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Master Gardener projects and assessments
Posted by toad_ca(z7b Bellingham, WA)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated As a Washington state resident you are where the Master Gardener movement started, and as you know it is nation wide sponsored by the state university in each state. It is commendable that as a member you want to more effective, b...
Will my peppers ripen...
Posted by rosecats
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated I hope so, as I have a lot of my own that are still not ripe. An early rain is not an indication that the warmth of the season is over. Al
Hedges: 1) 15-10ft dense and 2) 8-15ft dense
Posted by privacyhound(9)
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bahia(SF Bay Area)Updated You might consider using flowering shrubs such as Grewia occidentalis or Tecomaria capensis or Tecoma x smithii as sheared shrubs to about 8 feet tall by 4 foot wide. Several of the selections of Pittosporum tenuifolium such as Ma...
Do I feed everything now?
Posted by swallowtail_grower
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gardenguru1950(SunsetZ16)Updated No need to feed pines, especially with those pound-in stakes. Citrus need feeding. The feeding schedule is three feedings: Feb/Mar, Apr/May, June/July. Feed them with Citrus Food. Joe
Calibrachoas 'million bells'
Posted by elita
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elitaUpdated I guess I could hand pick the little duckers [caterpillars], but I noticed that when I try picking them up with a spoon or twig, they let out this greenish liquid. I wouldn't want to find out it is some type of acid that will irri...
Does this fit into 'old style California' design?
Posted by xoxosmom
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xoxosmomUpdated Thanks everyone. I am going to skip the arch.
What is some of the strangest things your garden has done or..
Posted by us_marine
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dicotUpdated My Thomson grapevine either developed crown rot last year or the glassy wing sharpshooters I can't get rid of gave it Pierce's disease. But it is still producing healthy leaves and some good fruit, so I just treat it normally and ...
Where to buy compost or garden soil in the Bay Area
Posted by bakaroni
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xanthoria(9)Updated Lou at American Soil is awesome. However, for the cheapest product, San Francisco's green compost bins go to Bay View Green Waste Recycling in the city and the contents are turned into a composty mulch that might be really good fo...
What to grow in winter in window boxes?
Posted by californiaplaya(9 - NorCal)
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hosenemesisUpdated I second Bahia's suggestion. The cyclamens last forever, and it sounds like your balcony is just right for them. I leave them in their four-inch pots and stick them in bigger pots in between the ivy leaves, and they look great for...
Mice??
Posted by juno2008
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ingrid_vc so. CA zone 9Updated hosenemesis, Mousy is so pleased that you like her. She's waving her little pink paw to say hello to you. I think what you did re the bulldozers is splendid. I would have done the same, but so many would never have given these cre...
What is up with my Cordyline?
Posted by skrip(z9/sun19/SoCal.)
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tabassamUpdated Mine did the same thing-- I have one in a pot in full sun-watering when needed. I think it is sunburned because some of my potted succulents also seemed partly burned on the parts where the hottest rays hit it-- that was some heat...
What would you choose - Lisbon or Eureka lemon?
Posted by ashleysf(9 San Jose,CA)
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jim123(z9 or z10 CA)Updated Although the fruit is about the same between the two trees, the growth habit of the trees are very different. Lisbon is very vigorous and will almost always be a bigger and denser tree. It is also a heavy bearer. Eureka is not as ...
Looking for a chimney vine
Posted by devo13
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hosenemesisUpdated Hmm, if your chimney is brick or rock and has mortar, you may want to avoid planting anything that has little sucker feet or grasping tendrils like ivy or creeping fig. You can use anchors and grow a climbing rose, which would pro...
Recognize this seedling?
Posted by ltecato(9)
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Central_Cali369(Sunset Z9, Fresno, CA)Updated Looks like Canary Island Pine to me. I have some blue colored pine seedlings here as well and they are undoubtibly from a nearby Canary Island Pine
Any Experience with Eco-Lawn?
Posted by wobsie
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wobsieUpdated Thanks! Exactly the discussion I'm looking for. I'll follow-up there.
Suggestions for more tasty tomatoes?
Posted by kristineca(z10 CA (Coast))
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated My tomatoes were bland tasting at the beginning of the season but had excellent flavor as soon as the weather heated up. Same water, same plants, but the heat made a lot of difference. Maybe try raised beds with a plastic mulch to...
Best sedums for drought/heat
Posted by purpleclover(CA Sunset 18)
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hoovb zone 9 sunset 23Updated Mine do like some water, one watering a week in summer, one watering a month the rest of the time. Lots of them prefer part shade to full sun. I like S. dasyphyllum (mostly shade), S. 'Angelina'. Got a new one today, a species fro...
Box-Leaf Euonymous Dwarf
Posted by hosenemesis
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hosenemesisUpdated Thank you- these are much better choices. Renee
Nesting houses for bees
Posted by basillady
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basilladyUpdated I ordered a bee house from Esty. I know they need to be in a sheltered area, facing east or south east. I wonder if birds and squirrels will bother the bees as we attract lots of these, as well?
The three stages of my Giant Squill.
Posted by sunnie(9/10 So.Calif.)
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kathi_mdgd(92058)Updated OHHHHHHHHHHH I like that,have never seen it b4.TFS Kathi
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