Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: April, May, June. Spacing: sow seed, thin 11/2 inches apart. Special Tips: grows best inland, but not in desert (high temperatures sabotage bean set.) Bush limas give quicker harvest than pole beans. Pole beans can be grown up corn stalks. Presprout seeds to speed harvest. […]
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Question from Ivana: We have a large planter 6ftx6ft in the back of our building and would love to find a good evergreen accent tree. The planter is just next to parking spaces and the building so we need a tree that would not be messy and/or bear fruit or have invasive roots. We like […]
Gardening Question from Julie: I just planted a Dorsett Apple tree a few weeks ago. I live in Florida & I am very excited to have this tree. However I just found out I need 2 Apple trees to pollinate. I am on limited space & really only have room for one tree. How far […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Gardening Tip
Question from Christine: I have read that adding hydrogen peroxide to plants helps the root system with oxygenation, and produces healthier plants. I have used 3% with annuals/perennials, and food grade – 35% for my vegetables…both diluted with water. Have you used this before? What are your thoughts? Answer from Pat: Hydrogen peroxide has know […]
Categories : Gardening Tip
Question from Monty: Blueberries I’ve had for many years in pots have now developed rust, and one with leaf curl. It appears that a branch on one is dead – all brown. I have three total. Soil remains well drained. Perhaps even dry right now. What can you suggest I might try to control and […]
Categories : Gardening Tip, Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Sally: Received outdated 2011 seed kit today. Never grown milkweed before do you think I’ll have any problems sowing these older seeds in Ventura Ca. or should I send them back. Thank you Answer from Pat: Your question is slightly unclear. Do you mean you purchased a Monarch butterfly kit containing outdated milkweed […]
Categories : Flowers, Gardening Tip
Question from Brigitte: I have a climbing rose that might be anywhere from 20 to 40 years old. It has a very large winding trunk and looks similar to the lady banks rose except that it has clusters of small pink one inch flowers that bloom in the spring. My gardener recommends pruning hard in […]
Exposure as a factor when growing Tibouchina
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Thursday,
August
30th,
2012
at 03:49 AM
Question from Shannon: I just bought your book tonight and then I stumbled upon your website. As for my sad Tibouchinas, I guess I have to accept that they are not made for our climate or our water concerns. I saw them everywhere around LA, so I just assumed they were native or at least […]
Colorful Flowering Trees for the Deep South
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Monday,
August
6th,
2012
at 03:50 AM
Question from James: Do you know of any colorful trees that can withstand South Carolina heat? Answer from Pat: I’m with you! If you’re going to plant a tree, why not have a colorful one? But the limiting factor is not the heat of South Carolina in summer, it’s the cold you might get in […]
Baby snails killing our Blue Star Creeper
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Tuesday,
June
19th,
2012
at 03:49 AM
Question from Roger: Pat, I don’t know if you are willing to help readers of your book but am hoping you do. We had a beautiful area of Blue Star growing on well drained soil among our natural stone patio. This spring the blue-star started to blossom beautifully. In the last month we’ve noticed the […]
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