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Questions and Answers:Q. I am trying to buy fresh vegetables for canning and I'm having trouble telling exactly how many pounds of an item should be in a bushel. Are there any guidelines available? A. According to data supplied by the U.S. government, here is a chart you can use when purchasing produce in bushel quantities. These are approximate and can be used as a general guideline when purchasing vegetables in large quantities. If you buy by the peck remember that there are four pecks to the bushel.
Q. My redbud tree looks like it's dying. What could be the problem? A. Redbud trees, especially the Eastern Redbud, are prone to several fungal diseases including verticillium wilt, which appears after a period of cool damp weather. It can be fatal, causing a sudden and total collapse of the tree. Sometimes one branch or one section of the plant is all that's affected. If that is the case, trim out the dead sections and fertilize with a tree fertilizer containing nitrogen. The first number on the fertilizer description is the level of nitrogen. For example, if it says 10-5-3. 10 would be the level of nitrogen in the product. Many times the tree will grow out of the problem after it's dropped all the leaves. You can check to see how much of the tree is gone by scratching a small place with your fingernail and seeing if there is green underneath the bark. Don't replant a tree in the same place where you had a tree that died from a fungal disease because fungal problems can survive in the soil for a while. Click Here to Ask Me a Gardening Question
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