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2008-09-03 Seeding and Propagation - leaves on rose plants and basil turning blak: Hi Anu, Thanx for your question. I believe you are watering your plants too much. In the case of the basil, it may have root rot now. Stop watering now and allow the soil to dry out somewhat. It should...
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2008-09-03 Seeding and Propagation - wisteria seed pods: Hi Grace, Thanx for the followup. Unfortunately, wisteria grown from seed will not bloom for up to 15 or more years. Kind of like planting a pecan from seed. The tree will probably not bear for 10-15...
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2008-09-03 Seeding and Propagation - wisteria pods: Hi Eleanor, Thanx for your question. Leave the seed pods of the wisteria on the plant until they dry up and start to crack open. Take a look at them every day so they don't fall open and drop the seed...
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2008-09-03 Soil Issues - soil mixture for out door pots for growing reeper vegetables: Hi Kasi, Adding coarse rock or gravel to your soil mix will speed drainage and filling the pot 1/3 to 1/2 full with gravel and then adding soil will also help. Gravel dries much quicker than soil and...
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2008-09-03 Agriculture - copper as a fungicide: Copper is no more 'natural' than any other fungicide. Any copper ores you could dig from the ground would be useless as a fungicide. The standard copper salts used as fungicides, copper sulfate (in Bordeaux...
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