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I recently bought a home and half of the front yard had no grass and tons of weeds and crabgrass. I rotatilled and planted new seed and layed Scotts starter fertilizer. The grass is grown great but now there’s still crab grass and clover growing back in. Is there any thing I can use to get rid of it and not harm the newly grown grass.

June 25, 2014 Comments Off on I recently bought a home and half of the front yard had no grass and tons of weeds and crabgrass. I rotatilled and planted new seed and layed Scotts starter fertilizer. The grass is grown great but now there’s still crab grass and clover growing back in. Is there any thing I can use to get rid of it and not harm the newly grown grass.

The thing to do would’ve been to use the starter food with crabgrass preventer that will prevent crabgrass from germinating but not your lawn grasses.  It costs quite a bit more but prevents your problem […]

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Hi Peter! A lot of our yews & junipers have large brown dead areas this year, we’ve live here for over 20 years, and have never seen this happen. And some of the other trees & shrubs are having a rough time, two of our Althea trees don’t look like they are going to make it. Is this a result of the winter we had, or could it be something else? We live right in Glenville. Thanks in advance! Gary & Barb

June 25, 2014 Comments Off on Hi Peter! A lot of our yews & junipers have large brown dead areas this year, we’ve live here for over 20 years, and have never seen this happen. And some of the other trees & shrubs are having a rough time, two of our Althea trees don’t look like they are going to make it. Is this a result of the winter we had, or could it be something else? We live right in Glenville. Thanks in advance! Gary & Barb

It was one of the roughest winters in about 20 years.  You are not alone…there’s been lots of damage to evergreens this year.  Trim away the damaged areas and it will fill back in eventually.  […]

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my white clematis vine (I bought at Hewitts) end of last yr. bloomed in early June, has lots of green vine and no sign of any more blooms. I tested my soil, high in ph and low in PP&N. What can I do or add to soil to make it continue to bloom all summer? Thank you.

June 25, 2014 Comments Off on my white clematis vine (I bought at Hewitts) end of last yr. bloomed in early June, has lots of green vine and no sign of any more blooms. I tested my soil, high in ph and low in PP&N. What can I do or add to soil to make it continue to bloom all summer? Thank you.

Clematis aren’t continuous bloomers.  Sometimes you can get a second round of flowers by cutting it back slightly (removing spent flowers that are forming seed pods).  Yould should also feed your clematis with Flower-Tone plants […]

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My rose bush has holes all in the leaves with white spots all over. Some of the stems has white cotton looking stuff popped around. Is this a bug or some sort of disease eating away. Also the rose buds are dried and dead. It has always bloomed well until now.

June 23, 2014 Comments Off on My rose bush has holes all in the leaves with white spots all over. Some of the stems has white cotton looking stuff popped around. Is this a bug or some sort of disease eating away. Also the rose buds are dried and dead. It has always bloomed well until now.

Yikes, sounds like a mess.  You have a couple of things going on.  The white spots on the leaves are probably Powdery Mildew, a fungal disease that occurs during humid weather.  If you are spray […]

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hi I have double headed begonias in a tub, im just wondering why the water is takeing along time to soak in to the soil when I water them also they don’t seem to be flowereing much, I bought them from a garden centre about 6wks, I water them everyday, is this too much or not enough?

June 21, 2014 Comments Off on hi I have double headed begonias in a tub, im just wondering why the water is takeing along time to soak in to the soil when I water them also they don’t seem to be flowereing much, I bought them from a garden centre about 6wks, I water them everyday, is this too much or not enough?

I’m not sure why the water isn’t soaking in quickly…probably the type of soil you have.  It sounds like you are watering WAY too much.  Always check the soil by poking you finger into the […]

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I’d like to know what trees, shrubs, and perennials can be planted near the road and will survive best against winter road spray (salt, blown snow, etc.)? I have a twenty five foot strip garden near the road that I need to plant this summer and fall. Thanks much!

June 18, 2014 Comments Off on I’d like to know what trees, shrubs, and perennials can be planted near the road and will survive best against winter road spray (salt, blown snow, etc.)? I have a twenty five foot strip garden near the road that I need to plant this summer and fall. Thanks much!

Here’s a list of perennials that can tolerate some salt.   Here’s a great article on practices that can minimize salt damage as well as lists of trees and shrubs that can tolerate some salt […]

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