Wilted Leaf (Q&A) your Gardening Question and Answer resource for all your garden needs - Recent questions and answers

What do wilted leaves look like on a jalapeno tree?

Fri, 18 May 2012 00:57:25 +0000

My jalapeno tree looks like its dying. The leaves are soft n droopy,(guessing; wilted)looking. Is it dying, and what can or should I do?

Answered: Since I am only going to live at my place for about a year, is it even worth starting a garden out front?

Thu, 17 May 2012 04:30:11 +0000

Well you could grow a summer garden. The question is how much money is it going to take to get your garden to where it needs to be and does the money matter.

Answered: Where can I buy a lamb-hass or charwill avocado tree?

Thu, 17 May 2012 04:27:51 +0000

Grow quest has them http://www.growquest.com/Fruit%20trees%20-%20better%20plant/avocado_trees.htm#Lamb%20Hass If you're looking for a local nursery comment on your location.

Answered: do i dig the chicken pallets in

Fri, 04 May 2012 23:21:34 +0000

I guess you mean chicken manure "pellets"?

If so you can either spread on the surface (avoiding contact with the plants - chicken manure is pretty caustic and can burn them), or when preparing your soil spread on the surface and rake in. Nature - especially rain will do the rest!

Hope that helps & I hope I got the gist of what you were referring to.

Regards,

G

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Answered: weed killer around fruit trees?

Fri, 04 May 2012 23:17:57 +0000

In my humble opinion?

DON'T put ANY weed-killing poisons near ANY of your fruit or veg. plants. Especially the systemic variety.

Invest in a a little bit of work - remove the weeds by hand using a hoe or a mattock, and eat healthily. As far as I am concerned weed-killers were invented for LAZY gardeners and humans with the eating habits of a herd of swine!

ANY weed-killer is a poison and should not be put anywhere near edible plants. Many do, and many mystery illnesses can be traced back to what is sprayed or smeared on our food.

Use your brain.

Regards,

Answered: what to spray to prevent blight on tomato

Fri, 04 May 2012 23:10:31 +0000

Blight affects potatoes & tomatoes because they are related. Here in the UK blight is a real problem because we have wet warm & humid weather - usually around July & August. For this reason we try & get our maincrops grown (with full size tubers) before that time. Tomatoes (especially those grown outside) are particularly prone to blight here, although some specially bred F1 types that are more resistant are available on the seed market.

blight is a fungal disease and the spores are wind borne and can be present in the soil. Bordeaux mixture is a a fungicide mixture of copper( sulphate (CuSO₄) and slaked lime it is frequently used as a fungicide in vineyards. It is used mainly to control garden, vineyard, nursery and farm infestations of fungi, primarily downy mildew, which can result from infections of Plasmopara viticola and also blight, . It was invented in the Bordeaux region of France, where it is known locally as Bouillie Bordelaise. This fungicide has been used for over a century and is still used, although the copper can leach out and pollute streams. It is nevertheless approved by organic organisation such as the Soil Association.

The mixture is also widely used to control potato blight, peach leaf curl and apple scab. It is often used by organic gardeners where non-organic gardeners would prefer other controls. So it's one of the hundred year old "GOOD GUYS" which is rare. Remedies from that period often involved horrendous poisons!

I hope that helps!

You can find out more about blight by visiting my web-site at: http://aeronvale-allotments.org.uk when you go there look for th navigation button:

Good luck!

I have a pink globlur algie that has just started on my yard.What should I do

Fri, 04 May 2012 13:16:03 +0000

Does anyone know what these goldish metalic egg looking things on the cabbage plant is?

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:58:08 +0000

These goldish metalic looking egg things have infested my cabbage plant leaves and my egg plant leaves. They seem to be stuc on there so I assume they are eggs and when you brush them off firmly they fall off.

I would like to know what type of bug this is, can anyone help?

Answered: The lawn is very bumpy under the grass. What can I do?

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:42:28 +0000

im guessing you have moles or gophers. does it sink down when you step? if so then you are going to have to set traps or poison them.

