diplandia

QuestionQUESTION: Mine have quit blooming. How do I get them to produce flowers again? ANSWER: Ellen, You have not said how long you have had them or where you are located. I am going to assume that you have

White circles

QuestionQUESTION: I have a few grape vines that I am trying to grow. They are currently still inside since it is a little too cold out. I have noticed in the last 2 days that they now have a bunch of whi

banana trees

Questionhello i wanted to know about my dwarf cavendish banana tree. i received a gift of 2 trees in 10 inch pots last week. Will they grow well if i repot them in larger pots outside?they are about 4 ft. tall rig

Mother in Laws togue fell over

Question Mother in Laws Tongue I have a Mother in Laws Tongue that I keep on my desk at work. It has been growing quite well, even throwing up new shoots despite lack of natural light. I water it sparing

Prayer Plant Roots

QuestionRegarding the roots of a prayer plant. I dug a prayer plant from the pot. I noticed that there are balls attached to the roots about the size of a peanut M&M candy. Is this common? Thanks Answ

Light conditions for plants

QuestionHi Darlene I have two newly acquired plants - an anthurium andreaneum and a croton. Both appear to need med-high light, but Im confused about what this means exactly: Anthurium - I currently have thi

Fertilising Houseplants

QuestionDear Darlene, i have just bought a peace lily and a flamingo flower from a shop, both are in full bloom at the moment. I am wondering whether i should be fertilising them at all right now, as some site

yucca gloriosa

QuestionI have a spanish dagger. Do I need to cut the nice center growth in order for the outer shoots to grow faster? If so can I do it now? I am looking for the multi trunk look? AnswerGary, No, You just have to

over fertlized potted tomatoes

QuestionI mixed 4 parts potting soil to 1 part deodorized manure for my patio tomatoes, now the leaves are curling and turning brown. My husband said it should have been 7 parts soil to 1 part manure, oops. &n

burros tail (donkey)

Questionmy burros tail seems to be wilting in places. Some of the tips are turning light green or a pale yellow colour. We do have city water but I only water about once a month but I havent fed it. The size is abou

Sick yucca cane

QuestionHello! I bought my yucca cane about one year ago from Home Depot. There are two stalks, a taller and one half its size, housed in a plastic pot approximately 5 inches in width and depth. It has

blooming or flowering palm plant?

QuestionHi - I have had a palm plant for at least four years now - it is thriving and has even sprouted new shoots from the base of the trunk, up from the soil. It stands in a very sunny area of the home and

small plants starting in pot - not attached to aloe verra

QuestionIm using store bought soil with a bit of sand that has sat for the winter without anything in the pot and no water. A friend gave me an offshoot of her aloe to propagate, and its doing well, but there are 3

Yucca Repotting

Question Current Pot I acquired a 7ft tall, 27 year old Yucca plant some months ago. I was advised by the previous owner how often they had watered, summer and winter and i have been following this pattern succesful

Schefflera arboricola leaf drop

QuestionI bought a schefflera arboricola from a local B&Q store about 9 months ago to put in my south westerley facing conservatory. Since the day i bought it the leaves have been dropping from the top of the

Jade Update

Questionjade QUESTION: Hello, I hope you can advise me about my plant. My jade has developed some kind of disease- I thought it was powdery mildew but I am starting to doubt it. A few days ago white powder

Poinsettia plants

QuestionI have a poinsettia from Christmas which I put in a corner after it lost most of its red flowers. I have not watered it for months but it began sprouting green leaves and is continuing to produce green

plam tree plant

Question i was giving a plam tree plant, in the move to my house, we had the plant in the back of the truck, about 10 of the leaf are all spilt up from the wind, should i cut them down or just leave them. Can you te

rooting hormone and herbs

QuestionDear Darlene, I recently was advised by an employee at a garden center to use a little rooting hormone powder in with some seeds for an herb garden I plan to grow at my church. The seeds all sprouted

yellow mushrooms in my houseplants

Questionive read several websites on these mushrooms that have all of a sudden appeared in my avacado tree pot. it is a small tree only a couple of feet tall and there is parsley growing at its base. &nb