Gardening Daily Tips
For Indiana
Thursday April 14, 2011 |
Weigela (Weigela florida) | Today's Featured Plant
Weigela (Weigela florida)
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Q&A: Starting Spinach Indoors Question: Can spinach and/or New Zealand spinach be started in a greenhouse and transplanted outside in March or April?
Answer: Although it's possible to start regular spinach indoors, it doesn't take well to transplanting. And since the plants are hardy, spinach seed can be sown outdoors about five weeks before the last frost, so that's the most common practice. New Zealand spinach is not a true spinach, and is not cold-hardy. It should be sown right into the garden after all danger of frost has passed. Since this is a heat-tolerant plant and doesn't bolt like regular spinach, there is no need to get it started early. |
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Q&A: Blossoms On Seedlings Question: Our zucchini and squash seedlings doing beautifully in our sunroom. The weather here is still cold, but the seedlings have sprouted blossoms. It'll be a week or more before the weather gets mild. Should we pick off the blossoms?
Answer: I would pinch them off. At this point, you want the plant to be spending its energy on foliage and root systems, not on flowering. In my experience seedlings blossom when they are rootbound and stressed for moisture, nutrients, or space. I hope you can get these seedlings in the ground soon. I recommend direct sowing some extra seeds, too, just as insurance, in case this batch is stunted. Good luck to you! |
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Q&A: Crabapple Tree Sprouts Suckers Question: Should we cut off the suckers that are sprouting around the base of our crabapple tree? Do these suckers mean that something is wrong with the tree?
Answer: Remove the suckers as soon as you see them by cutting them as close as possible to their origin. Small ones can be tugged off cleanly and this is preferable to cutting. Also rub off any little sprouts along the trunk of the tree if they should occur. Some root stocks are more prone to suckering than others, and in many cases means nothing. In other cses, a root stock will sucker as an indication that the graft is imperfect or that there is some other problem at the top of the tree so that it is not using as much of the root's energy as it should. As long as the tree seems to be healthy and growing well, don't worry. |
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Tip: Evaluate Bulb Beds Make note of gaps in your spring-flowering bulb display; then plan to plant more bulbs in fall. Choose early-, mid-, and late-blooming varieties of each type of bulb to prolong the show. |
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Tip: Sow Warm Season Crops Once the soil is 60F, direct seed beans, cucumbers, and okra. Plant beans and okra in rows, but cucumbers in hills, placing 4 to 6 seeds per hill and later thinning to 1 to 2 plants per hill. |
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