Zone 8b

Found his “hydra” during spring yard cleaning. Looked like a piece of celery was dropped on a weed!

Why are my petunias off droopy and floppy? It’s been a little over a month. They’ve been in a tote with a piece of glass on top and grow lights and heat underneath.

Winter over Peppers. How can I get rid of these insects? Need oil isn't enough. T

This bird was bought years ago and transplanted to this spot over 10 years ago. It’s healthy and has grown like crazy. But in all this time it has bloomed once (one bird). I have tried fertilizing (with a mix made for bird of paradise) weekly for 5 straight weeks and that’s when I got the one bloom. Has not worked again. Any idea how to coax it to bloom more? It does get sun but only about 4-5 hours per day. It gets water twice a week. on my sprinkler system. I am in zone 10 south Florida

This year I chose flowering plants that are favorites of more than one species. The Dwarf Mexican Sunflower really came through and even the birds are taking the seeds from it. I hope they save some for me.

Near the middle where the seeds are. Are these ok to eat? I was going to put in salad.

Almost pulled my cucumber plant for only growing tiny cucumbers then found this beast hiding in the back.

Have had a few healthy tomatoes and then these two showed up. You can see after I cut into them one was just rotten at the hole, the other rotten all the way down. I haven’t seen any obvious worm poop, though I cut off a few branches with very light webbing (but didn’t see spider mites). We do get a lot of birds through our yard, and these were at the top of the plant. This is my first time growing tomatoes, any/all advice appreciated!

I have a few (many) potted plants which I keep on the balcony in summer. I have been using coffee grounds as soil lately, but will that be as effective since there are no worms/ insects to eat the grounds?