Recent content by Avon Barksdale

I would be happy to but I'm no longer in St. Louis, I was just there a short while for a job. I'm back home several hours away now.

Tradewindsfruit has them http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/laurus-nobilis-bay-leaf-seeds   I've always had good luck with their seeds.   You might want to check around local nurseries too.  I bought a couple small bay laurel trees for $3.99 each at a nursery in St. Louis a few weeks ago.

In case anyone is looking companionplants.com has curry trees. I've bought a lot of plants from them and they are a quality business, reasonable prices, healthy plants, fast shipping, and huge selection.

Serranos do very well in colder weather compared to most varieties, they originated in the mountains in Puebla and Hidalgo, Mexico, where I'm sure it gets colder than the lower altitude regions. Serranos and pubescens are always the last ones standing for me, and they continue to set pods in...

I wouldn't worry about it, unless your ground or potting mix has really bad drainage. We just finally got our first rain in over a month last night. You don't see the vegetation around your yard dying every time there are heavy rains do you?

Have you felt some of these containers on hot days in full sun? They get really, really, hot, and the color (and type of material) makes a big difference. I've noticed that my plants in black plastic pots thrive in the spring and then start to struggle when it gets really hot. Here's some...

How big are they? Mine usually get to a fairly decent size before they set fruit. Maybe they're too young? The only time I've had problem with fruit set was the first year when I only had one plant and didn't get a single fruit, but I have so many bees (and wasps) in the backyard I'm always...

Most mulch is a little big for a potting mix, the big pieces don't leave a lot of room for roots to grow. You can do a 5:1:1 mix of 5 parts composted pine bark fines, 1 part sphagnum peat, and 1 part perlite, plus some lime.

Apricots and peaches usually come fairly true from seed. So most likely you would get a tree that produces good fruit, but there's no way to know for sure without planting it and waiting 4+ years. If you decide to plant it you'll need to cold stratify the seed either in the refrigerator or...

Yeah. I've seen them at Lowe's and Walmart.

You can buy Stevia plants in just about any nursery or big box store.

They look very similar to the Thai Demon F1 I grew last year. They grew to about 5-6 feet tall and very productive. They were extremely hot for a frutescens and had good flavor, I liked them a lot.

People attribute plant growth to all kinds of things, including playing music for them and talking to them. As far as Eco seeds goes, apparently they are a reputable company to order seeds from, but if you read that site a lot of the growing information is a little whacky and off the wall. I...

I think the root zone temps get too hot in potted plants, especially those in black pots. My in ground plants do just fine in full sun and 95+ temperatures once they're well established and the roots are able to penetrate deep to draw water. A full sun pepper is almost always going to be...