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Is there any reason not to add commercially produced flowers to compost?
Is there any reason to avoid putting flowers purchased from the florist in compost?
The flowers were gifts but are now wilting. Would florists or growers use anything on the flowers to preserve them that might be bad for compost?
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Are millipedes good or bad for the garden?
Are millipedes considered good or bad for plants?
From wikipedia:
Millipedes are detritivores and slow moving. Most millipedes eat
decaying leaves and other dead plant matter, moisturising the food
with secretions and then scraping it in with…
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Should I remove fruits afflicted with blossom end rot?
A few of my peppers are, it seems, suffering blossom end rot - first identified a week or two ago - this is based on the descriptions on the condition elsewhere on the site, but here's a few pics to help confirm:
From what I read on here, and in…
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How do I deal with millipedes eating my vegetable seedlings?
After cursing all the slugs in my yard and removing the few that I could catch, I was quite shocked yesterday to discover 100+ young plants all chewed to the ground.
I was going out at 9 - 10pm to find the slugs but was only seeing one or two per…
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Why did my orange bell pepper smell of ammonia?
A week ago I harvested an orange Bell pepper from my garden. It was still halfway green, so I put it on our kitchen counter to ripen. When I finally cut it open for a salad after a week of ripening, it had a horrible ammonia smell, unlike anything…
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How can I do permaculture in a city garden?
I'm currently looking for a new home, and one of my goals will be to use permaculture for my yard.
Living in a dry climate (Denver, CO gets about 15 inches of rain per year) that gets freezing winters, what plants would make for a reasonable amount…
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How do I know when garlic is ready to be harvested?
I planted some garlic this spring and I am now wondering when I should harvest it. (I planted them between 60 and 90 days ago -- not quite sure when I put them in.)
I pulled up one the other day and it didn't seem to have a head on it at all, just a…
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What is a good watering routine for a bonsai?
If I have just purchased a bonsai, what is a good watering routine that I should start with and how should I adjust this routine regularly?
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What causes black spots on my apples?
I've got an apple tree in the garden which has produced a good crop, but most of the apples are covered in black spots:
What is this? It seems to be some sort of fungus, but what's the best way to treat / prevent this and are these apples now…
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How do I get rid of the large cracks in my lawn due to the lack of rain?
I live in Dallas, Texas and we've been having some pretty crazy heat this year.
I try to water my lawn 3 to 4 times a week so my grass doesn't all die. My lawn is doing pretty well considering how dry it's been here, but I have been noticing these…
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What's growing on my tomatoes?
My tomato plants are covered with tiny, pill-like growths on their stems, pictured below. They're about 1mm wide and 3-4mm long, and they're widespread on both stems and branches. I'm also getting an early rot that turns my tomatoes brown, which may…
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How do I prevent the seeds on my Japanese Maple from falling off?
I have a 6 ft tall 'Bloodgood' Japanese Maple in my yard. It gets a lot of afternoon Californian sun, but the leaves are a nice color and are healthy.
I wanted to collect some seeds this fall (to try to grow some unique seedlings and the such) and…
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What should I do with my Cherry trees?
I have a pair of large (roughly 30' tall I guess) cherry trees. They're mossy. They don't produce well (at least not for the 2 seasons we've had them for). What they do produce is so high that I can't net or harvest the fruit safely. The branches…
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How long can a bell pepper plant thrive while maintained indoors?
I haven't found anything stating that the plant dies off after producing fruit and it is my understanding that if I keep the environmental conditions correct, continue manual pollination, and add fertilizer to the soil every few weeks/month that the…
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What is the best type of soil for growing an indoor avocado plant?
Do you know what is the best soil for an avocado plant? Would it vary depending on the breed? What would be a good recipe for this soil (for growing indoors)?
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