Answered: Apricot Tree dropping fruit

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:38:03 +0000

Open up those dropped fruit to see if anything is inside of it. I lose all my appricots every year but I think mine is due to the age of the tree

Answered: my gardener sprays grass killer around fruit trees?

Sat, 14 Apr 2012 20:35:24 +0000

Probably not but do you really want to eat fruit from a tree that is feeding from soil tainted with poison?

Answered: Are Egg plants perennial plants?

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:47:30 +0000

Hi Anon -

Like many other plants (specially when grown in cooler climes) the perennial aubergine (egg-plant) is actually a perennial that's treated as an annual by vegetable growers, especially here in the UK. As are others like the runner bean, the tomato, potatoes etc. etc.

From a botanical point of view it's easy to see why British gardeners distrusted this plant when it was first brought to our shores. Aubergine (Solanum melongena) is a tender perennial of the nightshade family (Solanoceae) which, as well including potatoes, peppers and tomatoes, also includes some very poisonous plants.

The plant itself is a herbaceous perennial, and as I said above grown as an annual in cooler climates such as the UK, and it has a habit that is broadly similar to that of the pepper, albeit with larger, fleshier leaves. Despite recent advances in breeding cultivars suited to our climate, aubergines are not particularly cold tolerant and tend to under-perform if grown outside.

If you live in a warmer climate over there on the other side of the pond then it'll love being outside - as long as it's kept well watered (it's NOT a desert plant!)

Hope that helps -

G.

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Answered: If I use outdoor soil for my indoor plants, will I bring bug infestations into my house?

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 02:20:07 +0000

Yes you could definitely bring bugs into your house, I would get a bag of potting soil Enjoy planting

Answered: After growing root vegies, what do I do to the soil to transplant my summer vegies?

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:48:19 +0000

You need to add phosphorous. If you want to stay organic add bone meal Enjoy

How soon can I reseed after applying pre-emergent for crabgrass?

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 18:54:57 +0000

Answered: plumeria not giving flowers

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:51:25 +0000

U need to cover it in the darkness during winter months (hibernate) and feed very little water during this period. I used a big black color trash bag covering the plant after I bring it inside the house.

seasonal tree to plant in offset of new brick house

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:21:16 +0000

I now have a water fountain there.The contractor put red crushed brick in off set to match the red brick house but i really want a tree.

Answered: 20 yr. old potted citrus has leaves that are ruffled near the central vein of each leaf.

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:28:34 +0000

This community allows you to post pictures of your sick tree which wil get you an answer much quicker

Answered: My Jackfruit Tree has no leaves and its stem is brown. How can i save it?

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:27:36 +0000

Sometimes taking too good of care of something ends of killing it like over watering. Sounds like your jack fruit ha root rot. I would stop watering and see if it recovers. You can also post a picture of your ailing tree to help the community solve the problem. Good luck

Answered: how deep should vegetable garden be?

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:30:31 +0000

this is a very general question as different types of vegetables need to be planted at different depths. here is a chart

http://www.thegardenhelper.com/vegtips.html

Answered: Can I put a chicken in my compost?

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 17:52:37 +0000

Bad idea rotting flesh will attract rats and other animals. That being said it will still compost

Answered: how to get rid of ratama trees

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:53:33 +0000

That's a seriously general question. I mean have you tried just cutting them down? If not try that. If that doesnt work get a bulldozer and run them over a few times.

Answered: Do I need to remove all playsand before installing sod grass or just mix it with soil?

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:52:03 +0000

North county where?

Answered: Do you have any ideas on how to keep armadillos from digging up your yard?

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:51:22 +0000

Y, try getting an Anteater. Dillos hate them.

Answered: When top seeding with winter rye seed do you have to top seed with Fertilizer ?

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:50:33 +0000

No, not unless you want to mow all winter long...

Answered: how to kill pests from eating my strawberries

Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:49:50 +0000

Have you tried just squishing them with your shoe?

What is the name of the purplish flower?

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 23:04:55 +0000

Answered: After flowering, the fruits on my mango tree all fall down when they are about an inch.

