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The Garden Show with Charlie Dobbin

Zoomer Podcast Networkwww.zoomerradio.ca
Zoomer Radio’s Garden Show host is noted author, columnist, radio and HGTV personality Charlie Dobbin. She’ll update you with each week’s gardening tips and professional advice, while taking your calls and having some fun with gardening as well. Every Saturday from 9-10am on Zoomer Radio AM740 and FM96.7
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Episodes

Redbud seedlings, soil and Chayote homework!

Charlie reports back on growing Chayote, listeners want to know more about transplanting seedlings, caring for waxed Amaryllis, Gardenias, mini-roses and Clematis pruning tips. Stay tuned next week for Charlie's rose picks for a caller! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Apr 01, 202341 min

Invigorate Your Plants!

Callers want to prune climbing roses, restore old Clematis, eliminate Bamboo and grow Chayote. Dahlias and blind Daffodils come up too! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Mar 25, 202344 min

Time to Get Growing!

Callers want to know more about propagating tuberous Begonia, Canna lily, Coleus and Poppy seeds. We discuss rose care and whether hybrid pepper seeds will breed true to type. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Mar 18, 202342 min

So Many Successes!

Callers are reaping the benefits of following past advice with lots of great stories. Pruning indoors is popular - spider plants, Hibiscus and Jade plants are all thriving. Great groundcovers for sun, fertilizer for trees and lots more on this week's Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Mar 11, 202343 min

A Search for Clematis

We're on the cusp of spring and caller's are thinking both indoors and out. C. 'Blue Angel' is high on a caller's list, potted bulbs and cedars peeled open in the latest dump of snow. What to do? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Mar 04, 202345 min

Sexy Soil

I'm zooming with the Riverdale Hort Society on March 8th and my topic is 'Sexy Soil'. Everyone is in a tizzy! Plus we talk about overgrown Hibiscus, pussy willow branches, petunias from seed, ice damage to trees and paperwhite Narcissus that won't bloom. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Feb 25, 202342 min

What's with this Weather?

From super cold, to super mild. February has been challenging for wildlife, plants and people! But we're getting ready to plant seeds, prune properly and control overwintering insects - like scale on Euonymus. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Feb 18, 202343 min

Enjoy Flowers Indoors!

This week we discuss caring for Hoya, Cyclamen, Geranium cuttings, baby Amaryllis, Orchids, Calla Lilies and pruning Forsythia branches to bloom indoors. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Feb 04, 202342 min

Orchids and Everything Else on Your Minds

Orchid expert, Terry Kennedy joins the Garden Show to share her expertise and promote the SOOS.ca Orchid Show on Feb 11 & 12 from 11-4pm at the Toronto Botanical Gardens. Callers get great advice from her, plus we discuss geraniums over the winter, dated seeds, and tropical Hibiscus. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jan 28, 202344 min

Amaryllis, Hibiscus, Mandevilla, succulents and next week Orchids!

Callers has lots going on with overwintering tropical plants indoors. Plus we talk raspberry pruning, adding organic matter, landscape fabric and cutting branches now for indoor blooms. Next week Terry Kennedy from the Southern Ontario Orchid Society joins us! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jan 21, 202343 min

Fruit trees, Cyclamen and what grows in dappled shade?

We learn more about hazelnuts, apples, carrot borers, grape vines and always a bit more about Amaryllis! Shrinking overgrown Dracaena, caring for Cyclamen and pruning cedars and junipers are also covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jan 14, 202343 min

Voles and bunny rabbits eating the Garden!

We discuss repelling critters from the garden with great tips from some of our listeners. When to prune maples and birch trees is covered, along with some tips for growing asparagus fern. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jan 07, 202342 min

Is it too late to plant tulips???

We talk about weather, organic matter, strawberry management, Allium and tulip bulbs, and when to take cuttings from a 'Mother' geranium. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 31, 202245 min

My Potatoes are Sprouting in Storage!

Tips from listeners include potato sprouting instructions, with lots of questions about indoor tropicals including: Amaryllis, Bromeliads, Begonia, Dipladenia, Stephanotis and Gladiolus. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 17, 202244 min

It's time for "seasonal" plants!

Outdoors the gardens have been put to bed. But indoors we discuss Amaryllis, Frosty Fern, orchids, Cypress trees with lights, African violets and potatoes sprouting in storage. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 10, 202242 min

Charlie's Homework from last week: Kiwi vines and roses!

Callers want to know what to do with roses and Sedum. In pots, not yet planted. And we discuss paperwhite Narcissus, Clematis, blooming Hellebores and raspberries this week. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 03, 202244 min

Mums, Gerberas, African Violets & Kiwi Plants

Potatoes sprouting early indoors, Viburnum shrubs with beetles next spring, roses that need transplanting and African Violets that are refusing to flower. This week we are all over the map on the Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 26, 202244 min

Late Season Plant Purchases

Everyone loves a great deal and plantaholics are no exception. Fall sales can be tantalizing, but what to do with pots of plants when the snow if falling? This topic and more are covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 19, 202244 min

Charlie is back again - doing the Garden Show live!

Callers have bulbs on their minds. Garlic and amaryllis are covered. What about leaving potted plants outside all winter? And what height do we do our final lawn trim at? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 12, 202245 min

All About Autumn

Today's show covers: potting soil with 'white stuff' inside, when to plant garlic and Forsythia, transplanting coneflowers, saving succulents from a window box, and overwintering ferns indoors. We're always running the gamut on the Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Oct 15, 202245 min

How Much Fall Clean Up is Really Required?

Callers want to know about: when to dig Dahlias, Bokashi Composting, pruning Mandevilla indoors, hosta leaf clean up and can we eat carrot tops? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Oct 08, 202243 min

Squirrels in the Bulbs!

Preparing herbs, and tropical Mandevilla to come inside for winter, beating squirrels with blood meal, and pruning Sedum next June to avoid September collapse - all covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Sep 24, 202244 min

It's the Time of Year For Lawns and Tropical Plants

Today we cover autumn lawn maintenance (mowing, fertilizing and mushrooms), Dahlias, Spider Plants, Gardenias and pruning techniques for Oak Leaf Hydrangeas and Rose of Sharon. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Sep 17, 202245 min

Will corn gluten control crabgrass now?

Answers to all your garden questions - climbing roses, non-flowering Hydrangea, early defoliation of Katsura trees, pruning cedar hedges and how to control crabgrass. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Aug 27, 202241 min

Tips and Tricks from our Listeners!

Save water, butterflies and bees with simple tricks. Controlling Magnolia scale, spots on beans and honeysuckle as both a groundcover and a climbing vine - all covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Aug 13, 202244 min
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