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Soil, Water & Plant Nutrition

Hard Crust on Garden Soil: Why Seedlings Can’t Emerge

Hard Crust on Garden Soil: Why Seedlings Can’t Break Through, and How to Help Them A hard crust forms when rain or watering breaks the surface crumbs of your soil into fine particles that then dry into a thin, cement-like skin. Small seedlings often can’t push through it. If nothing has sprouted yet, soften the...

Flowers, Herbs & Ornamental Plants

Hydrangea Has Leaves but No Flowers? How to Find the Cause

Hydrangea Has Leaves but No Flowers A hydrangea that grows plenty of leaves but never flowers has either lost its flower buds or never made them. Lost buds usually trace back to pruning at the wrong time, winter cold, a late frost, or browsing animals. Buds that never formed usually point to too much shade,...

Soil, Water & Plant Nutrition

Hydrophobic Soil in Raised Beds: Causes and How to Fix It

Hydrophobic Soil in Raised Beds: Why Water Runs Off and How to Fix It You turn on the hose, and the water does not sink in. It beads up, skates across the surface, and slips down the gap along the board. Ten minutes later you push a finger in and find dust an inch below...

Hydrangea Has Leaves but No Flowers? How to Find the Cause

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Hydrangea Has Leaves but No Flowers A hydrangea that grows plenty of leaves but never flowers has either lost its…