Mycorrhiza is big this episode due to Rob, a garlic grower in Stirling. We (briefly) discuss the benefits, symbiotic relationship with fungi/plant roots plus the importance of organic matter to support it all. Huge topic - more to come! Plum drop, trumpet vine invasion, dehumidifier water and stinging nettles. Just another garden show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Callers share: garlic ideas to deter insects, garlic infested with onion maggots, and when is it best to harvest garlic? Redbud tree shedding seeds, burning bush defoliating for no apparent reason and roses Japanese beetles don't eat!
Charlie rants about quality soil - better to provide a $5 hole for a 50 cent plant than the other way around! Plus transplanting maple trees and roses. Protecting roses overwinter, lawn grubs, black mulch that stinks and more...
We discuss clover as a wonderful groundcover. Plus non-flowering lilacs, lilies and immature tomatoes. Are Lupin seeds from PEI in 2016 still viable? All this on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Pruning Forsythia (now?), propagating pussy willow, when to harvest garlic (now?), and encouraging forget-me-nots to flower in the future. We're all over the garden this week on the Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
We cover rose sawflies, an overwatered Peace lily, maples with splitting bark and lavender with grey buds. Even suggestions for a graveyard in northern Ontario. What a show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Hot weather means no growth for plants. Flowering stops, leaves get scorched, and even limbs drop with high winds. Challenges include pruning overgrown Japanese maples, northern Catalpa, and everbearing raspberries. Even bean seeds won't sprout! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Boxwood tree moth annihilating so many boxwood plants! Harvesting garlic, using horticultural vinegar to kill weeds between pavers, Clematis wilt and much more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
How often to fertilize lawn? Something is eating my peppers - pillbugs?!? Growing apples from seeds, and floppy Amaryllis. Suckers on ornamental pear trees - what a show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
In studio with Paul Oliver (Urbannaturestore.ca) wildlife expert! Lots of great questions about Baltimore orioles, hummingbirds and their migration patterns, and best food for finches. Plus growing blueberries, harvesting garlic and best soil amendments. Very eclectic show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Boxwood tree moth continues to frustrate, keeping tender plants alive during unseasonable weather, peach leaf curl (clearly all the rain is contributing to this problem), and replacing an old, unhealthy Crimson King maple. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Cool, wet weather has slowed everyone down to a snail's pace (no pun intended) in the garden. Pruning overgrown evergreens, Japanese maples and re-potting mature Clivia and snake plants are top of mind this week. Even Christmas cactus is a topic! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
From an old friend wanting to know about planting between flagstones, to lily of the valley taking over (came from the neighbour's yard), and what best plants attract hummingbirds - it's an active show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
We're all over the garden this week. Including: when to mulch, growing Clematis in a pot, Epsom salts for tomatoes, fertilizing with sandy soil, harvesting newly planted rhubarb, and what to do with a waxed Amaryllis? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Charlie fields questions from great callers that run the gamut: transplanting shrubs & bulbs, fertilizing apples, a scruffy lawn with a wedding on the horizon, plus pruning lilacs, plums, holly and lots more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Paul Oliver from the Urban Nature Store joins Charlie in-studio to share tips for supporting birds and discouraging critters like squirrels. We also discuss when to plant Canna lilies, planting in shade and fungus gnats on a large indoor palm tree. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Replacing an old apple tree, growing beneath an old blue spruce tree, and trees that grow well in moisture. That's the beginning of the show. Voles, pruning butterfly bush + rose of Sharon, not to mention rabbit damage on serviceberry. It's a very big show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Things are hopping on the Garden Show today - to till or not an ancient asparagus patch? Soil preparation and composition - again, to till? Coffee grounds in the garden, boxwood replacements, Irish Spring soap to deter squirrels and more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Today's show covers overwatered African violets, pruning Clematis, repelling cats from the garden and a search for Edelweiss. Plus lots more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Paul Oliver (urbannaturestore.ca) joins the show to share his expertise with wildlife. Attracting bluebirds, best plantings to support birds, how and when to clean birdhouses, and the annual arrival of the bully grackles are all discussed today. Plus what to do with excess fireplace ashes? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Many native insects use the hollow stems of herbaceous perennials for overwintering. Plants like Sedum and ornamental grasses. Don't rush to remove this material until the insects have moved on - likely early to mid May. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Callers are interested in taking geranium cuttings, caring for 'mother-in-laws tongue, starting seeds and filling raised gardens. Spring is on its way! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Fully grown Bridal Wreath Spirea in an allotment garden, Rhubarb in a raised garden and dwarf Hydrangea along a foundation. All this and more on the Garden Show this week! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Colin Campbell joins show from the 'hood' to share tips on apple tree care, Maple madness and more. Meanwhile callers have cut tulips falling over, weeds in vegetable gardens, squirrels stripping lilac bushes and English ivy taking over. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Plants are thriving with the longer days and callers need advice. To re-pot or not very overgrown Amaryllis? What about orchids that have formed "pips" (baby plants) on flower stems? Dean and Charlie weigh in on the power of a heated bird bath. And Sue has been saving wood ashes and eggshells all winter. What to do with them? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
60 years ago the red & white maple leaf flag was raised over Parliament Hill. Proud to be a Canadian during turbulent times! Meanwhile, it's time to prune Forsythia for indoor forcing. How to propagate African violets, Virginia creeper and let's talk succession planting in preparation for summer! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Fireplace ash for the garden (how much?), thistle infestation in raised garden beds (how eradicate?), super-long English ivy stems (how propagate?) and Amaryllis still dormant! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Keeping Amaryllis healthy and blooming for many years is easy - fertilizing, re-potting and more. We discuss soggy orchid care plus a caller is searching for specific Chrysanthemums. Another caller has a good suggestion! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
We chat about Robbie Burns Day and Scottish thistles. Watering orchids, Christmas cactus failing, box tree moths, and a caller from Uruguay tells us about Lady of the Night (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) blooming recently. The fragrance is magnificent! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
Rick Gray, co-author of The Gardener's Guide to Native Plants of the Southern Great Lakes Region, joins us on the show. We discuss milkweed tussock moths, the region this book is relevant to, promoting insects and birds in our gardens, and when volume 2 & 3 will be published to include native trees. NativePlantGardener.ca for more info. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio
