Description : I am going away for two months. Any suggestions for keeping a plant alive?
Last Answer : If you can’t have someone come to the plant, can you board the orchid with a reliable acquaintance or plant handler?
Description : I am looking for a indoor hanging plant to go with this pot. Suggestions?
Last Answer : I’d go with a pretty sedum. They’re practically care-free.
Description : Can I grow a Christmas tree in a big plant pot?
Last Answer : If it’s a Norfolk pine it might.A friend had hers in a large pot for a few years.
Description : What is the best way of keeping a rose alive?
Last Answer : My mother used to put sugar in the flower water. Not sure if that helps, but she said it made them last longer. “My momma always said…”
Description : How to Make Clay Pots for Plants ?
Last Answer : Making clay pots for your plants is one way to make your garden more personalized. It's also a great way to make pots according to your specifications, and who knows, might make a good ... oven. The average temperature would be 250 degrees Celsius for 30 minutes. You can also consult the pack
Description : How and when can pot planted calla lilies be transplanted to the outdoors?
Last Answer : Calla lilies aren’t winter hardy in anything colder than zone 8. They need to be dug up before winter so she should wait till spring to plant it outside. Just have her give it a rest after it flowers. Lightly water and no food during winter.
Description : Planter or decorative pot? Both?
Last Answer : I think plants prefer wide mouth pots. However, some long stem silk plants would look beautiful.
Description : Will hostas thrive in a big pot?
Last Answer : They should do well there. They like the shade, plus being on a patio the slugs should leave them alone.
Description : Can I put tomato plants and pepper plants in the same pot?
Last Answer : I can’t see why not. We do, at my house, in things called Earth Boxes.
Description : What's your tip for keeping your house plants happy?
Last Answer : Give the the lighting, water and fertilizer that they need. Every plant needs different things, I have many many different plants from a simple christmas catus to a banana tree and pomegrante. I go ... mini cherry trees none of the new plants have produced yet but they are still small and growing.
Description : Cannot keep my succulents alive more than a week. Please help?
Last Answer : Give no water for a while. It’s common to give succulents too much water rather than to little.
Description : How do I keep this Salvia Divinorum alive?
Last Answer : It sounds as if you are overwatering. Try letting it sry out in between. Water only once or twice a week.
Description : What does it mean to be alive?
Last Answer : answer:Who the heck said fire was alive lol? Some people like to believe things without much evidence, so they speculate and attribute characteristics to things. This is where spirits come in. If there is no brain or heart, it has a spirit instead.
Description : What's the best way to keep a Peace Liliy alive?
Last Answer : Re-pot it into a larger container, and continue watering. Here is a link you may find helpful.
Description : Would this rose tree survive inside my home next to our largest window?
Last Answer : answer:Roses are always planted and grown outdoors (or in a large greenhouse or arboretum). Yours are in containesr that seem to be much too small for the root ball. You need to dig a large and ... with Japanese beetles and deer, who love the aromatic buds.) Roses require almost a full day of sun.
Description : Should we all boycott the Rose Parade?
Last Answer : Never heard of it but the waste is not surprising and yes it’s against the current move towards sustainability but I don’t think this move is as mainstream as you think…we both wish it would be, though.
Description : Any tips on taking care of the plant "The Wandering Jew"?
Last Answer : answer:I call it a Meandering Methodist. Water only once a week. Change the soil and repot about every year.
Description : I've got ants in my pants! garden.... What, if anything, should I do?
Last Answer : answer:Get an aardvark. Seriously though, they won’t harm anything, You just turned up their nest. But ants out in the wild are pretty hard to get rid of.
Description : Have you ever grown kiwi fruit at home, or do you have any tips or pointers for successfully growing kiwi fruit?
Last Answer : How to collect the seeds This woman seems to know her kiwi This guy too. The thing to be aware of is the need for male and female vines. Claims are, one vine will produce fifty ... in Europe and North America. Note, at least one knowledgeable grower warns against fertilizing because the roots burn.
Description : Tips for my orchid?
Last Answer : answer:Orchids are actually much hardier than most people think. Do you know what kind it is? (Most people are first exposed to phalenopsis.) Orchids (as a general rule) like bright, ... best with phalenopsis and dendrobium (they light the same household conditions that humans tend to like).
Description : Any tips on how to take care of a Rosemary Christmas tree (bush)
Last Answer : answer:Are you trying to keep it as a house plant, or planting it outside? The type of rosemary plants that are used for those min-Christmas trees are chosen specifically for that purpose only (for fast ... survive best in your area. As far as keeping it alive indoors, I've never had any luck.
Description : Any tips on taking care of a Flowering Maple Abutilon (Abutilon hybrid)
Last Answer : Here is a link with a lot of good, solid information.
Description : Tomato growing tips?
Last Answer : i've heard that if you soak 'em for a week, then leave 'em mostly dry they send down a huge taproot and start blossoming. but i'm not certain.
Description : tips for starting my first vegetable garden?
Last Answer : answer:Seeds for lettuce are easy; the timing depends on yr microclimate. The best advice on what crops and when will come from your gardening buddies. Ask about the other root veggies like turnips and ... course. There are also a huge number of local resourses ..for example, God wot. SF garden
Description : What can you tell me about caring for a cyclamen plant indoors?
Last Answer : I don’t know cyclamens, but I’m guessing not. I’m pretty sure they like it really humid though.
