Soil ph consideration in dryland wheat class When is it The time and date And location

I have two verbena plants that were outdoors, and were brought inside before the first frost. Starting while they were outdoors (Sept), and continuing until now, they are not blooming. The bloom starts as usual, with the round purple-colored 'buds' (pictured). These then appear to wither/ disappear. I'm not sure if something very tiny is eating them, or perhaps a fungus or bacteria is killing the blooms. The leaves seem ok. I've been spraying with a biofungicide, but they are not improving.

Where may I find more information on LED grow lights. What lights do you recommend?

Hello, I have seen online about Bonsai Lotus seeds. Before I order some online I am wondering if they are legitimate, and whether they are easy to grow in a bowl of water. Thank you for any information you can provide.

If wrapped bale's are free of visible mold and smell sweet, are they safe for horses?

I have had a grub problem for many years. Must not be treating with the correct product, or timing it right. This fungus showed up late last summer. Thanks for any help you can pass along.

Hello, my wife and I are building a home on our family farm west of Wooster. We are building in the middle of a 65 acre cornfield, parceled off into about 10 acres with plans to landscape 3 acres. We are hoping to link up with someone who can advise us on this blank slate! We are about a mile from the Mellinger Farm and frequently visit the Secrest Arboretum for inspiration. Any help is appreciated!

Hello. Had a couple questions and thought I would send them during your "quiet" time in so far as beekeeping goes. Last year I asked about whether Oxalic Acid (OA) is allowed with honey supers on and Meghan replied that the Api-Bioxal (only with the label allowing it) is currently allowed with honey supers. I have some and looked at the label on both my OA containers and both show the same ingredients. The only reason I can think of that comes to mind is that the Api-Bioxal was tested and others were not? Do you know if that's the case, and if not, why is all OA not allowed with honey supers on if they share the same ingredients? Second question: Each year I put in empty frames in my colonies to create and remove drone come as part of my IPM for varorra mites throughout the year. I was just reading a book where they recommend removing / freezing the frames, scraping the cappings, but then putting them back in and having the bees removed the dead pupae and cleaning out the cells. I know that building wax is very labor intensive for bees and hate to completely remove the comb and start from scratch and wondered if any of you do drone comb removal and if so, do you cut the wax comb completely out, or freeze, scrape off the cappings and reinstall for the bees to clean? Just want to make things as easy as I can for my bees. I'm also reading about removing the drone comb from various colonies and instead of discarding them, installing them in a "drone nuc" which is heavy in drone just so I'm not depriving my apiaries of too much drone for mating. Have any of you had success doing that? Of course I worry about varroa immigration to other colonies as my apiaries are all within our 10 acre plot. I'm just now getting to a point where I'll have enough colonies to explore and expand in trying some new things to help keep my bees healthy and productive. Thanks very much!!!!

I would like to cut a bunch of young saplings at about 8" up from the ground. Then immediately apply poison to the cut portion hoping the poison will travel to the roots and kill the chance of any new saplings growing from the roots of the cut sapling. Alternatively I have an Extractigator "Big Daddy" which will use leverage to pull out the sapling along with most of the roots. Should I skip the poison step and simply pull it up by the roots? Also, if using poison is more effective, what poison is best? These are cherry and prune tree saplings mostly.

Hello, I’m a Calvert County MG with a question: should I remove the left hand portion of this tree? The portion is leaning downhill. I think the tree is Prunus subhirtela. Thank you!