Tips on how to care for your garden, flowers, fruit trees, roses, gardenias, how to make and use compost, etc.Winter Chat is allowed until Spring.
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nobleheart: Thats a good idea.You could have one but remember Pawns can't join.They would have to upgrade.When i wanted to have a Garden Board i went to Fencer.A fellowship you can do yourself your allowed 2.
ajtgirl: I agree with you you 100 percent.It's time for the humor and jokes to go to the Joke board.I did spray my grapevine and rose bush with garlic,soap and water mixed.I have know green worms on the roses and whatever was chewing the grapevine quit.My Petunia was so root bound it had notta room to grow.
ScarletRose: Thats fine when were out of season but this is full garden,and flower time.In the Fall and Winter i let alot slide by but this is growing season.
Anyone with bug problems should try a product called Neem. I mentioned it before. Works loads better then soap and garlic. All natural from the Asian Neem plant. It isnt harmful to birds or cats so you can spray all over and just get rid of pests with out hurting the wildlife. Mixed with warm water, you just spray all leaves a few times a week an your pest problems are gone for the season.. amazing stuff. NEEM
Rose: I bought some but never got a chance to use it.My husband has a thing anything but natural,now it's pepper and red pepper to keep the rabbits away.
WatfordFC: How's your plant doing? I did get my Wavy Petunia replaced.There was know saving the other plant it was too root bound.I never thought of splitting it in half and making two plants.
Foxy Lady: well it looks ok its still got colour to it, so i suppose thats a good sign lol. Just abit disgruntled as to why my hydrainga (sp) has started flowering yet
WatfordFC: Hmmmmmm when it doubt i look it up.I had to look up about my blueberry bush it needed acidic soil,now it's doing great i give it my left over coffee grounds and water it.
nobleheart: i love the smell of lilacs myself. we have some very straggly (but very big!) ones in our side yard whose delicate bouquet saved them from my thinking they were gigantic weeds and pulling them up.
skipinnz: Thanks for the tidbit on Hydrangeas. This is year two for me trying them ( taking them from old mothers day potted plants an putting them in the ground) had beautiful purple blooms last year an just learning now about acid soil and now that affects the colour of the blooms. Ive got 4 now in my flower bed, only one is showing the start of flower buds. So when you say to cut them back ruthlessly, can you elaborate? These are only about 6 to 9 inches high in my flower beds now
Rose:Once the flowers have gone all brown and ugly, I cut that flower stalk back to the last leaf and thats where the new growth will come away from next season
skipinnz: Thanks for that! I love the flowers on them. Very pretty and I had no idea until last year that we could even grow them here with out rough winters! I'm going all perennial now so am learning tons about different plants from poppy to hollyhocks and even lavender. Lots of fun!
Rose: Well I hope your seasons don't turn upside down like ours are at present. I've got Daffs coming out and it's winter, they won't last long it's getting mighty cold at nights.
Skipinnz: You are absolutely right about the fact that one should never prune hydrangea until their blooms have died. I prefer to wait until the following fall. The flowers buds are only produced on last years growth. To cut any hydrangea back limits it's potential, especially if they are newly planted.
Therefore Rose:P Be patient. I have seen some Easter Lilies and Mother's Day Hydrangeas turn into beautiful monstrous shrubs any gardener would be proud to own.
Foxy Lady:Other side of the world New Zealand. Though we don't get as severe a winter as you get over there. My vegie garden produces all year round, just limited a bit during winter.
skipinnz: No i dont think so, the guy that does my garden cut it right back at the end of flowering season last year, the leaves have litle holes in them, so definately been attacked by some bugs. I have put some pellets around the base of the bush and saturated it in Miraclegro, so hopefully that will help.
WatfordFC:Sorry to hear that I can only assume they were cut back to soon. It works for us each year, but the plants do look really tatty when we prune them.
skipinnz: Yes mine looked tatty as well once they had been pruned back. I will keep at it anyway, and feed them once a fortnight and jsut hope soon it will flower. Last year i had the most amazing colours from them.
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