Description : Will you help me cure my plant?
Last Answer : Easy, plants have been growing for a few years. What kind of plant? It sounds like powdery mildew. But that’s usually associated with higher humidity. The white stuff isn’t moving is it?
Description : Can someone help me describe the primary growth in a perennial plant?
Last Answer : We don’t generally do people’s homework for them, but no one minds helping you figure things out. Do you know what “primary growth” means? Can you differentiate between a perennial and an annual? What are the cell types?
Description : Can you help me identify this plant?
Last Answer : Draecena corn plant? http://www.dracaena.com/dracaena-marginata-red-edged-dracaena.php It looks like a sub-species. Or a “Ti Tree”?
Description : Help me identify this plant...
Last Answer : Not positive and I’m still looking, but it immediately reminds me of some kind of mint leaf: http://blog.beliefnet.com/freshliving/mint-leaves.jpg The outside structure of the leaves are almost identical, but I think the leaves in your pictures might have ridges and bumps to smooth to be mint.
Description : Can I put plant vitamins "for seedlings" on adult plants?
Last Answer : They won’t do any harm, but it is not “just like regular plant food” because food/fertilizer for seedlings is less robust to keep from burning the seedlings.
Description : Will majoring in botany/plant science always be outdoors?
Last Answer : Most occupations in that field involve being outside. And despite your love of plants, you seem to be terrified of pollinators. You are a senior in high school, you don't have to make a ... and explore different things, you might find a field that fascinates you that you know nothing about.
Description : What is the name of this plant? (photos inside)
Last Answer : It looks like a type of wild radish and it fits the buggers growing conditions. Have you tried a type of Roundup product on it and it didn't work? That helps me work out what it is as well, ... . When it starts to creep up again catch it early with an application of Banvel or Weedmaster. Good luck.
Description : How do I save our spider plant from our rambunctious kitty?
Last Answer : Put toothpicks all around it. Maybe it will make your kitty uncomfortable and he’ll decide to leave it alone.
Description : What would happen if I topped this tree-plant?
Last Answer : The tree would look like crap if you topped it. Plant it outside or sell it. Or get a great big pot to plant it in and leave it outside. But you’d be better off to replant it outside before it gets too big to transplant.
Description : Can you identify this plant?
Last Answer : answer:Isn’t this it? Yellowcress or Prostrate Spurge (Euphorbia maculata) I found it here, and this discusses it extensively.
Description : Why does grass send out runners across concrete when there is soil immediately adjacent to the plant?
Last Answer : My only guess is that it’s natures way of preventing root over crowding plus it’s easier to find patches of ground that haven’t been sapped of nutrients.
Description : Can you help with this sympathy plant delivery?
Last Answer : I have sent them to the funeral home. That or the bereaved’s house would work.
Description : What fragrant annuals should I plant in my window planter?
Last Answer : Did you mean to say “plant” or did you really mean “defend”?
Description : Why does my plant look like it's on the verge of death?
Last Answer : answer:Ornamental pepper plants are annuals that grow best in warm areas., so I would guess that your plant has borne fruit and lived it's life, or Ornamental pepper plants are susceptible to ... prevent the spread of disease. Do not replace the plant with another ornamental pepper. Same source.
Description : Can anyone suggest a plant to grow under Elephant Ears that doesn't mind having wet roots?
Last Answer : Hosta came to mind first, but snails love them and that sounds like prime snail habitat. Ferns might work.
Description : I need an outdoor flowering plant to cover a railing planter. Suggestions?
Last Answer : Phlox
Description : If you could replace all of the grass in your lawn with some other plant, what plant would that be?
Last Answer : I love wild flower meadows.
Description : Where do I get this, "Say No to Death" plant?
Last Answer : answer:http://makeaterrarium.com/how-to-make-a-terrarium-in-a-bottle/ Here you go! I want to make one too. Haven’t gotten a round Tuit yet.
Description : Can anyone name this plant?
Last Answer : Looks like a hibiscus to me.
Description : What is this plant?
Last Answer : answer:I’m pretty sure that is a very unhappy ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia). If it is indeed a zz plant, it likes moderate/diffuse to low light, warm temperatures, and sparse watering.
Description : Would you buy a bioluminescent plant?
Last Answer : I do not think they could fully provide the same type of light that street lights do. It looks like they just kinda function like glowsticks. However, I would buy a bioluminescent plant to put in my house. In fact, I’d buy a bunch and set up a room so I’d feel like I’m in the avatar universe lol
Description : What kind of tomatoes should I plant for variety?
Last Answer : answer:Here’s the crib sheet that enables you to get your PhD in choosing suitable tomato plants. http://voices.yahoo.com/choosing-tomato-variety-garden-263606.html
Description : Ever known a plant collecter?
Last Answer : My husband is amazing with plants of all kinds, it drives me crazy because I’m terrible at it. It got to the point that my workplace sent a bunch of plants home with me for him to revive.
Description : Any idea what this plant is?
Last Answer : answer:It looks like a sedum of some sort. Sedum is a huge family of over 400 plants. The one you have looks similar to outdoor varieties that I've seen (which may be why it looks so leggy). If ... out for a day or so and then stick the end in some soil - they root quite easily for propagation.
Description : What is that narrow thin indoor bamboo like plant?
Last Answer : Might it be Lucky Bamboo?