Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: April, May, June Spacing: Thin vines to 12 iches apart, rows 6 feet apart or hills 8 feet apart, 3 plants to each. Bush types may be closer. Special Tips: Winter squash got this name not because it’s grown in winter but because it grows […]
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Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: April, May, June Spacing: Thin plants to 12 inches apart , rows 6 feet apart, or grow 2 plants in hills 6 feet apart. Special Tips: for giant pumpkins save two strong branches, allow only one fruit for each branch. Cover branch w/ soil every […]
Planting for Fall and Year-Round Color in Southern California
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Tuesday,
May
20th,
2014
at 03:49 AM
Question from Chris: Interested in adding some flowers for the fall – any suggestions? live 2miles from the ocean in redondo beach – i’m not a native, so I need guidance! Answer from Pat: You live in an excellent climate zone. You certainly can create a garden with year-round color, including fall color, but I […]
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 […]
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops (Cantaloupe) Planting months: May, June, July Spacing: 12 inches apart, rows 6 feet apart, or in tires or mounds 4 to 6 feet apart, Special Tips: grow over black plastic to preserve heat, plant in tire for early harvest and more heat along coast. Stop watering a […]
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: April,May,June Spacing: 18-24 inches, rows 2 to 21/2 feet SpecialTips: Needs heat, Cut fruit, don’t pull off stem, stake plants with green bamboo to hold them up, especially Oriental varieties. Harvesting : Fruit should be glossy, filled out, and big enough to eat. Flesh should […]
Categories : Month by Month Gardening, Vegetables & Fruits
Q. I live in Zone 10 Orange County, CA and am ready to start my planting. What herbs/veg/berries/fruit can I begin to plant? Is there a site that guides me by month? A. First: There is no exhaustive list of jobs to do online for your climate zone, but my month-by-month Southern California garden books […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Month by Month Gardening
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: April, May, June. Spacing: thin to 12 inches apart in rows 5 feet apart or grow in mounds 6 feet apart. Special Tips: large-guage hardware cloth held up by metal fence posts makes good support.Weave plants onto support. Don’t let cukes go dry or they’ll […]
Q. I live in Santa Clarita, CA. up by Magic Mountain. I’ve always wondered exactly what “zone” this is considered?? A. Thanks for your wonderful email. It sounds as if you’ve got your priorities straight! By the way, the book you had in storage is 20 years old, but I am glad to hear how […]
Tips And Hints For Growing Easy-Care Warm-Season Crops Planting months: March through July Spacing: thin plants 8 top 12 iches apart, rows three feet apart.. Special Tips: Grow in block, rather than long, skinny row, plant north of other vegies. Protect seeds with inverted berry basket. Presprout shrivelled type seeds. Isolate super-sweet varieties to prevent […]
Categories : Month by Month Gardening, Vegetables & Fruits
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