plants with a nice strong odor
KristinHuey
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I discovered I LOVE this plant and its strong fragrance!!
Comments (2)Ahh, 'Fragrant Bouquet', my friend...I agree, the blooms smell wonderful. Nice variegation, too. Don B. EDIT...P.S. What's not to love about the mother of 'Guacamole'. : ) This post was edited by Don_in_Colorado on Wed, Aug 28, 13 at 20:16...See MoreWeak tomato plants - not strong
Comments (18)Yeah, 717west, after reading your last post, it is of course up to you, but especially if you have a short growing season, go ahead and top dress with compost. You said you have a 'generic tomato fertilizer'. If it's soluble, and comprehensive (has a broad spectrum of nutrients along with NPK) then use a diluted mix of that as you water. If it rains, after about 5 or 10 mins, grab an umbrella and pour some of the dilute nutrient solution in with the rain. If it's a long rain, wait until the rain is about to stop then pour it on. Not too much, follow the directions and make a mix a little more dilute than what they recommend. If your fertilizer is the granular type, you can still add it to water, but just use a tsp./gal. You can also just sprinkle the granules on top of the soil around the plants. Remember, just use a little. You can always add more, you can't always take it out. And be sure to get a soluble fertilizer. Planting 'as deep as you could without hitting the bottom' means that the plants were only 5 inches down, so for tomatoes, that's not very deep, but it's fine. I don't plant mine as deep as others and they do ok. Six inches is a limited depth for tomatoes, but they are flexible. As discussed, do what you feel is best, but unless you have some reason to put cardboard and weed barrier down, it's really not necessary. Some people have the best soil in the world, and yet they will never know because they covered it up. Next year, if there is no reason not to, pull that weed barrier out. Any decomposition of the old grass should have been finished by then. Let the worms and microbes in through the soil underneath. the cardboard shouldn't hurt anything, it too will decompose. If you plan to fill your beds the rest of the way up to the top, any weeds or grass that can make it through 11 inches of medium, the cardboard, and hopefully the mulch you'll use next year, lol, is some tough stuff! I wouldn't use mulch this year, you have a very high water capacity with that blend. Next year, and this too is up to you and the method you're following, I would add an aggregate or some type of soil. Aggregates allow good air retention, which for roots, is more important than many people realize. It also allows water to drain better, which will help the soil dry out and you'll have better prevention of disease. Get a soil test of your yard dirt and see what you have right there available. You might have gold. Over the fall and winter, add organic matter... leaves, grass, compost... whatever you can get. Don't worry about this year, chalk it up to a learning experience. And who knows, following the advice on this thread may help you get more than you might expect at this point. I'm sure i forgot something, and we all have different methods and ideas, but I think you plants are still workable. Good luck!...See MoreHow do you deal with gnats and odors of house plants in winter time?
Comments (16)For me fungus gnats come only for a week or two and some odd time during the winter. Then as if it was magic they dissapear one day. Sometimes it's in December, sometimes January, Febuary, March or April. But they never last long. There's always a big explosion and poof. I know for a fact that I've in one way or another consumed fungus gnats. So annoying when they buzz in your ear........ Though a quarter of a mosquito dunk added to your watering kills the gnat larvae in the soil. Also, yellow sticky traps work wonders, especially if you put them beside windows where they seem to congregate. I've never had an issue with the smell. I've never even smelt a smell....See MorePlant or Soil/Woodchips/Rocks for Blocking Pet Odor?
Comments (3)Ask your neighbor to try a product called ODOBAN from home depot. I like the eucalyptus scent. You mix it with water for different strengths according to the job at hand. I found it when my husband had a stroke and we needed to start disinfecting more things more often. It has many uses and it smells nice and clean after it is used. I do not know of any plant that can take away dog urine odor. To me it needs to be washed away with a cleaner if it is smelly. I hate to see them rotting out a planter you have with their urine if they lift a leg. I hose often and clean with a bit of the ODOBAN weekly. I do not sell this product or work at home depot I am just trying to help......See Morelarry_gene
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