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El Nino is going to ruin everything
Posted by tropical_thought(San Francisco)
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caavonldy(8/9 N CA)Updated One thing to remember is that most plants like good draining soil. Sometimes we have to add a lot of amendments to our soil. People with clay soil have drainage problems that need extra amendments to lighten it up. I am blessed wi...
'The Botany of Desire', a good TV watch
Posted by Bob_B(Sunset 14, Ca.)
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wcgypsy(10 / Sunset 23)Updated Yes, it was good, but the book is better. I read the book and loved it then watched the program......my husband watched the program and thought it was great, but he didn't know how much he missed.....
planting daffodil and iris bulbs
Posted by purnima(z9CA)
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gardenguru1950(SunsetZ16)Updated yes
Allium triquetrum (wild onion)
Posted by betsygee(9)
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tropical_thought(San Francisco)Updated I had a heavy infection of wild onion when we bought the house, but I was able to get rid of it, but it took three years. I had dig up every root and I filled huge garbage bags with bulbs. This was before we had city composting ab...
2 types of privacy screens
Posted by dancerdeb(23)
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hosenemesisUpdated Hi dancerdeb, Did you look through the suggestions on the FAQ page? Davissue put together a good list of plants for privacy there. My absolute favorite is nandina. It sounds like a great choice for your kitchen windows. Renee Here...
Raining in socal
Posted by gobluedjm 9/18 CA
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kristincarolUpdated As it is, indeed, an ill wind that blows no good, Spring should be absolutely gorgeous in SoCal this year. I remember the huge storms of January 1977 or 78 which knocked down over a 1000 trees in LB. Things bloomed that Spring lik...
Waiting for Spring... 1 Pic
Posted by hosenemesis
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hosenemesisUpdated I'm ready for the big bloom! Borderbarb, Irisvirus may go dormant, but it will never be cured. There is a difference in quality, but it is not necessarily connected to price. Rhizomes you purchase from growers in California and Or...
Website for Orange County, CA rainfall data
Posted by californian
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ltecato(9)Updated Thanks for the link. This might make it easier to click: Here is a link that might be useful: Rainfall data
Anyone grow mushrooms on Black Walnut?
Posted by eggalinameggalina(southern c.a.)
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eggalinameggalina(southern c.a.)Updated here's an article in today's l.a. times about mushrooms: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/home_blog/2010/01/after-the-rain-mushrooms-now-is-the-season-to-explore-the-most-mysterious-and-all-too-transient-organisms-that-occur-in-dry...
Enough wind, already!
Posted by ltecato(9)
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sunnyca_gwUpdated Today is supposed to be worst storm yet with 50 mph winds. I moved all my pots under my orange tree close to house.They are all on ground. Can't believe all the people staying up in their houses after told to get out! Those hills ...
My Roma Tomato seeedling rushing to grow!
Posted by earth_patio
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Warm season plants like tomatoes started WAY too early usually do not make good plants, even if they survive long enough to make it outside. They do much better when allowed to grow straight through with no checks on their growth ...
Any opinions on Tomcot and Cot-n-Candy apricots/apriums?
Posted by vall3fam(9 CentralCA)
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home_grower(SoCal Z9 S18)Updated No opinion yet but I planted a cot-n-candy last September and am eager to see what it will give me this summer.
Carpenteria californica
Posted by esh_ga
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esh_gaUpdated We went to East Bay Nursery this morning - what a fabulous place! We got the Carpenteria californica 'Elizabeth', two Ceanothus (one 'Julia Phelps' and one other, lower growing one, C. gloriosus because she liked the foliage), a c...
Looks like heavy rain will bypass N. Orange County
Posted by californian
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socal23(USDA10/Sunset23)Updated I think I should stop watching the doppler radar. It's depressing watching the band weaken as it passes overhead just to re-intensify to our south and east. Ryan
Suggestions for Low Growing Juniper Or Similar.....
Posted by millerthyme
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sunnyca_gwUpdated When our tract was new, years ago, several of neighbors went to Bonsai place nearby & got cute little plants, the 1 next door is 30 ft high now, long needled pine that shreds stuff all yr long. Across the street, was a lovely ...
mulch
Posted by sunnie(9/10 So.Calif.)
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postum(9b CA (S.F.))Updated I'm assuming this was bark mulch? It would be unusual, but not impossible, for bagged mulch to contain seeds. I usually spread newspapers down and pile the mulch on top of that, which keeps the weeds down better than bark mulch al...
rain and fruit set
Posted by luv_figs
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homey_birdUpdated I have let my blueberries stand in rain for many years without any loss of fruits etc. They will not fall unless there is hailstorm (my guess). That said, I'm not sure if SoCal rain is like heavy downpour ... if it hits hard then ...
Identity of evergreen oak near Livermore/Dublin
Posted by esh_ga
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esh_gaUpdated Comparing images on the web with my samples ... sure looks like it. Thanks a lot!
It's coming for you, hope you are prepared
Posted by californian
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gardenerme(z9/21 inland socal)Updated Getting a steady drip here in Lake Elsinore for the last hour or so (since 4:30?). Very cloudy, grey, and getting dark fast . . .
Heavy rains coming!
Posted by norcal916(USDA 9 / Sunset 14)
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sunnyca_gwUpdated Ground got saturated in Dec. with the 3 1/2 in or so we got. 8 in. or more in 1 week & we will be in big trouble. I don't know when they lasted cleaned out our flood control channel some of trees are 20 ft tall, used to be abl...
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