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Don Kinzler

Duluth News Tribune

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Past articles by Don:

Fielding Questions: Deer damage, trimming geraniums, quackgrass in peonies

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler fields questions about saving shrubs damaged by deer, when to trim back geraniums wintering in the basement, and how to kill quackgrass in peonies. → Read More

Growing Together: Share the work, share the harvest at Growing Together Community Gardens

Throughout the garden season, volunteers meet weekly in groups at their specific garden to perform tasks that need to be completed. Members share the work and share the harvest. → Read More

Fielding Questions: Houseplant disease, mealybug control, apple trees not bearing

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler fields questions about brown spots on a houseplant's foliage, how to control mealy bugs, and if an apple tree should be replanted elsewhere. → Read More

Growing Together: How to prune an apple tree

A primary reason for pruning fruit trees is to let more sunlight and air inside the tree. The sunlight prompts more flowers to form lower on the tree, yielding more fruit within easy reach. → Read More

Fielding Questions: Christmas cactus conundrum, snow-damaged hedge, African violet cuttings

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler fields questions about a Christmas cactus that only bloomed on one side, how to repair a snow-damaged cotoneaster, and more. → Read More

Growing Together: Terms every gardener should know

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler shares several vocabulary words that gardeners with which gardeners ought to familiarize themselves. "The language spoken in gardening isn’t normal English," he writes. → Read More

Fielding Questions: Lemon tree indoors, preventing squirrel damage, potatoes in a tire tower

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler fields questions about pruning an indoor lemon tree, preventing squirrel damage, and growing potatoes in a tire tower. → Read More

Dates to start vegetable and flower seeds indoors

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler shares advice with readers on when to begin planting seeds for a wide variety of plants. → Read More

Fielding Questions: Planting potatoes in a barrel, rabbit-proof plants, tomato blossom end rot

This week, gardening columnist Don Kinzler fields questions about planting potatoes, rabbit-resistant shrubs, and how to prevent tomato blossom end rot. → Read More

Manitoba’s Prairie Garden book series is a must-have

If it plays well in Winnipeg, it’ll be a hit in Fargo, and all points within planting distance. → Read More

Monitor now for rabbit activity to save a tree or shrub’s life

Gardening columnist Don Kinzler explains that after snow arrives rabbits turn to nibbling twigs of shrubs and the bark of trees, especially young trees and types with smooth, thin bark. → Read More

Three most commonly asked gardening questions of 2022

With another year of gardening in the books, columnist Don Kinzler rounds up the three questions he received most often from fellow gardeners this year. → Read More

Fielding questions: Winter snow damage to trees and shrubs, hoya houseplant flowering

In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler answers questions about losing branches due to recent wet, heavy snow accumulation. → Read More

The health benefits of gardening might surprise you

Gardening can cut the risk of a heart attack or stroke by 30% in adults over age 60, according to a 2013 study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. → Read More

Fielding questions: Reader shares beautiful vine, poinsettia problems, potatoes sprouting

In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler answers questions about wilting poinsettias and why home-grown potatoes sprout earlier than those bought at the store. → Read More

Plant blindness is a national epidemic

Plant blindness is the inability to notice the plants in our environment, while underestimating their importance in human affairs. → Read More

Fielding Questions: Christmas or Thanksgiving cactus, broken branches, cleaning houseplant leaves

In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler explains the difference between Thanksgiving and Christmas cacti, gives tips for treating broken branches in the winter, and tells readers the best way → Read More

Fielding Questions: Pine needles dropping, clover lawns, powdery coating on monarda

Read on as Don Kinzler explains how pine trees shed needles, the benefits of clover lawns and preventing powdery mildew. → Read More

Fielding Questions: Readers seek info about key found in landscape soil and the right time to trim trees

In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler asks readers for help identifying a mystery key found in landscaping soil in north Fargo. → Read More

Fielding Questions: Hoya troubles, overwintering mandevilla, potato storage

In this week's Fielding Questions, Don Kinzler offers tips for treating an ailing hoya plant, wintering mandevilla and more. → Read More