Questions tagged [urban-gardening]
For questions about gardening in cities.
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What is this fuzzy green plant with spikes? (UK gardening)
Was ripping remnants of grass after cutting them with my hands when I grabbed a handful got a sharp scratch bg this plant with spikes.
What is it?
Is it a cause for concern?
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Does anybody know some low-maintenance indoor plants for summer?
I've been planning to decorate my home with some indoor plants that are easy to grow. And have found many common plants but I am not sure if they'll thrive in Summer or not. I tried checking their ...
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Convert yard with grass into vegetable garden
I want to convert my backyard into a vegetable garden. The area consists of mostly patchy grass and some weeds. The plantable area has plenty of sunlight. The sod is 3 inches deep. I want to plant ...
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How to handle wind issues on terrace garden
I have planted some seeds on the pot and kept that on the terrace.
But there's too much wind during the evening time.
I'm not sure how the plants can sustain the wind.
Besides my terrace floor is made ...
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Coverings of drainage hole
I use plastic pots, concrete and ceramic pots with holes at the bottom, often without a saucer for outside. When I water, I bath my plants or put enough water and allow excess amount to pass through ...
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Did I cut too much off my kale?
I am wondering if I cut off too much from this plant. Please advise.
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DIY Humidity dome for growing microgreens
I am designing a humidity dome for growing microgreens, but need help with deciding on the material and design specifics. I'd basically like to replicate the following product using wire and ...
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What varieties of watermelon ripen before the last frost in Colorado?
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In the state of Colorado within the United States, what variety and/or cultivar of watermelon does best in urban vegtable gardens? Given that the word "best" is subjective, I will note ...
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When is it safe to plant vegtables outside in Denver, Colorado?
When is the last frost in Denver, Colorado?
Officially, March 20th is the last day of winter, but when is it safe to plant seeds or seedling in Denver, Colorado (in terms of snow or freeing ...
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Is it bad for vegetable plants (tomatoes) to be tilted/angled in a vertical-planter?
I bought a 4 store-planter (like this one but with 4) for my "urban garden", and I thought I could incline the planters at whichever angle I wanted. I hope the word planter is the correct ...
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My neighbors weeds infesting my yard
My neighbor’s yard is terrible and the house next to hers is abandoned due to fire so it’s weeds everywhere. It’s been a battle to keep the weeds out a battle i have lost. What was once a beautiful ...
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How to choose the right garden plants around the building wall and dry wells
If trees/shrubs are planted too close to a house, the roots can damage the foundation
Only two to three feet is available from the building wall on both the sides of the building and dry wells with ...
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Why do some plants need an "open" position?
The guidance for some plants (eg, some Australian natives like banksias) says they need an "open and sunny position". The sunny part is self explanatory. But why do they need an open ...
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Growing 3 sisters but my beans are overtaking corn
I planted my beans out once my corn was about 6 - 12 inches but the corn is growing real slow and the beans are overtaking them. Corn is jimmy red cord and Im in the UK. Any suggestions on what to do ...
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What plants in are in the patch of ground behind my Beijing apartment?
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I live in Beijing, and I am considering commandeering an unused patch of dirt behind my apartment building to grow a few flowers or ...
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How should I 'close out' a garden bed before moving?
I am moving out of a rental in zone 6 of eastern USA where I built two small garden beds using thin cedar wood in an urban yard. The landlord is okay with the beds staying there or going with me, but ...
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How big I need to make a greenhouse vertical farm to accomodate the equivalent of 7 acres?
So, I know that "vertical farming" is a broad term, and there are dozen ways of making a vertical farm with a dozen of different techniques to grow plants. And before I try to search for the ...
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Apple Tree Sapling Struggling
I'm in the process of growing the little apple tree you see here from a seed that had germinated within an apple I was eating. I thought it would be interesting to see if it would grow and over the ...
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Red Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora) deficiency
Recently plant red yucca seems to have been sprayed or some reason becoming burnt, the soil was lightly composted to restore Ph unless this is a bug problem?
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Is it a good idea and how to introduce frogs in my garden?
I am trying to sustainably get a grip on the flies, mosquitoes and other such insects' population. We live in the San Francisco Bay Area.
We have a decent sized backyard (about 3000 sq ft of garden/...
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How to care for calathea plants
I have chosen to grow Calathea as an indoor plant, but how should I care for them? How should I overcome the problems that occur during their growth?
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Dill Seeds Molding?
I had collected dill seeds from my dill plants. I had not dried the plants when I took the seeds, I just took the seeds right off the plant and put them in a paper envelope. I stored them in a dark, ...
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Do sweet potato tops make good fertiliser tea?
I am growing sweet potato in my back yard and I come to realize the abundant amount of potato tops after harvesting, do they make a good fertiliser tea or I would just add them to the compost?
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I want to plant 5 species of plants in my garden, which can purify the air around the garden and also keep away mosquitoes . Suggest some to me
I have a garden in my house where I had some plants earlier. They were mostly flowering plants. Now I am looking for some plants which can purify the air around the house, keep away mosquitoes, and ...