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:51:54 +0000

Fruit trees in general are affected by major nature events like drought and excessive heat that can happen one year here then not for a few years and but seems that what your aredescribing is happening every year after the fruits have set. Are you changing the watering pattern when the tree start to have fruits, are your fertilizing for fruit trees (bloom fertilizer). If you tree is able to have flowers and then fruits for only a little while I would think that the tree is pushing for production but kind of runs out of energy to take it all the way. Like swimming a mile to the beach but running out of gas two minutes before the shore. Try this year to prune your tree, after the fruits have fallen.

Spray leaves &Trunk with with Fungicides (Chelated cooper or similar), observe leaves for any kind of pest and see to get rid of if any. Start a 14 day cycle fruit tree fertilizer. We use 5 - 10 -15 fertilizer formula for other type of fruit trees and 8 16- 16 for the growing , non flowering season plus a small monthly application after pruning of 45 super triple phosphate. We work here in So Florida with bell pepper, guava & papaya trees and so far is has worked great; of course climates, and different plants react different

Answered: Cucumber are bitter and white?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:26:19 +0000

Why not start new. Get some cucumber seeds, check the variety you what to eat, seedless, for pickling etc. But get variety that are tested F-1 hybrid to resit certain cucumber common pest and deseases. Powdery mildew ( maybe that is what your have). Get good composted soil, get them to climb on a tellis for better air and sunlight. do not place them next to other crops that you haven't research as good companions to cucumbers, sometimes other plants can cause the cucumbers and others to go bitter. Check ebay for seeds. the have reasonable prices

Answered: How do I get rid of all these rats?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 06:16:18 +0000

In my case living in the city with a wood fence back yard, I will see rats almost every day runiing at night outside our yard coming to eat left over dog food. The 2 yorkshire terriers would be scare of the rats I got afraid that the rats would eventually bit them. No way. I found a place on both sides of the house yard that the dogs would not get to the rat poison. Bought at Home Depot the square green tablets about 1 1/2 inch square tablet semi- soft and I placed them in the shade by the fence and side of house. The rats love them. No more rats for maybe 8 weeks. Just replace the tablets when all gone. The rats die and don't smell they just shrink, sometimes I would see on the ground a pinkish redish swollen sponge tissue Like Brain It had to be one of those rats that just died and explode. just don't pick up the rats cover them with dirt. For some reason that type of poison doesn't make the rats smell or bring flies.

Just be careful with you dogs. I also every 2 or 3 months throw 2 to 3 tablets into my home attic since the rats do get in there when they jump off nearby trees.

Keep a cat inside your house, that is something the rats won't mess with; they rather stay outside. The other thing my cat does not allow not even a lizard of a fly to live inside our house. He is professional at killing any bug ( gray russian cat - does not shed hair)

Answered: how to get rid of whiteflies on grapevine and bouganvilla in az

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:55:46 +0000

Hopefully your can take care of the whitefly thru organic means , but just in case the matter gets out of control and have no choice. I have worked with Malathion oil sprayed on 7 to 10 day cycle continuously sprayed just within 30 minutes to dark to avoid killing bees etc then the day after the spray I do not water the plants to make sure the leaves hold on to the insecticide.

On the organic side I have tried a mix of vegetable or corn oil, with pressed garlic juice mix expresso coffee over the leaves of citrus trees and worked for a while, but i really had to be doing that like every 3 days. The citrus trees had either white flies or aphids and some sort of black stain covering all the leaves. In my case the valencia orange tree slowly made a come back, but I have to be constantly spraying since the little white flies come back every week. That is why I had to go into something with longer acting insecticide.

Answered: How can I get rid of the flys that gather under the shade on my porch?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:38:10 +0000

I don't know if this would work for all type of flies, but in my work have run across like 3 times homes owners (South Florida) where they hang clear ziplock or transparent plastic bags with about a pint of water hanging from a fishing line from a nail outside their porches the may have 6 to 7 of these bags spread. They have told me that that was to keep the black flies away. They claim that the flys are scared and don't hang out their doors waiting to slip the minute some opens the doors. FLY VOODOO

I can not say for sure if that works or not but I have seen this a various home. Careful with trash piles nearby that might be your source also try the fly tape - very inexpensive like $ 2 3 to 4 fly rolls the flies just stick to it & die

Answered: How can I get rid of aminopyralid herbicide in my soil, from tainted compost

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:26:23 +0000

I am really sorry for the situation you have. I always wanted to get free manure, but something held me back from doing it.

