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| Best Ratio to Mix Coffee Grounds, Cow Manure and Compost? | 8/5/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: Interested in knowing if the combination could be effective, and if so, the best ratio of mixing ...
A: First, I want to correct my answer to you yesterday. I was quite tired and I should have stopped, ...
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| Best Ratio to Mix Coffee Grounds, Cow Manure and Compost? | 8/4/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: Interested in knowing if the combination could be effective, and if so, the best ratio of mixing ...
A: We can't determine this with your Compost because we don't know what went in, therefore we don't ...
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| Organic fertilizers that grows by eating waste. | 8/1/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: i heard that there is this bacteria which eats up waste and multiplies itself. It then becomes a ...
A: A company based in Canada? A plant for making it in China? And it's only Compost? I don't know ...
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| elimination of nitrates | 7/31/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: In our community a central located pond is surrounded by landscaped lawns. The nitrate runoff in ...
A: I have limited experience with solving this problem -- I work more along the lines of ...
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| FERTILIZER | 7/29/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I LIVE IN CENTRAL MISSOURI, WHERE MOST OF THE SUMMERS ARE ARE HOT & HUMID & DRY(W/AN EXCEPTION OF ...
A: Michael, you can't grow first rate Grass without first rate Soil. Did you notice that I did NOT ...
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| Aspirin | 7/23/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: have you ever heard or experienced the Aspirin's application on plants to boost up the health and/or ...
A: Aspirin -- Acetylsalicylic Acid -- belongs to a family of drugs containing Salicylate, a common ...
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| My attempt at vegetable gardening | 7/22/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: Good morning; Let me first say, I have a green thumb when it comes to flowers & shrubs, but my ...
A: Lora, you need to test your Soil. What's in it? What's missing? You've got to do that. Whether ...
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| Combining Fertilizer | 7/21/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I have several potted plants and would like to give fertilizer as follow: only organic fertilizer in ...
A: Ari. I just want to underscore the reasons in-ground compost curing is inadvisable: (A) It's ...
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| ckicken dropping tea | 7/19/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: can i make a tea from dropping? how much water/droping how much to use in veg garden?
A: The 'Cock-a-doodle-DOO' organic Fertilizer lineup from Pure Barnyard is 100 percent granular poultry ...
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| Organic fertilizers that grows by eating waste. | 7/16/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: i heard that there is this bacteria which eats up waste and multiplies itself. It then becomes a ...
A: Sounds interesting, Carey. I need to know what WASTE you are referring to. There are pollutants -- ...
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| Combining Fertilizer | 7/16/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I have several potted plants and would like to give fertilizer as follow: only organic fertilizer in ...
A: Fascinating. I wish you lived next door to me, Ari. You sound like a fun guy. The problem here is ...
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| organic fertilizer for orange trees | 7/12/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: we live in Hillsboro, Oregon and would like to know just what kind of organic fertilizer we can use ...
A: Taiwan's Food and Fertilizer Technology Center posts a cheat sheet on this very subject, 'Fertilizer ...
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| fertelizer | 7/9/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: how to use the sheep organic fertelizer for indoor plants?how often?how much?
A: Let's visit the Sheep 201 website: www.sheep101.info/201/nutrientmgt.html N-P-K for Sheep, like ...
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| lawn whit fungus | 7/4/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: We're in Maryland and have about 3/4 acre lawn; last year we hired a lawn care company to help. The ...
A: It's that time of year again when Lawn Care Companies send their best customers to the internet to ...
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| schrub after care | 7/1/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: In hopes of forming a shrub screen we planted containers of Lilac Dogwood Burning Bush and Ninebark ...
A: You pose a complicated question here, and I hesitate to answer because you are combining four ...
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| organic corn weed/feed fertilizer | 6/28/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I used a brand of organic corn weed/feed fertilizer prior to seeding my dog run (grass) - it has ...
A: Rule Number One: Never use ANY kind of Weedkiller, organic or otherwise, prior to sowing Seeds of ...
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| crapa mytle plant | 6/24/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I am wondering what type of fertilizer to us on my crape myrtle . Should it be an acid or something ...
A: Crepe Myrtle ('Lagerstoemia indica' to botanists) blooms in July here up North. The Soil pH must be ...
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| schrub after care | 6/23/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: In hopes of forming a shrub screen we planted containers of Lilac Dogwood Burning Bush and Ninebark ...
A: Please tell me if I understand you correctly: You recently planted, in the ground, container-sized ...
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| Non-composted items as a fertilizer | 6/22/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: Can I put partially decomposed fruits and vegetables directly on my garden without posing a hazard ...
A: Researchers have found that the common fruit fly is capable of contaminating fruit with bacteria ...
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| grass is yellow | 6/19/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: my grass has yellow spots in certain area, and i put fertilizer and it wont grow and it dyes ...
A: Depends. If the Yellow spots are caused by a local visiting canine's calling card, post a sign to ...
