Question from Sue: I attended one of your talks once and someone asked you to name a few easy-to-grow climbing roses. You named several. I was foolishly not writing down your suggestions. Would you please give me a short list of your recommendations. I want to order a couple of bare-root climbers, but not until […]
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Author Archive for Pat Welsh – Page 49
Question from Loren: Please help me:) I have roughly a 12 Casia tree about 2 years old looks green but rarely flowers and when it does flower very little and very small flowers and then losses it flowers in about 3 weeks. my landscaper fertilizes and still does not help. Answer from Pat: In some […]
Categories : Trees
Question from Susan: I am a beginning gardener in a community garden There is a very big artichoke plant in the garden but no sign of any buds… will they ever come? Answer from Pat: Yes the plant will bear buds in spring and will bear fruit again next year if given appropriate care, including […]
Categories : Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Ted: I live in Temecula, California. It’s hot and dry in summer with possible light frost in winter. I have a 100′ x 25′ south facing steep slope which needs erosion control. The soil is loose and newly deposited from our almost complete new swimming pool. Soil is mostly decomposed granite. I am […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
Question from Bryan: I’m new to fruit trees but eager to learn. I just bought a bunch of different type. My citrus are doing great, but my necterines, one tree imparticular, are loosing leaves. I’m wondering if they are sick or I’m doing something wrong. can you help? Answer from Pat: Citrus are evergreen subtropical […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Trees
Question from Louise: I have an apricot tree that hardly bears any fruit I feed it but only 6 maybe on the tree, the nectarine and peach next to it give fruit but that one hardly why? and when should I feed them all, February or wait till march? what do you suggest I feed […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees
Question from Deedee: I live in Palos Verdes where I haunt our local farmers’ market and wish I could grow my own organic crops. My dog seems to have shooed off the ground squirrels but can’t control raccoons which are not afraid of anything. They eat a wide range of vegetables, pull up drip lines, […]
Categories : Pests, Vegetables & Fruits
California Pepper Tree (Schinus molle)
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Friday,
November
16th,
2012
at 03:51 AM
Gardening Question from Melanie: Should CA Pepper Trees be pruned? My tree is about 15 feet from the house and about 2 stories high. I think it’s 25 years old. One year ago, my son trimmed the ends of those branches which were scraping the house. The branches were 1/2 to 3/4 inch thick. I […]
What’s Wrong with Vegetable Garden Soil
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
November
14th,
2012
at 03:52 AM
Question from Pat: I have had alot of disease in the veg garden this year- the tomatoes plants turned brown before hey set fruit- the corn had aphids and ants. I have been doing 3 crops a year for 10 yrs- what can I do to restore the health of the soil. Answer from Pat: […]
Categories : Soils, Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Judy: I live in Orange County and hope you can help me. I was walking around my garden last night when I noticed that a single branch is dying or maybe already dead on the back of my avocado tree where I didn’t notice it before. The green leaves are wilted and some […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Trees
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