Jackie Rhoades
Jackie Rhoades began writing for Gardening Know How in 2010.
Latest articles by Jackie Rhoades
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Tropical Passion Flowers - How To Grow Passion Vine
There are over 400 species of tropical passion flowers. Find tips for growing passion flowers in the following article to make caring for your own passion vine an easy endeavor. Click here for more.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Tips For How To Grow Broccoli Rabe
What is broccoli rabe? Whatever it is, it's easy to grow and worth a small patch in your vegetable garden. However, how to grow broccoli rabe properly seems to be another part of the mystery. Learn more here.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Cucumber Mosaic Virus Symptoms And Treatment
Cucumber mosaic disease isn't limited to cucumbers. While these and other cucurbits can be stricken, Cucumber Mosaic Virus regularly attacks a wide variety of other garden vegetables. Click here for more info.
By Jackie Rhoades
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What Causes Peppers To Fall Off The Plant
Pepper plants can be finicky. One year it's a bumper crop and the next - Bupkis! One of the main complaints about growing peppers are those baby peppers falling off plants when everything else looks fine. Learn more here.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Corn Pollination - How To Hand Pollinate Corn
For the home gardener, manual pollination of corn is almost a necessity. Learning how to hand pollinate corn can increase your yield and help prevent those sterile stalks. Learn more in this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Killing Wild Violets - Tips For Wild Violet Control
Controlling wild violets in the lawn may be one of the most difficult gardening problems a homeowner can face. Those pretty little plants can quickly take over a lawn. Get tips for their control in this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Growing Cassia Trees - Tips For Planting A Cassia Tree And Its Care
No one can visit a tropical locale without noticing the multi-trunked trees with golden flowers cascading from the branches. Get cassia tree info and learn how to grow cassia trees in this article.
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How To Treat Trees With Brown Rot
Brown rot fungus is a fungal disease that can devastate stone crop fruits such as nectarines, peaches, cherries and plums. Learn more about this disease and how to control it in this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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How To Pinch Sweet Peas For Fuller Plants
Pinching out sweet peas will provide you with more blooms for cutting. It's one of the wonders of growing these delightful vines. The more blooms you cut, the more will grow. Learn more in this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Stop Armadillos In The Garden - Getting Rid Of Armadillos
Armadillo control has become a concern throughout the southwest and beyond. Before you ask about how to get rid of armadillos, you need to know a little about them. This article will help.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Aphelandra Zebra Houseplant - Growing Info And Zebra Plant Care
Perhaps you want to know how to care for a zebra plant, or maybe, how to get a zebra plant to bloom, but, first, you need to find out which zebra plant you have sitting in your window. This article will help.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Ground Cover Plants For Hillside Gardens
Steep hills in the landscape have always been a problem. Anyone who has mowed lawn on a hillside knows it?s no picnic. So what's a gardener to do? Read this article and opt for hill ground cover instead.
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Collecting Onion Seeds: How To Harvest Onion Seeds
When they find that special onion variety particularly appealing, many gardeners want to know how to collect onion seeds for future sowing. Harvesting onion seeds is a fairly simple process, and this article can help.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Tomato Plant Diseases And How To Identify A Disease In Tomato Plants
Diseases of tomato plants concern every gardener whether they grow one plant in a pot or enough to can and freeze. There are too many tomato plant diseases to list in one article, but here are some of the most common.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Potato Soft Rot: Tips For Managing Bacterial Soft Rot Of Potatoes
Bacterial soft rot is a common problem in potato crops. What causes soft rot in potatoes and how can you avoid or treat this condition? Read this article for information on this potato disease and find out.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Dallisgrass Weed: How To Control Dallisgrass
An unintentionally introduced weed, dallisgrass is difficult to control, but with a little know how, it is possible. Read this article for information on how to kill dallisgrass. Click here for more.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Tips On Making Microclimates - How To Make A Microclimate
As a gardener, you're familiar with hardiness zones and frost dates. Another important factor to check before you plant are microclimates. What is it and what are the causes of a microclimate? Find out here
By Jackie Rhoades
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Heliotrope Care: Tips For Growing A Heliotrope Plant
Heliotrope flowers were a favorite in my grandmother's garden and heliotrope care a regular part of her summer routine. You can also enjoy these old-time favorites with growing info from this article.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Tips For Growing Fancy Leaf Caladiums
Fancy leaf caladiums are a great addition to the often all-too-green shade garden. Before you grow fancy leaf caladiums, there are a few things you should know about them and their care. This article will help.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Boron In Soil: The Affects Of Boron On Plants
For the conscientious home gardener, boron deficiency in plants should not be a problem. But, once in awhile, a boron deficiency in plants does occur. This article can help when it does.
By Jackie Rhoades
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How To Grow Asparagus
Asparagus is the first vegetable harvested each spring. It is prized for its flavor. Growing asparagus takes some patience but is well worth the wait in the end. Get information on asparagus care here.
By Jackie Rhoades
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Aster Yellows On Flowers - Information On Controlling Aster Yellows Disease
Aster yellows can affect a myriad of plants and is often quite detrimental to them as well. Read this article to learn more about this problem and how to control aster yellows on flowers and other plants in the garden.
By Jackie Rhoades