When I overdid spraying Concentrated Round up on about half acre and within 2 weeks I miscalculated the effectiveness time frame and planted too early the whole area with okra and sunflowers and waited and waited and nothing came from all the investment, seeds & labor. Well I meditaded & said there is nothing that I can do; except wait till the rains and times will slowly do their work to flushout the soil. Meanwhile I Started on the perimeter fence area to do raise beds and containers to make up for lost time and get the plants ready to replant 3 to 4 months after when I knew the soil was safe had been flushed.

I hope my experience which I think is fairly similar to yours can be a bit of help. To me gardening is sort of a gamble, I have several areas of where I plant in our 1/2 acres different plants, if a pest gets me too much in this corner I still don't lose the whole crop since I have 2 to 3 other patches with the same vegetable. I can be wipe out. Good Luck

Answered: Why do I have little white patches of mushrooms popping up in my square foot garden?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:03:49 +0000

Spray soil with fungicide at Lowe's Home Depot or fertilizer wholesaler depending on your location. My experience with growing container and raised bed bell peppers is that black and some times white mushroom or white specks on the stems of new seedlings are the result of my soil holding to much humidity. Through further analysis and corrections I discovered that I used soil mix that was too compacted , not enough drainages, conteiner holes were plugged by bottom rocks etc or the plant was kept in shaded area more than needed, etc. In my experience, once the soil caught mold I would not waste money on fungicide to correct issue as the plant already may have suffered root rut. I would just place that soil with plant and all in my compost to layer and get new soil with proper mix of 1/3 peat 1/3 couse vermiculite and 1/3 completely composted soil. The new plant in the new soil will make up for any lost time. Water is needed, but if the soil is too soggy your plant will just drowns unless is a lucky bamboo or similar.

Answered: Need some help buying vegetable seeds

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:48:00 +0000

It use to confuse me also. Heirlooms are seeds from plants that have been grown from plants that have not been genetically modified by mankind, vs. hybrids also referred as F-1. As an example heirloom tomatoes, peppers are those varieties that our great grand parents may have grown and eaten, same fruit shape, colors and flavor. Even the pilgrims may have grown the labeled Heirlooms. On the opposite end are the F-1 or hybrids. Check this out.

We grow sunflowers for fresh cut flower our sunflower seeds have been cross/ polinated and altered to produce sunflowers with little to no pollen to reduce chances of allergies when customers take them home. These hybrids sunflowers do not produce pollen, so we can get not flowers to produce seed to replant and we are then we are always forced to get the hybrids seeds from the Patented hybrid supplier. Usually only one wholesale supplier to various States (USA).

Answered: My tree has not given any avocados in the past 3-4 years it gets green leafs and little flowers, ? what can I do.

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:26:30 +0000

Avocados are warm weather trees; need full sun light, so if there are other trees that are taking away sun see what you can do to trim them. The nearby avocado groves (avocados & mangoes) every 3to 4 yrs do horizontaly trimming of branches to approx 14 to 16 feet high to allow the sun light to hit the center branches and soil. The next recommendation would be to use a bloom blend fertilizer for avocados / or fruit trees- Check with your local agricultural wholesaler since you will need probably to get 2 or 3 50 lbs bags. for the flowering / fruit season. We fertilize soil away from plant trunk / stem with blend 5- 10 - 15 for our papaya & pepper every 2 weeks cycles, also we spray leaves with fungicide (liquid chelated cooper) as we here in south florida tend to get lots root & leaves fungus due to rains & wet / warm weather. Some growers play with the watering to spike bloom ( during regular growth do deep watering at regular interval then right before start of flower hold a bor spread water intervals. Consult agricultural university research on commercial growing of avocados checks specifics for your avocado variety.

Answered: Pepper tree leaves, good or bad for compost?

