Question from Diana: Hi Pat, After surviving a fire that destroyed everything around it, the the massive Podocarpus that graces the center of the Southwest Community Center in Santa Ana is coming down tomorrow.-Tuesday. Arborists say it will not survive the rebuild so I have taken , and am rooting, cuttings from it – and […]
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Garden Q & A – Page 11
How to Graft a Podocarpus or Grow One from Cuttings
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Tuesday,
April
9th,
2013
at 03:49 AM
3 Comments
Categories : Garden Q & A
Question from Cynthia: Hello! I live in an apartment and have a balconey. I’d like to have a plant/tree that would attract hummingbirds. Can you give me some suggestions? Answer from Pat: I suggest Fuchsia ‘Gartenmeister Bonstedt’, cigar plant (Cuphea ignea) or red coral plant (Russellia equisetiformiis.) All are long-blooming and easy to grow in […]
Categories : Garden Q & A
Question from Trece: Can you name this plant that is attracting the hummingbirds please. I can’t remember the name of it. Answer from Pat: This looks like Salvia ‘Indigo Spires’ to me, but you didn’t give me much to go on!
Categories : Garden Q & A
Question from Patty: What do you think are the best strawberries for growing here (Olivenhain) in those vertical hydroponic (cocoa fiber media) towers? THANKS! Answer from Pat: Early November (right now!) is the perfect time to plant strawberries. Easiest strawberry to grow in any strawberry pot or hanging basket or coir (cocoa fiber) hydroponic container […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Vegetables & Fruits
Question from Jess: You’re my heroine and I love your work. What IS the difference between Fig & Ficus?? The two words are so often interchanged in text and all explinations I read seem to never clearly answer the question. I also find that every experienced gardener I ask has the same question. I figured […]
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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 […]
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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 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 Amanda: Hi Pat! I’m hoping you can help me out with a gardening dilemma. We have a spot in our backyard that once housed a greenhouse. The greenhouse was torn down due to termites and now we’re left with an unsightly and very large pit that is 2 feet deep (here is a […]
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Squash leaves, cucumber leaves drying out
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Wednesday,
December
26th,
2012
at 03:49 AM
Question from Laurie: I heard you speak at the Bernardo Gardeners club this afternoon and wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed your presentation. I’m not a member, but a friend of mine invited me to come. My question to you is this: What would make our cucumber and squash leaves shrivel and dry […]
Categories : Garden Q & A, Vegetables & Fruits
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