by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
We have 3 ways to address weeds in and around Vegetable Gardens. 1. Garden Plot Preparation Either before you break ground on a new garden plot or have an existing garden that has many weeds and grasses. Treat this area with Hi-Yield Super KillZall before seeding... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
I created this sheet as a brief guide to growing blueberries. This is not a complete guide, but a rundown of key things to look for or do, to try and raise blueberries in almost all areas. For more precise instructions and often variety selections for your area,... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 25, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
Peach Leaf Curl (PLC) Peach Leaf Curl is a very common disease that affects the blossoms, fruit, leaves and shoots of peaches, ornamental flowering peaches and nectarines. PLC starts out in the spring as reddish blisters or areas. As these areas thicken it causes the... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 25, 2019 | DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Poison Ivy (PI) – Poison Oak (PO) – Poison Sumac (PS) When looking at a map of the United States, I see almost all of us have the potential to have at least two of the woody poisonous plants. The two most common, PI and PO both have leaves in a cluster of... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 24, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
Fire Blight is a bacterial disease that affects plants in the rose family including; apple, pear, crabapple, hawthorn, cotoneaster, mountain ash, quince, rose, pyracantha, and spirea. The bacteria overwinter in cankers, which produce a sticky ooze in the early spring.... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 23, 2019 | DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Planting When planting, always give your new plant a head start by using ferti-lome Root Stimulator. Mix 3½ Tbs per gallon of water. Dig the hole, pour some of the mix in the hole, as it is absorbing into the soil, put the root ball in, to absorb some of the mix.... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 23, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
Fall Dormant after the leaves drop in the fall. This is the best time to prune and fertilizer with ferti-lome Fruit Tree Food. Spray with ferti-lome Horticultural Oil or HY Dormant Oil, thoroughly coat all the branches and trunk. On Peaches spray with NG Copper... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 23, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box
Planting When planting, always give your new plant a head start by using ferti-lome Root Stimulator. Mix 3½ Tbs per gallon of water. Dig the hole, pour some of the mix in the hole, as it is absorbing into the soil, put the root ball in, to absorb some of the mix.... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 20, 2018 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box
Aspen are a native tree to the cooler parts of the United States. Cooler may be the north or higher up in elevation. But as man often does, we have brought these lovely trees down to warmer areas and have discovered they have a few problems where they are not native,... 
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