Garden & Landscape - July 2007

it will need to be able to identify plants by description i.e the flowers open in daylight and close at night and is pale blue in colour.

2007-07-31 23:28:32 · 5 answers · asked by Martin W 1

For me , it was pomegranites...they grew in the back of my great grandma's back yard...I loved them! Still love them..but, hate those stains! Ya have to wear old shirts..!LOL!
SHe also had persimmons and I think peaches...but, I was NOT too fond of those persimmons...but, now I am getting to like them...and I like to freeze them..and the are yummy as a cold treat!

what about you all? what did you grow up with? Why did you like the things sooo much? what was soo special to you about these fruits( or veggies?)
You may also mention veggies if you would like too!

thank you for sharing!

2007-07-31 22:06:30 · 24 answers · asked by Rivka 1

Bought some bulk grass seed and starter fertilizer in May.

Being that I drive for a living and I am away from home more then I am at home. They have been in the trunk of my car in brown paper bags since the day I bought them. The car sits out in all forms of weather. I was wondering if they would still be any good to use.

I would only be using them on your typical city lawn. I just bought them to fill in those burned out bare spots. Nothing fancy in Ohio.

2007-07-31 19:48:41 · 2 answers · asked by s7lmb 3

The ficus rubiginosa (aka Port Jackson Fig; Rusty Fig and Little Leaf Fig) fruits as often as three times per year. The berry/figs are sticky, attract flies and ants and stain everything they touch (usually carpets after sticky crushed figs are tracked into ones house). Need a legal way to stop the tree from ever fruiting. Oil spray, anti-pollination potions, etc. All tested ideas welcome.

2007-07-31 18:26:01 · 3 answers · asked by Commissioner 1

2007-07-31 18:07:58 · 17 answers · asked by Squeaker 2

It used to produce really lovely white flowers, about 5-10 at a time, and now they are all green. They aren't withered, all the foliage looks good, and I haven't done anything different that I am aware.

I keep the plant indoors, in a well lit room, though it is not in a window. I am in TX with less than perfect air conditioning, it gets hot in here at times. I try to water once a week.

I transplanted it into a bigger pot about 2 months ago, but the change in color of the blooms didn't happen till a few weeks after this. About 2 weeks before I noticed the color change, I cut a couple flowers off the plant for a bouquet.

Is there anything I should do to tend this plant so it stays healthy? Can I get the pretty white flowers back?

Please help, this was given to my family on the occasion of my mom's funeral in December. It has done fine since then, so I was presuming it had a nice long life. Since I still have grief issues, this would be kind of a hard plant to lose.

Thanks

2007-07-31 17:25:42 · 2 answers · asked by musicimprovedme 7

Or may I just remove the vines? I only have one healthy one left of 10 and don't want to lose that one too! Any ideas on preventing/traeting wilt? Is it true that the plant may grow back next year?

2007-07-31 17:06:36 · 1 answers · asked by mattysmom 1

2007-07-31 17:02:23 · 4 answers · asked by samekg 1

Next year, I'm planting LOADS of flowers, I'm planting them all around my open field near the trees. I'll probably be sowing about 1500 seeds indoors. A lot of the seeds are Annual Foxglove, Hollyhocks, Columbine, Snapdragon, Balloon Flowers, Zinnias, Penstemon, and many more, that I've forgotten. Which is the best, and healthiest way to grow them inside? I was thinking of getting these things called "biodomes" where it can fit 60 seeds, but i would need to many. I might be getting a mini green house thing for indoors, which has floresent lights, and about 4 rows of soil. What is the best way? Any suggections or advice on any of these plants or on sowing them inside? I live in ontario, canada, zone 5, and i will be sowing them side Anyway from Janruary to April. Thanks:D

2007-07-31 16:58:31 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, we recently put another layer of landscape fabric and rocks over the old and existing fabric and rocks around the tree and up to the tree trunk. We did that 2 months ago and it was fine. We haven't had much rain and now I notice that it's fall outside! At first I thought it was just the lack of rain, but my neighbor across the street has the same type of tree and his is not like mine. The leaves are turning yellow and falling off everyday. I am so worried because it's a beautiful, large tree that if dead it would cost a lot of money to remove and make our yard look dead.

