Growing Perennials

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Comment by Valerie on January 25, 2011 at 12:37pm

Has anyone seen this kind of mutation on a Coneflower before? I got this plant from my brother and I think it is Magnus because of it;s size. Second year at my garden and half the blooms look like this.

Comment by Kimberley Pacholko on June 29, 2010 at 2:45pm

Slugs truly are very attracted to beer but if you can not bring yourself to waste it on slugs try this receipe; it works just as well and has the added advantage of also atracting beneficial insects into your garden. Set it out in dishes burried to ground level, same as the beer.

2 tbsp/25ml brewer’s yeast
¼ cup/50ml sugar
1 tsp/5 ml honey
1/3 cup/75 ml warm water
Mix together all ingredients. Dilute 1 tbsp/15ml to 2 cups water; spray on plants in spring and early summer to attract beneficial bugs. The same mixture set into the ground attracts slugs which will gobble it up and die in ecstasy.

Comment by Michelle Brusven on June 29, 2010 at 9:38am

For Slugs use beer in a styrofoam cup or bottom of a milk carton burried to soil level, slugs love beer and fall in and drown. hope it helps

Comment by Bebe Bloomz on June 23, 2010 at 5:18pm

Try chopsticks to remove slugs- it works well and you needn't touch (ech) them.

Comment by Kimberley Pacholko on June 16, 2010 at 8:10pm

hi: Christine
In relpy to your e-mail, it is hard to say what is causing the damage with out seeing the plant and/or the insect. Slugs leave a shinny/slimmy trail behind, japanese beetles just devour, plants attacked by aphids tend to be sticky, leaves may distort and a black mould may develop, sawflys also skellentinize plants. Proper identification is key. Treatment depends on the insect that is attacking. For apids blast them with the garden hose or use insecticidal soap. For slugs hand picking works the best (early morning or just before a rain).

Vinegar does work on weeds but horticultural vinegar (grocery store variety not stong enough). Mix your vinegar half/half with liquid fish emulsion. The vinegar will take down the weed and the lawn but the fish emulsion should bring back the lawn.
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Comment by Judy Nuttman on June 16, 2010 at 8:00pm

I boil water real hot then pour it on my weeds & it kills them, mite have to do it 2 times but it has worked for me.

Comment by Mary Catherine Johnston on June 1, 2010 at 5:57am

I have a horrible weed, red sorrel. It showed up last year from who knows where and is spreading like wildfire, by runner and seed. Yesterday I cleaned it out of one perennial bed but know for sure it will reappear. Does anyone know how to get rid of this pest?

Comment by Leslie Nikulka/Ouderkirk on May 9, 2010 at 12:51am

Hi Everyone! I need help identifying one of my faithful perrenials. I lost the tag and I'm not sure.....I think it might be the "Star of Bethleham". Can anyone confirm or correct me on this?

Comment by Shelley Smith on March 19, 2010 at 8:55am

It is amazing isn't it mary,
I live in southern ontario but i am still in awe and have been getting alot of the same things done in my garden this week. i added you as a friend hope you accept. I am so excited about this gardening season since we moved last summer in the middle of the summer and were busy with the house so the only thing i realy did with tha garden was knowtice its lack of this and that.... something i hope to fix this summer.

Comment by Mary Catherine Johnston on March 19, 2010 at 6:57am

Who ever thought I'd be working in my gardens this early, mid-March, in Northern Ontario. This mild spell gave me the opportunity to clean up a lot of plants, to cut down the peonies and lillies and to dig out some perennial weeds before they get any bigger.I even managed to prune the rose bushes. After 2 years of minimal care, this early start has been great.and I am looking forward to spending a lot of time in the gardens this year.

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