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fly infestation!
Posted by Jones0731
3 Comments
hosenemesisUpdated Fly strips. They are icky, but they work.
Horsetail Rush
Posted by jeff_leites(9 San Fernando Valley, CA)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated This plant is almost impossible to get rid of, once it escapes from what ever you have it contained in. I have had inquiries for at least 20 years on how to get it out of the garden, but yours is the first on how to grow it, sorry...
racoons in the garden!
Posted by jen1262
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gregbradleyUpdated I've had a litter of skunks under my shed almost every year. They eat every snail they can find. They will get worms and grubs out of the mulch under my fruit trees. I've never had them dig in the lawn but sometimes they will dig ...
What to do in October in SoCal
Posted by hosenemesis
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hosenemesisUpdated Pat thinks November is even better than October for planting natives, min. Too funny, nil! I dread the day I must divide my daylilies, socks. Good luck.
Flower Identification Help
Posted by nancygreenthumb
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hosenemesisUpdated Wow, Kathi! That's quite a show.
Aloe Vandbalenii disease?
Posted by elvie
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elvieUpdated Thanks hoovb and Stan. I was hand watering the Oscularia in late spring to get it established from cuttings and only watered that bed several times all summer, always avoiding the aloe and agave, but I am pretty random with the ho...
Mother-In-Law's Tongue Blooming
Posted by akarinz
13 Comments
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Very cool! Thanks for sharing the photo.
Bittermelon in zone 9?
Posted by projectcop(9)
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Subtropical to Tropical, so it wants to stay warm. I would recommend full sun, and reflected heat--reflected heat meaning from nearby light stucco or concrete walls, or concrete pavement--entities that absorb considerable solar he...
Wilting Cauliflower
Posted by vbgreens
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Try 50% shade cloth over it during every heat wave, and maybe plant it where it gets afternoon shade. Cauliflower is difficult to get through heat waves. It dies or bolts before you get something edible. Easiest in Sunset 24, diff...
Watering trees
Posted by kristie_2007
3 Comments
kristie_2007Updated Thank you for the valuable information
strawberry plants over winter?
Posted by vbgreens
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kittymoonbeamUpdated Watch for slugs and snails. Don't let them get too crowded with new plants. Plant the new little plants away from the parents. Pick off any fruit so that disease from rotting fruit does not hurt the plants.
Blooming in September
Posted by hosenemesis
5 Comments
socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24Updated My fall bulbs are just starting to bloom. The first Sternbergia lutea and Oxblood lily popped out yesterday.
Dry Creek is done!
Posted by peachymomo(Ca 8)
13 Comments
Lars(Z11a, Sunset 24)Updated To me, the boulders look like glacial erratics, and so they could have been left there by nature. There is nothing to suggest that they were put there by erosion, except by being dropped into place. I do not think the point here w...
California Mango tree in the rain.
Posted by stanofh
4 Comments
stanofhUpdated That "tree" used to be 7' tall as a potted plant. 2012 we had a sharp night- near 32. That took a tree that had fruited the summer before down to below the graft. Fruiting uses a lot of a young plants resources, and alth...
Ceanothus herstiorum
Posted by kristie_2007
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated maybe wait until late October for cooler/wetter weather.
Preventing nectarine 'brown rot' and peach 'leaf curl'...
Posted by lucia_ca(z9 CA)
3 Comments
kittymoonbeamUpdated And go over to fruit and orchard forum to get more details on these and other peach & nectarine advice.
Cover Crop
Posted by slimgid(9b)
2 Comments
slimgid(9b)Updated sounds like a good option and not too far from where I am. Thanks for the heads up. Always nice to be able to talk to someone face to face and ask questions.
Brachychiton - Flame tree in CA?
Posted by slowjane CA/ Sunset 21
6 Comments
slowjane CA/ Sunset 21Updated thanks hoovb!
What are your fav California natives or drought tolerant plants?
Posted by frender
19 Comments
jacqueline9CAUpdated Salvia leucantha (Mexican sage) grows here in No Cal everywhere, and it blooms all Summer, Fall, and most of the Winter. For some reason it does not usually appear on lists of salvias in catalogues - perhaps because it is cold ten...
When to plant wildflower seeds?
Posted by anchita(Bay area, CA)
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anchita(Bay area, CA)Updated Thank you so much for your guidance. I'll wait until the rains have started. Maybe will put some kind of raised netting over them when we do (it is a small area.)
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