Perennial Ryegrass – In Bermudagrass
Q: I am terribly frustrated trying to figure this situation out. I have a problem with green grass coming up in my dormant bermudagrass sod. Last year it progressively got worse – to where in January it lo
Q: We have what appears to be an everblooming cherry tree in our front yard. This crazy tree will bloom in the winter and spring months, have leaves during summer and drop them in the fall. Once the leaves drop
Dirt Dauber (Mud Dauber) – Control
Q: My husband and I have a cabin in the country. Before we could move in, however, every kind of wasp-looking thing was busy building nests of all sorts on the outside fireplace, on the siding of the house, etc.
Christmas Trees – Pesticides Used On
Q: I heard that Christmas trees are sprayed with many pounds of chemicals before they are cut. Is this true? A: I doubt it. Christmas tree growers are trying to make a profit – and pesticides cost a lot of
Persimmon – Remove Bad Taste (Astringency)
Q: Is it possible to remove the bad taste of an unripe persimmon? A: Maybe – but I'll let you do the taste test after trying these methods, particularly the one that involves burning dung 🙂 Taken fro
Q: I want to have a vegetable garden. what is the length of our "growing season"? A: It depends on where you live. Here are some representative city statistics, with first frost, last frost and leng
Hardiness Zones – Which One Are We In?
Q: I have seen several different Hardiness Zone maps for Georgia. Which one should I use to determine which plants will grow here? A: You're right – it's confusing. Read below to get an overview
Q: Our hedge was carefully propagated from the hedge that lines the football field at Sanford Stadium in Athens. Now it has white powdery stuff on the stems. What could it be? A: Your Dawg-hedge has a bad case o
Q: I have a plant growing in my yard that came from a friend's father's house in Eufala , AL . His dad calls it "Bleeding Heart" but it looks nothing like the Bleeding Heart my mother gre
Q: Could you please tell me what this is on a gardenia plant? The bush has several of them and they have been there for a while. A: It's a gardenia seed pod. If you open it up, you can see several small s
Stream Irrigation – Causes Weeds
Q: I suspect that irrigating from a stream has another negative aspect beyond the questionable cost effectiveness. I "inherited" a lawn which had been watered with stream water for several years. You
Q: I heard on your show recently about a new product specifically to kill nutsedge. I ordered and have received the product, Sedgehammer. Now I have to get a nonionic surfactant to mix it with. None of the gar
Gardenia radicans – Protection
Q: I just planted Monrovia Gardenia radicans in my yard in Atlanta. The label says they are cold hardy only to 10-20`. How should I protect them when the temperature is in the teens? If there is ice or snow, woul
Q: Do you know of any place like the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Buckhead Men's Garden Club (AHC), whatever it is at the back of Callanwolde, Fernbank, Georgia Regional, or anywhere else in metropolitan A
Q: While traveling to Alabama I saw some Oleander trees for sale at Walmart, the label said they are hardy to 20 degree Fahrenheit. If this is true can they be planted here in Conley Ga? A: A brief dip to 20 deg
Detention Vault – Covering with Grass
Q: Our client wants to cover a detention vault with concrete and then plant grass over at least part of it. The rest of the landscaping will consist of potted trees and plants, probably a path of some sort with a
Q: I have an electric dehydrator, which has about 5 trays. The instruction book did not list figs, so I went by the recipe for grapes, which was to do a hot water bath to break down the skin, then half them and
Q: A few years ago there was an article in the home and garden section that gave instructions on planting a strawberry jar to use in the class room. I thought I had saved it, but I can't find it and school
Q: I have a new lawn of bahia grass and it is now full of crabgrass. Is there any products I can use to kill this off. I have been pulling by hand and reseeding but I am loosing the battle. I live in Interlache
Q: Can you level a zoysia lawn in the winter when it is dormant, then fertilize in the early summer or is it better to do it all in the summer? This is my first zoysia lawn and I thought it would not be as thick
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