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My marigold is dying. Please help

So I’ve had this Marigold for a few months so far, and now it seems to be dying. Can I still save it? Shall I replant it? or cut the flowers ? Any advice could help. I live in Costa Rica central valley, can be sunny half a day and the other half…
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Broken basil plant at the stem

One of my plants apparently collapsed under its own weight, and the stem is clearly broken, where the plant stem meets the soil (a bit under it apparently). I think that if I move it and twist it for 30 seconds or so, I may be able to detach the…
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What's the name of this leafy brassica looking plant?

I somehow lost the label for this beauty growing in my garden and I have no idea what it is. Can anyone help me???
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Bought this mint pot from Jewel osco 3 days ago. Browning on leaves and stem now

I bought this pot 3 days ago. It receives sunlight everyday the whole morning. I water it morning and afternoon depending how dry the soil is. It is still dying slowly. I cut 1/3 of the mint from the top as advised by others. However some stems are…
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Unidentified purple flowering plants that continually die mid-summer

I've got five large clumps of these plants on the south side of my Michigan home and each year they grow like crazy until mid-to-late July and then they start to die from the bottom up (yellowing and browning very quickly), until only a small little…
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How can I get rid of weeds in my garden?

Obviously it is my first time gardening and I have weeds taller than my tomato, pepper, basil and mint plants. Is there any chemical I can use without hurting my plants or any solution? Also it has been a month or so. I can see tomatoes now but…
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Problems with Camellia sinensis

All my Camellia sinensis appear with the leaves like the foto shows. All the other Camellias ( japonica and sasanqua are Ok)- Please, someone knows what it is?
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Lilly pilly hedges growing unevenly

I have 12 lilly pilly (acmena smithii) hedges (2 out of picture) facing south in the Victoria, Australia which get some sun all year round. It seems though that the ones on the left are growing much better and they degrade off in size going right.…
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Can a plant survive bottled in its own ecosystem for 50 years?

I came across a story on about David Latimer, who put spiderwort plants into a bottle garden ("terrarium") in 1960, watered it in 1972, and then sealed the bung. The plants have been living, thriving even, in their own ecosystem since. The story was…
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What is wrong with this Strawflower?

I have a tom thumb/dwarf strawflower growing in a gallon plastic pot. It's not supposed to get higher than 15 inches and the plant next to it came from the same packet. It only has a few flowers on it, is long and lanky compared to the healthy,…
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How to obtain the inoculant for Lespedeza thunbergii?

I am considering Lespedeza thunbergii for my shrub border, and I found a document on internet that says: Lespedeza thunbergii is a legume, so you must obtain the appropriate fresh, viable inoculant. How to obtain the inoculant for Lespedeza…
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Thyme (Black up curled tipped leaves)

I have a thyme cutting that has rooted, probably about two months and the tips of some of the leaves are turning black and curling up. Any idea what that is? Light, nutrient deficiency or some disease? Additional info, may be of help, it's in a…
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Resurrecting my almost dead house plant

This was a friends plant, a Dracaena Marginata and it basically died, I took it to see if I could regrow it but I’m not that savvy in gardening. Luckily some green has sprouted from the bottom but I don’t know if I should keep the old branches or…
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How to treat a Beaucarnea recurvata wounded at the base of the trunk?

I have recently relocated a Beaucarnea recurvata in the garden. In the process the plant got wounded and I am worried about its survival. Earlier the ball (caudex) was in contact with a 2 feet wooden plant, its roots were going through it and then…
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What is this ornamental conifer and is it dying?

This ornamental conifer, which looks like some sort of blue spruce, has lived in this spot since at least spring of 2014, when it looked like this: I live in SE Pennsylvania, and it has appeared healthy until a few weeks ago, when I noticed a…
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