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Arriga, some sources might be a food manufacturer near you. If you have a Coca Cola or Pepsi bottling plant, pickle manufacturer, car wash (gets soap in them), craigslist.org, chemical suppliers for food items that are non-toxic, freecycle.org, thefreestite.com, freecycle.com, totallyfreestuff.com A...

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Growgreen, I add the milk to the water in the watering can. I use about a tablespoon per quart. A milk solution can also be used as a foliar spray for powdery mildew.
https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s948323.htm

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When I said a few pots, that's all relative too! Guess I should have been more specific.

I was thinking two or three pots under a tree. Have you any pictures of the area you could post?

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I've never heard of poisonious grape! You might find this helpful to id the type of grapes you have.
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/hil/pdf/hil-8202.pdf

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Hi Sarah, I agree your first two pics look like canna lily, but I've never seen a flower like that. Maybe it was in too much shade. This site has loads of info on hydrangeas, including why the flowers turn green. Your plants are Hydrangea macrophylla. You should read up on how to prune them. I suspe...

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Minnesota Girl, Double Delight is a hybrid tea rose. I've seen sites that say it's hardy to zone 5.
https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/roses/doubledelight.htm

I also read somewhere it's quite susceptible to black spot but it's very fragrant.

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Newbytoplanting, I too am not a fan of herbicides. I prefer to lay out the bed with a garden hose, mark the outline with flour and remove the grass with a sod cutter. You can rent a power sod cutter if this is a large bed or use a manual kick sod cutter or flat shovel . https://www.usa.husqvarna.com...

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The Bat Conservation International site that The Lorax posted has a wealth of info. Here's a list of which bats are most likely to occupy a bat house and where in the US, Canada and Mexico they are usually found. https://www.batcon.org/pdfs/BatHouseBats.pdf Cynthia , I did a google with San Francisc...

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Hi Mkforjossie,

Sounds like poor or lack of pollination. You may have to give those boys and girls some help.

https://pollinator.com/squash.htm

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Hi Sarah,

I was thinking thrips too. The composite thrip likes zinnias.
https://ipm.ncsu.edu/AG136/thrips2.html

Here's some natural remedies you can make.
https://www.ghorganics.com/page9.html#Thrips:

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Hi Torrential Rains, If I understand, you want to build container boxes on raise them up on legs about a foot off the ground. I suppose the word 'large' is relative, but it doesn't sound like a good idea to me. If you plan on placing the boxes directly on the soil where the tree roots are, that's a ...

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You've got some lovely yellow aphids.

I don't spray and find the ladybug larvae take care of them for me. The larvae look like they would be a bad bug, but alas they eat the aphids.
https://www.rei.org/images/llarva.jpg

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Great advice from Cynthia. I would also say the best way to approach fertilizing is to build the soil with organics. Feed the soil and you feed the plants. Synthetics don't feed the soil. Here's some interesting and helpful posts from the Organic Gardening forum. https://www.helpfulgardener.com/foru...

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Benny, you can make raised beds without using anything to hold the soil in place if you like. A bit of mulch or dampened newspapers held in place with twigs or even popsickle sticks will help to keep weeds down. From that first site I gave you in my first response: Raised beds are generally 8 to 12 ...

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I found 2 other kind of beetles yesterday and since I had my pruners in hand, I cut them in half lol Wolfie, do you know just which beetles they were? Some are good bugs in the garden. Click on 'Predatory beetles' as this site for beneficial insects. https://www.drmcbug.com/beneficials.htm Click on...

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Hi Benny, Some great advice already! I have dogs and built a fence around the garden. It wasn't anyhting fancy, just posts and pickets. The pickets are spaced just enough to allow for air circulation yet keep the dogs out. I would suggest you NOT use railroad ties, especially for a veggie garden. I ...

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Hi Bomp, Welcome to the Helpful Gardener. Glad you found us. :) I use milk in my watering can for my potted plants, indoors and outdoors. The calcium in the milk aids the plants and seems to help them bloom more prolifically. I don't see why you couldn't add a tablespoon of milk to your watering can...

