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According to Wikipedia, Sumacs are dioecious, which means that they produce male and female flowers on separate plants. Perhaps you have a male...
This story about a frog in India with a mushroom growing out of its side has been in the news recently:...
It would be good to know if the grapes were seedless or not. The problem of lack of productivity is that the vine is growing in a pot that is way...
Awithrow, I also was wary about girdling when I first read about it; so, I started by just girdling a few branches. It didn't take long to...
I don't use sand for soil mixtures, but I do use something that I think is better: pumice. It has the qualities that you are looking for, but is...
First of all, have you tasted ripe fruits from the first tree and are they tasty enough to be worth saving? If not, my advice would be to cut...
I have a clump of Fargesia robusta “Green Screen” that will be removed this spring. If anyone wants part of this clump, they are welcome to take...
There are a few; Frost peach comes to mind. However, most development activity is geared to commercial crops, which, at least in the Pacific...
Most fruit trees don't flower or fruit the year after planting; it is even less likely when the tree is planted as late as May, as mine was....
80 decibels is pretty loud if heard in the air, but I guess that the sound energy could be directed into the ground with minimal escape into the...
@Georgia Strait, I just planted the new pluot and grafted a couple of branches last year; so, no, there was no fruit last year. I'll be lucky if...
Sean, I have a young "Dapple Dandy" Pluot; check your PMs (Conversations) for more info.
I haven't had any experience with the topic tree, but I've found that fruit trees in this area usually grow about twice their advertised height.
Here is an article that claims that the carbon footprint of urban agriculture is six times larger than conventional produce....
I just read a National Geographic article that applies to this old thread. I don't know if this website can be viewed...
There must be some damp wood behind the cinderblocks. Ganoderma only grows on wood.
I don't know what kind of seed this is, but most of the nuts that I'm familiar with have points that are planted downward.
In the Vancouver area (YVR temperatures) we have just had three very cold winters in a row, with a minimum temperature of -15.3 C two winters ago,...
This looks like the result of excess moisture in the soil. I read about Miracle-Gro Moisture Control potting mix and discovered that it has...
Happy New Year, I hope! Here are updated charts for YVR weather, in case anyone is interested. The yearly minimum temperature chart is not...