Questions tagged [container-gardening]
For questions about growing plants in pots, troughs and other containers
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I don’t know what’s happening to my opuntia, can you help me?
I've had this opuntia since may this year and it was growing fine, it had grown three new little opuntia and suddenly it started having this white rod like things, at first I cleaned them up but a ...
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Hibiscus problems
I have a hibiscus exhibiting multiple problems. Around 6 months back, the leaves had turned skeletal, with sooty black growth (fungus?) more pronounced near the base and leaf undersides. After some ...
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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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A tale of two "pinch backs" (should some plants not be pinched back?)
I'm no "gardener" but I like to plant from seed and watch things grow. I am trying to learn a bit more as I go along.
I planted the zinnias in the photo below a couple of months ago, started indoors ...
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Cucumber plants wilting and dying outside during a rainy summer
I have several cucumber plants planted outside (I'm in Zone 4). They are planted in large containers or raised garden beds.
hey were doing okay until about a week ago when we started having rain ...
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I repotted my dracaena marginata in an oversized pot. Now that I know this is incorrect, should I repot it again to a smaller pot?
I have a dracaena that was seriously rootbound in a 10-12 inch container. (That's the approximate size; I can't remember it exactly now). In March of this year, I untangled its roots and repotted it ...
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Should I prune this 3 year-old Tamarind tree fork?
I have a 2.5 year old Tamarind in a container. It has what looks like a tree fork. I'm considering cutting the least straight one (it's the outer/right-leaning one on the picture). Even though the ...
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Are these succulent plants Sempervivum?
I have these succulents and I don't know their name. The big one on the left is Haworthia attenuata, but the small ones are a mystery to me. Usually their leaves are curved upwards, but now are ...
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How to introduce an overwintered banana tree back outside for the summer
We got a banana tree last year and brought it inside to overwinter it. The tree was never put into the ground, it stayed in a large pot and is still in the large pot.
Our overwintering method was to ...
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Should I plant anything under dwarfing apple trees grown in containers?
I have a couple of apple trees on very dwarfing (M27) rootstock, than I have planted into patio containers, approximately 50 litres each, with a top diameter around 50cm.
I am wondering whether I ...
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My Dracaena reflexa (Song of India) is dying. Help!
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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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Why are my avocado leaves burning at the end?
I have about 5 avocado plants grown from seed stage in containers. 2 are close to 2.5 years old and 3 are about a year or 1.5 years old.
The 2 oldest ones are not doing so well but the youngest ones ...
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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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Does limiting plant size decrease life-span?
So, I'm looking into growing plants indoors(specifically, trees such as Meyer Lemons and possibly apples). It's my understanding that a plant's size can be limited by keeping it in a small pot, and ...
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What are the most essential things to include in a gardening journal?
I am making a web application where people can create journals about their vegetable garden or flower garden. The information that these journals include can then be used by others who live nearby (it ...
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Cure a lucky bamboo with severe conditions
My bamboo (lucky) was sitting (in a room without heater or air conditioning). It is in a winter time where the temperature outside now drops to 15 F or -10 C. But the room temperature I think is ...
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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 doesn't onion bulb sprout?
Usually when my store bought onions starts to sprout, I plant them in a plastic container filled with water and get some green onion.
This time I decided not to wait until onion starts to sprout. I ...
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What is happening to my Serrano Pepper?
I recently started gardening and this is one of my first plants. Can you help me understand what's wrong with it?
Location: Souther California (warmer weather).
Plant location: In a pot, outside (5th ...
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setting up raised garden beds for spring. what is best mix but affordable?
So I have raised garden beds (not touching the ground) and other garden beds that WILL touch the ground. what is the best mix for BOTH of these beds? most beds will be 3ft x 2ft to 5ft x 3ft
I have ...
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Repot dragon fruit in a definitive pot
I planted these cuttings two months ago and I have a lot of questions.
Is it time for repotting?
I have 26 liters pots. Is it enough?
Can I plant more than one in the same pot?
What kind of soil ...
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Reuse of soil in a container garden?
I have a small container garden (https://vegepod.com.au/collections/raised-garden-beds/products/raised-garden-bed-small) which I used to grow some bok-choy and silverbeet about 18 months ago.
The ...
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Fresh cowdung and baggase in lasagna gardening
I am an apartment balcony gardener. I have access to a lot of fresh cowdung and baggase. However, I have no place to dry it or let it mature properly. I could dry it in my little balcony but the smell ...
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What type of soil for transplanting bamboo?
Do you need special soil to transplant bamboo? Also, do you have to keep it in water or can you use potting soil? I have tried regular potting soil, but the bamboo died.
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What safe containers are there for planting edibles?
Wondering what containers people use for growing various edibles. Instead of planting purely outdoors I may grow on the balcony and indoors.
Primary worry is leeching materials/heavy metals/plastics ...
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Do ravens or crows cause damage to your garden?
Yesterday evening I came home from work, and I saw what happened to my small garden:
At first, I was very angry. I mean, who could do that. So I asked around my neighbors if they noticed something. ...
