I bought a small fountain and I have 3 plants in it with 3 tad poles and 2 fish. I have a Pix if want to send me a message. I am worried that the water is not good water for my fish. My Fiance thinks that the plants are too much dirt for a small fountain or my water garden is needing an oxygen pump to keep the Fish alive. My mom has a similar larger scale water garden with a Fountain, plants and fish the only difference is she has well water and her watergarden is much larger than mine. So do I need an oxygen pump plus my fountain? Should I take the plants out? Or do you think I need to buy bottled water to put in my fountain; or atleast buy the chemical that takes the floride and chlorine out of the water?
How to keep fish alive in a water garden?
If you have a water garden with a fountain your fish are getting oxygen,your plants also provide oxygen. Once tap water sets for about 24 hrs. the chlorine in it disappears. If you have goldfish in your pond try floating a block of ice in it during this hot weather,they love cold temps.
Reply:Plants are a good step - the fish and water need them. Do not ever use bottled water. Instead buy a liquid additive to balance the pH in your water. Check Lowe's or even better, look in your yellow pages for a nursery that supports water gardeners.
The other thing is don't change the water. Once the water reaches the good pH, changing it throws everything off balance. Koi are messy fish and they will eat your plants.
We use Barley Straw in our pond every few months to control the algae. Also called a Barley Ball.
Keep your pump going 24/7, all year long. Clean it's filter regularly and insure the water level doesn't drop too low.
Have fun....
Reply:Leave the plants for sure and if they are making the water dirty with their soil next time plant them in water garden soil in a water garden pot, you can get it at any water garden store. Get rid of any chlorine... bad news for fish. I suspect another problem might be the water temp. In this heat we are having now and I live in the north east, I run some fresh cold water into my pond 2 or 3 times a day to keep the temp down. I don't have chlorinated water. I have two pumps running especially in the heat for the extra oxygen but I am not sure what size your water garden is. If the fish are swimming close to the top and gasping you may need another pump. watergarden.com is a very good site to help with many problems.
Reply:defiantly get a water conditioner to take the chlorine and metals out of the water, other than that, it depends on how small you mean by small and how big the fish are. you're probably ok though
Reply:The smaller the pond the harder it is to upkeep it and the more problems you are likely to have. Keep the plants in it. They are essential to use up the waste that is in the pond. Keep the water moving. This will keep the water fresh. Moving water holds more oxygen and will not go stagnant. You don’t necessarily need a filter but it would help with a smaller pond because you don’t want a lot of waste building up. Never add city/treated water to your pond. It may contain an overbalance of minerals or ‘other’ that can put a hurt on the balance of your pond. Always use rain, distilled or well water. If you can’t then follow the advise here and treat the city water before you add it.
Reply:Try changing the water frequently and if that doesn't work, use a water purifier.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
Where Can I Start A Vegetable Garden?
I wanted to start my very own vegetable garden. I have good soil, some organic fertilizer, enough water and a small garden space and containers. But the problem is sunlight. In our backyard, there is a big mango tree and a banana plant. I only had a small space, so limited sunlight is received, most plants in my garden receive less than 6 hours. What could be the best solution? Can I start a garden on our roof?
Where Can I Start A Vegetable Garden?
there are alot of plants that don't require to mush space.. green beans, lettuce, radishes,
don't to vegetables that grow viney, like zucchini, watermelon, squash.... because they will take over what little space you have... as long as they are getting a good amount of sunlight they should be OK... as long as you don't over water.
Reply:try this link
http://gardening-tips-idea.com/HowtoGrow...
Reply:Hi, you could try some vegetables and fruit which don't need full sunlight and are quite happy growing in shaded places: lettuce, carrots and strawberries spring to mind immediately. Strawberries are often grown in orchards, so more than happy with dappled sunlight, and during the hot summer, lettuce actually PREFERS shaded areas.
As for other possible areas to grow veg, what about containers? Am sure you have some windowsill space which catches more sun, and there are quite a number of miniature veg (including cauliflowers, lettuce, and short-rooted carrot varieties) which can be grown on windowsill or plantpots. Herbs are another obvious choice.
If you have some wall space in your backyard which gets more sun, you could also try growing veg in containers against the walls, eg tomatoes, runner beans, pumpkins, grapes, cucumbers.
Or pop some hanging baskets up outside your door or sunny window and grow cherry tomatoes (Tumbling Tom is a good choice) and even peas. Another brilliant option are the upside-down tomato planters, which you could also hang on a sunny wall - they can be used to grow not just tomatoes, but also cucumbers, peppers and aubergines (I think!).
