DEL.ICIO.USMore columns from Walter Reeves
Walter Reeves is a TV and radio gardening show host and former DeKalb Extension agent. Listen to Reeves Saturdays on WSB-AM (750) from 6 to 10 a.m. Call 404-872-0750 to ask questions about lawns, gardens or pests or e-mail questions to georgiagardener@yahoo.comSign up for his free garden newsletter at www.walterreeves.com.
- Hybrid Bermuda grass doesn't produce seed
- For more salvia blooms, trim faded spikes
- Mowing won't thicken St. Augustine
- Fig vine has drawbacks
- Little bugs can be a big nuisance for strawberries
- 'Paint' invader to spare azaleas
- Sprays may be the answer to control squash bugs
- Aspidistras need fair share of shade
- Add gypsum to soil to fight blossom end rot in tomatoes
- Most plastic pots are recyclable
- Machine gets good seed-soil contact
- Prune pampas grass each winter to avoid hollow center.
- Leave allamanda seedpod for a while; clip when it begins to split
- Sweet potatoes won't grow from whole tuber
- Right blooms for a place in the sun
- Ga. agriculture department offers seed help
- Annual fertilization not always necessary
- Improper pruning of crape myrtles invites pests
- Use spray shield to kill weeds, protect blackberries
- Solid root barrier will halt bamboo
- Cottonseed meal gives long, steady feeding
- Temperature of soil determines time for pre-emergent
- Increasing light should prompt hens to produce
- Clementine trees start with one bud
- Even in small garden, variety is possible
- January a time to check for hollies and magnolias freeze damage
- Early rising won't hurt daffodils, dig up forgotten dahlias
- Hydrangea does better outdoors
- Morning glory brings good news, bad news
- Can bush be safely pruned?
- Nursery cuttings can share a pot if there's room
- Female ginkgo seeds can have rancid odor
- Beautyberry safe to plant anywhere
- Fern shares Boston name, but not the cold
- Trim odd growth; weed killer likely cause
- Wick waterer keeps plants hydrated
- Double your chances when planting maple seed
- To stop pesky four-o'clocks, dig tubers, then spray; seeding all-clay backyard
- Crape myrtles resist drought, require little maintenance
- 'Chandler' blueberry bush a gamble; hickory nut stains hard to remove
- How to cope with voles, bad knees
- Drought damage may be causing trees to uproot in rain
- Check soaker hoses for flow rate before watering
- Roundup may rid ivy of invasive neighbor
- Healthy plants a natural way to protect gardens
- Plants that grow in soggy soil
- Control creeping cucumber with spray or pull roots
- Prune camellias now for flowers next season
- Getting to the source of hornworms
- Be on lookout for insect that kills hemlocks
- Transplanting resurrection ferns
- Eliminate water to deter mosquitoes
- Should you use unlimited horse manure for bushes?
- Insects give compost piles healthy dose of protein
- Reviving a crabapple tree
- Cut stalks, leave foliage after amaryllis blooms
- Common questions (and answers) about growing tomatoes
- Should you stop feeding summer birds?
- Bermuda grass loves soil after fire ants aerate it
- No underground streams run beneath Atlanta landscapes
- Collected rain water won't make vegetable garden toxic
- Shrubs that tolerate moist soil good for flood zones
- For a healthy peach tree, plant it now
- Lenten roses easy to propagate, but blooms take years
- Give slow-growing Japanese maple time to sprout
- Damaged oleander limbs might sprout again
- You can save your plants from the cold!
- Mondo grass not ivy best to stem soil erosion
- 'Naked ladies' need water, sun and fertilizer to flower
- Materials to gather for shrub-nesting birds
- Layering daphne helps it form roots
- 'Black oil' sunflower seeds sprout like crazy
- Fescue needs fertilizing now
- Time to plant Leyland cypress, start garden seeds
- Crape myrtles don't need pruning to bloom
- Spring is best time to plant ginger
- Vinegar kills weeds, but other plants, too
- Apply pre-emergent to grass in late February
- China doll needs light
- Snow Fountain trees grow erratically
- Getting to the root of cedar trees
- Removing pine trees helps oaks thrive
- Need to train a holly? Use a broomstick
- Thin, but don't shear, red-tip photinias
- Deep pruning of shrubs OK, despite drought
- Pruning isn't the way to cut back on water
- Fill topiary with sphagnum moss
- How to remove large plants
- Blueberry bushes can take care of themselves
- Prune thick apple tree in January
- Don't overseed Bermuda grass
- Japanese maple needs moving
- Winterizer fertilizers not good for all lawns
- Collecting rainwater to save a large lawn not worth it
- Australian tree ferns grow better in Florida
- Don't postpone fall planting
- New tree can take root with 'gray water'
- Gnawing twig girdler beetles cause tree branches to fall
- Create a privacy wall with vines
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