- identification - What is this giant grub looking thing? - Gardening . . .
I found this giant grub (at least I think it's a grub) while fixing up the mulch around one of my trees This thing is huge It's thicker and as long as my finger Only has six legs Anyone kno
- Can you recommend any short, large-seeded sunflowers?
If you know of any sunflowers just like the giant ones (e g Mammoth Gray Striped, Mongolian Giant, and Black Russian), except with shorter, stockier stems (I'm thinking maybe one to three feet tall), that would be great If they have smaller heads with the same large size of seeds, that's fine, too, but I prefer larger heads if possible
- Will it kill my potted tree if I use tree fertilizer spikes?
I recently bought some tree fertilizer spikes to feed my potted dwarf kumquat and lime trees After I got them home, I read the following warning on the side of the box: NOTE: Never apply within
- tomatoes - What is the value of powdered onion as a fertilizer or soil . . .
@Stephie I was just thinking of cheap food sources that might have valuable nutrients It came down to potatoes and onions I ruled out potatoes since they absorb more pesticides and herbicides than onions, I've heard And potatoes might spread more diseases to tomatoes and peppers I'm still thinking about giant squash, though I'm just thinking about ways to make more kinds of organic
- How do I stop my neighbors invasive weed (now a very large tree) from . . .
A few years a go, my neighbor had a large weed that was growing next to their house By the next year, it was as tall as their house Now several years later, it is no longer a hollow plant; instea
- How can I encourage mulch to decompose?
I have a few football-sized holes in a yard where I removed some rocks I have access to a large amount of finely chopped wood mulch How can I encourage the mulch to decompose into fill dirt?
- plant health - why has my elephant ear suddenly turned yellow . . .
One of my three elephant ears on my deck in Brooklyn(only a mile from Stack Exchange HQ) has suddenly turned yellow I had some yellowing on it's sibling earlier in the year, which I diagnosed as
- pest control - Keeping rats from eating my plants - Gardening . . .
The rats have devastated my garden They ate innumerable plants The magnolias, spider plants, golden pothos, money tree leaves, peace Lily's, giant Thai elephant ear, and so many, many more I killed many previously with sticky traps (which I don't like to use because they also kill birds), and with metal traps, but after watching the screaming death of their mother the new brood has wised up
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