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 03:48:47 +0000

Nothing is wrong with using the bell pepper leaves as part of your compost pile; as long as your leafs have no visible pest; even thus the compost heat will kill most pest. I would suggest to blend or do layers in the compost pile of chicken droppings mixed with a layer of your own garden soil, then set a layer of pepper tree leaf or any other green grass cutting materials, not twiggs as those take longer to decompose, the do the same like buiding a layer cake to make a compost pile w approx 4 to 5 wide by 4 to 5 high. Water to make damp but not soak the soil / chicken layer. Every 2 weeks turn or shovel the compost pile to aerate the pile & redistributing.

Be sure not use your composted pile before its has been completely done otherwise the chicken manure could burn your plants.

Answered: Howl I build a compost pile?

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 19:04:57 +0000

Yes you can do that. You can use chicken wire to keep it in a tight area so it decomposes quicker

How do I get rid of Quack Grass without chemicals?

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:10:25 +0000

What oxygen % is needed in a closed, sealed room ?

Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:01:40 +0000

I have a sealed room for growing flowers. This is a learning situation.

What level / consetration of oxygen do I need to to add to keep a proper atmosphere ?

There is no other source of oxygen other than the plants.

I am keeping the Co2 @ 1600 PPM thus the sealed room.

I am desperate to have this answered as this info is not readily available anywhere.

Thank you

Answered: I have a Satsuma plum - this year the fruit is like Santa Rosa - what happened?

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 11:55:37 +0000

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Answered: How do I get a coral tree to flower?

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 08:05:43 +0000

Thanks for the inigsht. It brings light into the dark!

I have tiny holes on Iris rizome around the roots could it be borers?

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:20:48 +0000

Answered: sand to dirt

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 19:19:10 +0000

Its called compost!

i have lantan with white knobby parts on the brances, they are dying

Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:39:40 +0000

i so nor know if disease or pests

Answered: Why don't my coral trees flower?

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:28:10 +0000

Corals bloom on the old wood. Consequently, they should not be pruned before blooming. Typically in Orange County, pruners go out in the fall and severely cut back the ends of all of the branches. This removes all of the flower buds, which would open in late winter. The tree responds by trying to recover from this severe pruning and produces a flush of new growth (water sprouts or suckers). This overloads the tree with thick bunches of leafy branches that will not flower and that will "need" to be cut again the following year. The result is a misshapen tree that never produces the flowers the tree is known for.

Answered: What would be a flower seed that would thrive in a bed that was below a large fountain that splashed onto it?

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:22:42 +0000

Here are some annuals for moist soil http://www.howstuffworks.com/annuals-for-moist-soil.htm

Answered: Does anyone know of any Walnut tree to grow and produce in Phx.

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:20:08 +0000

The greater Phoenix Area stretches about 90 miles,north to south, and 120 or more miles east to west. It has Mountains. . . probably highest point in greater Phx area is in Desert Mountain, about 4000 ft. This fact, elevation from less than 1000ft fo 4000ft makes a huge difference in what will grow where. Also, soil types vary from nice agricultural to sandy to rock. So, what will grow in Phoenix varies widely. Nevertheless, Walnut trees do not grow in the great majority of of the Phoenix area, but there may be some "odd" spots where they can survive.

Answered: Why do my Narcissus grow out of season?

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 19:16:04 +0000

There are several Narcissus species that bloom in the autumn, is it possible you have this type?

Answered: I just planted 6 live oak trees and the leives look dry out,what do i do?

Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:16:27 +0000

When trees are transplanted from a field or removed from an environment where they receive regular watering (i.e. a nursery environment), they under go stress which can typically causes leaves to dry out and fall to the ground. I have heard of some contractors actually removing the leaves from small trees in order to cause the plant to ‘push out’ new growth versus wasting energy on declining leaves.

As a regular rule of thumb, newly planted trees should be watered everyday for 3-4 weeks until new root growth is evident. If you planted your Oaks in the middle of a hot summer or during drought conditions, you may have to water your trees twice a day (in the morning and afternoon) in order to assure that the rootball does not dry out. We also specify Mycorrhizal products on our designs in order to encourage plant growth and improve organic content in the soil.