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My sunflower is dying what do i do?
I have a potted sunflower and it was overwatered. Is there any way to revive it? It hasn't been watered in a week and the soil still seems very wet. Any help is much appreciated.
Thank you!
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Name this plant [closed]
This was in a restaurant's kitchen garden on Whidbey Island, Washington. Can anyone tell me the common name for it?
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What variety is my mint plant/why does my tea taste grassy?
I bought my mint plant from M&S in the UK in a pot, i've had it about a week and plan to re pot it into a larger pot in about a week where it will be permanently outside on a roof terrace (though ...
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Tulsi/ basil leaves turning yellow
I have a potted Tulsi plant got from a nursery a month back. The leaves were green then. After a pruning, the new leaves started getting yellow. There are two plants and both of them have the same ...
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Can air plants grow in closed terrariums?
I have lots of air plants (Tillandsia) and I would like to place them in a closed terrarium. Will this type of plant survive the type of humidity and moisture that comes with a closed terrarium ...
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What to do with bugs on bell peppers
I just noticed that I have these weird little bugs on my bell peppers.
Doesn't seem to impact the growth as of yet, but I would like to get rid of them somehow.
What are they called? How can I get ...
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Can I plant Forget-me-not indoor in June-Junly?
I am very new to gardening.
I am planning to start some Forget-me-not seeds.
Can anyone guide me for...
What is the suitable time for starting seeds of this plant?
If I plant them now (June-July), ...
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Why are my chilli plant's leaves turning upside down?
I have a small chilli plant. It's in a pot and yesterday I put it outside in the sun. When I brought it back inside some of its leaves had turned upside down. What is the problem?
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Brown tips of peace lily?
I have 3 palants of peace lily,
Placed more or less 6 feets away form windows(2windows),
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I never over water them, I wait for my plants to give me signs of thirst(wilt a little bit),each pot has ...
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Pot size - small & repot, or start large?
I have a few different houseplants. I'm also currently starting a few different vegetables, from seedlings and from seeds. I've been trying to research the best way to grow all of these in containers, ...
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Just transplated Zucchini and bean outside and noticing some white spots on leaves and brown stems
So a few days ago I transplanted my pole beans and Zucchini plants into containers. I'm noticing a few things on the plants.
We had a heavy rain and some wind a few days after I transplanted them and ...
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Maple plant that will not turn green?
I live in Ireland. I bought an Acer plant "deshojo" ,few years back . Now I have two issues with this plant. One is that it will give that nice pink/red color only for few months (April -june). The ...
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Is All this blackberry plant or is there more then 1 plant?
Just started gardening with my kids. We bought some dieing plants from H.D. for $3 each and figured we would see if we could save them. So far so good, we have some new growth.
One of the plants, ...
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Does anyone have experience with AeroGarden?
I got a new AeroGarden Bounty today. I am trying to figure out what these two thingies are. They came rattling around inside the bowl, now lying on the bottom. Did they fall loose from somewhere? ...
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Will using reflective aluminum foil start a fire?
I have a balcony garden where I get a ton of sunlight on my wall, but not much on my plants beneath this wall. I planned on using a reflective panel made from cardboard and aluminum foil to reflect ...
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I planted a vegetable but can't remember what it is
I planted a vegetable about a month ago, but I can't remember which veggie it is. Would anyone be able to help me guess the mystery plant?
I thought it was either garlic or ginger, but I don't see ...
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Moldy soil, moldy starters, help!
I recently moved to Bombay (Mumbai, India) and the weather is forgiving her so I thought why not! I bought all the organic stuff I could find and made a potting mix- manure + red soil, vermicompost, ...
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Is my choice for edible perennials for balcony good?
I'm looking to expand my balcony garden. I don't want to go through the trouble of getting new plants every spring so I am looking at cold hardy (-16°C is about the coldest I've seen here this winter) ...
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What vegetables could be planted in a limited balcony space in a subtropical environment?
I am looking to develop and maintain a small vegetable plot on my unit's balcony, the space available is approximately 2m x 1m (6ft x 3ft).
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What are the benefits of greenhouses and how do they work?
What are the pros and cons of greenhouses and how do they work? What are their limitations? How does one plan and build one? What is necessary to maintain the plants inside optimally? I am in Central ...
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What combination of herbs are good to plant in the same window box?
My brother-in-law gave me basil, rosemary and mint.
I planted it in my window box and the basil and rosemary seem to be doing well. The mint dried up right away. I removed most of the dried leaves. ...
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Why isn't my self-watering planter wick carrying water all the way up beyond the dirt line?
I am trying to make a self watering planter, with a reservoir at the bottom. It has 4 polypropylene ropes (0.25 inch) which are supposed to wick water up toward the dirt.
The water is about 1 foot ...
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How to get rid of worms in containers?
A friend of mine is growing several plants in containers.
A couple of months ago he noticed some worms in some of his containers. He can't recall any obvious reason why that happened. But he really ...
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