Hello) what would you recommend for planting in a garden bed that cats use as their toilet? Nepeta, I guess, is quite obvious, but would be great to see other options. It’s near the front door, so will be great to have something that can cover the smell but not necessarily detour cats (they don’t go in other beds and I won’t want them to start seeking new spots!). London climate :)

I am a greenhouse grower, I work for a good company and do well but I've started going to the gym more and recognized two guys that run a nursery I would love to work for (I applied for a previous position but did not get it). I introduced myself by asking if it was them and then telling them I'm a grower and the company I work at (they actually buy off of us, that's partially how I know about them). Told them it was cool to see them there and I'd catch them later. Now I keep seeing them at my gym while I'm there, and would like to get more acquainted with them for a possible future job, but I'm not sure how to go about it or what to do. We are also at the gym early (5:30 AM, before work) so I don't want to disturb them too much or annoy them. What would you do/ how would you go about this?

I left this in a windowsill for a few months and went to refill the jar and saw this weird root growing. Any advice on what to do would be appreciated!

Any ideas what to do with my yucca cane plant? I thought it could be lack of light or overwatering. It is indoor, not in a sunny spot so I added a LED light to try to help and decreased watering and it still has not helped.

I live in Fl - could I move it outside to help?

If I repot it - what soil would I use?

At first I thought hermaphrodite but ..

I plan to reseed with granular fertilizer. The put on top some chicken manure.

What’s the right way to make the grass full again? I had stop watering the lawn due to the drought. now I can water again.

Hi everyone just started a new job at a nursery and I’m looking to grown my skills of plant identification and gardening. I’m located in so cal ! I’ve been researching what types of books to buy but I’m not sure. Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers is one book that seems great but I have no idea ! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated !! :)

In the process of opening a retail nursery, where we’d be selling perennials and some trees/shrubs. We’d also have a section for hard goods like soil, pots, gloves, etc. Eventually we’d like to get into consignment and sell crafty items and potentially baked goods.

What POS systems do you guys recommend? I think we’re mainly focused on plant inventory and a way to process card payments. Thanks!

I operate a small wholesale nursery. Our main clientele has come from markets and local nurseries. I am diving into contract grows and am interested to know how the industry handles this. I assume I should actually sign contracts with clients, no matter how small the grow. And should I ask for a portion of the end cost up front? How much? In a basic contract grow(I will grow ____ plants for $____ and have them ready on _______). what sort of guarantees are the standard thing to offer? I appreciate any advice and knowledge on this!

I am currently trying to enter the horticultural field through volunteering and I am trying to find apprenticeships/ full time jobs in the field at the same time but it is very limited and demanding. I am also on my gap year searching and applying for apprenticeships and universities but it is all overwhelming without much support, advice or directions from anybody in the field

I would like to ask for advice or hear any stories of how others got into the field wherever it be through a qualification course, apprenticeship, etc and how long did it take to get into it

i’ve been saving up to go back to school, but due to recent events idk if fafsa will exist by the time i save up enough. idrk what exactly i want to do yet, i just know i want to work with plants for a living. i just want to know if anyone has experience navigating this field without formal training or education?

So about two weeks ago on a whim I started a very unscientific/suboptimal experiment in rooting some cuttings. I took some pretty small semi-hardwood cuttings from some japanese holly and some arborvitae, put them in some .1% IBA rooting hormone and set them in a mix made of some peat/perlite/vermiculite I had lying around. I then put them in humidity domes on some heat mats in my (heated) basement under a grow light.

I've been checking on them fairly regularly and dont see any sign of leaf drop, black stems, die off etc. I checked one of the cuttings today for the first time and saw callus but no signs of rooting, or maybe just the tiniest little bit of rooting starting. However, I did notice a little bit of white fungus growing on the surface of the growing medium. I also noticed that buds on the japanese holly were breaking and one or two new cuttings were developing leaves.

None of this has been an especially scientific effort, I'm mostly just screwing around and experimenting. But I'm curious what my best options are to optimize success at this point. Obviously they need more time to root, but should I cut the light to try and limit them from leafing out too soon? And once they do root, should I basically just water and keep them under light all winter (I'm zone 6/7)? Or should I move them out and try to get them some winter dormancy, even if they dont root until december/january. Also, is surface mold something to worry about?

Any advice would be appreciated!

(Edit: just pulled another ilex cutting and there definitely were some adventitious roots forming. so some signs of life underground)

I'm not sure what's going on with this little guy. I have him raised up from the ground so it isn't getting wet. Anyone have any ideas?

I bought a pinstripe calathea a couple weeks ago. Watered once when the soil got dry. Why’s it looking so sad and how can I get it better again?

It had one sad leaf (curled right up and dark) when I bought it so I cut it off. Besides that, I haven’t done anything to it. My girlfriend bought one at the same time, we keep it in the same place (indirect sunlight in the kitchen) and hers is fine. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated!

This is my 3rd plant now. It's an Anthurium. All the flowers are dead and minimal.leaves. Anyone have this plant?

What is growing out of the middle of my plant?

Hey everyone, I have a (part time) plum Orchard in NZ, that my dad and I work on (when we can) on our weekends. We have about 300 mature Plum trees and we finished pruning a little while ago. Ee've made our way through most of our prunings via a small chipper, but we have so much work to do on everything else, that we can't get around to it fast enough to stop piles of prunings getting overgrown with grass.

My question is, how do you all clean up your prunings (we have very little manpower, time, and aren't exactly rolling in money). I have considered getting a mobile forestry type mulcher to run over the prunings so we don't have to drag them everywhere, or do any of you have solutions?

Help would be much appreciated.