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plants seem to stop growing
Posted by slimak
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slimakUpdated Please let me know if I understand this correctly. PEAT MOSS- holds water and nutrients for plants, improves texture VERMICULITE- hold water, nutrients and air, minimizes soil temperature fluctuations PEARLITE-prevents soil compac...
How can I propogate Coreopsis flower?
Posted by artisticcheese(7)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated A flower has lots of seeds in it. Let the flower dry on the plant, then rub the seeds out. I think the best way to propagate this plant would be by dividing in half. That's if it's big enough. You might have to plant it and wait a...
Starting seeds in the summer
Posted by lisam625
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SouthCountryGuy Zone 4b-5 SE BCUpdated Lisam625, I agree, peat pots are terrible. If it was me I would sow them where you want them right now. Two reasons for this. First you are in a pretty mild climate. I bet most would survive if mulched. Second, most perennials don...
Oleander seeds true to parent?
Posted by GAV65
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GAV65Updated Maybe the sellers self-pollinated the flowers, and then covered the flower to prevent insect pollination?
Your local sewer plant has some great root starter! :)
Posted by wertach zone 7-B SC
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mori1(5b/6a)Updated Wertach, your experiment is not gross, if Susan knew what was in the river water then she would starve. The plants will filter a lot of the gross stuff but not all of it. Its not surprising that the tap water ones are suffering.
Seeds from this spring's poppies
Posted by ryseryse_2004
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated Poppies don't transplant well. You can scatter them now or wait till spring when it's cold out and scatter them at that time. They do need cold to germinate, but the outdoor cold will serve that purpose. I always do them outdoors.
Kinkgo seedling - is it dying?
Posted by Sacnerd(9)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated There is a point where a seedling turns from green to a brown stem, or a trunk in the case of a tree. With only a small area shown it is hard to tell if that is what is happening. Al
yellow flag iris seed pods
Posted by puddinnn
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morz8(Washington Coast Z8b)Updated First, this is considered an invasive species in several states, mine included. I don't know how many more may have been added in recent years but "Iris pseudacorus is reported as invasive in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, ...
American Ginseng grown from seeds and roots
Posted by chaman(z7MD)
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wertach zone 7-B SCUpdated You have done well! I tried to grow ginseng, many years ago, and I didn't have much luck.
English daisy/bellis-- easy to grow from seed?
Posted by DisplacedClevelander(6a)
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susanzone5(z5NY)Updated Also, they seem to like the cooler spring weather, so I'd start in very early spring and sow indoors under lights. I always spread the seed that the plants produce outdoors but I never have gotten germination that way.
White and blue sage seedlings falling over.
Posted by draceaseveria
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florauk(8/9)Updated Could you post a picture? It's not clear what plants you mean by white and blue sage. But even without a picture I imagine your plants have either damped off or are etiolated. If they are 2 - 3 inches high they should have at leas...
Wisteria Seedlings in Al's Gritty Mix
Posted by dave6802(5)
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dave6802(5)Updated Thanks all for the comments. Here is a quick update. I am planning to grow these as bonsai. I started from seeds and now have one each Wisteria Sinensis and W. Sinensis Alba growing. I know it will be years before they bloom, but ...
Too many morning glories planted in pots?
Posted by AshleyG
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osubuckeyeUpdated I'd say 5-8 would be enough or one per twine. You could dig up the others and plant them somewhere else. I planted some in a small pot and old souvenir cups.
Delphinium seeds
Posted by primitive(S.E. Ia. zone 5)
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osubuckeyeUpdated I sowed delphinium seeds into the organic seed trays with seed starter mix back in March. I put them just under the surface. They didn't germinate until I bottom watered, top watering wasn't enough to get them going. They were tou...
Trunk Growth: Mango
Posted by dtmf
dtmfOk, I am aware that I may be asking a foolish question, so please do not mock me for my ignorance... I am preparing to begin development of a large, indoor bonsai mango, but I have come across a few holes in my research. It is vital...
red rose campion
Posted by wendy2shoes
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started_with_bean(Zone 5--MA)Updated Your picture piqued my interest, and after some prolong web searches, I have to break it to you that this is a sterile hybrid, and there are no seeds available. This is the flower Lynchnis coronia 'Gardner's World' and is illegal ...
beardless wheat
Posted by ladyharley(6)
ladyharley(6)I have some beardless wheat grass/hay that I buy to feed my goats. I would like to know if it's possible to germinate and plant the seeds? The place where I bought it from said I can't. I don't know how to germinate this...I think...
Identify this mystery seedling..?
Posted by BigN_187(9)
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nel5397Updated Sumac?
sturdy cell packs and flats
Posted by njitgrad(6A/6B)
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runswithscissors(MT 4/5)Updated I had that problem too. Finally I just ordered triple amount of flats from on-line supplier and tripled them up. The cost is more at first, but I am so happy I finally did that. 3 trays stacked together makes them sturdy enough th...
Zizia
Posted by madabouteu(8A - central Alabama)
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terrene(5b MA)Updated I have started Zizia aurea from seed (received in a trade and then winter sown), got one sprout, and after a couple years it has produced 1 seedling so far. I received a division of Z aptera in a swap 5 years ago and it has self-s...
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