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end of november i'm still picking tomatoes.
Posted by desert_cat_ca(z8CA)
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jll0306(9/ Sunset 18/High Desert)Updated If I am reading the yahoo weather site correctly, our average low here for November is usually 43 F, but it has been 47F this year!! I'm still picking tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and cukes!
Echium gentianoides 'Tajinaste'
Posted by wanda(Z9 CA)
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nicktexas(Z9Tx)Updated How is the Tajinaste doing? How do you think it would do in the Texas Coast? Nick
Happy Thanksgiving
Posted by lesdvs9
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CA Kate z9Updated Thank you, Leslie. I hope your Thanksgiving was a feast-ful one as well. We are in LA at DD's house -- for this whole week.
Best Pink Bee Balm?
Posted by jxa44
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated I am not growing any Monarda so have no preference. I have noticed though that deer generally do not like plants of the Lamiaceae family, many of which have the gray foliage you mention. I don't think the deer consider the color o...
Problem with strawberry plants
Posted by srilunewgardener
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated Two strawberry plants in a one gallon pot will soon fill the pot with roots and make watering a real problem. The plant will wilt as soon as you turn your back. Al
plant identification
Posted by queerbychoice(USDA 9a/Sunset 8 (CA))
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wanda(Z9 CA)Updated The first plant could be a larkspur. I think the other was portulaca weed. Here is a link that might be useful: portulaca weed
Speaking of Gophers.....
Posted by CA Kate z9
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abryceUpdated I have had similar problems and tried many products but only gopherout worked.
Watering citrus in pots
Posted by sumcool(Cen. Coast/s17)
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Suzi AKA DesertDance So CA Zone 9bUpdated Thanks for the heads up on the Soil Sleuth. It seems like the answer I was looking for. I have 6 baby fruit treelings ready to be put into containers (mainly because our HOA won't let me put them into the ground), but I was so wor...
Panicum virgatum 'Heavy Metal'
Posted by trpool(10, Sunset 24)
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davissue_zone9(z9 Sunset 14)Updated Normal. I cut it back in late fall to the ground, and it comes back fresh every spring.
Help save Monarch Butterfly habitat
Posted by jakkom
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Swedeinla(SoCal z10)Updated I planted several varieties of milkweed (some quite beautiful) and they did indeed attract the Monarchs (I'm in L.A.), but the caterpillars always get eaten before they can pupate. I know the lizards in my yard eat them but the sk...
Your choice for drop dead gorgeous patio tree?
Posted by provence(SoCal/19)
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othercaliforniaUpdated Yay, yay, yay, thanks for all this info everyone cos i'm using it too. Another tree you might look at is golden rain tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, although i've only read about it and my fave nursery has one in the ground there, ...
Gypsy Moths Discovered in So. Cal
Posted by toyo2960
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gobluedjm 9/18 CAUpdated Oh yes they are bad! Being a transplant from MI I have seen them in trees, on homes. They cover trees and even doorways. It's a short season for them there but they come back every year. Hopefully they can stop them here.
buy flowering chery tree
Posted by tiger9172
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mlevieUpdated Forestfarm has a gazillion kinds of flowering cherries, and will cheerfully ship them to California. The five-gallon size is somewhat expensive to ship, but truthfully, since most cherries are fast-growing, a one-gallon will proba...
SF bay area winter vegetables: suggestions please
Posted by awkonradi
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habitat_gardener(z9 CA/Sunset15)Updated I got huge onions from onion seedlings ("bare root" from Wegman's last Dec. or Jan.) -- much better success than from sets. Supposedly this is because to create the sets, the growth is interrupted, so you get the biggest...
native grapes
Posted by susanwrites(9)
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calistoga_al ca 15 usda 9Updated When I saw the heading 'native grapes' I thought a way to stop them was available. They come up all over my garden. Just imagine how much fun it is to try and remove them from a large berberis plant. When a great old black oak fel...
Flower Slideshow - Oakland hills
Posted by jakkom
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hosenemesisUpdated Irises in NOVEMBER? Thanks for the show.
Record warmth and heat in coastal California this week...
Posted by stanofh
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kittymoonbeamUpdated We were at Newport Beach yesterday. The water was packed with surfers. A warm day with a brilliant pink sunset over Catalina island. It feels like july outside, and all the stores are now putting up Christmas decorations. Very odd...
Need transportation ideas!
Posted by calpat(zone9ab No.Ca.)
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lesdvs9Updated I thought it might help because it covered your city and county areas and thought there might be something there to help. Someone who could refer you to something that is active. Let us know if anything pans out. I'd hate to be ti...
Need a 17' Screen
Posted by markpaulsen
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Mark FellmanUpdated Podocarpus???
Ashes from the fires on my plants
Posted by kittymoonbeam
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kittymoonbeamUpdated Today was much better. I gave all the plants a sprinkle and just washed down the walks a little. The cats are upset that they could not go out in the fenced back yard because of the smoke and ashes. I lost some pansies and a few y...
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