Email From Andrew: Good evening from Yorkshire, I’ve just been doing some research on a local building and wound up on your website! I’ve lived in Baildon, West Yorkshire all my life (I’m currently 33) and have been well acquainted with a beautiful building in the area called Hoyle Court Lodge. I wondered if this […]
- Bees
- California Natives
- Composting
- Fertilizer
- Flowers
- Garden Q & A
- Herbs
- Irrigation
- Landscape Design
- Lawns & Grass
- Month by Month Gardening
- Organic Gardening
- Pat’s Journal
- Patio Plants
- Pests
- Planting
- Pots & Containers
- Pruning
- Seeds
- Shrubs
- Soils
- Succulents
- Trees
- Vegetables & Fruits
- Water Plants
- Weeds
Author Archive for Pat Welsh – Page 2
3 Comments
Categories : Pat's Journal
Gardening Question From Jo: How do I insure I have sweet fruit? I have 2 miniature orange trees and they are not sweet Answer From Pat: Unfortunately the reason some citrus is not sweet is due to the species of tree, the root stock and also the climate zone in which you live. It is […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Raised Garden Question From Gloria: My gardener built a raised garden and put non organic plants in. I informed him about this and obviously he doesn’t understand. Should I remove the herbs and lettuce and replace with organic plants or just wash the leaves carefully and replant later? Answer From Pat: Your question regarding “organic […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Organic Gardening
Question About Roses From Nancy: I am in Sunset zone 9 and because of the direction our house was built my planters are almost total shade. I need suggestions of flowers to plant in shade. I love roses. Along with flowers are their any roses that can survive shade? Answer From Pat: For many years […]
Tree Trimming Question From Ter: Is there any way to stop or at least minimize the number of new sprouts that grow on the cuts after i trim the California pepper tree? i take off a branch, turn around, and there are a dozen sprouts growing where the removed branch was. If i can’t stop […]
Categories : Trees
Can I Use A Liquid Fungicide Along The Drip-Line?
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Monday,
November
27th,
2017
at 05:19 PM
Gardening Question From Barbara: my flowering tree has Apple Scab disease. We live in Michigan, and the trees have lost most leaves and are beginning to go dormant. Can I use a liquid fungicide along the drip-line? Can I prune the tree first? Answer From Pat: When your tree is completely dormant and leaves have […]
Gardening Question From Sue: Is there any way to lift the turf and prune the offending roots. The turf has been there for quite a few years and the true is doing fine. It is in a large raised planter surrounded by concrete, yet the roots are galloping under the grass. What do you suggest […]
Categories : Lawns & Grass
Brown/Black Tips And Black Spots On Tabebuia Impeginosa
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
October
11th,
2017
at 04:30 PM
Gardening Question From Lynn: We are in Culver City,Ca and have three one year old Tabebuias all of which are developing black/brown tips of leaves as well as black spots. Could this be a drainage issue, and/or over watering or part of the semi deciduous process? Our arborist suggests over watering. Any tips on how […]
Categories : Trees
Gardening Question From Martha: I have access to a commercial mushroom farm that makes its spent mushroom medium available at no charge to gardeners. This seems to be a terrific addition for my raised beds. I once toured a mushroom farm and saw that they sterilized the medium before onoculating it with the mushroom spawn. […]
Categories : Composting
Kumquat Trees With Very Cupped Leaves
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
August
23rd,
2017
at 08:38 PM
Gardening Question From Andrew: I have 3 kumquat trees in my garden area. Two are 3 years old, one is about 5 years old. My soil is very low in N and K. A lot of 5 year old’s leaves are somewhat yellow. I do feed on a regular basis with organic EB Stone citrus […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Pat Welsh Organic and Southern California Gardening
Copyright © 2024 All Rights Reserved
Copyright © 2024 All Rights Reserved