Ed Hume Answers Your Gardening Questions
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of general interest will be answered here every month. Email your questions
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 I would like to move my gladiola
bulbs to a different area. When is the best time of year to do this?
 This fall, after they have
finished flowering is the best time. Store them over winter, then replant
in the early spring. Keep the corms (bulbs) in a cool, well ventilated spot
over winter. Temperatures must remain above freezing in their storage area.
I've checked through your
Archives and am not able to fine any information on Scotch Broom. I bought
a parcel of land and it is overrunn with scotch broom and would like to know,
what can I do to get rid of this awful weed ? Can you give me any idea on
how to go about that ?
The foliage on this plant
is very small and therefore difficult to control. Try 'Round-up' but be certain
to add a tablespoonful of liquid detergent soap with each gallon of
spray…..as a spreader-sticker. It will take several weeks for the spray
to work, up to six weeks. Be careful, if you get the spray on any desirable
plants it will kill them too.
I have two potted hibiscus
plants which I purchased over 3 years ago. I have pruned them back extensively
when I brought them inside for fall/winter. My problem is that neither has
flowered in the subsequent summers since the first bountiful summer they
were purchased.
Any suggestions on how to get them to flower again?
Go light on any future pruning.
Feed the plants during the spring and early summer growing seasons with 0-10-10.
One of the brands you will find in the garden centers is 'Alaska Mor' Bloom.
Feed monthly March through July, following label instructions.
I need to know how to root
a mandavilla from cuttings that I'm taking?
Take a cutting of mature tip
growth. The cutting can be about 4 to six inches long. Don't just take one,
because without greenhouse conditions, you will be lucky to get one of 4
or 5 to actually root. Start them in a combination of 50% sand and 50% peat
moss, as per my article on our web site Taking
Cuttings.
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