Question: I live in San Diego. I read your books and I am looking for a supplier for humic acid and for EnviroTree. Where do you get these products? Answer: Humic acid is contained in the product “John and Bob’s Soil Optimizer” which is very effective but also expensive. A less expensive source of humic […]
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Categories : Garden Q & A, Soils
Question from Kim: What is the zone for planting/growing vegetables, flowers, trees in the high desert of so. Calif. I live in the Antelope Valley, north of Los Angeles. My zip code is 93551. Where can i look this up on the web? Answer from Pat: You live in Sunset Zone 11. You will find […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Planting
Organic Solutions: Rhizobia, Yeoman’s Plow, Carbon Sequestering, and Earthworms
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
March
15th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Mary: I read the link you sent on coffee grounds. It’s not the paper I originally read, but delivers the essentials. The fact that coffee grounds are not acidic was news to me, too. We just created a compost pile yesterday using them, so we shall see for ourselves. We listened to another […]
Categories : Organic Gardening
Question from Vickie: I bought a bare root pom. tree from a major Home Imp. store. I planted it according to the directions. It looks like dead branches. I live in San Diego. In this city, they flourish, and folks can’t get rid of them. Is it dormant or dead? It is about 4 ft. […]
Categories : Trees
Q. Can you provide me any information on desert rose (Euphorbia tactea)? A. There is no such plant as Euphorbia tactea and desert rose is the common name of Adenium obesum. We both learned something and actually the plant in the photo you sent me is not an ordinary E. lactea. What it looks like […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: all months except July and August Spacing: thin to 6 inches apart, rows 21/2 feet apart. Special Tips: Control slugs and snails from planting time forward. Keep crop well fed and watered Harvesting:60 to 70 days for full size but can harvest outside leaves and […]
Plants for Beachfront and Seaside Gardens in Southern California
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Friday,
March
7th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Zachary: What plants will grow in gardens close to the coast and right on the beach front in Southern California? Answer from Pat: Trees that will survive on the oceanfront in Southern California include the following: Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa), Leyland cypress (x Cupressocyparis leylandii), flooded gum tree (Eucalyptus rudis), bushy yate (E. […]
Categories : Garden Design, Landscape Design
Question from Diane: I’m hoping you can help me with my container lemon tree. I have a 2 year old lemon tree that I transplanted from a 14” to an 18” pot in early January. It lost many of it’s leaves. I fed it at the end of January, and it has put out lots […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Pots & Containers
Question from Roger: My clivia is huge. It been in it’s current pot since 2005. It is getting to big to move and manage. How do I split it. I’ve had this clivia since 1998, so kind of found of it. It blossoms every year in late spring, sometimes 4 or 5 blossoms, I think […]
Categories : Flowers, Pots & Containers
Erosion Control for Steep Hillside: Last Minute Installation to Hold the Soil
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
March
1st,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Melissa: Hi Pat, My elderly parents live in Rolling Hills Estates on the Palos Verdes Peninsula and have a very steep hillside leading down from their backyard. About 1 year ago a “live” sprinkler pipe ruptured and sent a landslide down into the neighbors pool below! After huge expense and going through tge […]
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