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When my mother flower dies and turns brown (and the pups are starting to pop up beside the mother plant), how far down the flower should I cut it off? I cut it off just below where the green leaves drape outward. Does that make sense? Or should I cut the dead flower as close to the plant as I...

I was wondering at what age citrus trees start blooming. I have some bushes/trees (oranges/grapefruit/lemons) that are almost 3 years old. None of them have bloomed yet and I was just wondering when they might start. I fertilized them this year in the hopes that I might get some blossoms, but...

Is it too late to plant seeds in the Central Florida area? I still have some seeds that I want to plant outdoors, but was wondering if it is too late in the year to plant them. I have some spinach and cabbage that I'd like to start as seeds. :D

I was wondering if anyone can tell me when grapefruit (white or pink) should start to blossom in Florida? My Kumquats have already flowered and started to sprout fruit, so I am worried that my grapefruit tree won't produce this year. =( Maybe I am just too early...

I will number my questions since I have several of them. 1. When should I fertilize my citrus trees/bushes? I have grapefruit, oranges, kumquats, and possibly lemons. The only two trees that have produced fruit in the past two years are the kumquat and grapefruit trees. 2. What should I use...

I have tried a few methods (sowing seeds directly in the ground, starting seeds in moist paper towel then planting in the garden, starting seeds in Miracle Grow Soil) and nothing seems to work. Am I missing a step for starting Romaine and Buttercrunch lettuce from seeds? :(

I have already tried sprouting seeds by putting them in peat discs (you know, the kit with the plastic container and discs that you add water to so they puff up and gain moisture). After 3 weeks of waiting for seeds, no luck. Then, I decided to start my seeds in moist paper towels. This...

I bought an Emerald and a Primadina blueberry bush (one of each) yesterday. Is it okay to plant these in large pots? I want to make sure I don't limit the root growth.

I recently planted some seeds and thought I had kept track of what I planted (silly me), but apparently I didn't. I believe these plants are lettuce and bell pepper plants...please confirm or let me know what you think they are.

I think my poor Loquat trees are confused by the ever-changing weather in Florida. They blossomed earlier last year and produced fruit (which the darn squirrels ate the entire crop of off of my two trees the morning before I was going to harvest the trees). I've seen them blossom again, but...

I have numerous cotton seeds that I harvested from a cotton plant. Does anyone know how I should start them (so they sprout)? I tried putting a few in moist soil about an inch down into the soil and I have kept the soil moist. I have the pot I put these seeds into inside my greenhouse to...

This started on my yellow squash plants, but now seems to be spreading throughout the garden. Little round yellow spots on the leaves. The leaves don't seem to be dying, so I stopped cutting them...which I had been doing initially. It almost looks like my yellow squash plant leaves have...

I've been dealing with hornworms and tomato fruit worms, now I have some sort of worm or caterpillar that is eating the leaves off of some citrus saplings that I'm growing. I saw one larger worm/caterpillar on one plant that ate most of the leaves (the plant was only about 3 inches tall) and...

I've been using Miracle Grow and have had plenty of blooms, but my yellow squash just won't get big. They won't get much larger than about 2 inches long. :/ Even a co-worker complains that their yellow squash aren't getting big this year. I see the bees pollinating my cucumbers (tons of big...

I came outside the other day and noticed one huge hornworms eating two one of my beefsteak tomato plants and one starting to eat a second. My tomatoes are still green and are about mid-stage in their growth (about mid-size). I check them daily, so I was shocked to see how much they ate in just...

I have some muskmelon plants that I need to transplant (so they have room to spread out), but I'm concerned that deer will eat them. I don't have time to put up a fence around the plants right now, so I was wondering if deer typically eat Muskmelon plants?