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Q. This is the second year in which my water garden is experiencing foam on its surface. There is no foam in the waterfalls area nor the stream that runs down to the main pond. The foam is only in the main pond. I have tried anti-foam products, but [...]
Q. I live in the desert southwest and my rosemary plants have a white liquid substance on them. It looks like cotton, but it is liquid. What can I do?
-Surprise, Arizona
A. It sounds like Spittlebug on your rosemary, but being from the Mid-West I was not sure what it’s cycle was in the desert area. [...]
Q. I believe a bunny is eating my flowering annuals. Do they even eat flowers? What can I do?
-Needham, Massachusetts
A. Bunnies have become a huge problem here on Cape Cod in the past two years. Around here, bunnies are eating just about everything, even things they are not supposed to like! Young bunnies will try [...]
Q. I planted tomato plants in an old barn area that has not been used for horses or chickens or any animals in about 20 years. Now my tomato plants that I planted one week ago are turning white, not yellow like transplant shock but white. Do you know why?
-Lancaster, New York
A. Did you set [...]
Q. I have installed a 160-gallon rigid pond (with four shelves) in my back yard. Once I filled it with water I realized that the level, which I thought was OK is about six inches off. What is the best way to re-level this pond? Any ideas welcome.
-Sound Beach, New York
A. You will have to [...]
Q. I am having trouble with something sniping the blooms off of my zucchini. Nothing on the plant is chewed except for the blooms. I have sprayed insect spray on the ground and on plant for grubs,etc. It worked for a day. That evening there is a big bloom ready to put on a zucchini, [...]
Q. Something is bothering my newly planted tomato plants. I keep finding leaves that have been cleanly clipped from the stem lying on the soil surface. I looked for horn worms, but the plants are so small I don’t think this is the problem. Any ideas on possible causes and solutions? Thank you.
-Pueblo, Colorado
A. If [...]
Q. Is it too late to plant asparagus in Western MA? What is a good, disease-resistant and productive variety for this region? And where can I get them in June? Just had a trench dug…. Thanks!
-Tyringham, Massachusetts
A. It’s not too late to plant asparagus if you can still get plants. The most disease resistant varieties [...]
Q. I have two tomato plants that I placed in Topsy Turvy planters. I mixed a “garden soil” with some aged horse manure into the planters. The plants are growing fine but wherever there is a flower bud, the little stem turns yellow and the bud falls off. What is happening? And what do I [...]
Q. I have a sweet gum tree in my back yard that has always been beautiful and full. This year it has been slower to leaf out and is not very full. There were a number of dead branches that started with buds early in the spring and then died. The branches are deformed. The [...]
