Question from Y: What is the cambian layer? Is that the outer bark? And, there is also growing on most olive trees, suckers around the base, does that mean that that tree has been compromised as in your teaching dialogue? Answer from Pat: The Cambium layer on a tree is not the outer bark. The […]
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Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Trees
Question from Sandy: A HUGE favor! It pains me to see the very newest leaves of our booming citrus trees, still curling w those leaf-miners, even after spraying. ANY suggestions you might send (or re-send!) would be so appreciated! Answer from Pat: It seems as if all the citrus trees I see these days have […]
Categories : Pests
Able to grow grapefruit on coast in Encinitas
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
December
12th,
2012
at 03:49 AM
Question from Karen: Hello. I was wondering if you could tell me if it is possible to grow a grapefruit tree that will produce sweet, palatable fruit near the coast in Encinitas? I live within 1/2 mile from the coast so I definitely have the fog to contend with. Answer from Pat: Grapefruit trees will […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Melanie: I have several plants of coreopsis maritima which bloomed brilliantly last spring. Now, in summer, they are dormant and dead looking. Should I prune them back or leave them as is? Thanks for your help. Answer from Pat: Sea Dahlia (Coreopsis maritima) is a flowering shrub native to the San Diego County […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Shrubs
Question from Ron: I just bought a peach tree at home depot and planted it in my west Texas home. I noticed after a week the leaves are falling off and ants were all over it. This is my first tree so I don’t what is going on Answer from Pat: Home Depot is not […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Trees
Listen to Pat on Easy Organic Gardener Radio Show
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Sunday,
December
9th,
2012
at 03:17 PM
Pat appeared at the guest on the Easy Organic Gardener Radio Show, Sunday, December 9, 2012. Listen to the archived podcast of the interview at arbico-organics.com.
Categories : Uncategorized
A Lawn with Weeds and Mowing Lawns Without a Catcher
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
December
8th,
2012
at 03:49 AM
Question from Linda: I live twenty yards from a golf course fairway. They mow it without catchers. For years now I have tried to grow grass in my front yard only to be infiltrated with weeds. I have heard it is the golf courses mowing and blowing of stuff that makes my yard such a […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Lawns & Grass
Extending the life of your cut Christmas Tree
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Friday,
December
7th,
2012
at 12:44 PM
Question from Jill: Hi Pat – ‘Tis the season. We just purchased our Christmas tree. We would have preferred to cut a tree ourselves but the opportunity was not available to us. Instead, we purchased our tree from a respectable nursery. How do you recommend watering or feeding your tree to keep it green and […]
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 Kat: Hi Pat, Like some others, we have fallen in LOVE with white birch trees. We live in San Diego, and our home has a cathedral ceiling with large plate glass windows that go practically to the ceiling (though they are on the less sunny side of the house). For the past 2 […]
Categories : Trees
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