Hey Barbara...I'm sorry to hear about your Perilla losing some limbs. Luckily, many plants can be easily propagated vegetatively (that just means that they can reproduce without having to resort to producing seeds). Perilla isn't all that different too (there is one thing about Perilla that is different, but I'll explain that later). You can make what are called herbaceous, or softwood, cuttings. This time of year probably isn't the best to be making such cuttings, but if you have a fairly sunny spot indoors that is protected from cold it might be perfect for this. You will also want to get some rooting compound for this. Most garden centers will have rooting compound. I usually go for the powdered compounds. They're fairly easy to use.

Hi Support I bought a Easybloom over 1 month ago. Ive registered the unit successfully and have left it outside numerous times. I follow the website instructions, reset the unit to recommended mode and then i leave it outside for 24 hours. When i connect to my PC, it automatically detects the sensor, then launches a browser(firefox) and successfully uploads data to your site. Every time i click on recommendations, your site reports NOT ENOUGH DATA....PLEASE RESET EASYBLOOM AND LEAVE FOR 24HOURS! - What is the problem and what am i doing wrong? UPSET Andrew

My grandson son broke off some limbs when he was bringing it in. Is there a way to propagate a Magilla.

HI mikolajczak- Thanks for your interest! We have no current timeframe for when we'll be in France, but thanks for letting us know you're interested. Edith

when easybloom happen in France? Thanks

Hi James- I'm glad you're enjoying your EasyBloom! 1) You can add a plant anytime by pushing the "+" next to the plant. Once it's in your MyPlants, you can change it to "I want this" or "I tried this". Look at http://www.easybloom.com/promo/whatsnew.html for some screenshots. 2) We use the largest size photo we have from the source (grower or National Gardening Association). If you have a larger size photo, we would LOOOVE to use it--just email to plants @ plantsense.com Thanks! Edith

There are obviously some tools that can help with weeding. The one tool that I've always thought was great goes by several names, but I have always called it the Scuffle Weeding Hoe. It is like a typical hoe, but the business end of the tool has a 'D' shaped ring that you drag through the topsoil. It's easy to use and can slice through the roots of weeds if need be. When you first use it, it will turn over the topsoil which is generally a good thing. When you overturn that soil, you may also be exposing some long buried seeds from weedy plants to the sun though. Those newly exposed seeds may start to germinate, but it's a easy fix with the weeding tool to hack through the weedy mess. Eventually the "seed bank" (that is the term for all the dormant seeds in the soil) will get smaller and smaller and you will not see many weeds popping up as you did before. I hope this is helpful to you. Let me know if you have any further questions. Happy Gardening!!! Robby

Now I know that not many people enjoy weeding, and if someone says that they do, they are probably lying. :) Weeding is a tedious job, but it is fairly important. The best way to handle weeds is through constant vigilance. As soon as you see a weed, remove it. Over my career I have traveled to many different nurseries, gardens and other horticultural institutions. Each time I have gone, it has usually been with a mix of people from many different disciplines: business, gardening hobbyist, engineering, and of course horticulture. You can always pick out who in the group of people touring a horticultural facility are horticulturalists because you will see them picking weeds during the tour. It's kind of a mind frame that a horticulturalist adopts, and I think it is based on one simple thing...the sooner the weed is picked, the easier it will be.

Hey Alex...well...there's no real easy answer for this. It's going to require some weeding and pruning to remove the dead vines and weeds. I would like to mention that it is a good idea to do this even though there is some labor involved. Dead plant tissue harbors disease causing microorganisms, and watermelons are fairly susceptible to fungal and bacterial infection. By removing the "vectors", you can stimy the life cycle of some of these diseases. Your chances of having a once healthy watermelon quickly degrading to a diseased watermelon will go down by removing dead vines and weeds.

How do you handle dead watermelon vines and weeds that are around healthy watermelon plants?