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Tips on Improving Plant Health

Gardening expert Kyle walks around my 2nd year permaculture garden and fills us in on how to improve the health of many of the plants growing there. His tips include: Chrysathemums: deadhead gently or they'll snap Grasshoppers: how to get them Watering: rainwater vs. tap; water at the base of the plants to avoid leaf burning Honeysuckle: pruning the dead wood Weed before they seed: native poke weed is invasive Blueberry: pruning out the stressed parts Grasshoppers: kung fu it! mosquitoes too Butterfly bush: cut spent blooms and more will come Camellias: leaves look perfect - maybe it's the wood chips Stokes Aster: spreading seeds back into the ground Barberry: looks great Black Cow: how to use as fertilizer; keeping the air flow Cucumber seedlings: how to know when to transplant Basil seedlings: started too late in the season Gardenia: love sun; needs fertilizer Mock Orange: can cut back 4-5 times a year Miniature Roses: how to prune Mint: what overwatering looks like Chinese Fringe Tree Gladiolus: remove the dead stalk Collards: deadhead and spread seeds Butterfly Bush: more deadheading Dusty Miller: how to prune for repeated blooms Russian Sage: ditto; these guys like DRY Sedum: cuttings root easily; give as gifts Black Eyed Susans: cut back for more blooming Canna Lillies: will keep spreading Lemon Balm Grape Vine: seedlings crop up everywhere; why not to grow it in my tiny backyard Bamboo: needs full sun and larger pots Wisteria: some warnings here Poison Ivy: how to i.d.; remove it with Safer or salt spray; remove the wisteria which shades the poison ivy allowing it to spread; why it's found on the edge of the woods