Questions tagged [container-gardening]
For questions about growing plants in pots, troughs and other containers
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Tomato plant after neem oil application
My tomato plants stems had mealy bugs and with in an hour of my notice I started to spray neem oil liquid soap water and the plants now looks very bad and the leaves looks very dull. Will the leaves ...
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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’s wrong with my mango tree
I have watered it, just trimmed all the really bad ones off, but it still has black on edges of leaves. What can I do?
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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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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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Cucumber plant turning yellow and babies dying
I live in Los Angeles and am growing cucumbers in a container. My cukes were going like gangbusters until about a week ago, had probably 10 little baby cukes growing, and then my leaves started ...
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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 some of the stems are red and more strong than others in this mint plant
This is just a general question.
I have mint plant that I have bought from the store. However, some of the mint plants in the same pot looks different. Their stems are red and leaves are very small ...
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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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How to save a dying dusty miller?
This is my plant and is dying. Although I tried a lot to make it survive its health status depleted with time. Now some of its leaves are still active while rest died (approx 20 percent alive).
This ...
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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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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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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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sequoia seeds germination, and first "planting" of sprouts method, in which container?
I received Giant and Red sequoia seeds a few weeks ago (never used those before) and the producer indicates on package to leave those soak 24 hours in water, drain and leave seeds 20 days in the ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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.
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How do I properly amend soil in pots I used last year to grow tomatoes/peppers in Ohio?
I have half a dozen large pots (24"+) on my balcony which I've used for a couple of years to grow tomatoes, peppers and herbs. Last year I rotated several pots from tomato to peppers and vice versa, ...
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Does this Tangelo look root bound?
I bought this tangelo tree on the cheap from a nursery because it looks a bit sick... I live in Melbourne Australia so we now only have a couple more months of summer left before autumn. I'm ...
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Building raised flower bed
I am a beginner gardener. I've heard about raised flower beds a lot. I would like to know what would be pros and cons of building a raised bed like this one:
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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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Best way of pruning Cardinal Creeper
I've got this 2/3 year old Cardinal Creeper in a 16" container that's become really bare at the base, making the stem look like coils of rope. The new growth seems to happen at the tips, leaving the ...
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Converting Allamanda Blanchetii from vine to shrub
I have an Allamanda Blanchetii in a 16" container that I'd planned to grow as a vine up one corner of the balcony. Only thing, it's not growing as I'd like it to, which I suspect could be due to ...
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Why are the leaves of my Mexican flamevine changing color?
I recently got into gardening and one of my favorite plants is Mexican flamevine (Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides). Recently the leaves have been changing color from green to red/brown/black and I don't ...
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Do I remove the garlic flower?
I've never grown elephant garlic before which I believe is closer to a leek than garlic. Anyway, it looks like it wants to flower so should I snip it off? Or should I let it flower, collect the seeds ...
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What to do with tomatillo and chilli plants in winter?
First time gardener here. This year I decided to grow some tomatillos and mexican chillies in my garden. Although it was some hard work I also had a good harvest (for my first time) and fun overall.
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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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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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Identify plant, and what to do with rocks
Can anyone identify this little tree/shrub/indoor plant? I got it from a neighbor who had it on her porch, among others, and it appears pretty healthy. It's in a 3" plastic pot, that rests in a faux ...
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Biodegradable material that keeps the termites away
Recently I came across Groasis Growboxx, a biodegradable coccoon that ensures maximum survival rate, and less water being used for their nurturing.
This was tested in Urulikanchan, Pune, India. The ...
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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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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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What is that yellow stuff growing next to my pineapple
It wasn't there yesterday and I don't know what it is. I have no idea of what it could be.
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of raised vegetable beds?
I'm asking this mainly to learn before I spend money and effort. This year our produce hasn't been good and mainly because of critters. So I was wondering if raised beds will help to keep the critters ...
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Are there any websites related to publish own's garderns' images/videos? [closed]
I would like to know if there is any web which offers us to upload our gardens' content, and even more, if there are any gardens contest where you could submitt your material via photos or videos and ...
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Is this an Aloe kilifiensis?
I was sent this plant labeled 'Aloe kilifiensis'. I looked up some pictures, and didn't seem to find anything even remotely similar. In my eyes it looks more like to Gasteraloe 'Green Gold'.
Can ...
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What species of aloe is this young start?
Someone mailed me a small aloe start, with the label 'Aloe aculeata marlothii ssp. marlothii' (yeah, I have no idea what that was about). Here's a picture:
Looking up plants this young online, there ...
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Will pooping in a flowerpot before planting ivy help it grow?
I have heard poop can actually be really good fertilizer. Truth be told, in my county, the solid waste division takes figure remains and uses it as fertilizer that is sold for planting.
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Right container size for two eggplants together
I have planted two eggplant plants together (8 inch apart) in a 16 inch container as shown in the image below. Just wanted to know if this would be a problem when they grow bigger and affect the yield?...
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Brown spots and yellow leaves on morning glory
I live in Redwood City, Bay Area California (From wiki -Redwood City, along with most of the Bay Area, enjoys a mild Mediterranean climate, with warm, dry summers and cool, relatively wet winters.) ...
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Lemon tree repotting
I have a young Dwarf Meyer lemon tree that I intend to keep in a pot on my deck. Is it better to gradually increase the pot size to encourage a compact root ball or to plant straight into a large ...
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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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Roses in clay pot started to go bald
I purchased some roses in clay pots. They were very fresh and beautiful but after a while they were starting to go bald and their leaves turned yellow. What should I do?
They are in open air and have ...
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What to do with sickening flower petals?
This is my first flower garden and I don't know what to do about flower petals that are sick.
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