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| pet safe lawn ferterlizer | 6/18/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: do you know of a pet and child safe weed and feed fertilizer?
A: Chemical weedkiller is bad for everyone. It's got legally mandated warning signs all over the ...
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| Pelleted Iron on my lawn | 6/15/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I saw a local garden expert on TV last week. He suggested putting pelleted iron on the lawn to keep ...
A: Someone please put me on television to straighten these people out. IRON FOR YOUR LAWN! Yikes! ...
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| leaf smut??? | 6/13/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I think I have leaf smut and it has spread across my entire yard due to the spores getting in my ...
A: First, I'd like to know what kind of Grass you are growing. Bluegrass? Fescue? St Augustine? ...
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| Composting grass where Bonus is used | 6/11/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I have used Bonus S for many years on my Lawn, with good results I might add, but my question is can ...
A: Ignorance is bliss. Unfortunately, Scotts 23-9-4 'Bonus S' may hold some surprises. Ones you may ...
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| Nitrogen | 6/10/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: How much nitrogen is recommended to make my grass greener without damaging it? Denver,CO
A: Slow-release Organic Nitrogen is the ultimate fertilizer for Lawns. Don't be fooled by the low ...
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| Fertilizing new grass | 6/9/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I have new grass and didn't spay or do anything to the ground before hand. I tilled the soil up and ...
A: The key to a great Lawn is not great Scott's products. The key to a great Lawn is great Lawn care. ...
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| fertilizing evergreens | 6/8/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I live on a largw agreage with over a hundred evergreens I have used 11-34-0 & 11-62-0 ...
A: Potassium shortage shows up in Evergreens that PREMATURELY drop large numbers of needle growth. How ...
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| soil alkaloids | 6/7/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: i had sent you a question and you replied. what it is my friend has an antique yellow rose bush and ...
A: I see this more clearly now. Meet Dr Huey: www.ph-rose-gardens.com/00704.htm This is the Peaceful ...
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| what is the best use of used coffee grounds | 5/31/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I understand that used coffee grounds act as an good fertilizer---but for what and how do you apply.
A: I sure do hope you like coffee, Richard. Because Earthworms LOVE Coffee grounds. I'm not kidding. ...
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| impatiens | 5/29/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I have a bed on impatiens under a pine tree. It has a southern exposurer in Michigan. Last year I ...
A: Impatiens are not Full Sun plants -- but this being under a Tree, I am hoping your Southern Exposure ...
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| Fertilizer for Zoysia Sod | 5/26/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: My lawn has just had new Zoysia sod put down. Location is S.C. What kind of fertilizer should I ...
A: The kind of fertilizer you should use depends of course on the SOIL TEST YOU DID BEFORE YOU PUT THE ...
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| Using wrong Fertilizer | 5/24/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: This morning I used Miracle Grow on all my outdoor plants, including flowers...I realized later that ...
A: This depends on how much you diluted it. If it was diluted for Lawns, your plants will be FINE! If ...
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| too much horse manure | 5/22/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I added a large dose of horse manure and grape compost (from a local winery that also has horse ...
A: One of many reasons for aging Manure before use is that it gives you a chance to destroy any ...
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| making fertilizer | 5/21/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: a person at a home and garden show recently told me that if you boil the limbs and leaves of a ...
A: Indole-3-Butyric Acid -- 'IBA' -- is the most popular synthetic auxin in use for rooting plant ...
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| nitrogen & 10-10-10 | 5/18/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I am a first time gardener in Georgia and think I put to much nitrogen on the vegetable garden. ...
A: Shoot first, ask questions later... Now what? What you've learned the hard way, unfortunately, is ...
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| tomato root problems | 5/12/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: I have an unexpeceted wilting of a tomato plant. AllExperts say, all fingers point to some sort of ...
A: Marigolds must be within inches of the root system of any plant to repel Nematodes. But note these ...
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| weed and feed fertilizer | 5/10/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: two weeks ago i applied scots weed and feed fertilizer to my lawn. the lawn was not wet and my wife ...
A: The problem with a 'Weed and Feed' type chemical is that it does not kill all the Weeds you want it ...
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| Zoysia Care | 5/8/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: You mentioned in one of your answers that putting down a slow release fertilizer, like Milorganite ...
A: Sorry for the confusion. I get ahead of myself sometimes. Milorganite is a slow release fertilizer ...
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| Fertilizer for Kalanchoe and Rose | 5/5/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: which NPK should we use for Kalanchoe and Rose ? I read one article told NPK 2:1:2 good for blooming ...
A: Slow release is better than fast release - so yes, you have the Long Island Gardener seal of ...
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| Fertilizer for Kalanchoe and Rose | 5/2/2008 | The Long Island Gardener |
Q: which NPK should we use for Kalanchoe and Rose ? I read one article told NPK 2:1:2 good for blooming ...
A: You're right to assume that potting Soil is a very different environment from outside real estate ...
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