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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

Orchids, Amaryllis and More!

We talk orchids with Terry Kennedy, orchid expert and co-owner of Orchids in Our Tropics. Callers are interested in best media, best fertilizer and how the heck do you know when to water an orchid?!? Shrub suggestions for a bay window, geranium propagation, and more about Amaryllis. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jan 11, 202544 min

Fertilizer - When, What and How?

Orchids, Amaryllis, Dahlias and palms. All need attention now! Plus how to find OMAFRA factsheets on the web. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jan 04, 202545 min

Walnut Woodchips and Smelts in Trenches for Raspberries

Marked down Amaryllis, winter mulch on roses and lavender, potted spruce on the 9th floor, and raspberries that don't provide fruit. We discuss OMAFRA factsheets, and frankly, just how hard they are to access! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 28, 202444 min

Winter Solstice means more light is on the way!

Old roses, Poinsettia defoliation, propagating Christmas cactus, and saving eggshells for the garden. All this and more! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 21, 202444 min

Sprouts, Birds, Seeds and Tillandsia This Week!

Callers are few; so Charlie & Dean chat about growing sprouts and microgreens, frozen jade plants and birds. Superhero caller Jean uses this opportunity to call twice in one show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 14, 202445 min

To Tarp the Vegetable Garden or Not?

Propagating figs, moving old roses and droopy Poinsettias. It doesn't get more fun than this! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Dec 08, 202444 min

It's Winter Bloom Season!

More about leaving the leaves on the lawn, overwintering tropical Agapanthus and Dipladenia, fall mums, Poinsettia care and of course, Amaryllis. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 30, 202443 min

Birds & Squirrels - Love Them or Not?!?

Paul Oliver from the Urban Nature Store joins the show to share tips and information about caring for our feathered friends. Callers need how to overwinter water lilies, force bulbs indoors, and care for tropical Hibiscus. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 23, 202443 min

Mulch, Weeds, Peonies and Cyclamen. Winter is coming!

Can there be too many leaves on the garden beds? What about storing calla lilies overwinter? Will roses survive after being stripped by Japanese beetles earlier in the season? And lots more... Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 16, 202443 min

Leave the leaves? And more on Pruning!

Pruning Rose of Sharon, Bougainvillea, a cedar hedge, and Clematis. Great tip to repel squirrels, and should we put small rocks in the bottom of pots when planting? Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 09, 202443 min

Pesky Roots, Squirrels and Cats!

Callers have tips for controlling cats indoors and squirrels outdoors. Roots growing into raised gardens, storing tender bulbs overwinter and indoor tropical plants defoliating. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Nov 02, 202444 min

Overwintering Tender Bulbs

Caring for Dipladenia, Lisianthus, and Dahlia tubers over the winter is topical. Keeping a plant-eating cat under control, and Hydrangeas with no flowers are also covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Oct 26, 202443 min

Pruning, Potting Mixes, and Blight!

Boxwood and tomato blight, pruning lilacs and honeysuckle shrubs, and burying pots of hostas and redbud plants are all covered this week on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Oct 05, 202443 min

Fall is the New Spring!

Jonas Spring (Ecoman.ca) joins us to talk about recent flooding and how to ameliorate it's effects in our gardens. We speak of condos as cliff gardens, and all those little sprigs of growth popping up in between sidewalk slabs. He refers to these areas as Alvar Ecosystems. Callers are starting to think about bringing the tropical plants inside for winter! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Sep 21, 202446 min

Best Pollinators in my Garden Now!

Callers have lawn issues: grubs, overseeding etc. Beets are being eaten, dead boxwood needs a replacement and when to prune Weigela and rose of Sharon (Hibiscus) are topical. Meanwhile, Charlie shares some great plant tips to support late season pollinators! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Sep 14, 202444 min

Pruning, Roses and Lawn Care

Listeners ask about roses: super tall this year, early defoliation and how to avoid disease in the future? Lawns: when & what order to apply (1) nematodes, (2) fall fertilizer, (3) topdressing and seed? When to prune Magnolia and 'Bloomerang' lilac also topical this week. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Sep 07, 202444 min

Autumn Is All About Repair and Rejuvenation!

Though it's not technically autumn, the shorter days and cooler weather has us all in a fall kind of mind. Now is the perfect time for lawn repair, old privet hedge rejuvenation, and Iris division. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Aug 31, 202443 min

How do you keep fall mums alive over the winter?

Propagating beets, growing dormant perennials and overwintering Hydrangeas in pots are a few of our topics today on the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Aug 24, 202443 minEp. 24

Harvest Time!

Callers are interested in tomato blight, slugs, fall fertilizing and black spot on roses. Charlie is all about eating peppers, eggplants, carrots, tomatoes and herbs. Time for a BLT! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Aug 17, 202443 min

How to Control Plants Out of Control!

Trumpet vine, goutweed and lily of the valley roaming the neighborhood. Slugs galore, diseased roses and more. All on the Garden Show this week! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Aug 10, 202443 min

How Important is Organic Matter in Soil?

Potting mix toxicity for cats, carrots going to seed, early defoliation of trees, and a long-time gardener wants to know about amending her soil. And more, of course, about Hydrangeas! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Aug 03, 202444 min

Green Tomatoes and Pesky Mosquitoes!

Lots of rain means lots of mosquitoes. One caller has a novel solution. Tomatoes with no flowers and chipmunks tunneling beneath the air conditioner. What to do? Listen to this week's episode of the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jul 27, 202443 min

Japanese Beetles - Trap or Not?

When to harvest garlic, how and when to prune rose of Sharon, including a lecture on appropriate soil amendments. Is it ok to add eggshells, wood ash and coffee grounds to your garden soil? Find out on this week's episode of the Garden Show. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jul 20, 202443 min

Will Boxwood Survive in the Long Term?

Yellow leaves on Katsura, box tree moth persistence and a tiny Redbud in a pot are all covered this week. Plus, how to feed Venus flytrap? Hollyhock from seed, pesky deer flies and more on the Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jul 13, 202445 min

Pests and more Pests!

Squirrels stealing peaches, aphids on petunias, scale on Magnolia and fungus on cherry trees. It's that time of year when we look for solutions and plan to better prevent problems next season. Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jul 06, 202443 min

Pests of all Kinds this Week!

Poison ivy, invasive lawn weeds, Lily leaf beetles and horse tails (Equisetum) - all really not wanted. What to do? Listen up tips and tricks this week on The Garden Show! Listen live every Saturday at 9am on Zoomer Radio

Jun 22, 202444 min
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