Good Luck - am sure once you start, you'll find plenty more possibles!
Where Can I Start A Vegetable Garden?
there are alot of plants that don't require to mush space.. green beans, lettuce, radishes,
don't to vegetables that grow viney, like zucchini, watermelon, squash.... because they will take over what little space you have... as long as they are getting a good amount of sunlight they should be OK... as long as you don't over water.
Reply:try this link
http://gardening-tips-idea.com/HowtoGrow...
Reply:Hi, you could try some vegetables and fruit which don't need full sunlight and are quite happy growing in shaded places: lettuce, carrots and strawberries spring to mind immediately. Strawberries are often grown in orchards, so more than happy with dappled sunlight, and during the hot summer, lettuce actually PREFERS shaded areas.
As for other possible areas to grow veg, what about containers? Am sure you have some windowsill space which catches more sun, and there are quite a number of miniature veg (including cauliflowers, lettuce, and short-rooted carrot varieties) which can be grown on windowsill or plantpots. Herbs are another obvious choice.
If you have some wall space in your backyard which gets more sun, you could also try growing veg in containers against the walls, eg tomatoes, runner beans, pumpkins, grapes, cucumbers.
Or pop some hanging baskets up outside your door or sunny window and grow cherry tomatoes (Tumbling Tom is a good choice) and even peas. Another brilliant option are the upside-down tomato planters, which you could also hang on a sunny wall - they can be used to grow not just tomatoes, but also cucumbers, peppers and aubergines (I think!).
Good Luck - am sure once you start, you'll find plenty more possibles!
How can i make a garden in small space?
my house has very little space around and no plants at all. i'm planning to make a small vegetable garden on the terrace and to plant some around. any suggestions to start with?
[i'm not planning to consult a proffessional for that purpose].
how about the idea of planting medicinal plants in the pot.
ANY idea is appreciated. I may be able to choose the appropriate one.
thanks.
How can i make a garden in small space?
Container gardens work out fine. Tomatoes will need larger pots, but so long as you water the containers regularly and add some support for the heavy branches, you will get a nice yield.
You can grow pole beans, (green beans that grow on long vines, so they can climb up fences or strings rigged up for them.)
Peas grow upward on strings, too.
I have seen people grow cucumbers as climbing vines by taking sections of nylons/pantyhose and creating slings for them and tying them to the fence, so the growing weight of the vegetable is supported.
You could place a ladder or other shelf where many pots of smaller plants can be kept.(Leaf lettuces, carrots, beets, spinach, etc.)
Reply:Go find a book called Square Foot Gardening. It will show you how to organize, plant, and enjoy a small space garden and yet it will yield big amounts of flowers and veggies. I did it and was amazed. Enjoy, take pics, and repeat next year.
Reply:medicinal is a good idea!
[i'm not planning to consult a proffessional for that purpose].
how about the idea of planting medicinal plants in the pot.
ANY idea is appreciated. I may be able to choose the appropriate one.
thanks.
How can i make a garden in small space?
Container gardens work out fine. Tomatoes will need larger pots, but so long as you water the containers regularly and add some support for the heavy branches, you will get a nice yield.
You can grow pole beans, (green beans that grow on long vines, so they can climb up fences or strings rigged up for them.)
Peas grow upward on strings, too.
I have seen people grow cucumbers as climbing vines by taking sections of nylons/pantyhose and creating slings for them and tying them to the fence, so the growing weight of the vegetable is supported.
You could place a ladder or other shelf where many pots of smaller plants can be kept.(Leaf lettuces, carrots, beets, spinach, etc.)
Reply:Go find a book called Square Foot Gardening. It will show you how to organize, plant, and enjoy a small space garden and yet it will yield big amounts of flowers and veggies. I did it and was amazed. Enjoy, take pics, and repeat next year.
Reply:medicinal is a good idea!
How can I collect rainwater to feed my garden?
I have 4 raised beds and I want to collect rain water from the roof's drain pipe so I can conserve water and use that for my garden. Does anyone have any ideas on how this can be done. I'm thinking about buying a big barrel and putting it under the roof's gutter pipe to collect the water but whatelse can I do and how can I get the water from the barrel to the garden? by the way what kind of barrel do i need? I live in a neighborhood so it has to look good or neighbors won't like it. Thank you all.
