Home Gardening: Weedkillers Caution and Plant Care Tips
Advice warns home gardeners against weedkillers under trees and soil sterilants, urges mowing and fertilizers for lawn issues, and suggests plastic mulch as an alternative. It covers pests like tarnished plant bug, tomato leaf curl, mulch effects, and hydrangea blooming patterns with practical remedies.
Guidelines for Planting Summer Flowering Bulbs
Practical advice for planting summer blooming bulbs. Covers timing depth and spacing with notes on soil prep sun exposure and aftercare to maximize bloom. Includes ranges for planting depth and spacing suitable for typical garden beds.
Question of the Week on strawberry patch care and mulches
Elyria column offers gardening tips on extending strawberry patches with rotary mowing and yearly renewal. It advises after harvest to mow at 3 to 5 inches for home gardens and to rake for disease control, plus notes on virus-free stock. It also discusses mulches including hay, straw, buckwheat hulls, cocoa shells, leaves, and other materials, their benefits and fire risks, and invites reader experiences with Aloe vera as a burn treatment.
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Self-seeding Bright Star and other garden notes
A garden column notes self-sowing Rudbeckia purpurea Bright Star with purple petals and dark centers. It praises dahlia bed prep with compost and cow manure, bumper crops of Great Lakes lettuce, beans, and simple 12-12-12 side-dressing plus rotenone insect control. Mentions Tritoma Emphasia Maid of Orleans and hybridizers new color shades.
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Bluegrass Ready for Autumn Planting and Winter Hardiness
Bluegrass and bluegrass fescue blends thrive in autumn warmth with minimal weed competition. Seed sowing into a loose seedbed with a thin mulch yields quick germination and durable establishment, while straw or nets help protect the soil as seedlings emerge. Stanford University to launch environmental engineering and design programs this fall merging architecture urban design and engineering.
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