Viewer Garden Questions Answered - Overfertilizing, Labeling Plants, Garde Tour, Consultations
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- Viewer Garden Questions Answered - Overfertilizing, Labeling Plants, Garde Tour, Consultations - In this video I answer gardening questions that were asked in last week's garden question and answer video.
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I'm telling you. The more I leave the plants and soil alone, the better my garden looks. I use a lot of very high quality compost here and there and throw a little Plantone out in March, but that's about it. Jim is spot on. Get your soil good, try not to bring any new dirt or stuff into your space, and don't worship 10 dollar plants if they don't work for you and that's that! Jim, you have totally transformed the way me and my 93yo father garden. In my father's life, people always worried about the plant and over fertilized them to death. Now, we make the soil healthy and the plants grow perfect! This is the only garden channel anybody needs!
There's always a company willing to get you to pay for services or products that will almost ensure you'll need further intervention. It's a hard thing to learn to be patient and do less. The horticulture industry isn't alone in this approach. I no longer watch channels that show spectacular landscapes but don't talk about how much help they have. Thanks for keeping it real!
Yes sure alot of viewers of this channel would agree that many of those other channels have become less and less appealing over the years, for a variety of reasons. I personally do relate. There are very few gardening channels like Jim's that educate with science-based knowledge backed up by real world experience, without ulterior motives.
@@douellette7960 I agree. And have stopped watching those "commercials" produced by those how are over-planting without care for the impact on the environment. I am also loosing confidence in those companies that support those types of RUclips channels. I am joining in the choir here - thanks for keeping it real, Jim.
@@jessicawery3939 I feel like it actually hurts the industry. People get disappointed that they can't achieve the results that they see because they don't have companies giving their products for free and staff paid for by their channels and endorsements. The desire to "control" nature isn't good for our planet but it sure is profitable! Glad I'm not alone.
@@katiekane5247 I think you are right. Companies (from the products to the influencers that promote them) that choose this route are short-sighted - exactly for the reason you share.
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You’re so funny HortTube man, “ I’m just answering a question here”😅😂🤣 THANK YOU🌳🌳🌳🐕
Your garden looks SO gorgeous. I love blooms, who couldn't?
But, the beauty of foliage texture, color, form, scent, feel is unsurpassable, to my mind.
Each exquisite blossom, up close, a best iteration? Is a beautiful thing to behold.
Holly's white face is so pretty -- I wish I could see her black one -- what year do I go back to, or, not on video??
I was thinking we need a side by side of Holly through the years. I know if you go WAY far back on the channel you can tell a difference but they should do just a still picture comparison 😊
Do you have any tips on placing large rocks and/or boulders in the landscape to keep it looking natural and not out of place?
Landscaping rocks and boulders must go deep into the earth. This allows them to sit well without shifting dangerously over time and also gives a natural, long-lasting look. The size and shape of a boulder will determine how deep it needs to go into the ground.
I heard somewhere forget where that uneven numbers are better eg 3, 5 or 7
Your garden is a testament to the necessity of fertilizer use. One of the most lush gardens on the tube.
I was at a local garden center yesterday and I bought some Chartreuse On The Loose Nepeta, and I was wondering if you had ever seen it! It has great chartreuse foliage and beautiful purple/blue blooms. Thanks for all the great videos!
Speaking of fertilizing: i did a cheap soil test this spring and it said my soil was pretty deficient in EVERYTHING…WELL, personally that was hard for me to believe, because over the years, I have amended frequently with composted manure when planting my perennials. But anyway, I decided to look into getting some rabbit manure..I did, and it was the best thing ever! My flowers are the best they’ve looked in a long time! I guess those rascally rabbits are good for something!
you mentioned that the bottom third of the soil in planters stays rather wet, and may lead to disease issues that would not be present in ground soil. This seems to have consequences for those "self-watering" pots, and aquapots, that intend for the bottom of the container to hold water, and have a core of soil in the middle through which water is supposed to wick up to the plants. Would this water-disease issue be particularly a problem for these types of pots? thanks.
Great question.
Thank you for answering my question on my columnar apple trees . I do believe that their kaput ! 😢💐💚🙃 My patio nectarine is coming out of its funk. 😍💐💚🙃
Great Q&A as always! There are two points in your videos that I’ve dealt with already this year. 1. Almost every lawn maintenance company wants to put lime down but I know it doesn’t need it. I have amended the soil and had it tested but any of these maintenance companies still tell me I need lime. 2. There is no potting soil in the city I live in that doesn’t have fertilizer. I’ve checked every available store and it’s always the same. There’s always fertilizer.
Honestly I think that’s because containers seem to need more fertilizer. I grow old fashioned petunias in containers every year and it really doesn’t matter what potting soil I get, I still have to fertilize because they’re heavy feeders. It’s a huge difference compared to the superpetunias I plant in the ground. I can get away with two feedings but I lean towards three.
Most Walmart have a cubed peat mix without fertilizer. Pro Mix is what's on the cubes I buy there. I usually add perlite and bark fines and make my own container mix.
Garden is looking amazing! How many time should I pinch back the flowers on my peppers and tomatoes before I let them start to set fruit?
Do you, Steph and Holly have anybody helping with your garden maintenance? My husband and I are wondering because we love it but man it’s physically exhausting. Love the videos this week of those incredible garden tours!! My husband had to remind me , we don’t have 2.5 acres and no he cannot build me a rock archway to enter our yard!!!
