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Hi! I'm new to all this. Iwas given a Mandella plant as a gift, and the buds are falling off before opening. Can anyone out there help me? It's a beautiful plant and I'd like to keep it alive for a long time.

Hi, here I am again, a year later. Slowly, by trial and error, I have learned to grow things in Council, Idaho. My son says only his mom would move from Santa Barbara, CA where she could grow a wooden chairleg to snow country and open a nursery, but I have been fairly successful and my customers are happy with my results. I have learned to propagate with difficulty and am trying to convince customers to plant natives and perennials and when Spring comes, then go for annuals to fill in. Uphill but working. I am in Zone 5, here in area 83612 and my dilemma now is how to store my houseplants and succulents for the winter. I have a greenhouse, but since I am working on a shoestring, heating will eat up all my profits. I keep a lot of them in my home, but using the garage or greenhouse when the temperature is below 32 is not an option. Any creative souls out there who might have come up with a solution of their own?

hey there y'all! i planted a shrub 4 years ago and forgot the name of it. it looks exactly like the loropetalum with the pink flowers, except mine doesn't flower. any ideas what this might be??? thanks in advance for your help. peace!

I'm not sure what I did wrong, but my question did not get posted. This year my 4 and 5 year old clematis are turning brown at the bottom half although the top is still blooming profusely. Other clematis are doing well. Can anyone tell me why? I hope the plants themselves will not die. They are planted in full sun with mulch and other plants at the bottom. I live in Iowa - zone 4.

How do we know which are male and which are female flowers on Zuchini and crooked neck squash

Hi, Everyone!

Is there anyone in zone 7 that had a new lawn put in (by hydroseeding) that can give me some ideas how you handled little weeds that came up? How long before the grass will crowd them out? I have tried Weed-B -Gone, but it really isn't killing most of the weeds. I hate to put on something that will kill everything including the grass.

Any and all suggestions welcome. I'm pulling my hair out and don't want to loose my investment.

Thanks so much.

Hi,
I have some questions regarding planting sub-tropical fruit trees in zone 9b. Is there anyone in that zone that has figured out the how's, when's, do's/don'ts of planting in that zone? I really could use the help! I'm a "hard-knocks" learner (already have spent quite a bit of money learning what not to plant here....lol).......I'm ready to become a (hopefully) "wiser" gardener.....

When I build my raised beds is it Ok to put plastic on the bottom to prevent weeds from growing. Where I plan to build it the ground is loadded withsmall roots to the point of not being to insert a shoel in the ground more the a couple of inches. I don't want the roots and weeds coming to the surface of my new bed. The picture shows a partial view of where I want to build the bed. Couldn't find the better view right now.
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I am not an expert, but when I build my beds I use the fabric-type material which lets water pass through but not weeds.

If you want to use barrier fabric like that, it's best to use it on the top of the soil just underneath the mulch. If it's on the bottom of the bed and there is soil piled on top, there'll be plenty of soil sitting on top of the fabric for weed seeds to germinate in so it won't have any benefit on weed prevention, and it can also prevent your plants from getting their roots deep into the ground since they'll have a hard time getting their roots through the fabric. If the raised bed is deep and you're growing shallow-rooted annuals then the root thing won't matter, but it still won't help with the weeds to have it on the bottom of the bed. So I'd recommend filling up your raised bed with soil, then put the landscape fabric on top, cut holes in it to plant your plants through, and then mulch over the top.

My pimentos are turning red and they are only about 1 inch in diameter. Why?

Ok here's a good question. Gulp. How do I know what zone I'm in? Sacramento Ca.