How can I collect rainwater to feed my garden?
Go to a store and buy a watering jug with a big nozzle at the end and something like a bowl to feed water from the barrel into the jug.
Or if you can spend a little more and buy a water pump and connect a hose and water nozzle and use it.
But try to cover the water so that insects like mosquito will not reproduce in them.
Reply:They had this on an episode of ask this old house the other day. You can go to ask this old house.com and look for past archives. "Harvesting the water with rain barrels" It also has links to other web sites that sell rain harvesting equipment. These system can be as simple as water running into a barrel or get as complex as piping it into a underground storage tank and pumping it back out.
The one they showed was an old whiskey barrel elevated slightly on some concrete blocks for gravity purposes. Take and install a check valve on your downspout of the gutter these were specially manufactured to fit downspouts. This allows your barrel to fill up until it gets full then the water will simply run out the downspout. Install drain at bottom of barrel and hook up a soaker hose. Snake soaker through beds and cover with mulch. Simple setup and easily installed also the whiskey barrels can add character to house.
Reply:Smart idea! your neighbors won't like it no matter what you do, though. Get a whiskey barrel, holds about 50 gallons. You can buy a small electric pump that fits a garden hose to remove the water from the barrel.
Reply:You can get the old wooden barrels or you can also get plastic ones from food processers. If you drill a hole near the bottom and your barrel is a bit higher than your raised bed. You can put a hose in the side near the bottom, then just carry it to your garden site and water away.
Reply:Have you thought of piping to flow into the gardens. Maybe a barrel with something to decorate it or cover it.
Reply:I have two rain barrels and I plan to add more. They are excellent, and I think you'll be pleased.
You can easily make a rain barrel from any container, the classic whiskey barrel is my favorite (the water will smell like whiskey for awhile, but it won't hurt your plants). I bought a drain cover from the local home improvement store, the kind you would put over a floor drain or sump hole. Then I cut a hole in the top of the barrel the same size, and inserted the cover. This keeps mosquitos from breeding in the barrel. then I drilled a one-inch hole near the top for the overflow, and a hole a few inches from the bottom to fit an ordinary garden spigot. This will have threads on it, and will screw right into the wood of the barrel. I raised my barrels on concrete blocks to make it easier to attach a hose and to add to the water pressure, and put it under the downspout which I cut to just above the barrel. The water flows into the barrel, I attach a hose to the spigot at the bottom, and water away. The weight of the water will create pressure so you don't need any pump unless you are going uphill. The higher your barrel, the more pressure.
You'd be surprised how much rain water you can collect, and it is much better than tap water for your plants. Tap water contains chemicals such as chlorine and flouride. Rain water may have a little bird poo from the roof, but it is better, and free.
If you live in an area that freezes in winter, just redirect the downspout and drain the barrel before it freezes. If you don't like the look of the whiskey barrel, you can use any type of barrel and paint it to match your house.
Reply:It might be expensive but a big old whiskey barrel is not only attractive but efficient at catching water. Do you have a walmart nearby they sell these types of things. Once you catch the rain water you can use a bucket any kind of bucket to carry the water to the plants.
Reply:Look in any old issue of "The Mother Earth News". There is a supplier of large plastic barrels with a diverter for your drain and a valve to let water out through a hose to your garden. If you use a drip system in your beds then you can run it directly to it. You also have to consider overflow during heavy rains so plan on where that water will go and put the barrel on a layer of gravel to avoid erosion.
Reply:i think you can find a great help in:
www.gadwood.com\index1.html
Reply:My daughter bought a barrel and put it under the drain pipe. She has a spigot on the bottom to attach a hose.You can buy a little pump if your garden is above the barrel. Of course all this isn't practical, but the thought is honorable, and it won't hurt you. I do stuff like that too, call me romantis or stupid.
Reply:i commend you for trying to conserve water and using rain water... i also tried doing this because i live in an apartment and carrying milk jug after milk jug of water outside was getting to be a pain in the butt.... i got a water treated barrel from walmart... and it worked real well.. the thing i have to warn you about is the mosquitoes.... they breed in standing water and carry west Nile virus.... i didn't use all of the water one night and i went out the next morning and there were mosquito babies ( zillions of them) in my water.... so i don't know how you would treat that and still collect the water... as i have a small daughter who is going to play outside.. i couldn't afford to breed all of those bugs and just kept using the milk jugs.....good luck to you though!
