Question from Monty: Please help me to get me pomegranates set fruit. I have large bushes flowering for a long time already. But all the little pomes or baby fruits fall soon after the flowers drop the petals. One bush fruited fine in the past. But this year, nothing set. I even tried spraying some […]
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Author Archive for Pat Welsh – Page 46
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Carla: I have several perennials in my very small garden and I am not sure when or if I should cut them back. I live in Southern California. Some of my plants are Mexican heather, calibrachoa, and Marguerite daisy. Answer from Pat: People often ask landscape designers to design an easy-care garden full […]
Question from Randy: Randy in SB here again. I know that you are supposed to leave dahlias in the ground until the foliage dies down but was wondering if I get sick of looking at them and want to make room for my winter plants—what would happen if I pulled them early. Would they not […]
Categories : Flowers
Question from Mary: I have a Beaumont macadamia tree that’s about 8 years old. Not knowing better, I’ve waited until the nuts dropped to collect them until I read one of your books at the beginning of the year about picking all of the nuts in March. (I live about three miles inland from Del […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Trees
Question from Robin: Quick question: I have almost zero fruit on my all my fruit trees this year. There were loads of blossoms in March and then the hail and cold snap seemed to strip the trees. What can be done to encourage re-bloom on the apples. And is there anyway to intensify the sweetness […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Kate: Do you know where I can purchase Italian Cypress Trees in the Pasadena area? Also, I see these trees and some seem smooth and others seem a bit rougher – does this have to do with age or are there different varieties? Answer from Pat: I was recently faced with the same […]
Categories : Trees
Question from Randy: Greejeans again sorry to bother you. I prune roses for folks and I have so many this year that I was wondering what would be the earliest time I could start pruning roses this year. Thanks so much for your help as always. Answer from Pat: Traditionally rose pruning in California can […]
Categories : Roses
Question from Lorraine: What is the best variety of rhubarb to plant in the San Diego area? I read somewhere that there is one type that grows well here. Thanks. Answer from Pat: I do not believe in growing rhubarb in San Diego. (See pages 73 and 74 of my organic book and other pages […]
Categories : Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Melissa: I need to remove an overgrown African Sumac tree from my backyard border. Can you recommend a good shade tree as a replacement? This border runs alongside a cement patio so the tree should not have invasive roots. We are in zone 9, Santa Clarita, with very hot summers and cycles of […]
Categories : Trees
Question from Sarah: Is there any way I can grow peppers in the fall/winter season in california? I live in the bay area Answer from Pat: Peppers are a summer vegetable, which means we plant them in spring and we harvest them in summer. One always has more luck going with the correct planting dates […]
Categories : Vegetables & Fruits
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