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Interesting "weed"
Posted by gregbradley(Upland, CA USDA 9b Sunset 19)
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aquilachrysaetosUpdated Those wild sunflowers are great bird magnets. I always let a few of them grow in my garden. I take them out when they start looking tatty. They attract house finches and goldfinches.
"It's getting hot up in here"
Posted by nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)
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nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)(9/Sunset 14)Updated Wind has been scary this afternoon. i'm thinking trees are coming down.
Why are my seedlings stunted?
Posted by elvie
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benjaminjparkinUpdated Hi, I grew some seedlings which were filled with potting mix in the small black tube containers. The ones which I kept in boxes with poor drainage did not grow very high (only a few centimetres after six months). The two seedlings...
What's happening to my grape plant?
Posted by llilibel03
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llilibel03Updated Love the little Sammy icon. I found this article where they did a lab analysis of coffee grounds- slightly acidic. http://www.sunset.com/garden/earth-friendly/starbucks-coffee-compost-test I will try some bark mulch. Thanks.
Pruning my Anna apple tree
Posted by ecky_bay(z10 CA)
25 Comments
Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated Too many to eat fresh! These are great for pie and apple sauce!
Solarization to remove lawn
Posted by Hector Perez
21 Comments
fireballsocalUpdated http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us/water/residents/rebate_information.asp This link will take you to our water department rebate page where you will see there is a rebate for replacing grass with mulch or gravel, another for plant...
Garden Pest Eating our Pepper Plant
Posted by joegarden3
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laura_al (zone 10; sunset 24) Santa BarbUpdated I had holes like this on my okra and I think it was flea beetles. I put diatomaceous earth around them, and protected them with little collars made from bottomless plastic pots. the plants really grew after giving them some prot...
What is eating my bean plants in L.A.?
Posted by jimmalex
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Here it is Bugs. Earwigs, perhaps? Wasps are carnivores and do not eat vegetation.
Hidden peanuts
Posted by sf_rhino
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catspa_NoCA_Z9_Sunset14Updated sf_rhino, as a kid, I grew them one year in the garden, for fun. It was a nice green plant, more or less a foot tall, and it did produce peanuts by the end of the summer (this was in Santa Rosa, CA). They do require 1.5 to 2 inc...
Is my Princess Azaela dead? (And other questions)
Posted by archedjumpshot
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BarbJP CA 15-16/9BUpdated I've given up on azaleas in the ground here. The soil is too heavy, the water too alkaline, the air too dry, no rain in the summer. They really want to be someplace like Japan or the US Southeast, acidic water, rain in the summe...
May 2nd- June 3rd. The morning Fog has ended.
Posted by stanofh
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BarbJP CA 15-16/9BUpdated I don't mind in the least. And since our water district just put in restrictions I hope it keeps up. It reduces the need for watering quite a lot. I find it more calming than depressing. But then again, I'm not growing any tomato...
mildew resistant purple(?) Crape myrtle for San Jose area
Posted by dtinca(SF Bay Area- zone 9b/Sunset 15)
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dtinca(SF Bay Area- zone 9b/Sunset 15)Updated Elvie, thanks for the idea. The Zuni variety is quite beautiful, but all the nursery descriptions I've read say that it only gets to 8-10' tall, and we are looking for a tree that will eventually reach 15-20' with low water once e...
Training hops
Posted by sf_rhino
sf_rhinoI have a couple of hop rhizomes that I recently planted and the bines are starting to come up. I only set up a single string for each rhizome but now I'm wondering if I should have set one up for each bine. I've hung them from the...
$10,000 fines for watering your fern,Fred.
Posted by stanofh
22 Comments
ebang3Updated Agriculture is really the biggest user of water, but I am trying to conserve all the same. For the garden, I am using recycled kitchen water and also from the laundry. I put together a rudimentary greywater system and switched l...
Suggestions for great nursery visits in Bay Area
Posted by Holly
9 Comments
ebang3Updated For roses, try regans nursery, just the other side of the bridge from sunset.
Looking for Chinese pistache tree, seedling, or seeds!
Posted by piranha338(8/9)
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shedthechrysalisUpdated If you're still looking for one, I see them in Lowes all the time. SMUD also gives them away as free shade trees, if you know anybody in the Sacramento area.
Help! Green powder substance on the bark of my trees
Posted by fkong777
6 Comments
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)Updated It doesn't hurt the plant at all and scraping it away could in fact cause considerable harm. Moss and algae grow readily on the bark and stems of trees and shrubs in a lot of shade and with moist soil conditions or high humidity a...
Should I be watering my redwood trees?
Posted by drinkmorewater
23 Comments
velvetdog76Updated I'm a redwood owner of second growth. For me I don't know what Redwood trees I have. I live in the hills above Santa Cruz, in SLV where 100 years ago my area was clear cut, then fire to rebuild SF.(Sequoiadendron giganteum) and Ca...
do you have a ficus hedge?
Posted by karenemuller
8 Comments
andy_e(SF Bay CA Zone 9)Updated There are other creative options for hiding a fence that provide more garden interest and bring fewer negative side effects. Here are a few I can think of: - a vine on an espalier, such as grapes, wisteria, clematis, or another at...
What to do with a nasty grasshopper?
Posted by tracm(9 CA)
43 Comments
Barbara ChristensenUpdated WickedHeart(z11SanDiego) I'm late to this discussion, and "Desperate in San Diego!" May I borrow your husband this weekend? Just kidding!
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