Segment 4 of S5E14 Garden questions answered early June - The Gardening with Joey and Holly Radio show

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In segment four Joey and Holly answer gardeners questions
Q: I bought several hanging baskets. The flowers are doing fine, but I see on top of the soil what looks like round egg shaped things that are slit open. Do I have some bugs that have hatched? What do I need to do?
A: Those are fertilizer capsules for the garden center/ grower. Nothing is wrong as they get wet and over time they will open and feed the plant.
I found some store bought potatoes under the cabinet. They are still firm and have sprouts on them about 9 inches long. Can I plant these if so should I pinch the sprouts off?
Q: Yes you can plant them store bought can be ify but if you have sprouted do not remove the sprouts if you can cut then to get more potatoes leaving one to two sprouts per chunk no smaller than an egg then plant them deep or trench method you are good to go. Do not plant them if you have summer soil temps that excide 85F.

3. Q I have recently moved into a house in the boston area that the previous owners have kept a very nice lawn with no weeds that I can see and a nice thick blanket of grass. I have a riding mower and since I have never had a lawn like this before (in my old house what ever grew was cut short and that was that) I would like to keep it nice looking. How often and how low should I be cutting the grass.
A: An optimal height for a cool-season grass Which you would have (Cool-season grasses are grass types that thrive in areas with cold winters and hot summers. ... However, these grasses grow best when temperatures are between 60-75 degree F, which is why they grow most actively in the spring and fall) generally is about 2 ½ inches . And at each mowing, you should only be removing about the top 1/3 of the grass blade. Consequently, a good time to mow lawns is when your grass is about 3 to 3.5 inches high now some will keep their grass at 4 inches that really shades out the weeds.
4. I want to plant rosemary and lavendar together, would that work?

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