Garden & Landscape - September 2007

Raccoons are eating all my cantelope melons way before they are fully ripe!!
I've tried everything but cannot keep them all out being in the country.
I've read to wait to pick until the stem is soft but by then it's too late!
Will they ripen properly on a window ledge if I pick them very early? Right now they are a decent size,about 1/2 to 1/3 what they probably would be if they made it to maturity, and they are still green (although even the ripe one I did get was still mostly green? Must be the particular variety I planted?)

2007-09-06 12:36:08 · 2 answers · asked by NJB 2

2007-09-06 12:29:47 · 1 answers · asked by cookieb1265 1

2007-09-06 12:13:46 · 4 answers · asked by DD75 3

I can sprout the seeds just fine, but I can't get the conditions right for the little plant to grow into a big one. Its looking a little yellowish when it should be green. I've been trying to make sure that it gets just enough, but not too much water. Any suggestions?

2007-09-06 11:12:59 · 5 answers · asked by bebopdobop 2

I think I did everything right. I planted them about 4" deep and added bulb food in the hole, then watered them thoroughly.
My question is...do I have to continut watering them every day like I do my other perrenials and annuals? It's been so dry here in Mass. And what do I do about the squirrels in my yard to prevent them from digging them up? I put cayenne pepper on top of the soil. Will that do?

2007-09-06 10:57:00 · 4 answers · asked by Adrienne H 1

2007-09-06 09:35:30 · 9 answers · asked by alexis w 2

2007-09-06 08:58:22 · 3 answers · asked by fbtony 1

What is the best product to use to get rid of the mold? I live in Southern California and the rose bush is 'Eiffel Tower' a Hybrid Tea rose .

Here is a picture:

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb102/janicer8/rosemold.jpg

Thanks!

2007-09-06 08:55:28 · 5 answers · asked by Proud to be 59 7

I'm planning on starting a vegetable garden in my back yard and I am wondering if I need to have the soil tested for contaminants first. So people eating the harvest don't get sick. Is this necessary?

2007-09-06 08:44:48 · 4 answers · asked by triplet dad 1

nope NOT calla lilies, I said CANNA
thank u!!

2007-09-06 08:37:54 · 9 answers · asked by Yvonne 4

I have identified Parrot Weed and Water Primrose. I have sprayed them with a poison for ponds that is supposed to kill them but they just start to rot and new growth always comes back on the waters surface out of the rotting plants below. It looks terrible. Help

2007-09-06 07:51:43 · 3 answers · asked by labragator 1

You would think that I should have Gourds by now? But no I don't. Why can some one please tell me? All I see are the white flowers. What s wrong with my Gourd plant? It has healthy , hudge leaves.

2007-09-06 07:43:27 · 4 answers · asked by angelikabertrand64 5

Can I really believe and trust Dole when they say "organic"?

2007-09-06 07:18:34 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-09-06 06:29:09 · 3 answers · asked by Kenneth W 1

2007-09-06 05:55:42 · 8 answers · asked by Ria 2

I hate to use chemicals on my lawn, I keep things very organic. I'll tell you what I've done so far and if you could please give me additional advice I would be most greatful!!! I trimmed off any spotted leaves from the stem of the plant. I've checked the stem for any sign of disease and there does not appear to be any. I've cleaned the soil of any fallen leaves. This plant is new, planted rootstock this Spring. The area I planted in had never had roses before. This was the first addition to a rose garden I was just beginning, starting with a rose named Mary Rose which happens to be my recently deceased mom so I really want to keep the plant. PLEASE give me your best advice.

2007-09-06 04:50:05 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

I am what I guess you could call a pothead. Smoking gets boring sometimes and I want to find new ways to get high. I heard of weed tea but I am skeptical of this idea. I don't want to waste my weed making this when it's not even gonna do anything for me. So anyone here ever make it? How do you make it? How much ganj do you need?

2007-09-06 04:10:22 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a squash vine I planted at the base of a dead tree. When it got huge, I started trellising it up poles leaning on the tree. I got a small harvest off of it before it quit producing in the summer heat, but now it is producing a ton of fruit above ground.
I chose the location because I fed horses hay there last summer, and it is a rich mulch and compost mix, but the animals are starting to forage for acorns now, and I am concerned about the safety of my plant. I have not seen runner roots like my pumpkin has, and I was wondering if burying the vines would be good, bad or not make a diffrence.
This was an experimint, and it has been fun and successfull so far! I just want to take it as far as it will go.

2007-09-06 04:08:45 · 2 answers · asked by crazy_kizmet 3

dont want to kill him just want him to stop digging up my lawn :)

2007-09-06 03:39:20 · 15 answers · asked by mike a 2

2007-09-06 03:02:57 · 4 answers · asked by Scott B 2

Hi! I am moving to a new house, and the grass is way past cutting (more than 10 cm in places). I know that cutting the grass with a lawn mower may damage the blade if the lawn is too long. What would you recommend I do?

2007-09-06 02:05:03 · 15 answers · asked by soniaandree 2

I am studying the advantages of Drip Irrigation and am required to do some sort of Survey. What can I ask the farmers in order to get statistics in this survey?

2007-09-06 01:48:10 · 3 answers · asked by }{3@T 2

2007-09-06 01:19:35 · 8 answers · asked by MC 2

2007-09-05 18:16:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

I live in so cal. hot weather...the grass is getting scotts turfbuilder once a month

2007-09-05 18:16:42 · 10 answers · asked by banny11475 1

I'm wanting to reseed my lawn and put compost down first. It's only about 1/4 of an acre. Thanks!

2007-09-05 17:45:33 · 1 answers · asked by mom of 3 under 4 3

My background is a basically a big, privacy fenced rectangle. I'm working on landscaping it - the previous owners had a fairly large, square cement patio poured. Any ideas to make it more interesting? I've added some beds and a flowering magnolia tree plus perennial flowering bushes, but what else? Anything besides plants or a pond? Thanks in advance!

2007-09-05 16:38:14 · 8 answers · asked by Magaroni 5

Hi all. I just recently purchased my first home and have noticed that the lawn has low spots in both the front and back yards. I would like to add a layer of top soil to sort of smooth things out a bit. However, with it being September already, am I too late? What is the best time to add a layer of good topsoil? I know the previous owners of this house did not take care of the lawn so I am prepared (mentally) to rehabillitate this lawn.

2007-09-05 16:25:06 · 6 answers · asked by nolaphoto1 2

Can you just buy it at Lowes or somewhere like that? Or do you have to go to a place that sells topsoil and gravel and stuff ?

2007-09-05 16:23:37 · 6 answers · asked by Schleppy 5

I have a flowerbed that is an awkward spot at the edge of a parking area. It gets full sun (average 25-30C) most of the summer but in winter all the snow gets pushed on top of it along with a fair bit of grit from the road. The snow doesn't usually melt until mid April as it is hard packed and frozen solid. The grit filters down and ends up in the flowerbed making the soil really poor quality.
I need suggestions for what plants will survive these conditions best or how to cover the area so it stays nice looking. It has to stay as a flowerbed, and pots wont work as it's near a road and they'd get stolen. We've tried rocks but they just seem to attract weeds which are hard to get out of the crevices...

I know I'm asking the impossible, but any advice would help! Thanks!

2007-09-05 16:21:50 · 5 answers · asked by Rebecca 2