Gardening Question from Jeffrey: My peach tree branch that was cut because of rotting the stump that is left rotting also, i can reach into it and feel softness my ? what can i pack inside the branch to promote healing. Answer from Pat: Sometimes it’s possible to save a tree with rotting area by […]
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Citrus & Fruit Trees – Page 2
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Gardening Question From Alison: Live in Clearwater, FL, and have a patio meyer lemon/key lime tree. Lemons starting to ripen, but first yellow one was partly eaten with a worm sticking out! Yucky! W h at could it be and how to prevent it from spreading? Don’t see other bugs on green fruit. Thanks! Answer […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Gardening Question from Joni: I love your webpage! I could use all the advise you have on caring for my citrus. I planted a navel, valencia, meyers lemon and kumquat 3 years ago. Oranges have some curly leaves and are producing very little. I live in the Shadowridge area of Vista (southwesterly, close to Palomar […]
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
Question from Kathryn: What would you recommend as the best citrus west of the freeway excluding lemons and limes? A particular tangerine?? Answer from Pat: I recently ate a Satsuma tangerine grown in a local garden (Zone 24.) It was one of the best I have ever eaten. Satsuma’s are always choice, but this was […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Vegetables, Eucalyptus, Clay Soil, and Fruit Trees
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Tuesday,
March
10th,
2015
at 03:49 AM
Question from Christian: I live in Del Mar near Fairbanks Ranch, and I’d like to get some of your thoughts on gardening and adding some new organic fruits, herbs, and vegetables to my house to feed us! My goal is to turn a portion of my property into a full blown garden. The challenges are […]
Do Not Dig Chipper Materials into the Ground
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
February
28th,
2015
at 03:49 AM
Question from Harry: I have heavy clay soil. When it gets wet, it sticks to my shoes. Recently I got a load of chipper materials from a local tree-pruner. I have been wheelbarrowing it around and spreading it on paths and beds and around my fruit trees. Would it be okay to dig it into […]
Question from Jon: I am enjoying you book greatly and also enjoyed listening to you at the Master Gardner lecture you gave earlier this year. I am interested in planting a Haas Avocado tree (24″ box). I would like to start harvesting in a year or 2. I was told that I need to plant […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Trees
Reed avocado, root rot and bacterial leaf spot
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Monday,
February
2nd,
2015
at 03:49 AM
Question from Dave: Here’s a photo of the Reed avocado. It was my strongest tree last summer. Full of dark green foliage. As the rains progressed through the winter it became progressively more yellow. The adjacent patio drains into its planter and then runs off to the driveway The feeding through the winter months was […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Dave: I have a very reliable and steady source of horse manure (1 quarter horse, 1 draft horse and 1 shetland pony) and an equally reliable source of pine needles. Using the old compost addage “something green and something brown” can I combine the two to create useful compost? Thank you. Answer from […]
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