http://www.gardeningforums.net/ This is a discussion forum powered by vBulletin. To find out about vBulletin, go to http://www.vbulletin.com/ . en Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:33:51 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.gardeningforums.net/images/misc/rss.jpg http://www.gardeningforums.net/ http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=449&goto=newpost Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:20:53 GMT Hi there,

I recently did an gardening experiment. I'd recently bought some
decent (i.e not grown on really fast - properly grown stuff) mint at
the local market here in London. I'd also got some of those water
crystals - the ones that expand to 100 times their size in water. I
asked for some advice about growing this mint, and it was suggested
that it would grow in almost any condition. So, I hydrated these
crystals and stuck a big bunch of mint in them before I went on hols
for 2 weeks.

I was really hoping to come back and find that they had grown. As it
happens, it looks like they have, but several things have happened -
see the pic below:

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4831/dscf1928.jpg

All the lower leaves went yellow - guess the light was being obscured
by the higher leaves.

More concerningly some white fungus appears to have grown on the top
surface of these balls. The balls apparently contain some fertalizer,
though I don't know what sort.

Does anyone please have any ideas about what might be causing this
fungus, or what I could do to remove it!

Also any idea if there's anything I should to do improve the growth of the mint?

Many thanks in advance!

Tom. ]]> General Gardening tjrundy http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=449 http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=448&goto=newpost Mon, 09 Nov 2009 04:54:41 GMT Hi there, I was given a spiraling Yucca plant that was just out of control. I got a lot of people advising me to just bite the bullet and lop off... Hi there,

I was given a spiraling Yucca plant that was just out of control. I
got a lot of people advising me to just bite the bullet and lop off
the uncontrolled growth and see if the Yucca takes off. So, intrepidly
I took the hacksaw and went through the trunk. I reported it, and put
it a nice aluminum planter.

This is what it now looks like:
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/5711/dscf1844p.jpg

Now there was some speculation that it would bud, though it hasn't yet
(about 2 months ago since I lopped it's head off).

Someone mentioned that I should stab the stem with a screwdriver where
I want it to branch out - can anyone verify this? Is there anything I
should / could be doing to promote some leaf growth? The trunk remains
rigid, and there is water and shingle in the base of the planter to
produce some natural moisture...

I did manage to keep the head and put it into another planter, and
it's looking good, though I've no idea if it's rooting:
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/167/dscf1929.jpg

So, please, if you have any idea what I should do, please advise. The
Yucca trunk is in a warm area with as much light as I can give it in
my flat - right by a SE facing window!

Thanks in advance,

Tom. ]]> General Gardening tjrundy http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=448 http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=447&goto=newpost Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:25:28 GMT Well, you do have to know what you're doing while wearing the gloves, of course; but still I think what goes on a gardener's hands is very, very important to the end product. I'm on a bit of a glove craze because of a pair of peach-colored, high performance ones I bought (women garden gloves, to be precisely blunt) recently. They're made from 'toughtek' technology, and so far have more than lived up to their name. Are there any fellow fans here? They're news to me, but they might be old news to some of you (yes, I'm still a developing gardener...).

Happy Holidays!
:)
-JB ]]> General Gardening GreenWork http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=447 http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=446&goto=newpost Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:09:46 GMT Hi All!

I live in the city with no garden or outdoor space to grow plants. I'm trying to grow my own vegetables but am not sure how to start.

Does anyone have advice about unconventional gardening?
I've heard about hydroponics, upside down gardening and growing in trash bags, but don't know about the maintenance, yield, pros/cons

Would love some feedback! :) ]]> General Gardening eoneal827 http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=446 http://www.gardeningforums.net/showthread.php?t=445&goto=newpost Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:11:19 GMT People,
Brand new here. Fist post etc. I enjoy gardening and general landscaping but, I'm not very good at it. About 60+ percent of what I plant doesn't seem to want to take. I've put soil amendments and followed instructions on what ever individual plant I'm planting at the time but, many times, no luck. Sometimes they take and do well. Other times, just not sure.

Anyway, I do have one question while I'm here for the first time. We have a Mexican Lime in our back yard that has some mega-thorns on it, (if you're in the same zip code, it will bite you) and I've trimmed it back all the way to a stub sticking out of the ground about a foot, because I was intending to take it out but, I didn't and it's back. ln fact, it's about 8-10 feet tall. After trimming it that far down, it didn't produce any fruit for a couple of years but, it's recently changed and it doing OK in the fruit producing area. But, the question: During this time of year, the limes keep falling off the tree, I'm watering about every four or five days and the leaves seem healthy for the most part.

Some of the leaves have a little curling and look a tad wrinkly but about 90-95% of the rest of the limbs and leaves are fine. Am I watering too much or, not enough or ?

Our local temp at this time of year is around 70-80 plus or minus. We've had a few warm days in the last couple of months like, around 95 plus. What ever you can help with here would surely be appreciated. I have two dwarf orange trees, a dwarf Lemon and tangerine tree all within about 15-20 feet of this lime and they don't seem to have any of their fruit falling off. All of the fruit at this time is green with the exception of the Mexican Lime, many of them are yellow.
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