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kale disease

Hello, I planted some kale in my garden earlier this year and for the second year in a row, have noticed this disease on the back of the leaves. Can you identify what the disease is, how I can get…

Wild berries -plant identification

Can’t find my original post but I am trying to find info about a straw berry like low ground cover type plant, don’t see any thorns but it has fruit like a black berry. Many thanks.…

Elderberry bush

How to prune and still have blooms next season? It is about 4 years old only bloomed this spring. There were no fruit, only blooms. It gets sun. It is crowding out other plants.…

My Apricot Tree does not produce fruits

Hello For the last 6 years, my apricot tree has not produced any fruit. Though it had white flowers a number of times. Is it because of pollination? The tree is green and healthy and no obvious sign of any…

Carrots

Why do my carrots look like this……

Identify a plant

Few years back city of Toronto planted the shrub in the attached as part of tree planting in the trail behind my house. The fruits are slightly sweet and have a large pit inside. I am trying to find out…

Unhealthy Apple Tree

We have a med / large Apple tree in our back yard. It never produce healthy Apple . How to treat it for healthy Apple ?…

Brown spots on bean plant leaves

Several bean plants on the west side of my garden started having these brown spots on the leaves. We never had any issues in the past until this year. There are no issues with any of the bean plants on…

Bag planted harvesting of Potatoes

I just want to know how to remove some new baby potatoes from the flap on the bag without disturbing the entire plant. According to the Potato Bag instructions you are supposed to be able to do that. I removed…

Maintaining blueberry potting-soil pH

Hello, Thank you very much for answering my previous question. One more question I have is, how do I keep the potting-soil/growing medium for blueberries low in pH (acidic) over the months and years? As I understand the soil loses…