new sod lawn installed at my house in Southeastern Massachusetts about 2 months ago, and we are having an invasion of some sort of crab grass, which is lighter in color and thicker than the standard grass. We don't know what to do, and it seems to keep spreading all over the place. One part of our lawn doesn't have this problem at all. However, both parts of the lawn have an equal amount of heavy sunlight during the day.

Can someone shed light on what exactly this is, and how it should be treated to be eliminated?

Thank you so much in advance!

Dave
Pics of lawn can be found at:
http://web.mac.com/dyoken/IMGP1427.JPG
http://web.mac.com/dyoken/IMGP1428.JPG

2006-07-07 13:21:35 · 7 answers · asked by daveinma12 1

I really don't know much about plants, but I adopted this pretty plant from my mom's collection and it was a little dusty so I decided to clean its leaves with olive oil.... is this a bad thing to do?

2006-07-07 12:59:29 · 7 answers · asked by Kitty 3

It is the first year we've had them. We have a lot of lilies, they are being destroyed by these beetles. I do not wish to put any chemicals down because I have a lot of hummingbirds and beneficial bees and such in my yard. Can anyone help me rid my lilies of these evil little bugs? Is there a natural solution??

2006-07-07 12:49:23 · 3 answers · asked by LeAnne 7

I water 4 times daily - is this too much?

2006-07-07 12:47:09 · 3 answers · asked by moodyj1 1