Stan DeFreitas “Mr. Greenthumb” Shares with you some of his gardening secrets like adding Black Kow manure to any gardening project which can be the foundation to your success.
This video has Stan DeFreitas “Mr. Greenthumb” and his son James DeFreitas showcasing unique Plants and Trees. Including bromeliads and hairy balls Enjoy!
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East Coast Home Show will most likely be in August 2018. And as always yours truly will be giving talks Saturday and Sunday. Please come out and support local businesses. Bring your soil samples as I will be doing free pH testing. If you would like more information please visit: https://www.tampahomeshow.com/
Talks on Saturday and Sunday are TBD.
Jessie Faucette wrote:
We recently moved into a new home. At first I loved the knock out rose bushes
that were around the front of my home, but they were very unruly since the house
had been vacant for 2 years. Over the summer they grew to 8 feet tall and you
could barely see the roof of my front porch. I read that I should not prune
them until early spring, but I just could not stand my new house looking like
something out of jungle book any longer. I “pruned” them ( on Aug.
23)down to about 4 feet tall. This made my home have much more “curb
appeal”, but I am afraid I have ruined my rose bushes. Did I make a huge
mistake? Is there anything I can do to try and assure they will be beautiful
and bloom next year?
Dear Jessie,
Your knockout rose bushes should come back with all the glory that they once exhibited.
Keep enjoying these beautiful plants and think positive!
My Best,
Stan
Snow wrote:
Hello,
I have been trying to do rose Propagation in water, but i am not sure if i
should put anything in the water or not! why isn’t it rooting? do i need to
create a greenhouse environment for that also? can you please help me?
Dear Snow,
Propagation in water in my opinion is not the best way to start most plants.
Take a 3-4 inch cutting, dip this in Root Tone (also known as a rooting hormone)
and place it in a clean container using a good potting soil, such as MiracleGro.
You may wish to put a plastic bag (much like the one that covers your newspaper)
over the container and this helps to hold the moisture around the cutting.
Place this container in a indirect light source (Not full sun!) Hopefully this will
develop roots for you in about six to eight weeks.
My Best,
Stan
Sabino wrote:
How many Brandywine Heirloom Tomato plants can I plant in a (12″ ?) pot?
or in a rectangular clay pot (20″ high X 14″ X 30″)?
I have about 80 seedlings right now and I do not know how to plant them?
This is my first time planting tomatoes ( or any vegetable in my small garden).
Could you please let me know in order to plan accordingly?
Thanks,
SABINO
Dear Sabino:
Sounds to me that you need about 80 pots. One of these plants can fill the entire
container with a successful growth. Do realize that you may lose some of these
seedlings. There are problems such as fungus and insects that may take a toil
on your production. Hopefully you are using a good soil such as MiracleGro soil
as opposed to backyard dirt. The dirt is sometimes full of fungus, bacteria and
weed seeds. Good Luck on your growing.
My best,
Stan
Question: I have searched Stan’s book, “Florida Gardening” and the Internet and haven’t been able to locate instructions on: How to prune a Weeping Hibiscus (WH.), to make it weep. My WH. is 10 yrs old and has multiple leaders and cross branches. Can you offer any insight?
The weeping hibiscus should naturally weep, but that being said I would cut out the dominant branches and any branches crossing each other. You want to be certain to make a clean cut as close to the main stem or branch as possible. No doubt with the recent cold spell nature may have made some of these decisions for you.