Reply:You can use a metal or plastic 55gal barrel and install a spigot on the bottom 6" of the barrel. then connect a hose to it and gravity will take care of the rest.
If there is room you can always re-route the downspout to go around the corner of the house.
Or you can dig it into the ground and buy a inexpensive sump pump and connect a hose to it.
There systems are very common and there are many products that are made for this purpose.
http://www.gutterworks.com/rain_barrels....
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/rainbar...
http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/water...
Reply:rain isnt very clean water when it comes down (since it a garden), i would suggest to use tap water
Reply:You could build a wood fence to hide the barrel. You can siphon the water with a garden hose if the garden is lower than the barrel. Just lay out the hose, put the end in the barrel. Sometimes it will just start running because its lower if not you will have to suck on the hose for a minute and it will start to run. The best garden I ever grew was topped with tar paper. I cut holes for my plants. they were warmer and moister. And I hardy had any weeds. Everything grew way faster and bigger. I had two ears of corn on every stalk. It was a shorter variety. Worth a try. I swear. just make sure if you do have a dry spell you put water into each hole, but you probably won't need to.
How can I collect rainwater to feed my garden?
Go to a store and buy a watering jug with a big nozzle at the end and something like a bowl to feed water from the barrel into the jug.
Or if you can spend a little more and buy a water pump and connect a hose and water nozzle and use it.
But try to cover the water so that insects like mosquito will not reproduce in them.
Reply:They had this on an episode of ask this old house the other day. You can go to ask this old house.com and look for past archives. "Harvesting the water with rain barrels" It also has links to other web sites that sell rain harvesting equipment. These system can be as simple as water running into a barrel or get as complex as piping it into a underground storage tank and pumping it back out.
The one they showed was an old whiskey barrel elevated slightly on some concrete blocks for gravity purposes. Take and install a check valve on your downspout of the gutter these were specially manufactured to fit downspouts. This allows your barrel to fill up until it gets full then the water will simply run out the downspout. Install drain at bottom of barrel and hook up a soaker hose. Snake soaker through beds and cover with mulch. Simple setup and easily installed also the whiskey barrels can add character to house.
Reply:Smart idea! your neighbors won't like it no matter what you do, though. Get a whiskey barrel, holds about 50 gallons. You can buy a small electric pump that fits a garden hose to remove the water from the barrel.
Reply:You can get the old wooden barrels or you can also get plastic ones from food processers. If you drill a hole near the bottom and your barrel is a bit higher than your raised bed. You can put a hose in the side near the bottom, then just carry it to your garden site and water away.
Reply:Have you thought of piping to flow into the gardens. Maybe a barrel with something to decorate it or cover it.
Reply:I have two rain barrels and I plan to add more. They are excellent, and I think you'll be pleased.
You can easily make a rain barrel from any container, the classic whiskey barrel is my favorite (the water will smell like whiskey for awhile, but it won't hurt your plants). I bought a drain cover from the local home improvement store, the kind you would put over a floor drain or sump hole. Then I cut a hole in the top of the barrel the same size, and inserted the cover. This keeps mosquitos from breeding in the barrel. then I drilled a one-inch hole near the top for the overflow, and a hole a few inches from the bottom to fit an ordinary garden spigot. This will have threads on it, and will screw right into the wood of the barrel. I raised my barrels on concrete blocks to make it easier to attach a hose and to add to the water pressure, and put it under the downspout which I cut to just above the barrel. The water flows into the barrel, I attach a hose to the spigot at the bottom, and water away. The weight of the water will create pressure so you don't need any pump unless you are going uphill. The higher your barrel, the more pressure.
You'd be surprised how much rain water you can collect, and it is much better than tap water for your plants. Tap water contains chemicals such as chlorine and flouride. Rain water may have a little bird poo from the roof, but it is better, and free.
If you live in an area that freezes in winter, just redirect the downspout and drain the barrel before it freezes. If you don't like the look of the whiskey barrel, you can use any type of barrel and paint it to match your house.
Reply:It might be expensive but a big old whiskey barrel is not only attractive but efficient at catching water. Do you have a walmart nearby they sell these types of things. Once you catch the rain water you can use a bucket any kind of bucket to carry the water to the plants.
Reply:Look in any old issue of "The Mother Earth News". There is a supplier of large plastic barrels with a diverter for your drain and a valve to let water out through a hose to your garden. If you use a drip system in your beds then you can run it directly to it. You also have to consider overflow during heavy rains so plan on where that water will go and put the barrel on a layer of gravel to avoid erosion.
