Solved the mystery of what was eating my cosmos flowers.
juniemarie46
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rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
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Comments (7)Nice looking tree. I wish mine were that mature. Many or perhaps most feijoa (pineapple guava) are not self fertile. That means they require a second feijoa to serve as a pollenizer. You didn't mention whether your second feijoa bloomed this year. It will only help in pollination if it blooms and its pollen is viable at the same time that the flowers on your existing feijoa are maturing. In other words, there needs to be significant overlap in bloom time. Changing the amount of water won't help the fruit set if the flowers are being pollinated with compatible pollen. I'm sure you know that pineapple guavas aren't actually guavas or pineapples similar to how a custard apple isn't an apple nor a custard. OK, well feijoas and guavas are more closely related, but you get the idea....See MorePlease help solve my eggplant mystery .
Comments (8)<looks like slug damage.> I was thinking the same thing. Where did you get the soil that is in the pot? Yea slugs don't like light so they only come out at nite when no one is checking. But as mentioned if you look under the pot you may find one or more. Don't think there is only one. You can use scissors to cut em in half if you don't want to touch it. Or what I like to use in the garden is 2/10 ammonia/water in a spray bottle. It just melts them after a minute or two, if it doesn't add more ammonia. What I like about the spray bottle is that many times it will cause one or more you didn't see to squirm and come into view. HTH...See MoreMystery flower popped up in my garden. Does anyone know what it is?
Comments (6)A Delphinium or Larkspur. Can you provide a picture of the whole plant, say where it is located and preferably put the photo directly into your post rather than asking us to open an unknown doc? Thanks....See MoreI Need help to solve a mystery
Comments (13)The openness of the immediate vicinity around your release point is always an important consideration, as well as whether there are nearby natural areas. I assumed you got Ladybird larvae, they won't disappear on you too quickly, but the adults are too mobile to put a lot of reliance on. As Rhizo mentions, if the adults move in on their own they'll hang around. But if dropped out of a container they're more likely to try and put distance between themselves and their confinement. And more so if the temperatures in your conservatory are above the normal for the environment they come from. It's a bit of a novel idea but you can use a vacuum cleaner to remove Whitefly. As long as you can adjust the suction power it can be done without damaging the plants. Put the dust bag in a plastic bag in the freezer before emptying it out. Well, vacuum cleaners aren't exactly natural, but same effect though....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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