Growths on Allium
Hello: These “growths” are growing on one of my allium flowers. Any idea what they are?…
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Norfolk Island pine stem damage
I cut down the lower brown branch of my Norfolk Island pine tree about 6-8 months ago. I think it didn’t heal properly. Now there is a lot of greeze rubber like liquid coming out from that point and when…
Puppy proof fabric planter for spring bulbs>
I have a new puppy rampaging round the garden. Spring planting is now problematic. What do you think of my planting in fabric planter – daffs and tulips – that I can move around?…
Coreopsis disease
Hi, I had planted native plant Coreopsis lanceolata this spring. It developed some disease so the leaves became kind of gray/white. The new growth did not have that color, but most of the leaves did. It still bloomed well. Is…
Too Hot To Handle
I ordered a vegetable box, but got some hot peppers in a pint, which I can’t tolerate. Do you know of a way to make a mix of this as an animal deterrent, by using a high speed blender?. The…
Purple sand cherry tree
I live in Mississauga and have a fifteen-year-0ld sand cherry tree in my front yard. In the spring and summer of this year, it started to ooze a clear liquid along the entire length of its branches that solidified into…
Mature Cedar Turning Yellow
Hi I have mature cedars which are suddenly filled with Spider Web and Moth, I keep removing the spider webs and they keep coming back.
I usually Fertilize them with 30-10-10 from April to Sep but I noticed this year…
Suspicious lawn dry patches
Hi there,
Back in April, we installed new sod in our front yard. A few weeks ago, the area where the new sod was installed started getting dry patches. The area where the old grass stayed does not have these…
Apple tree disease ?
My apple tree (planted in summer 2020) was healthy until this year when it never really sprouted any leaves in spring despite being perfectly healthy last fall. I suspect there was some disease that afflicted it between last fall and…
White flies invading house plants
Can you recommend an address of a reputable company who can identify some indoor pests? They
are moths, and I wonder if they’re the LDD moths, which have been increasing recently.…