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| Orchard Grass and Timothy for horse Pasture | 10/10/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: I live in South Central Kentucky. I have about 12 acres of horse pasture I was going to overseed ...
A: Dennis You would be better off asking your County Extension Office for the dates. As of this ...
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| New garden - kill weeds before planting | 9/30/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I'm making a 12' x 12' garden where weeded field now grows. There are weeds, weeds, weeds! I was ...
A: The best product is glyphosate (most famous trade name RoundUp). This kills all weeds but it is ...
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| 10 yr old kousa dogwood is losing bark | 9/25/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: why is my Kousa dogwood losing big patches of bark from the trunk to thelateral branches ? iI live ...
A: It is very difficult to diagnose problems without seeing the tree, but ...
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| weigelia has disease | 9/4/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: the leaves on my weigelia are becoming coated on both sides with a white, powdery substance that ...
A: It is very difficult to diagnose plant diseases without seeing the plant, but your description ...
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| Hay field soil | 9/3/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: I have a 15 acre established coastal hay field. Soil is 1 1/2 feet of sand over red clay. I have ...
A: If it is alfalfa hay you can set the disk to run straight and this will cut the crown in half. I ...
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| copper as a fungicide | 9/3/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: was after any info on the use of copper on wheat to prevent or treat rust/fungal spores or any other ...
A: Copper is no more 'natural' than any other fungicide. Any copper ores you could dig from the ground ...
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| Fruit trees | 9/1/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have one of each, prune, pear,apple and three cherry trees on my yard which I intend to prune ...
A: Spiders are good. They eat many pest insects and are no problem to humans. They don't eat your ...
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| weeds | 8/29/2008 | Kindred Beisinger |
Q: can you tell me anything about how to get rid of *horse tails"? Thank you, Celia
A: I have two methods. Depending upon your circumstances, one may not be doable. I have a beautiful ...
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| potatoes | 8/25/2008 | Kindred Beisinger |
Q: how do we make potatoes with the eyes for planting ANSWER: Dear Bill, I'm not sure I'm ...
A: Bill, Just some place cool. I keep my potatoes in the kitchen and take note of the ones with ...
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| potatoes | 8/23/2008 | Kindred Beisinger |
Q: how do we make potatoes with the eyes for planting
A: I'm not sure I'm understanding your question, but I'll share what I know. Potatoes have eyes. Keep ...
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| How to Kill Ivy | 8/13/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: My neighbor has a wooded area that backs up to my fenced-in yard. The wooded area is full of ivy ...
A: I have answered this question a couple of times before, if you'd like to look at previous answers. ...
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| watermellons | 8/5/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: can u tell me why all my mellons are rotting on the vine.all of them are doing this.the start out ...
A: It is impossible to diagnose a disease in a plant without seeing it, but if you look at ...
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| soil depletion | 8/2/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: The line from the organic minifarming community is that large scale industrial farming is slowly ...
A: As always with debates like this, the arguments get confused and too simplistic. Minerals in the ...
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| tomato fungus | 7/31/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: Every single year I have yellowing, spotting and then finally the leaves dry up and fall off my ...
A: It is not possible to diagnose a plant disease without seeing the affected plants, but this is ...
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| soil prep | 7/26/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: Next spring I plan on vegetable gardening on a 75 x 75 foor plot. It is just a weedy field now. Is ...
A: Dave I would start now clearing the weeds out. Any weeds you may have will go to seed. A size like ...
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| blackberries | 7/25/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have this yellow residu on my blackberries,what is it.Also they look like they are bruised. Can we ...
A: It is pretty well impossible to diagnose diseases or pest damage without seeing the damage. Does the ...
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| Orchard Grass | 7/25/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I am trying to get rid of orchard grass in my lawn. What is 2,4D? Is it something I can buy at the ...
A: You can buy 2,4D at hardware stores but it isn't any good at getting rid of orchard grass from ...
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| sick weeping cherry | 7/24/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have a weeping cherry tree that is at least 12 years old and is dying in parts. It has been ...
A: There's not a lot that I can say to help, unfortunately. Ornamental cherries can get fungal and ...
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| worms coming in house | 7/2/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: We are getting earth worms coming in our windows and sliding glass door. The screens are tight but ...
A: Take them fishing. Just kidding, I am only guessing on this, there are two things I can think of. ...
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| Eliminating Moss | 6/29/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: It there any household item that is effective with killing moss. I have a moss problem in-between my ...
A: Stupid as it may seem, it is illegal in Britain to recommend pesticides or weedkillers etc. that do ...