Reply:i think you can find a great help in:
www.gadwood.com\index1.html
Reply:My daughter bought a barrel and put it under the drain pipe. She has a spigot on the bottom to attach a hose.You can buy a little pump if your garden is above the barrel. Of course all this isn't practical, but the thought is honorable, and it won't hurt you. I do stuff like that too, call me romantis or stupid.
Reply:i commend you for trying to conserve water and using rain water... i also tried doing this because i live in an apartment and carrying milk jug after milk jug of water outside was getting to be a pain in the butt.... i got a water treated barrel from walmart... and it worked real well.. the thing i have to warn you about is the mosquitoes.... they breed in standing water and carry west Nile virus.... i didn't use all of the water one night and i went out the next morning and there were mosquito babies ( zillions of them) in my water.... so i don't know how you would treat that and still collect the water... as i have a small daughter who is going to play outside.. i couldn't afford to breed all of those bugs and just kept using the milk jugs.....good luck to you though!
Reply:You can use a metal or plastic 55gal barrel and install a spigot on the bottom 6" of the barrel. then connect a hose to it and gravity will take care of the rest.
If there is room you can always re-route the downspout to go around the corner of the house.
Or you can dig it into the ground and buy a inexpensive sump pump and connect a hose to it.
There systems are very common and there are many products that are made for this purpose.
http://www.gutterworks.com/rain_barrels....
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/rainbar...
http://www.ottawa.ca/city_services/water...
Reply:rain isnt very clean water when it comes down (since it a garden), i would suggest to use tap water
Reply:You could build a wood fence to hide the barrel. You can siphon the water with a garden hose if the garden is lower than the barrel. Just lay out the hose, put the end in the barrel. Sometimes it will just start running because its lower if not you will have to suck on the hose for a minute and it will start to run. The best garden I ever grew was topped with tar paper. I cut holes for my plants. they were warmer and moister. And I hardy had any weeds. Everything grew way faster and bigger. I had two ears of corn on every stalk. It was a shorter variety. Worth a try. I swear. just make sure if you do have a dry spell you put water into each hole, but you probably won't need to.
What can you do so garden snakes avoid getting in your house?
I just found a garden snake while going to the second floor of my house... The house has screens everywhere and the doors are closed. I have no idea how it got in. I live in the country side of a tropical island... Any non-chemical ways to make them avoid getting in the house?
What can you do so garden snakes avoid getting in your house?
Get a small furry cat. Snakes and cats are both predators and eat the same foods -- mice, birds, small rodents. The cat takes care of the lure into the home (sorry, but the snake may have come in because he smelled a mouse) by killing the prey. No lure anymore. And cat smells will repel the snakes.
If not, and if you can find where the snake is coming in (good luck on that one!), you can put out moth balls in the area. The naptha smell discourages them, but then they discourage me too, and I'm not a snake!
A question for men
What can you do so garden snakes avoid getting in your house?
Get a small furry cat. Snakes and cats are both predators and eat the same foods -- mice, birds, small rodents. The cat takes care of the lure into the home (sorry, but the snake may have come in because he smelled a mouse) by killing the prey. No lure anymore. And cat smells will repel the snakes.
If not, and if you can find where the snake is coming in (good luck on that one!), you can put out moth balls in the area. The naptha smell discourages them, but then they discourage me too, and I'm not a snake!
A question for men
Rotating the plants in my garden question?
Getting spring fever, and planning my strategy. I know you can't plant tomatoes in the same area year after year, but I have ran out of space. Can I go every third year or do I need to make my garden bigger? Thanks!
Rotating the plants in my garden question?
Actually, it depends on how many years you have planted the tomatoes in the same area. You can send a soil sample to your local county extension agency and have it analyzed (do it soon, spring is upon us:) If you amend your soil every year and it's for your own home use, you're fine, you don't even need a third year interlude if the soil analysis comes back in order.
Reply:Yeah, that is a problem. One plant pathologist I know suggested super sulfuring an area with suspected verticillium in the soil. That is at the end of the season, remove the plants, add sulfur in a heavy dose, water well thru winter. Of course I wouldn't do that with an acidic soil, you'd just make it more acidic.
Planting marigolds and such won't work. Instead plant disease resistant varieties, that's all you can really do.......other than keep a good organic component in the soil, plenty of compost and active biological activity.