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Wing, glad you liked that site. I just did a google with: Nevada + nature center and found this one. Is this it? https://ndow.org/learn/programs/region/west/verdicenter.shtm Did you look around Cynthia's site? You can go to the main index page and see if you can find info on what you're looking for....

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Cynthia, that's a great site as a resource.

I'm saving the main index page so I can refer others to it.

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I think a separate Greenhouse/shadehouse/hot house forum would be a good idea.

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Hi Wing, Congratualtions on the upcoming nuptuals! I did a google and found one on the east side. It's the Clark County Wetlands Park. Could that be it? https://www.lvwash.org/wash/visit/visit.html If you scroll down here to the bottom of the page there are individual rural planning maps. Maybe some...

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Hi Anna,

Yes, there is a multi headed sunflower. Is this what you see?
https://www.djroger.com/sunflower__multi.htm

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Emily, those are great pics! I don't think it's a good idea to breathe in any type of spores. I get the mushrooms from time to time but I've never had a problem from them.

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Hi Alamahara, Unfortunately you don't say if you amended the soil when you planted them, what you might have amended with and what type of soil you have. That would be helpful to know. Adding compost to the planting bed and mixing it in will help your plants. ...now (4 years later) only go up to my ...

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Jim, one of the best things you can do is add lots of compost to the planting bed and mix it into the soil.

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Hi Randlejet, It looks like Campsis radicans aka trumpet vine. It's a native vine that can become very invasive through it's root system. Take a look here to be sure that is what you have. https://www.missouriplants.com/Redopp/Campsis_radicans_page.html I used this method to get rid of trumpet vine ...

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It looks like either chunk or a mix of sizes.

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You've got the right kind of mulch. I use a shredded mulch as well. I prefer it to chips or chunks, especially for flower beds and perennials. The chips seem to work well with shrubs too. It's difficult to say exactly how long it will take to degrade. It won't exactly become compost as it's shredded...

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Florie, I do hope you let us know how your plants make it through the winter and that you enjoy many tomatoes!

Not to worry about where the reply button is. I had a hard time finding it when I first started here too.

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What great news! Thanks for letting us know what it is.

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You are very welcome! I'm not sure your plant will still be in condition to be planted outside next year. I think you wlll have to wait and see how it does over the winter and early spring. You might want to save some seeds and start new plants. When you reply, there's no need to quote the last pers...

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Hi Prarie,

Welcome to the Helpful Gardener. You make a really good point. We purchased our house and had to cut down a honeylocust for the same reason. The roots were pressing against the foundation.

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Hi Nicky, Welcome to the Helpful Gardener. We don't have a catagory for herbs so this will do just fine. Maybe we should add one. :idea: Basil is considered an annual and needs lots of sun. Parsley is often grown as an annual but actually is a biennial, blooming in it's second year. Parsley can tole...

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Gardngodess, you are so very welcome!

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Hi Florie, Welcome to the Helpful Gardener! You can grow your tomato plants indoors for the winter but lots of light will be most important to get them to bloom. You'll also have to give them a shake to pollinte the flowers. https://www.coopext.colostate.edu/4DMG/VegFruit/tomatind.htm ...is there an...

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Great advice from Wingdesigner. A rootball that is too tightly bound won't allow for water to be absorbed in the center if it's not watered deeply. Here's how to tease out the roots, plant, water and mulch your new tree. https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/woody/rootgrowthcontainers.html https://www.dirtdocto...

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Hi Bardos,

I'm guessing you aren't in the US. Here it's called floating row cover or remay. Try searching google with those terms + your country.

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Rruuunnn, thanks for the compliment. You make me blush! :oops: I try and share all the info I either know or can research. I have never grown wedelias so all my info is from what I've researched and know about certain types of plants in general. I don't remember where you live, but I'm thinking it w...

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This is a duplicate post from here. https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=32695 Here's my answer. Hi Gardngodess, Welcome to the Helpful Gardener. Not sure where the "Certified Landscape Arborist" read that, but Nerium oleander has both male and female flowers on the same plant, ther...

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