Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / June 2005

Hi folks, I have a tomatoe plant in a 17" pot. I have been watering it with
about 1 gallon of water 2 times a week, one watering I add Miracle Grow
Tomatoe Plant food. I am wondering if this is to much water or not enough. A
lot of the leaves are curling. It is not all that hot ...

A couple of weeks ago I planted out my tomato plants into containers on
a south facing patio. Now I've noticed one of the plants is wilting. It
seems to recover if moved into shade. It's ok for water.
Anyone an idea what could cause this. I've read about virus's causing

I am a complete novice gardener and have recently had a patio laid. Our
garden is on a hill and at the moment is about 8 inches lower than the patio
increasing to 15 inches at the farthest point form the patio
The lawn area is only about 25 foot deep. I want to make it level with ...

(This is slightly off topic for austin.gardening, but only because
there's no austin.home group, and austin.general has become a festering
hole. On the other hand, my garden does sit around my house, so...)
Does anyone have a recommendation for a home warranty service? The

I have some very large pots that had dried out in the recent heatwave..........
The soil had contracted and left room around the side of the pots so that the
water just ran straight down and thu the drainage holes at the bottom. The pots
are too large to dunk in a bucket........

When I connect up the miracle-gro feeder and turn on the water supply,
water pours out of the handle and when I press the trigger, very
little appears at the business end whilst there continues to be a
flood from the handle.  I've opened up the structure and can see

Re the discussion a while ago as to whether blueberries need a
pollinator, did any of you see the item on blueberries on GW tonight,
from GW Live at the NEC?
The lady who runs a blueberry nursery said that you must have 2

Well, the verdict is in.  My neighbor spotted it in his backyard and
called me up.  It's a woodchuck.  *Arrgghhh*  I was so hoping to make a
little girl happy by returning her bunny to her.
So, the trap is on the way, and once I have Mr. Chuck incarcerated, I'll

I need a diagram to replace the belt on a Scott 2548
lawn tractor ... also any tips on how to do this would
be appreciated.
Is there a URL for a manual for a Scott 2548 online?

Who else makes similar types of heavy duty trimmers for heavy grass and
small brush?
Makes and model would be much appreciated.
tia.

Anybody on here like to grow chilli peppers? It's great adding your own home
grown peppers to your hot Indian curries. I've been growing them for the
past few years now and you get surprisingly good results here in the UK.
This growing season started off a bit iffy with the weather, ...

Gail Futoran Wrote:

I read this in New Scientist, I believe.
Take a battery that's apparently drained (doesn't work in your walkman
anymore, for instance). It will most likely have some sort of voltage
left in it, though.

Would hot sh.t still burn if I put it at the bottom of the hole and
plant transplants on top if it?

I have a beautiful Pieris: Forest Flame, i have it about 6-7 year
now.
Over the last few years it has started to get woody and bare from th
bottom up to about halfway, is there anything i can do to get mor