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new gardener with large garden...
Posted by PopT
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Get the Pat Welsh book "Southern California Gardening" or the newer organic version, and visit her website for great advice. She's in the San Diego area as well and so the information will be spot-on for you. My condolen...
Dwarf Cavendish Banana - Fruiting cycle?
Posted by The_Vito(10b)
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The_Vito(10b)Updated Thanks very much for that great information, soaht! That's exactly the kind of info I've been looking for. I doubt that we'll have any need to cut the whole bunch "before winter", as we don't really have an actual winter...
where to buy alfalfa meal
Posted by sandiego4s
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soaht(Central CA 9B)Updated Have you tried taking a look at kelp4less.com they have the alfalfa meal and cottonseed meal. Their price is very reasonable(well at least to me since i haven't bought from any locals yet , so I can't really compare prices) and pl...
Bark chunks vs shredded redwood mulch
Posted by tinan
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tinanUpdated Well the bark chunks worked out great, because HD had a sale on the natural bark nuggets - 4 bags for $10! That's less than half what I paid for the shredded redwood last year, and it looks great :)
Silver sheen questions
Posted by DMBFiredancer
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dretutzUpdated Coastal Orange County here and my silver sheen is a great privacy screen along the driveway. Yes, one can see through it, but it gives the illusion of privacy and obscures the view of the driveway and parked cars. It is at least 2...
Slow growing star jasmine
Posted by kelpmermaid(10S24)
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tropical_thought(San Francisco)Updated I have some but it took years to get going and it stays small because I don't have enough heat for it. But, I know someone in san mateo CA who has some that are well established and they don't even get watered and they are really ...
too cool! weather...
Posted by stanofh
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kristincarolUpdated We have had showers every day for the past four at least. I am grateful for help with the watering.
Lady's slipper in ground
Posted by tabassam
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phil.bunchUpdated That is a real crap shoot. If you have a frost free area with excellent drainage it might survive but I suspect it will be more of a gradual decline.
What is this pretty tree with burgundy leaves?
Posted by manifest(USDA 11a, Sunset 24, CA)
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Sara Malone Zone 9bUpdated Yeah but they are slow......and I open up the architecture to eliminate all of those crossing branches so the shade is quite dappled - nothing like a mulberry, for instance.
sowing seeds in coastal San Diego/Baggie Method?
Posted by jardinerowa
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socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24Updated I live in coastal San Diego and don't plant heat loving crops like corn until June. Since it often stays warm through mid-October, there's still time for them to mature.
Fall/Winter Garden
Posted by phil.bunch
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phil.bunchUpdated So how did you do with the potatoes? Worth the effort? It was mentioned that their acid soil requirement can make it difficult to make good rotations.
dinosaur kale
Posted by youngwolf
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yukkuri_kame(Sunset 19 / USDA 9)Updated I have dino kale in my garden that is around 1.5 years old. Kales can be biennial or they may even perrennialise. They can look awful over summer and then perk up and put out lots of new growth when cool season comes around - but ...
Sago problemâ¦any ideas?
Posted by evilscott(USDA=10, Sunset=24)
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socalgal_gw Zone USDA 10b Sunset 24Updated You could take samples and photos to Walter Andersen's nursery in central San Diego and ask their advice.
Large Mystery tree needs ID
Posted by chadinlg Zone 9b Los Gatos CA
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chadinlg Zone 9b Los Gatos CAUpdated I think you may be correct, though I have never seen any fruiting bodies. Good to know it may be toxic, I'll remember to wash my hands after pruning. Also glad the tree is growing from my neighbors yard after reading how invasive ...
would love some passion fruit cuttings
Posted by soaht(Central CA 9B)
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soaht(Central CA 9B)Updated Everybody disregard this request, I already found some. Thanks again for looking!
Please ID this Flowering Tree with Berries
Posted by Melissa.H
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Melissa.HUpdated Thanks! After doing some more research and comparison I'm pretty sure it's a prunus caroliniana. I'll wait and see what color the berries turn to just to be sure. I think we will replant them further out from the fence to be safe....
Need Help Re-Designing my English Garden
Posted by hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA(10b Sunset 23)
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hoosierquilt USDA 10A Sunset 23 Vista CA(10b Sunset 23)Updated OMG, that would be awesome, and yes, we have a couple. Road trip tomorrow... Patty S.
Agonis Flexuosa
Posted by JoonB
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated A plant autopsy is always useful to find out WHY it did what it did, so you can adjust care if necessary and thereby make failure less likely to happen again whether you plant a tree of the same type, a different tree, or nothing ...
Starting large school garden, ideas for grant sources?
Posted by svirfnebli
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Our experience is that there absolutely must be a teacher or two and a couple of parents completely committed to the project; the principle must also be supportive. Otherwise, it fails as Gyr-Falcon describes. Many people simply a...
Indoor Gardening
Posted by tabula
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hosenemesisUpdated Perhaps some of the fragrant orchids would be a good choice.
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