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Japanese Magnolia. About 2 years old, 12 ft tall in a mulched flowerbed on the corner of the house. Natural sunlight most of the day. About two dozen "infected" leaves. Otherwise tree is healthy. No other trees or plants nearby appear infected. Thoughts?
I live in Europe and the zone in my region is described as 8a, I’m wondering how you would describe zone 8a. As I want to know whether it is accurate or not. For me it is temps rarely higher than 95 in the summer and rarely bellow 20 in the winter. Sometimes in the winters it can get to 14 or a bit lower but that is very rare usually the temp hovers around 32 to 36. In the summer there are usually a couple of days with temps going up to 100 and some 2 - 3 weeks with temps between 80 and 86. Could anyone here please share their experiences and description of zone 8a?
Edited: For new photo of culprit. What is this creature?
I thought it was some kind of blight and then when I removed the soil I had hilled up around the plant I found this creature snacking through my plant. I've lost 4 beautiful plants like this now. I couldn't resist squashing it with a rock only to kick myself afterwards for not taking a proper photo first. Here is the culprit and the damage. What can I do? I did apply Oleum (White Oil Emulsion Insecticide). On the label it says it controls Scale, Aphids, Red Spider Mite, Mealy and Australian Bugs, Bryobia Mite Eggs
I currently have around 2000 sq ft of grass in my front yard which is 2000 to many. We also have amazing garden spaces that my wife maintains as well.
I want to get rid of the grass. Any suggestions? I don't want all rock or all mulch but I would love layers. As well as edibles like dward fruit trees or grapes etc.. it difficult to design a space that large
Will these grow back? My partner thought he was doing the right thing cutting off psyllium-affected leaves. They’re dwarf lilly pillys.
I had very mature plant that i moved a foot in the same area. And it died immediately. This is second time plant dies when transplanting. What is so special about lavender that it must left in place?
i used seeds that produced some kind of ferns, but they died in a winter. Was i supposed to put seedlings in container and store them in greenhouse? Then i purchased crowns that i planted and some produced very thin tall asparagus stalks. Am i suppose to cut them? They are too thin to eat. Do i need to dig crowns out and store them in greenhouse during winter? And then plant them back?
Hello, I ordered a sapling of gardenia a month ago and sadly it was lost in the mail due to the heavy rains and bad roads. We finally found it however its root ball was covered in clay and had hardened.
So I soaked it in water and very carefully loosened the root ball. Then I utilised a cut up plastic water to use as a temporary pots for it.
Used potting soil and coco peat in a 1:1 ratio.
However, though the leaves are opening up, the leaves still look very yellow and kinda exhausted.
I would like to take some suggestions on how I can hive my gardenia a boost.
The leaves are more yellow than they appear in the image.
Hello, we just built this raised garden bed in New Zealand. It’s about 32cm deep, so I think we need to dig down a bit more for plants such as tomatoes? We’re also a bit confused about where to go from here as there’s so many components. Do we need weed mat, top soil etc and in what order?
I do wire wrapping and am also a plant enthusiast. I mostly keep houseplants but also have some seasonal flowers outside. I use liver of sulphur to patina my wire jewelry & the insert with it says that once it's diluted, it can be used as plant fertilizer. I looked online but got mixed info about whether this is safe. Does anyone here have any experience with using it this way? Maybe it would be safer for outdoor gardens than houseplants? I'm kinda on the fence & thinking that my plants are doing fine as is, so why risk it? But I'm also not one to pass up basically "free" fertilizer, (since I'm buying it for the jewelry anyway, you know?). Thanks in advance!
Every year she flowers more than the previous year. I prune her back in the winter and fertilise with potassium early spring. The flowers just rarely ever fruit. I have plenty of long and short flowers and there are hundreds of bees and butterflies in it during flowering. I'm sure there's no pollination issue. Last year I pulled 5 or 6 fruits, this year is looking like one or 2 (despite hundreds more flowers). I'm just baffled as to what to do. It's very beatiful as a tree and nothing is nicer than it when it flowers like this. She's about 8 or 9 years old. I see plenty others in my area of similar variety with lots of fruit on them.
They are white alpine strawberries. Do I move them now or let it grow out and just centre it when transferred to a bigger pot? Thank you :)
Can you offer diagnosis, treatment, or advice?
My Italian cypress’ are afflicted with large copper patches. The foliage starts browning, patches become larger then branch dies. I planted these shrubs when they were just a foot tall. Now at 15ft, it’s hard to watch them fall prey to this disease process. I have spotted white moth-like flies so I tried the following treatments:
•neem oil (slowed the spread) • Bayer insect/disease/mite spray (no effect) •gardeners soap (no effect)
Notes • I keep the bases free of mulch/ vegetation growth. • this is not root rot as we’ve had a dry season. • boxwoods, other evergreens and roses in the area also dying. Anybody know what might be killing my plants? How to stop it? Zone 8 - Suwanee, Georgia Help! Thanks in advance!! 🙏🏻
So when i get the chance I just put basil in water and try to make it grow roots. I've put the nodes in water, change it every other day, removed bottom leaves, and pretty much everything else. Then all of them rotted from bottom up and not grow any roots, minimal leaf growth. Then I tried to do it in soil, watered when it starts to get dry, doesn't rot but also no root growth. Cuttings are 5-10 inches long. Watched youtube videos, all said it was easy, rooted in 2 weeks successfully. What am I doing wrong, how can I get them to grow roots without rot?
Bought a pink and a red Mandevilla at Target in May when they were just a little things and then they became beautiful and massive under the Colorado sun. Fingers crossed I can keep them alive inside!
Another non-parsley impostor I bought from Walmart. The last one I found was purslane and I gave it to my rabbit. What is this and would it be safe for a rabbit?
Not our best, but I’m happy with it 😊
There is not a ton of information online for growing these, does anyone have any advice for growing this? I have this in a mix of chihuahua desert soil and Hoffmans cactus mix