Hello again,
I sent my second enquiry to you yesterday about ants that are beginning to appear on my Chinese Snowball bush. It is just the beginning of this problem and past years have taught me that the amount will…
Hello. I’m used to squirrels breaking the blooms off my tulips (they don’t eat them)
This year they’re doing the same to my various daffodils narcissus, jonquils etc and even my very favourite Fritallarias
I sprinkle cayenne or mustard powder…
Our pagoda dogwood died of golden canker. We cut it down to a stump last year and now several shoots are growing from the roots. Will this produce a healthy plant or is the new growth likely to get golden…
My cat is regularly using my neighbors yard (under her picnic table) as a litter box. What can she do to determine him? Are there plants or scents that cats don’t like.
Thank you.…
I live in downtown Toronto and I have a japanese maple that is just starting to bud. I have noticed that there are tiny black bugs on the buds. Is it safe to spray a neem oil mix on it…
I have a bush in my front yard that I believe is a Chinese snowball bush. It has small – medium size leaves that look a bit like a maple leaves and the blooms are hydrangea like flower balls about…
This is my first prickly pear cactus, I have it in a bright indirect sunlit windowsill, I have it on a watering schedule so I try not to overwater- making sure the soil is dry in between waterings. My house…
Hi,
I was given a couple seed potatoes. I recently saw the ‘March: Warning About Growing Potatoes at Home’ posted in 2022 on TMG and was wondering if blight is still an issue this growing season. Can you please clarify?…
I have a garden plot in Toronto in a community garden plot and every year fight cucumber beetles, both spotted and striped. I have tried almost everything to control their destruction. I noted a previous post re this and agree…
What is Hemlock woolly adelgid? What are the initial signs of infection? Are there any treatment options if I find out that my hemlocks are infected?…