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What is a good method for planting Ball and Burlap trees?
Time of year:
Any time of year works, as long as the ground is not frozen, or the air very hot and dry. Obviously frozen ground will be 'hard to work with', and you will not be able to plant the tree ...
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Planting magnolia tree a little 'high'
There are a couple of problems with your description of how you're going to plant this tree. First, no plant should be planted less than a foot (as a minimum) away from a fence or wall, so if you ...
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What to do with 250 seeds!
Seed lasts quite a while. It is said at least 30 percent of your seed is non viable the next year but I've seen maybe 10 percent or really normal germination. Keep your excess seed in the dark, ...
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I need to grow one radish plant per pot, for a science experiment. How many seeds do I plant?
If you really need one plant growing in the center of the pot, then get 3 or 4 pots, mark them with numbers (so you don't bias your experiment by choosing the one that is "growing the best" or ...
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Are all plants able to be cloned?
The term you need is actually 'vegetatively propagated' rather than 'cloned'. The answer is, essentially, yes, by and large, almost all plants can be vegetatively propagated, though different parts of ...
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Is there a difference between seeds that are for planting vs sprouting? If so, what are they?
There is a difference, which is that typically the vegetable garden planting packet variety of seeds are selection is controlled. Plant vendors grow specific varieties of plants to be sold in food ...
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Should I try planting my plant in soil?
I've grown basil hydroponically using aquarium water for the nutrients and it looked a lot better than yours which needs a lot more sunlight. In fact most of the basil I see in the supermarket seems ...
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A webapp that enables gardeners to create planting calendars for their region. How can I improve it?
That's cool.
I was impressed at some of the options you had, and the level of detail.
Here are some things I think you could do to improve the site (take this with a grain of salt, since I didn't ...
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How close to space sweet basil?
6" tall and droopy sounds like insufficient light...
Spacing depends on your intended use/harvest strategy, IME.
Last year I did mine 9"x9" (23cm) with intention to harvest them younger than my ...
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Can I mulch a plant bed before planting in it?
Yes you can. I've had to do that numerous times in order to help suppress weeds until I can get the shrubs in. I would, however, recommend against it. It can be pretty annoying to have to move all ...
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First time gardener using a small raised planter - how to plant seeds?
Welcome to Vegetable Gardening! To start off, you want to prepare your soil. Mix some soil, compost and fertilizer in the planter. I prefer organic material but that is optional. In terms of ...
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I need to grow one radish plant per pot, for a science experiment. How many seeds do I plant?
If its radishes, and only one small pot, plant 3 or 4 seeds - thin out later after germination, when they've developed two true leaves each (the first 'leaves' are the cotyledons, and don't count) to ...
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Is there a difference between seeds that are for planting vs sprouting? If so, what are they?
There are specific radish varieties they have for sprouting (whether or not seeds sold as sprouting radishes are always varieties specific for sprouting; from CloneZero's answer it sounds like they're ...
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Planting yucca seed sprouts
They look fine. Roots will find its way down automatically via gravity, let nature take its course. The cotyledons (first leaves) will open soon. Nice that you have seeds from Yucca, most people use ...
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How should I grow Cornus sanguinea with respect to surrounding ground covering?
Cornus sanguinea usually provides dense shade when its leaves are out. It also gets woody fast. As the flowers and fruit are insignificant most people only plant it for the stem colour. As the stems ...
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Pinus pinea close to the house
I don't know that I'd consider it dangerous to plant the tree that close, but from a design perspective I wouldn't do it with any large tree - the tree will eventually dwarf the house and the effect ...
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What's wrong with planting a tree deeper than the root flare, or mulching higher?
Excellent question! One of my favorites! As I am on a walk or park in a parking lot with trees to find a tree buried too deeply I take the time to pull the soil and mulch AWAY from the bark. I also ...
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Can I mulch a plant bed before planting in it?
Yes you can mulch before. Here is a great secret to keep your plants to be planted in soil, not the mulch; find a nursery that sells used black plastic pots. Before mulching, put the pots where you ...
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I need to grow one radish plant per pot, for a science experiment. How many seeds do I plant?
Seeds have different germination capacities among species, so it depends on what you are sowing. The germination capacity varies with seed age, so you will get more seedlings from last year's seeds ...
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Should I try planting my plant in soil?
Definitely the plant needs nutrients (soil or fertilizers). Note there are some liquid fertilizers that can be applied on leaves.
On the other hand, I don't know if such plant will survive on ...
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Should I try planting my plant in soil?
Beautiful idea using this bulb. Where did you find this incandescent bulb? An antique store?? Grins. You need to know that water roots are not at all the same as soil roots. You could easily ...
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Bulb planting depth
If it says plant 4 inches deep on the packet, plant it in a hole that deep; the measurement listed applies to the depth of the hole. There is a general rule for bulb planting, which is, plant as ...
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What is this plant resembling cannabis that is growing on my garden?
Yes this is definitely Cannabis. I think your neighbor is joking around. You can keep it even if you don't like to smoke it, it will be a wonderful plant.
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Planting old seeds
The seeds are from Lunaria annua, or Honesty in English. The black seeds look fine to me. Best is to sow them in early springtime, but maybe they will succeed still sown now? Depends of course on what ...
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A webapp that enables gardeners to create planting calendars for their region. How can I improve it?
An interesting application. I used to professionally test applications in my technical writing job, so I ran yours without looking at any docs, as per our testing standards. My experience is that most ...
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Are there downsides to planting in fall in Northern California?
Provided what you're planting isn't tender and will withstand any frosts you might get, then yes, you can plant now, unless the soil is frozen or waterlogged. On the assumption that you get rain in ...
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Mystery plant growing in yard? TX
So, it finally bloomed a little after me joining the app 'GardenTags'.
They helped me identify it as an Oxblood/Schoolhouse Lily!
(Rhodophiala bifida)
Thank you for your time!
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What to do with 250 seeds!
It depends on how much you like Silverbeet (Swiss Chard). I never liked it much so I let ours go to seed, and it would keep popping up every year from self seeding.
If I wanted to grow some, I'd ...
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What to do with 250 seeds!
Do you have any seed swap events near you? After making sure I retain enough seeds to get me through an emergency and another years sowing I package them up and take them to a seed swap event.
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Does seed spacing in aquaponic systems differ from soil systems?
It will depend on what you are growing. As Graham said, root area may well be reduced but you still have to allow room for the top of the plant. Given your indoors, maintaining adequate airflow ...
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