Reply:I don't know about tomatoes, but you do need to rotate your crops. I would call my local county agriculture agents to ask for their expert gardening advice. Here in TX, we have an excellent system. We also have many good sources of seed and advice.
Reply:Hi Ayla, if making the garden bigger is an option...then it is your best option for sure. Amending the soil is doable, but one thing that has to be taken into consideration is the fact that not only diseases, but the insect pests of a plant will winter over in the soil...where that plant grew. So if you plant the same plant inthe same spot year after year, the larval forms of the pests are in the ground waiting for their favorite food to planted right there, for them, again. Rotation is an important part of IPM- integrated pest management. It just makes sense to do it whenever possible.
Another note* not only tomatoes, but anything in the nightshade family (peppers, eggplants, etc.) will likley share the same disease and pest problems. If you are enlarging it, but do not want to fill it all, you can plant a green cover crop( in the uplanted or "resting" portion) to choke back weeds and then to be tilled under to provide nutrients to the soil.
I like the idea of a bigger garden :-) it seems like such a pleasant choice for a gardener.
Rotating the plants in my garden question?
Actually, it depends on how many years you have planted the tomatoes in the same area. You can send a soil sample to your local county extension agency and have it analyzed (do it soon, spring is upon us:) If you amend your soil every year and it's for your own home use, you're fine, you don't even need a third year interlude if the soil analysis comes back in order.
Reply:Yeah, that is a problem. One plant pathologist I know suggested super sulfuring an area with suspected verticillium in the soil. That is at the end of the season, remove the plants, add sulfur in a heavy dose, water well thru winter. Of course I wouldn't do that with an acidic soil, you'd just make it more acidic.
Planting marigolds and such won't work. Instead plant disease resistant varieties, that's all you can really do.......other than keep a good organic component in the soil, plenty of compost and active biological activity.
Reply:I don't know about tomatoes, but you do need to rotate your crops. I would call my local county agriculture agents to ask for their expert gardening advice. Here in TX, we have an excellent system. We also have many good sources of seed and advice.
Reply:Hi Ayla, if making the garden bigger is an option...then it is your best option for sure. Amending the soil is doable, but one thing that has to be taken into consideration is the fact that not only diseases, but the insect pests of a plant will winter over in the soil...where that plant grew. So if you plant the same plant inthe same spot year after year, the larval forms of the pests are in the ground waiting for their favorite food to planted right there, for them, again. Rotation is an important part of IPM- integrated pest management. It just makes sense to do it whenever possible.
Another note* not only tomatoes, but anything in the nightshade family (peppers, eggplants, etc.) will likley share the same disease and pest problems. If you are enlarging it, but do not want to fill it all, you can plant a green cover crop( in the uplanted or "resting" portion) to choke back weeds and then to be tilled under to provide nutrients to the soil.
I like the idea of a bigger garden :-) it seems like such a pleasant choice for a gardener.
How do I kill roundworm larvae in the garden?
My dogs are undergoing deworming now but I am concerned that the eggs can last for years in the garden--and thus they will be reinfected. Is there any way to kill the eggs in the garden? Many thanks for your thoughts here!
How do I kill roundworm larvae in the garden?
Diatomaceous earth. You can get it at the garden store or online. It's little shells from creatures that stays on the ground and the worms, snails, bugs, and crawly things cut themselves to pieces trying to crawl over it. You just spread it on the garden soil (after you clean up the poo)! It works GREAT!!
Reply:To prevent your dog from reinfecting himself with roundworms clean up his stool as soon as you can from the yard. And if you have your dog on heartworm prevention, it should also help prevent intestinal parasites, such as roundworms. Check with your vet on what kind of heartworm prevention he is on, and ask if it prevents intestinal parasites.
My dog is on heartgard which prevents hearworm disease, And roundworms and hookworms.
How do I kill roundworm larvae in the garden?
Diatomaceous earth. You can get it at the garden store or online. It's little shells from creatures that stays on the ground and the worms, snails, bugs, and crawly things cut themselves to pieces trying to crawl over it. You just spread it on the garden soil (after you clean up the poo)! It works GREAT!!
Reply:To prevent your dog from reinfecting himself with roundworms clean up his stool as soon as you can from the yard. And if you have your dog on heartworm prevention, it should also help prevent intestinal parasites, such as roundworms. Check with your vet on what kind of heartworm prevention he is on, and ask if it prevents intestinal parasites.
My dog is on heartgard which prevents hearworm disease, And roundworms and hookworms.
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