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 […]
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Author Archive for Pat Welsh – Page 45
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Gardening Tip
Ornamental Flowering Cherry Trees for Texas
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Sunday,
February
24th,
2013
at 12:10 AM
Question from Bijou: I have enjoyed reading your gardening forum. The information you provide is helpful to gardening pros and beginners. My gardening question is about my wanting to plant four ornamental flowering cherry trees and should I purchase them bareroot or potted. I have always want to plant flowering cherry trees, similar to the […]
Categories : Trees
Question from Debbie: 8 years ago we planted a Santa Rosa plum (Sunset 23, Pacific Palisades). for the first few years it had 3 or 4 plums – delicious! The tree kept growing(like crazy), but my gardener has pruned it hard in Dec or Jan for the past 3 years, and now we have plenty […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Christine: This morning I found these in my planter box in amongst some spinach plants. It’s a new wooden box 15 inches deep with wheels on the bottom so there is air space underneath and drainage holes in the bottom and is filled with Kellogg’s Patio Plus. I mixed in commercial bagged worm […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
Question from Brian: Could you recommend ,or does one of your books explain hand pollination. I would like to try this method , our summer in UK 2012 was wettest on record. Answer from Pat: I am so sorry to hear about you disastrous summer last year. My books explain hand pollination, including more than […]
Categories : Flowers
Question from Kerry: I had this beautiful artichoke plant that I found almost completely wilted tonight. I believe gophers have attacked the root of the plant. Can it be saved? Should I dig it up and try to revive it? I appreciate your help. Answer from Pat: Yes you can save it. Plant it in […]
Categories : Pests, Vegetables & Fruits
Tomato Plants in Winter in Los Angeles
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
February
6th,
2013
at 03:49 AM
Question from Hayley: I have 2 tomato plants in an above ground wooden container. We are in Zone 21/ Los Angeles about 3 or 4 miles inland from the Ocean. We get no frost. The plants are slowly stopping their fruit production and are turning yellow (if not brown). What shall I do with them […]
Categories : Vegetables & Fruits
Gardening Question From Kate: Hi Pat, I attended the orange county master nursury class you gave about soil last month. When I went to buy some amendment the man at the garden store, ( South Coast Gardening Supply),told me to use gypsum and gro-power 5-3-1. He suggested I turn over the soil well and put […]
Categories : Soils
Question from Marshall: I am 13 years old and was looking at starting a garden for food and i just started turning the ground for spring and letting the rain run into the nice ground i have and i was getting a little anxious and i wanted to start a winter garden so i would […]
Question from Randy: Yet another question. On page 403 in your book you say to feed a double dose of fish on a brunsfelsia. I have pretty good luck with this plant but I only feed it when the weather warms up. What is your reasoning for feeding this tropical plant when it’s so cold […]
Categories : Flowers
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