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Identify plant with narrow straplike leaves and red flower
We have been having this green narrow leaved plant for years. It flowers occasionally as in the image. Some say it is from the family of bromeliads but its structure looks so different.
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What is killing my cypress trees?
We planted a new row of cypress trees, approx a month ago. They are about 1.5 m tall and stand in direct sunlight for most of the day. We water them regularly with DIY.
At first they were doing well, ...
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How do I go about renting a house as a hardcore gardener?
I am asking this question here because it really is a question only a gardener can understand.
My wife and I are avid gardeners, but I find that when we search for a house to rent to call our home. ...
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Building a raised garden on uneven concrete?
I'm new to gardening but would like to get a raised bed started in my NYC backyard. My plans are to build a 2x8 raised bed. I have a spot picked out but I am worried about drainage problems as the ...
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Help with suffering baby pine tree
I was given a young pine tree some months ago.
I placed it in a larger pot in the communal garden (so I cannot see it from my window) and hardened off during the winter. It is now outside since ...
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Avocado leaves are browning and shriveling up
The plant was fine until a few days ago when i finally brought it outside. It has spent all of winter indoors in the same pot.
The browning on this one greatly differs from the one that has salt ...
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Favorite small-scale gardening books for beginners? [closed]
I recently started cultivating a 20'x25' vegetable garden, which is to say, I signed up for a community garden plot and have a few containers for tomatoes on my porch. I don't have any experience ...
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Why are the leaves of my areca palm (indoor) turning yellow? HELP!
Dear all since last week I noticed that entire leaves of my areca palm are turning yellow? In addition to the previous problem I have been having of the yellow and brown tips. I have the plant next to ...
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(When) can potted cactus and aloe vera be put outside?
Hello Gardening stackexchange!
We bought a few cacti and aloe vera last year, which live in pots. We took them inside the house at the start of the past autumn, when the temperatures were starting ...
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Ideas on growing leafy vegetables in soda bottles
I have a couple of questions on raising plants with hydro in soda bottles. Is it better to grow your leafy veg in a water solution or is the wick/soil approach better? I'm trying to get a little bit ...
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How many different plant families do you need for a self pollinating garden?
I would like to grow certain plants in a self contained habitat (like cattails, fireweed, thistle, and other edible plants that are semi easy to maintain) but I read that siblings can’t pollinate each ...
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Hyper soil carbon accumulator for backyards
I am curious, what people could do with a small piece of land like their home backyard (say originally it is a regular lawn smaller than 20m^2, in temperate continental climate (so pretty harsh)) to ...
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Help identify this seedling (baobab?)
Can anyone identify this seedling?
I bought (what I thought were) baobab seeds online. When they arrived they looked nothing like I expected, small and brown and glossy, resembling apple seeds (see ...
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Summer vegetable garden in SoCal
I know there already is a question answered about which crops to grow in the late summer (August): Late summer vegetable garden in SoCal?.
But I'm wondering if there are recommendations for crops to ...
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How to kmow if a young rose is a climber
I bought this young rose and it already has blooms, smaller than the regular rose flowers but I noticed that it's kinda growing horizontally and long stems so I put a stick beside it to support its ...
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What is this weed with beautiful yellow flowers?
I live in subtropical Hong Kong. Is this some kind of tiny flower dandelion? Is has floating seeds, which grow in very small clusters about the same size as the flowers or smaller.
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What is this fast growing plant?
What is this fast growing plant growing in my pot?
Walking around nature and parks I would collect all sorts of seeds from all sorts of plants and threw them in my pots, so all sorts of things are ...
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Can someone identify this vine? It is growing up and wrapped around the canopy of a tree
It is about the size of my wrist.enter image description here
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Can someone identify this vine for me which seems to be wrapping tightly around many trees?
There are many similar to this vine in a city park in NYC. They seem to be wrapping themselves tightly around many trees.
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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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Beetle infection
Having the infestation of the beetle above in the gardening pots. The grub of the beetle is causing trouble to the young plants and the soil loses water retention due to the pupa stage which forms ...
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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
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Plastic sheet for greenhouse
I'm trying to build a DIY greenhouse and have a question about the plastic sheeting.
I see that no one is using clear plastic - it's almost always translucent. Is that on purpose or just that the ...
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Is there a problem with my Japanese Maple shrub?
We live in Vienna, Austria, very near the Danube. We planted this Japanese Maple in the first year after moving in the spring of 2013. It has been slow but steady growing, improving a bit every year. ...
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What is this seedpod?
While walking in a public garden in the UK Midlands, I came across some pretty, tulip-like foliage (but larger than that of most tulips). From the center there were some dried flower-stalks, with ...
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Is it possible to design a garden that is free from insects and pests?
I live in the tropics and love plants, esp. those that have air-purifying qualities and those that are edible. However, I have a fear of insects. My home right now has been free of ants, mosquitoes, ...
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