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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 On your TV show recently,
you talked about cutting water lillies to eliminate them. Please clarify
if they are to be cut 6 inches below water level or 6 inches off stem from
top of the leaf.
 Cut them 6 inches below water
level. By the way, this is a two-year project, so you will not get them the
first year. I have tried this method in our lake and it works.
You have mentioned a mole
trap called the "mole ranger" and then said we could find more information
on your web site. I can't find the information.
Click on this link to go directly
there: www.humeseeds.com/ranger1.htm
See Also: Mole Control
I live in the Upper Peninsula
of Michigan and am interested in transplanting some of my raspberry plants.
I am not sure what time of the year is best to get this done.
The best time to transplant
is immediately after the plants have finished producing, if the weather is
cool. Otherwise, I would suggest you wait until late winter or early spring.
Plant raspberries in full sun, in soil that has ample amounts of organic
humus mixed into it. Organic humus is compost, well-rotted manure, peat moss,
etc.
I have searched the net
for any info on transplanting raspberry bushes and can't seem to find anything.
We recently bought a house and we have approximately 2-50' rows of raspberries.
The problem is that they are planted in the middle of the lawn and we would
like to move them to the end of the yard. We are unsure of when or how we
do this, any info you can supply us with will be very helpful. We live in
central Ontario, so the time of year we do this will probably make a difference.
In Ontario because of
the cold winters, I would suggest you wait until early spring to transplant
your raspberries. If you can provide some winter protection, (straw), you
could transplant in the fall.
I would like to know when
it is time to pick spaghetti squash? This is my first year growing them and
have no clue what to do.
Spaghetti squash is a winter
squash and takes about 100 to 120 days to maturity. So they can be harvested
as the vines die back, or once they have gained color. You may want to pick
one early, if color is good, and it appears to be mature, and test it. With
most types of winter squash, when the stem begins to turn yellow or light
brown that is an indicator that the fruit is ready to be harvested.
See Also: Harvesting & Storing Vegetables
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