The company that makes Probiotics 4 Plants Defensor Bacterial Inoculator told me they have temporarily taken their products off the market while they create a new marketing strategy for the general public. I suggest you use Serenade(r) Garden Disease Control instead. Serenade(r) is widely available in nurseries and it is fully organic. This is biological […]
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Author Archive for Pat Welsh – Page 11
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Categories : Organic Gardening, Vegetables & Fruits
Gardening Question from Olivia: Do you think Lady Bugs are attracted to clover? I am a landscape designer and landscaper. I have a client in Clairemont, California. I just finished her garden. She told me that her garden was overgrown and not taken care of for many years. (She just bought a foreclosure house.) She […]
Beach Front Plants for English Seacoast Gardens
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
April
1st,
2015
at 03:49 AM
Question from Katie: Hi Pat, just found your www site and saw it said, “Send a Q to Pat”, so, here goes… location: seaside, south-facing (in England: the sunny side), sheltered terrace. Required: architectural, evergreen, “WOW!” plants that will tolerate minus 5 centigrade in winter, occasionally a little lower, but not “cold & wet” as […]
Question from Dee: This is my first garden this year so I really don’t know what I Am doing.I buy tarragon and Thyme every year and put it in pots.I live in zone 9 and I planted some french tarragon and varigated thyme in my garden and it gets full sun about 12 hours and […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Herbs
Difference Between Compost and Top Soil
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
March
28th,
2015
at 03:49 AM
Question from Karen: What is the difference between compost and top soil and do you need both when amending the soil in your yard? Answer from Pat: When you purchase something called “top soil” this should be the mainly composed of the stuff that is the top layer of earth that is made up of […]
Categories : Composting, Soils
Question from Christina: I have cilantro in a container outside…the problem is, it’s leaves have turned purple. I don’t know what I am doing wrong and can’t find my answer anywhere online. I would appreciate any tips you might have! I am in san diego, so it gets tons of sun, a bit too much […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Herbs
Question from Patricia: What can I do to get my phalaenopsis TALL again? I’ve had one for several years and unfortunately each year it’s become successively shorter. Even though it produces over a dozen blooms, the stem is just barely six inches above the leaves!?! What’s the best time of the year to force the […]
Categories : Flowers
Gardening Question from Lena: We live in Harbor City, CA. The majority of the trees planted on the median are I think some form of a pepper tree. The roots are invasive to plumbing not to mention the sidewalks. Where occasionally LA city comes around as slaps black top on the sidewalks to cover the […]
Categories : Landscape Design, Trees
Question from Sandy: ANY IDEA why or WHO might be consuming the leaves now in March on the 2nd Meyer Lemon on our front deck? Breaks my heart, as the lemons will suffer, if the 2nd half of the tree gets consumed! Answer from Pat: I am sorry I cannot tell you for sure what […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
In this short list are several succulents, and two grasses. Several groundcovers, a few bulbs, and some perennials would also be worthy contestants but all these would require regular maintenance, so they are not included. SUCCULENTS: General Characteristics of Dudleyas— Approximately 40 species native to California and Mexico Members of stonecrop family (Crassulaceae) Can survive […]
Categories : California Natives, Succulents
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