Q. Hi – I have had a Christmas cactus for about 2 years now. Its leaves are now getting about 12 inches long, and very heavy. Am I watering it too much? I water it twice a week. Also, I recently added coffee grounds to help it. Not sure I should have done this. HELP!…
Weird Lawn Grass Weed
Q. I live in North Tacoma and I seem to have acquired a weird grass in my lawn. It never turns green and the top is long and if you pull it up it has very long brown roots and is easy to pull up, but how do you get rid of it. I have…
After Care for Amaryllis Bulbs
Q. I have had a magnificent amaryllis blooming with two four-blossom blooms this past December. I would like to take care of it so that it will bloom again. I purchased it from Home Depot in November. The stems that produce the blooms have now faded, so I cut them off. Several tall green spikes…
Finding a Horseradish Pot
Q. Hi, Several years ago I saw a ceramic pot called a Horseradish Pot. It was designed so that you could lift the top half that the plant actually grew in so you could harvest the roots below. Of course, the benefits are obvious – who wants to fight the take over of horseradish! I…
Drastic Pruning of Pyracantha
Q. How drastic a pruning will pyracantha tolerate? I’ve kept after mine for ten years, but it’s encroaching on a walkway and up onto the garage roof, plus the interior is very sparse. Michael Farley – DuPont, WA A. That all depends on what you mean by drastic. If you mean cutting it back to…