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Pill Bug Destruction
Posted by bfreeman_sunset20(Ca 9b vta co)
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maryifUpdated I also have earwigs, snails & large pill bug populations feeding on my strawberries. I also took a cue from seeing the strawberry farmland with it's rows of raised mounds covered in black plastic, so when I planted my berries ...
Update on side yard!
Posted by laurmela
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jenn(SoCal 9/19)Updated What a beautiful transformation! Your side yard has wonderful personality... I love it.
No weather to complain about!..
Posted by stanofh
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stanofhUpdated First here too in Hayward-do cherry tomatos count?
Know of any good rat detterent?
Posted by tracm(9 CA)
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gardengoddess721Updated Litlbit- What about secondary poisoning using the Vitamin 3D? I HAVE to do something! Reluctantly removed all bird feeders :( Have been trapping, tried Bounce sheets; rats chewed them up. They clear-cut the field behind our house ...
Am I glad to find you! Please help........
Posted by bethr1957(z9 Huntington Beach, CA)
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CA Kate z9Updated Welcome to California, Beth. It sounds as tho' you need to treat 4th of July like a cactus and use long tongs to handle. (Now, you know, I'm just going to have to get one out of pure curiousity.) LOL
Marigolds from seed
Posted by elc11(sunset z24 SD CA)
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elc11(sunset z24 SD CA)Updated Thank you both for your replies. I looked at the Seeds of Change catalog and it mentioned 80-90 days to maturity; that's about what I figured based on when Ruth planted her marigolds. I'm not really sure *what* seeds I have...they...
most fragrant, high-blooming, (thorny ok) rose around veg garden
Posted by lucia_ca(z9 CA)
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ketvalgal(sunset23)Updated Camelot is an old grandiflora/hybrid tea that is very tough here in Socal. Very resistant to powdery mildew. Blooms a salmony pink, holds forever in a vase and is very fragrant. Condesa de Sastago is another old hybrid tea that ha...
Sweet peas this late?
Posted by Charlotte Willner
2 Comments
zzyzx(z9/ss21 So Cal)Updated What the heck, get them a try and see what happens. I have a sweet pea growing now in the off season just to see if it will flower...
have: 9 cymbidium orchids
Posted by zzukke(z10 SO CAL)
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zzyzx(z9/ss21 So Cal)Updated Are you looking for a new home for them?
Good Source of River Rock
Posted by airbourne1
2 Comments
borderbarbUpdated Have you tried Craigslist? Or Frecycle?
Drought question, does DEW do any good?
Posted by californian
11 Comments
tropical_thought(San Francisco)Updated I always believed that dew causes fungal diseases, by wetting the leaves, yet not being enough to water the roots, and therefore was a negative thing. I had some CA poppies that got grey mildrew. There were the not orange ones, bu...
Garden Pest is eating my Pepper Plant
Posted by joegarden3
9 Comments
twoboysmama(7)Updated I found the exact same holes as yours in my basil, then witnessed a white fluffy caterpiller munching along. I should have taken a picture, but I was so mad I threw it over the fence! (First timer) The irregular holes in my bell p...
is it too late to start snap peas in Orange County?
Posted by risa_fullerton
2 Comments
hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated It's just about to start getting hot. Peas are for the winter. They won't do well planted now. Plant bell peppers, basil, and pumpkin, another round of green beans, or more tomatoes instead.
Somekinda Cypress?! Pasadena, Ca
Posted by jahhn
2 Comments
jahhnUpdated HOLLYWOOD JUNIPER!! Thanks a million!
gophers and palms
Posted by aquilachrysaetos
8 Comments
gcbunnell(8b/9a N.CA)Updated This is my experience re gophers and palm trees. My husband and I planted a field of 125, 2-3 gal. sized Canary Island Date palms on an acre in the foothills of the upper Sacramento Valley. That summer we discovered we had gophers...
classic newbie mistake! (sorry, a bit long)
Posted by ladybugsmom192(9)
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ladybugsmom192(9)Updated @elc11 - i'm actually trellising the tomatoes now, but out of ignorance because that's what dear hubby came home with. it seems to be working, got some flowers, just still waiting on fruit. the sweet 100 is closest to the squash, ...
need info and help if you please?
Posted by ladybugsmom192(9)
8 Comments
ladybugsmom192(9)Updated thanks for all your wonderful words of advice - i've clearly been doing the wrong things since i started on may 12, in addition to the unusually warm weather. much of what you've said probably explains why my bell peppers and toma...
Where to get hostas locally?
Posted by gardenhere
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gardenhereUpdated Thanks much.
Lots of Leaf Miners this year?
Posted by hosenemesis
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iris_gal(z9 CA)Updated I haven't seen them this year, yet! Only annuals are petunias, lobelia, nastursiums, nicotiana & lisianthus.
looking for tall, native, hedge-like plants
Posted by mimulus(z 10/24 SoCal)
4 Comments
terrestrial_man(9)Updated You should contact Las Pilitas Nursery in Secondido they should be able to help with advice and possibly plants. Here is a link that might be useful: Las Pilitas Nursery Escondido
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