Homeowner Forum / Lawn and Garden / July 2008

I have several different varieties of tomatoes growing in the greenhouse,
and also outside, which have developed brown patches and generally not
looking very healthy.  Any ideas why this is happening gratefully received.
The outside plants, which are cherry type, may have been ...

Hello, I am hoping someone can give me some advice about my poo
plants!
My first problem is my Buxus.  It's in a pot, shaped into a ball.  Thi
year it has hardly grown any new leaves at all, and now the tips of th

I've just been listening to last Sunday's GQT.
One item mentioned a test for pototo/tomato plants with suspected
blight.  There is a link on the GQT website, but when I click it it
brings up an error, "page not found".

Two years ago a friend gave me some balloon flower cuttings to plant.
After planting they developed nicely and produced nice blue flowers.
This year the flowers are white.
Why the change in color?

with regards to tomato and potato blight foliage.
I have read that all foliage should be put into the dustbin and  other
advice to put in compost heap as blight only over winters on green plant
material.

Ok, this is real, I'm not belittling the guy that asked about spring
onions. ;-)  
My advice to him would be to refrigerate them as long as he could before
planting.  I have wild spring onions and they sprout in mid-winter, then

Away for 6 weeks driving holiday to N Qld, & computer dead on arrival back home.
The excuse for the holiday was the TQOC (Tropical Queensland Orchid Conference).
It's an annual event, on the same long weekend every year, and rotates around
the various towns of NQ.  This year it was ...

Hello out there, my friend has started a gardening project
(www.rixa.com) where he is looking for volunteers. Just send me a
mail. What do yout think?
Alex

I have the choice between a Kohler single cylinder engine vs a Briggs
and Stratton 2 cylinder Intek engine on a 46" tractor.  Which do you
think is better?
Thanks in advance.

Ladies & Gents, my friend has started a great project: www.rixa.com -
a site where everybody can show gardening pictures and a little forum.
What do you think? Alex.

Hello friends,
I am new here and have a question. Actually three questions.
1. Is there a faq for this forum?
2. I had nice Rhododendron in the yard that just got awfully puny over years

Pepper plants not producing
I live in the Tulsa Oklahoma area and have some red and yellow bell
pepper plants that look just fine but have absolutely no fruit on them
at all.

I am in Santa Barbara, CA  and am interested in planting some Rugosas
in my landscaping and am wondering if there is anyone in SO CAL that
has tried any, either with success or failure.  All of the info I've
found is to hardiness in cold climates.  While it does freeze here and

Hi, i`m new here and i`m sorry if i have posted this in the wron
section but here goes....
I have bought two venus fly trap plants last week, they are in a smal
plastic pot with holes in the bottom. I have them stood on plates and

I have decided to try my hand again at my allotment, but when I visite
it last month after about 8 years of doing nothing the weeds, brambl
thistles and nettles were about 4 ft high.
So, firstly, I hired a strimmer to cut back as best as possible and no