Fertilizer is burning my lawn

QuestionI have put a synthetic 10-10-10 fertilzer on my lawn an I am seeing where it is burning..I water everyday, but it is still browning in several spots.I am in Alabama an we are in drought season so please help

Old Miracle Grow

QuestionI used some miracle grow left over from last summer on my plants and they died. Would letting it sit over winter develop a caustic solution. The plants turned brown and some are yellow. They look

Organic lawn fertilizers

QuestionWhat organic fertilizers do you recommend for lawns? ------------------------- Followup To Question - I have heard a lot of good information about using coffee grounds for fertilizing plants, trees and sh

Hydrangea colors

QuestionWe live in Richmond Virginia. What type of fertiziler do you use to produce blue blooms? We have had them in the past but this year they were white, then changing to a brownish color. AnswerSome

Reducing need for fertilizer

QuestionActually my soil is very much a clay soil. The did spread top soil when they put in the new lawn but I do not know how thick it is. Regarding aeration... Do you have thoughts on the new liquid aeratio

burnt lawn by fertilizer

QuestionOur spreader put the fertilizer on the new sod too heavy. It has been 4 days and we have a few burnt spots in areas where the spreader overlapped. The rest of the lawn doesnt look too bad. The tips of

Burnt Grass

QuestionHello, I had trouble with my grass, as I tried to fix some yellow spots by putting ferilizer. The next morning the entire lawn became yellow. How can I fix my lawn? AnswerYou do not mention where you

Should I use 10,10,10

QuestionIm a newbee at this gardening but I love it! I rely on experts but sometimes they dont agree! I was told 10 10 10 should be tilled into my new dirt (shrub garden) & someone else told me its a waste of time &

Fertiliser for lawn an earth

QuestionI have a very large oak tree in my garden (175 years old) which saps the goodness from the lawn and the planting area. At the moment the lawn area around the tree is like a dust bath and I cant afford to pur

Which fertilizer to use

Question Hello, I live in the high desert of Nevada. The soil here is basically sand and is alkaline. It is well drained. Ive planted green ash,lacebark elm,siberian elm as a w

change color

Questionwhatneeds to be done to the hydranger plant to change the color from white to blue someone said this can be done but how AnswerThere are different types of hydrangeas. The white types are typically arbores

liquified organic fertilizers from cow manure

Questionhi... we have an investigatory project and i really need your help. can the plant really grow healthy if we apply the liquified organic fertilizer out from cow manure? will the process of liquifying the cow

Under Fertilizing

QuestionIf I was afraid of over fertilizing so I did not use enough fertilizer. I am using Scotts Summer formula and the package says not to fertilize again for 2 months. The fertilizer has been on the g

Over Fertized Lawn

QuestionKenneth: I recently applied Scotts Summerguard to my lawn. The setting for the spreader was set 4 times higher than it should have been. As a result it appears that most of the lawn is burnt. Can the lawn be

test ph in soil & type, amount how to fertizize

QuestionI started a grapefruit tree from a seed. the tree is approx 2 foot tall. what is the proper fertilizer and how often should I fertilize. I have it in a 2x2 round pot. I live in Ohio so it has to be indoors d

Tomatoe Plants

QuestionI have tomatoe plants in 5 different varieties . This is the second year in a row that my plants were beautiful , tall , green , but produced NO tomatoes . What has happened ? Last year my wife grew them fro

compost box

Questionhi, can you please tell me what are the pros and cons in using compost boxes? AnswerYou do not need a special container to compost, atleast you do not need to buy special expensive containers. You ge

Endothall

QuestionIs the Herbicide, Endothall, that my apartment complex uses safe for my Medium size Pup? She refuses to urinate after they spray... Answerdave safe is a relative word, safe for now...safe 20 years from now.

too much fertilizer on impatiens?

QuestionMy impatiens have almost stopped blooming, but have plenty of green leaves. I did use Miracle Grow one watering a few weeks ago and have now read that this could be the problem. These impatiens w

Fertilizing lightly every week

QuestionQuick question. I have been fertilizing my lawn about every week, and it has remain a gorgeous thick green. When we bought the house, our lawn unlike the lawns in front of the new homes not sold,