Is there an herbicide that will not harm the peanut grass but will kill the doll... [Article]
Dollar weed is a wetland plant indicating that the area is very wet. Cut back on irrigation, or if this is a low area that remains wet, choose a different plant as perennial peanut does not like wet
- Is it ok to put wood chips on potted tomato plants? [Article]
Wood chips can be used as mulch on the soil surface. It is a good idea to pull the mulch back a couple of inches from the stem of the plant to allow for air circulation. Mulch will help to hold moistu...
- How can we treat soda apple weeds and will this be an ongoing problem? [Article]
Tropical soda apple can sprayed with glyphosate-based herbicides like Roundup. Complete coverage of the plants is necessary for the best control. Glyphosate is non-selective (will kill most kinds of v...
- What are some of the best, flowering plants that survive the hot, humid summer? [Article]
There are many choices of flowering plants that survive the high night temperatures, heavy rainfall and relatively high humidity that is our climate. Here are a few: Tickseed, Coreopsis, spp., Lily of...
- Weeds are slowly, but surely, beginning to enter our St. Augustine lawn. What ki... [Article]
A healthy lawn that is properly mowed, fertilized, and irrigated will generally out-compete most weeds. Here are a few tips for care that will help maintain good health:
Never remove
- My St. Augustine lawn has patches of clover growing here and there throughout th... [Article]
Most weeds that appe
- What can I do to control weeds in my St. Augustine lawn besides spraying chemica... [Article]
- Are there any public locations where you could bring materials to be composted? [Article]
... where “yard waste” materials, such as tree and shrub pruning’s, grass clippings, weeds, etc. can be dr
- My Citrus tree has begun to drop leaves and fruit. What can I do? [Article]
There are several possible causes for leaf drop. Be sure that you are not watering the area around the tree any more than once a week. Established citrus trees are rather drought tolerant and freque
