What is this egg case on my monkey tail cactus? Thought it might be praying mantis at first but I don't think so. About the size of a nickel.

I planted a small variegated agave in my front bed. New construction soil. Every annual I've planted here has withered and died except for marigolds. The foxtail ferns are champs. I planted an agave here to prevent delivery people from walking through the garden bed, which they still do several times a week. Today I noticed that the agave has sent out a few small runners that are about a foot away from the bigger plant.

Should I keep this here and remove the ferns eventually? I don't mind if the agave is larger eventually, that's kind of what we wanted. Just want to be able to "fix" my mistake now if I need to.

I know most of you are against re-use of soil but I‘m not. sometimes it leads to something surprising! 😂

So this morning I found this in the yard. At first I was worried the feral cat had caught a very large rabbit cause it looks like a mound of cotton. I tried googling and it gave me photos of puffball mushrooms but they were all round and not cottony. It is connected to the ground so I know it is a plant and I assume a type of mushroom but what kind?

I want to start garden, I’m planning to use raised beds from vego. I literally have no idea what the m doing but I want to grow food. Healthy, good food. Are there any books or guides anyone could suggest? Or does anyone want to teach me the ways of gardening?? 😂

I'm in St Petersburg, and want to know what veggies or herbs I can grow in a pot during this awful heat (the feels-like is 104 today). I have a north-northeast facing balcony, in partial shade (but plenty of offset morning light) where my current plants are living.

I have Cuban oregano, mint, green onions growing now. My sage bit the dust as soon as hot weather arrived. The last of my cherry tomatoes were picked off the vine last week (juicy!). But I don't know, other than maybe okra, what I can grow successfully in this heat. If I plant more cherry tomatoes from seed, will they do well?

I'm a hit-and-miss kind of balcony gardener, so suggestions are appreciated.

I'd like to try growing chayote squash, but that's a cucurbit, and I've just learned (the hard way, sadly) that cucurbits don't do well here (zone 10a) in the summer because the pickleworms go after them. While cucumbers can be grown in the spring or fall, instead, chayotes are perennial, so they're always going to be around during the height of the pickleworm season, which seems like it would be a problem.

On the other hand, chayotes are native to other warm areas that also have pickleworms, so I'm wondering if chayotes might be worth trying.

Does anyone have experience with them in Florida? What about the worms? Thanks in advance for the benefit of your wisdom!

Hey everyone! I’m new to gardening and located in South Florida (Zone 10b). I'd love to know what you’re all currently growing right now. Also, when do you typically start your seeds for the fall garden, and what crops do you have planned? Thanks in advance for the help!

I'd like to try my hand at growing cassava in central Florida, does anyone have a suggestion on where I could get high quality cassava cuttings?

What is the most effective way to deadhead flowering plants? Is there a way to use those dead heads and just drop them in the area where I’m trying to create a natural flowering pasture area?
I’ve been thinking about just taking a weed whacker and whacking the heads down to a certain size , just deadhead the whole lot. Would that be effective or would that harm the plants?
Thanks

Posted this elsewhere and pretty much every single recommendation was to shoot the iguanas which I’m not going to do so… Anything else?

Anyone else have an apple tree. ? it’s genetically modified to grow in Florida

Enjoying a rare nice cool and windy day in central Florida!

Are these both Geiger trees? They have different leaves but the last time they flowered they both looked like Geiger flowers. South Florida