by Greg Alder | Aug 20, 2021 | Citrus, Fruit, Pests |
Back in the winter of 2015, a neighbor noted how poor my lime tree looked. She said her lemon tree didn’t have those “curly leaves” because she sprays it. A couple days later she brought over a blue bottle of the stuff she uses: Bayer Advanced...
by Greg Alder | Aug 6, 2021 | August, Months |
In August we pass from mid summer into late summer, and some plants never want the season to end, such as the macadamia below. New growth at the top of the tree. Other plants start to look tired in August. Look at this weary butternut squash vine that I planted back...
by Greg Alder | Jul 30, 2021 | Vegetables |
“Lettuce, a cool-season vegetable, is extremely sensitive to high temperatures,” it reads on page 385 of the California Master Gardener Handbook. Well, the average high temperature in the summer in my neighborhood of Southern California is the low 90’s . . . but let’s...
by Greg Alder | Apr 30, 2021 | Soil, Vegetables |
I start all of my vegetable seeds in homemade compost, as I wrote about last month. (“Can you start vegetable seeds in compost?”) The results are satisfactory. Still I wondered how my seeds would germinate and grow in other composts. Would different composts yield...
by Greg Alder | Feb 12, 2021 | Vegetables |
I remember well the first time I sowed vegetable seeds. They were green beans. I stood there holding the packet, looking at the garden dirt wondering, “Do I really just bury them and they’ll grow?” Though I’ve done much sowing since then, I still mess it up from...
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