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What is damaging my pepper plant?
I noticed about 4 days ago that leaves on one of my peppers got soft and started to hang down a little. I thought that it just needs some water so i watered it along with my 2 other peppers. Today the same pepper looks like it again needs more…
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What are these white bugs that leave white stains on my cars and driveway?
I have these white bugs that seem to be falling down from the tree over where I park my cars. They have feathery tendrils and are staining our cars with white drops.
Any idea as to what these bugs are and how to get rid of them?
The first picture is…
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What sort of planting layout should I follow to cover a fence with a hedge?
I'm planning on planting around 500 ft of evergreen hedge in Tennessee, partly in the sun and partly in shade. I talked to a local landscaping company who recommended one of the following:
Manhattan Euonymus
I'm leaning towards Manhattan at the…
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Is it practical to breed new cultivars at home?
Is it sensible and possible for a home gardener to attempt to create new cultivars (e.g. of citrus) via manual/controlled pollination in a home garden without specialist equipment?
For instance, if I wanted to cross two different apple cultivars is…
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What are the benefits of veg / fruit plants with grafted rootstocks?
Last year I grew aubergines (eggplants) and tomatoes with grafted rootstocks, and they actually produced a lot more veg than my other plants.
Could someone tell me why it is done and why they produced more veg?
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Is this an Apple tree in my new yard?
Is this an Apple tree in my new yard??
I would like to know what kind of tree this is.
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Is it a good idea to build a paver patio near a large established tree?
I would like to build a paver patio next to a large tree that has a 3" wide root at ground level. I do not want to damage the roots of the tree, so it seems like my only option is to build a raised paver patio. If I do build a raised paver patio…
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Can I use crushed stone instead of pea gravel for drainage?
In another question I was advised to use pea gravel for french drains.
Now, as it happens, a previous owner put down a lot of weed matting and covered it with perhaps 5cm of gravel. My best guess, from looking at this page, is that the gravel is…
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What variety of heather grows to a large 4 foot height?
I'm in the Pacific Northwest where heaths/heathers really thrive. I'm deciding on the variety to place in a well-drained, partially sunny southwest facing spot.
All of the heather types available at my local garden shop are just ground cover,…
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How should I protect a buried fountain reservoir from freezing?
I have a buried fountain reservoir that cannot easily be protected from rainwater. It soon fills and at some point this winter will freeze over.
Is there anything I can put in it that will prevent it from getting damaged? Something that would…
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What is this aloe-like plant?
After searching a little, I think it is a hybrid aloe x gasteria, aka gasteraloe, maybe gasteraloe superba.
Here are the pictures:
One of its babies, if this helps:
And its flowers:
What species or hybrid is it?
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What fruit tree grows well in an area with variable sunlight in San Jose, CA?
I live in San Jose, CA and have a 6 feet wide by 40 feet long strip of land running from SE to NW. At the SE end it is flanked by an established oak tree which would delay the morning sun to the first 15 feet of the strip until 11am during summer…
ligia
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What or who is causing these small poop-like balls of soil below the pot?
What is this poop-like sand doing in my pot saucer/tray? I saw them today. I lifted the pot(Dracaena Reflexa [Song of India]) and couldn't find a bug or anything. So I thought maybe it's the sand falling from the pot holes, but they are too perfect…
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What's wrong with planting a tree deeper than the root flare, or mulching higher?
People tell you that when you plant a tree, you should plant the root flare level with the soil line. And when mulching, that you shouldn't pile the mulch up over the root flare. What harm can be caused by doing these practices?
Tree (Norway…
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Topping (ungrafting?) an ornamental weeping cherry
We have an ornamental weeping cherry tree that we'd like to remove -- we wanted a bigger tree.
But first, we were wondering if we were to just top it (cut the tree below the graft), if we could end up with a viable (and bigger) cherry tree. Maybe…
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