https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/35677/what-is-this-giant-grub-looking-thing
I found this giant grub (at least I think it's a grub) while fixing up the mulch around one of my trees. This thing is huge. It's thicker and as long as my finger. Only has six legs. Anyone know what kind of grub it is? I live in Southern Texas. I am surprised its even alive as I laid down grub control in the beginning of August.
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/63708/how-do-i-stop-my-neighbors-invasive-weed-now-a-very-large-tree-from-continuou
Jan 27, 2023 · A few years a go, my neighbor had a large weed that was growing next to their house. By the next year, it was as tall as their house. Now several years later, it is no longer a hollow plant; instea...
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/42274/how-long-will-it-take-to-grow-branches-back-on-a-green-giant
Oct 9, 2018 · I just had an incompetent Arborist prune my Green Giant. For some unknown reason he cut 4 branches totally off leaving a huge bald spot front and center of my row a arborvitaes. They claim it wil...
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/5692/sequoia-browning
Instead of watering; spray it with a spray bottle til the soil is damp and spongy. Giant sequoia grows in a sandy loam soil. Adequate water needs, soak it then leave it to the sun. But these trees while they LOVE sun in their adult years as seedlings, filtered light is a must.
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/64186/keep-green-giant-arborvitae-narrow
Apr 30, 2023 · I want a tall hedge but keep it up to 5ft wide (once grown). I understand that for height I would need green giant arborvitae. However, they grow as wide as 15ft, whereas emerald green arborvitae w...
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/183/how-do-i-work-with-soil-that-has-a-high-clay-content
Getting the organic matter entrained in the first 3 years can make for some amazing production once you get the bacterial/fungal process going to extract the minerals for the plants. Happiness begins with a giant compost heap.
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/1658/what-vegetables-will-grow-well-in-limited-sunlight
I'd recommend experimenting with other crops that supposedly require "full sunlight". Your yields will be lower than if you had full sun, but you may still be able to get a crop. In addition to the crops in Mike Perry's answer: Cole crops do ok with limited sunlight: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower (limiting sun can even help protect the heads), kale, etc. Also related are mustards, which can ...
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/7658/adding-dirt-soil-to-a-compost-bin
Composting is usually a layering of green high-nitrogen materials with brown high-carbon materials. Leaves tend to take longer to break down in a low nitrogen environment and work best when shredded so their breakdown is started mechanically. Also, their breakdown is best facilitated by fungal content to the heap. Why use soil/dirt in your compost? Dirt isn't necessarily dead, it contains ...
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/11012/bugs-in-compost-what-are-they
Re-stack, and add carbon accordingly. Most maggot infestations are caused by a heap which is: too damp too compacted too large too cold (a good hot heap will kill them) mostly partially decomposed food scraps or manure and others. It could be any combination of these. Composting is complicated and these things happen to almost everyone.
https://gardening.stackexchange.com/questions/1900/can-kitchen-waste-be-used-as-manure
Sep 2, 2011 · The food waste is not degraded and bacteria/bugs in soil will try to degraded some while releasing bad smell. Also it doesn't look good and require a long time to degrade too. I should warn you, there will be plenty of bugs if you just dump the food to the soil. Learn how to compost, you can search up this site about composting.