Please help! Do you think it's because of our extra layer of rocks and fabric that's killing it? Yikes!

Here are some pictures of my tree and what I've done:

http://img126.imageshack.us/my.php?image=treeen5.jpg

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/8253/treeen5.th.jpg

2007-07-31 16:43:33 · 11 answers · asked by yadayada 2

It has it's good days and bad days...lately seen bad days. Help!

2007-07-31 16:26:00 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

What can I do to keep it alive. I live in MD, not too hot, not too coold

2007-07-31 16:20:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

hi can anyone provide me with a good website on floral clocks? i read in some newspapers that some flowers are so good at telling different times that a combination of 12 different flowers can tell the time of a day as each different flower blooms at different times of the day.

2007-07-31 16:15:40 · 1 answers · asked by blizzard 2

I saw the ghost! and when i woke up.. there was a fresh pile of poop on my lawn. WHAT DO I DO!!!

2007-07-31 16:14:12 · 12 answers · asked by Derick H 1

All my other plants are blooming fine. the plant in question has beautful green foilage and is growing bigger than all the other plants, tons of flowers but no fruit!! Why??

2007-07-31 15:56:42 · 4 answers · asked by amdpcc 1

Last year I got a hydrangea and it bloomed very nicely all season long. I fertilized it according to directions, and it almost doubled in size, has really nice leaves, but there are no blooms...any suggestions/answers?

2007-07-31 15:46:37 · 5 answers · asked by nikki 1

i want to build a small water fountain for the birds. anyone have any free plans or a place to find them?

2007-07-31 15:44:30 · 3 answers · asked by TillieDillie 3

From the inside out. What is wrong with it?

2007-07-31 15:28:43 · 2 answers · asked by Willowjac 5

My boyfriend once saw a large fountain that had a flame coming out of the centre of it. Anyone know where I can find one?

2007-07-31 15:25:30 · 3 answers · asked by gone2fragglerock 2

I have always been complimented on my lawn. I use Scott's fertilizer every 3-4 months. However, two years ago, my lawn must of gotten a disease and was over taken by weeds.

I have gotten rid of all the weeds, but now there are many different types of grass growing and it still looks aweful to me.

What is the best way to get rid of the various types of grasses growing now and to replace it with all one type of grass?

2007-07-31 15:21:16 · 2 answers · asked by Penny 5

I planted eleven different kinds this year! We have a tall multiheaded one that is two foot over the gutter on our one story house. We also have lovely small ones that are called sunset, one "lemon" that looks almost like a daliha, a strange dwarf with mico petals, traditional "giant" and even a lovely "citrus" one that has beautiful orange petals. :)

2007-07-31 14:57:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 14:01:16 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-31 13:47:56 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

, i have a dog and that attracted all the flies now he cant eat comftrably with out the flies bothering him or when i play with him they bother me so how can i get them out of my property

2007-07-31 13:23:36 · 16 answers · asked by mexdimpls 2

We just noticed this in a tree in our yard. I snapped a picture of it here: http://cooljdude.com/weirdgrowthintree.jpg

2007-07-31 12:58:58 · 8 answers · asked by dude44 3

this time i saw another spider!this time it was a light but lookable yellow with a bunch of black lines and spots everywhere. its web is on my doors square. its like 3 centemeters

2007-07-31 11:31:38 · 8 answers · asked by Vale♥ 1

Spaghetti squash is a winter squash and is supposed to be eaten ripe and cooked, but if it gets picked before it is completely ripe, can it still be eaten if cooked?

2007-07-31 11:28:17 · 6 answers · asked by Kanojo 2

we have bats flying around r back garden n we want them 2 keep cumin

2007-07-31 11:03:41 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

water? soil? fertilizer? straight? sun? shade?

2007-07-31 10:55:10 · 4 answers · asked by Freakgirl 7

2007-07-31 10:50:17 · 8 answers · asked by marcelabipo 2