Ed Hume Answers Your Gardening Questions
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 I have planted a new lawn
and followed the instructions carefully from your site. My grass is now 1
1/2 to 2 " in length. It seems the ground has become a bit lumpy since the
seeds have germinated. Is it safe to roll the ground again even though the
grass is up?
 I would mow it once or twice
before running the roller over it.
I live in Oregon and i have
an "Asiatic Lily" that i planted and the blooms are gone now and have been
for about a month.....i was curious how i was supposed to care for it now
and will it bloom again this summer?I don't know if it is a perrinial or
anual.......I researched hard on caring for it and couldn't find what i was
looking for.
They really do not require
much care. Simply cut off the top part of the stem, where the flowers were,
so the bulb does not waste energy in trying to produce seed. The bulb should
come back for many years. Feed the foliage now with a liquid fertilizer,
so as to build strength into the bulb for next year's bloom.
On a recent trip to a local
nursery, I came across a shrub that I just had to have, a "Pink Angel" hydrangea.
The growing tags stated that this hydrangea will grow between 8-12 feet high
and 6-10 feet wide. The site that I had in mind for planting this beauty
would be overpowered by such a large specimen. If I kept the hydrangea pruned
back to only 6 feet high and 5-6 feet wide, would I end up damaging the plant
by having pruned too much and not letting the plant grow within its own bounds?
If you start maintaining the
plant in the early stages of growth, you should be able to keep it down to
the height you desire and still maintain good flowering. But, why not consider
some of the naturally lower growing varieties. Many are outstanding and will
not require the maintenance of 'Pink Angel'.
I currently have Fuschia plants
(not yours) that have gotten wilty leaves and are losing leaves since that
awful hot two days we recently had. They are not over watered. I have a gauge.
What can I do?
Probably the best thing to
do is try to keep them in a cooler spot, until they recover. A light feeding
of Fish Fertilizer (1/2 strength) would be helpful.
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