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What is causing brown spots on my Alocasia Black Velvet?
About two months ago I bought an Alocasia black velvet for on my desk. My office has a large window and the plant stand at a distance of around 3 meters from the window, so not in direct sunlight. I water it twice a week, letting surplus water drain…
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How can I tell if this is a weed?
Can anybody tell me if this is a weed or a nice plant?
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How to keep soil a rich black colour
We've just put all new soil in our flower bed and due to it being slightly moist it was a lovely deep rich black colour.
Is it possible to keep it that black colour even when dry?
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Clay filled lawn with bad drainage, needs solution
We just bought 28 acres of land with a 30 year old existing house in the center on about 1 acre cleared, the rest is completely tree filled.
There is a natural slope only a few degrees heading from the back of the house towards the back yard,…
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Pruning suckers from bush beans?
I have 2 bush bean plants, should I prune these to a single stem if I'm growing them in a square foot garden? I'm not familiar with growing beans, so caring for them is all new to me. This is the variety:…
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How do I take over a previous owners raised beds?
My fiancee and I just bought our first home and I'd like to start my journey of vegetable gardening. The previous homeowners have 3 raised beds on the South side of the house. We haven't moved in yet so I'm not able to verify the amount of…
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Bonsai pot broke due to accident
I am a bonsai beginner and a friend gifted me a ficus bonsai. A stray cat got into the house and jumped on the table where I had kept my bonsai pot, tipping the table and breaking the pot. I wasn't around at home when this happened and my dad did…
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Should I prune off a branch connected to a large weak crotch on my apricot tree?
I have an apricot tree that is 4 or 5 years old. It is doing well, but one of the main branches has a weak crotch and included bark. My peach tree had the same problem, and got split in a wind storm last year. So I wanted to proactively take care…
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Recommendations for Composting Bin
I want to start composting my yard and kitchen waste and use the compost to fertilize vegetables in my raised bed and some fruit trees I have. Right now I am not doing composting. My options are do nothing or use one of the smaller bins (pictures…
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How to prepare urea for orchard composting?
I've been told to follow up an infestation of apple scab by composting any leaf litter on the orchard floor to destroy spores. I plan to haul away most of the leaves to my garden composter but a 5% urea solution is indicated for the orchard floor.…
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What plant is this? Is it a variety of fern?
A few of this plant is growing in our front yard. Though the leaves look like fern they don't grow like a fern. You can the small ones that just sprouted in the background.
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Can I shave exposed roots from a Silver Maple tree to avoid damage when mowing?
We have large roots from a huge Silver Maple tree that are partially above ground and interfere with mowing.
Can I shave them so the mower can pass over them?
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Cloning currants shouldnt be this hard..?
I keep seeing claims that currant cuttings will "root enthusiastically". I'd love to have another black currant bush or two, but so far I haven't been able to get one to survive. They usually last long enough to drop the original leaves and start…
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What's digging holes in my indoor potted plants?
I have a indoor basil potted plant in an office environment and over the weekend holes appeared on the surface of the soil, as if something dug them. The pots are next to a window, but it's closed at the weekends.
A few times I've I noticed…
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