Amending poor soil
I have tested my garden clay soil and find it has neutral PH and low phosphorous, and potash and very low nitrogen. What kind of fertilizer should I use to improver the quality and want can I use to make…
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Leaves brown for 3rd year in a row
When my mom gave me this plant it had green leaves and blue flowers. For the subsequent 3 years it had no flowers and had brown leaves. Not fertilized. No manual watering. Soil is slightly clay. South yard with trees…
Small regular purple dots on my marigold seedlings
Dear MGs, could you please help me. I have started some marigold seedlings very early as part of my horticulture course assignment. They are very healthy looking, are growing under their very own grow light, and are even beginning to…
Purple Leaves on Red Cherry Tomato Plant
My red cherry tomato plant’s leaves were purple when I went to check on them today, is there a natural explanation ? Also can I still eat the tomatoes off a purple leaf plant?(brief history – I use a community…
Fertilizing Emerald Cedars
Should we avoid throwing clumps of phosphorus-heavy fertilizer around the root stem of our six-foot cedars? I say yes and my husband says no, because of the big silver maple nearby is “choking the roots” and the “cedar needs something…