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Why are 2 rosemary plants in the same potters getting woody at a very different pace
I recently bought a couple rosemary arp plants and have them in my mini indoor greenhouse. Ive been noticing that one of them is turning woody at a much faster pace whereas the other has almost all ...
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Are these aphids that I've found in my indoor greenhouse and trying to figure out what this caterpillar like creature is?
So I've started up a little indoor herb garden/green house about a month and a half ago.I should preface by saying I'm relatively new to the gardening game. I've basically just used some greenhouse ...
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Do roots develop where there is room?
I was wondering if I were to plant a seedling in one end of a rectangular container, as pictured below, would it affect root development, or would the plant develop roots where there is space?
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Should I separate the cilantro plant stalks? I bought a plant from walmart
I am growing the cilantro indoors. I bought a cilantro plant from Walmart(it was already a half-grown plant in a small container like a seedling container) on the 20th of Jan and today I transferred ...
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Gardenia Buds dropping
I brought a gardenia from store few weeks back.
It looked very healthy.
However, live in northern Germany and here winter days are really small and 95% of the time, it is extremely cloudy.
The ...
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Why is my cilantro turning a yellow purple color?
This cilantro was planted from seed using Pro-Mix seed starting mix on February 22 and the photo was taken today, March 28; 5 weeks later.
The pot is under timed T5 florescents (16h on, 8h off) and ...
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My Dracaena reflexa (Song of India) is dying. Help!
Help!
I got this dracaena over a month ago and it was doing well up until this week. This plant stays in an office with just fluorescent lights and is watered once a week. Last week it started ...
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Are these plants Aloe or Gasteraloe?
I have received these plants from somebody who didn't know what their name was. Can you help with an ID?
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Is there an ideal drainage to soil layer ratio in terrarium etc.?
The question is about the size, ratio and composition of the drainage and soil layers in some improvised terrarium. It's made out of a 8'' (20cm) truncated/shaved off glass sphere (basically a cookie/...
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Have I terminated this Calamondin?
There is some advice here on how to grow a Calamondin orange (Citrus × microcarpa or Citrus citrofortunella mitis) and that is consistent with how one particular specimen was treated to survive (and ...
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Can all plants grow inside all year round?
I live in an apartment and both the entire south-east and the north-west sides are huge windows, so I have lots of light coming in (I think I have about 6h 40m on the shortest day of the year).
I ...
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Can rice be used as a potting medium?
A friend took the attached picture a few months ago. It is an Aloe vera potted in rice, coffee and sugar. I would like to learn how to use rice (and coffee and sugar) to grow plants in.
I wonder if ...
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What vegetables could I grow in an indoor garden in winter?
I live in a city and love gardening, but have no spare room especially for gardening. I am planning to make a garden on my windowsill. I live in the Netherlands, so outdoor temperatures in winter are -...
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What are the light brown spots on coriander leaves?
In the last 2 days I noticed there are light brown spots all over my coriander leaves. It's in a pot placed by the window. I live in Singapore so it's sunny throughout the year.
The patches and spots ...
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How should I grow Moneymaker tomato plants in indoor containers?
A few questions about these moneymaker tomato plants:
1) Is it okay to grow two in a 5-gallon container?
2) Is a homemade bamboo obelisk like the one I am using (see picture) tall enough (it's ...
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Indoor pesticide for edible plants
I've got a small indoor container garden, with a variety of herbs, a couple of flowers, and a couple of succulents. A while ago, we noticed very small white insects moving around on my morning glories....
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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 ...
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Depth of containers for indoor gardens
I am growing an indoor garden in my basement apartment on a racking system I built. I have two shelves 2' deep, 4' long and 2' high with two 4' T5 flouresants for light.
The question I have is for ...
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Can I grow coffee plants in my garden?
I live in the Netherlands, where the climate is very unstable. Whilst I love my coffee and love doing a lot of stuff myself, the urge to grow my own coffee had risen. I was wondering if the Dutch ...
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