Gardening Question From Moira: Green caterpillars are eating our Bok Choy so I got your book out!!!! learned to spray BT. Our bottle may be 5 years old. The local nursery worker did not know what BT is, so I wasn’t able to buy a new bottle. So I started reading online. One suggestion is […]
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Categories : Pests, Vegetables & Fruits
Gardening Question From Kimberly: We live in New Mexico. Have developed a very bad infestation of young grasshoppers. Suggestions? Answer From Pat: Grass hoppers are ground-dwelling insects which, when conditions are just right, appear in swarms at which time they’re known as locusts. Swarms of locusts have at times changed human history and thus were […]
Categories : Pests
Gardening Question From Carolyn: I have a raised planter bed that has become a popular nibbling ground for gophers. I’m removing the purple fountain grass that has succumbed and thinking about planting bird of paradise. I live in San Diego about 2 miles inland from the ocean. Thank you! Answer From Pat: You mention […]
Categories : Pests
Gardening Question from Judi: I recently attended a talk by you on soil, and I have a question. We prepared our beautiful raised beds and planted our zucchini, cucumbers, lettuce, etc. before the rain came. Discovered dozens of pill bugs that have eaten mainly the zucchini and cucumbers. We read on the internet that one […]
Categories : Organic Gardening, Pests
Gardening Question from Olivia: Do you think Lady Bugs are attracted to clover? I am a landscape designer and landscaper. I have a client in Clairemont, California. I just finished her garden. She told me that her garden was overgrown and not taken care of for many years. (She just bought a foreclosure house.) She […]
Question: I’m on a fast mission, quite desperate. I’m pulling my hair out. I have an avocado tree that has mites and is definitely languishing. Too much rain, and even though I composted loads before planting, not enough to balance out the clay. Pray I don’t get/have root-rot. Went around with a 1 inch pvc […]
Question from Jon: I have something here that I need some advice on. I have attached 3 photos of a branch on my Meyer Lemon tree. I have a steady stream of ants crawling on just 1 branch. When I inspected it much more closely, I could see something of a small yellow oval shape. […]
Categories : Citrus & Fruit Trees, Pests
Question from Vicki: I have nematodes in my garden. is it safe to eat the vegetables if there are nematodes in the roots? Are there any vegetables tht nematodes are less likely to invade? Enjoyed your seminar in San Diego a few months ago! thanks! Answer from Pat: It is fine to eat the vegetables […]
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Fungus (black spot) on Tabebulia Leaves
Posted by Pat Welsh
· Saturday,
August
2nd,
2014
at 10:07 AM
Question from Ellen: Every year our pink Tabebulia leafs out nicely then immediately starts losing its leaves to this black spot business. First the leaves’ tips turn brown, then the leaves get covered in black spots. The leaves dry up and fall off and turn black. The whole while it’s sprouting healthy new growth. It’s […]
Categories : Pests
Question from Dave: Thank you very much for writing your books – I read and refer to them every week. I’m trying to shift from conventional to organic gardening. All of my citrus trees have citrus leaf miner – some worse than others. I’ve spread worm castings and shifted over to chicken manure based fertilizer. […]
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