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| agricultuer on sand | 6/21/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: give me sone i nformation on agriculture on sand
A: Mohit I need to know if it is sand or sandy loam? Sandy loam will have more plant material than just ...
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| commercial sulphur | 6/18/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have a bag of commercial sulphur, there is no rate on the bag. The business is not longer around. ...
A: The amount to use depends on the current pH, the pH you want to go down to and the type of soil you ...
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| Lilac borers | 6/18/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have lilac borers & waould like to use somthing to rid of them, I understand they over winter in ...
A: I'm glad these pests are not a problem in England. There are insecticides to control them but ...
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| Spreading Ivy | 6/5/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: My fence ivy has spread through the lawn.....We are cutting it to the ground. What is the best ...
A: Raphael Let your ivy vine, that you want to kill grow to about two feet long. By then you should ...
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| poisoning ivy | 5/31/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have a large area of wild ivy and want to poison it. I do not want to cut it back at all to start ...
A: The best product to use depends on what you want to do with the ground after the ivy is dead. ...
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| Redbud | 5/29/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: The bark on our redbud is falling off in big chunks and looks like we could easily peal off the ...
A: It is very difficult to diagnose tree problems without seeing the plant. However, Redbud does ...
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| Weed Control Chemical Usage in Vegetable Garden | 5/28/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have a question about weed/grass killer uage in vegetable garden. Here is my dilemma, we have not ...
A: I'm sorry, but I have to support the customer service line. I agree that you should wait one year. ...
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| Hot Chillie plants | 5/28/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have nicely full grown chillie plants in my backyard. It is full of flowers. But no fruits. This ...
A: I grow chillies every year in my greenhouse (summers are not warm enough in England for consistent ...
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| tomato plants | 5/25/2008 | Kindred Beisinger |
Q: What is wrong with my plants when the leaves turn yellow? One plant does not have a tomato started ...
A: I never use chemical products, I'm all natural, but that aside. Usually when leaves turn yellow it ...
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| tomatoe illness | 5/22/2008 | Kindred Beisinger |
Q: I have grown few tomatoes plants in my garden. Yellow dots are appearing on the leaves on the basis ...
A: If the tomato plants were healthy when you got them, it sounds like a fungus that is present in the ...
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| ivy, poison ivy | 5/18/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have poison ivy growing amongst my ivy. I want to get rid of the poison ivy by spraying but my ...
A: This is very difficult, if not impossible. No weedkiller will kill the poison ivy and leave the ivy. ...
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| nullifying the effect of Rodeo weed killer | 5/14/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: I have made the same mistake as the poster who mistakenly used Round-Up weed killer on his lawn. ...
A: Rodeo has the same active ingredient (glyphosate) as Round Up. Effects are usually seen within a few ...
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| Weed killer | 5/14/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: Will Caseron kill my Aspen trees? I used it sparingly around the outside edges of the circle of the ...
A: Maureen I have never used 'Caseron'. Did you read the lable? Some weed killers will go to the root ...
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| sealing a boulder with clay | 5/13/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: .. I bought a modular last year with a yard that was eroding behind the house. After looking ...
A: Debi Sorry I don't know what to suggest as a way to seal the leak. I farm in sand. I thought clay ...
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| potato growing in pots | 5/7/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: I have potato's growing in deep barrels and large plant pots which I have filled with compost and ...
A: Ben The shoots are the stems that the leaves will come from. Just let them grow and produce leaves. ...
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| nullifying the effect of a weed killer | 5/6/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: Help im desperate! I have used weed killer on my garden in error. At approximately four hours after ...
A: OK. This is a contact herbicide. Grass will die but some shrubs and perennials may well survive if ...
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| potato growing in pots | 5/6/2008 | Richard Clark |
Q: I have potato's growing in deep barrels and large plant pots which I have filled with compost and ...
A: Ben Expose them to sun light for short periods of time until they get use to the sun, then leave ...
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| nullifying the effect of a weed killer | 5/6/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: Help im desperate! I have used weed killer on my garden in error. At approximately four hours after ...
A: I'm afraid there is nothing you can do now. How bad the results will be depends on which weedkiller ...
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| Goodday Sir | 5/1/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: pls I will like you to give me the advantages and disadvantages of agrochemicals such as ...
A: Without the use of Agrochemicals (the general term covering all the categories you listed) it is ...
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| killing alfalfa | 4/23/2008 | Mick Bridge |
Q: how can i get rid of the random alfafa plants growing in my lawn and flower beds and garden? ...
A: Sorry for the delay in replying. Yes, glyphosate is inactivated on contact with soil. It does not ...
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