It definitely can be exhausting. What I’ve learned is that, depending on where you live, timing of some garden tasks can have a huge impact on how exhausting it is. Last year I started planting and edging beds while it was hot and dry and it was nearly impossible because the soil was hard as a rock. This year those same tasks after 6” of rain were like cutting through butter lol
I don't believe so. They're both able to give most of their time to their small lot and the way it's planted, maintenance is minimal. Combined decades of experience has definitely helped give them a beautiful space they can maintain. Jobs they hire out are tree work that requires climbers or bucket trucks. Try to create the feeling without the grandness seen on other channels and make it your own! It only has to please you.
..they’re still pretty young! 😂
Everything is such a vivid green!
Pampas grass in the wild burns in nearly yearly fires. In my area it rots out from the center if you don't take it down. If you're in a dry enough area that might not happen but it seems to prefer being burned out or leveled completely. Other grasses are not the same and do grow out better
It's a horticultural atrocity IMO. It's a vicious plant to deal with as well.
@@katiekane5247 definitely not something you'd want to walk through a field of 😂
How can I get rid of it? Previous owner planted 3 groupings of it. It's so ugly after years of neglect. Help!!!
@@pdfaulkner1517 you can just dig it out, it's not really hard to get rid of just a lot of digging.
Yayyyyy! Live oaks ❤ we planted one four years ago when we had a giant laurel oak die. He’s a beauty and already provides some shade, but we know he is really for future generations. We are a tiny blip on his existence. 😊
We highly recommend getting one of Jim's consultations spots if anyone is on the fence about this. Even done via a video phone chat, we got great input from Jim and created a beautiful deer deterrent north path. Looks like it's been here for years. Question for next week: we have a drift of Everillo carex that is continually grazed on by rabbits. We've tried rabbit sprays and sprinkles plus live trap relocation. Approx 3 of 7 are damaged. They've been in the ground for about a year and a half, so not new. Is it time to give up? They are such a gorgeous accent to a bit of a shady area along a path. But, we feel ready to give up. In the winter time, we put a cage of chicken wire over that area. It's ugly. Wouldn't want to do that the rest of the year. Any ideas?
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Hey Jim, question for your new garden: are you planning on creating a website for it? I think it would be a great place to feature plants that are underrated or underutilized and provide a new gardening resource to people like me who like to learn about new plants.
QUESTION>>>>>Thank you for your videos. I have learned much from you. I live in zone 9 near Loxley. I palnted 120 Purple Sensation Alliums on January 2. They broke ground came up about 2inches above ground and stopped growing. They are not dead....just halted growth. Why did they not produce blooms?
TY for helpful insights about my Fla Sunshine Illicium..
QUESTION: what is the beautiful low dark green lushly foliaged plant behind you in the Q and A between the path going back around the shed and the Golden Falls redbud? Such a beautiful texture and color contrast there
I'll answer this as I watch a lot of their videos. I believe those are peonies. Not sure which variety they have, but they were in bloom a couple weeks back (kind of a bubblegum/fuchsia pink color). They were gorgeous. And they foliage looks amazing, as you've noticed.
I've enjoyed the number of hummingbirds that come and make my garden their home. I've seen hummingbirds hit the same plants over and over again. My question is: Do flowers produce nectar daily? Hello from Southern California zone 10.
How do I build a flower bed around drains so the soil doesn’t wash into or clog them? They are surrounded by St. Augustine grass now (zone 9a LA). They are 6” round drains in the ground leading to PVC pipes a few feet down in areas where I would like to plant flower beds and screening shrubs or trees in my small yard (After watching so many of your videos, I’m leaning toward Podocarpus, Screen Play Holly, or Emerald Green Arborvitae.)
I've experienced this issue. I lift the cover and put a square of filter fabric over the top of the pipe coupler. Replace the grate, do all your dirt work and water everything in after planting. You can easily lift the cap and empty anything that has washed in. You can also leave filter fabric in place for a few seasons and check occasionally to clean out.
@@kristibrooks967Thanks so much for your reply! It seems like a good, easy fix. I don’t know why I imagined the solution being so much more difficult. I’ll give it a try!
23:09 sun hostas do amazing in all day sun. Zone 8a Milton Florida
Jim, when do you fertilize blueberry bushes and what kind of fertilizer…. Zone 8. Thanks
QUESTION : I would like to train my planted last year seven sons bush into a tree form, is there a point in which you take too many side shoots off or limb it up too much ? 💐💚🙃
I have an oval planting bed surrounded by wire mesh to protect the flowers from rabbits. When I went to prepare it for this year, there is an oval mat of roots a couple of inches thick that I tore off. The matting did not appear in the soil outside of the oval. Should I put some sort of barrier there and add soil (how deep) so I can plant there? It is one of the few locations I get sun and can grow flowers.
once again so informative so appreciated
😂😂 Jim literally had a “squirrel!” moment 🤣🤣
We were laughing out loud….😂
..and a hummingbird moment!
I have a large tea olive. I’m wondering if I limb it up. Thanks
If you CAN limb it up? It is pretty common for people here to do that, they look great.
What's the best way to avoid blight or other issues on Cornus Florida dogwoods? Is blight spreading/getting worse in the Raleigh/Southeast?
Jim, you recommend using wood chips in your garden. Do you or have you ever had issues with them getting termites in them?
When you say to plant a plant up a bit above th soil line, does that mean we should see a central hump inside the initial well?
QUESTION: how do you handle large ant mounds moving into flower beds?
I flood the mounds and they move out. Sometimes 2 flooding will do it, but sometimes they are stubborn and I have to do it 4 or 5 times. If that doesn't do it I use a granular ant specific insecticide
What do you suggest for pest management? We have mostly natives here in Maryland, and really want to encourage native pollinators and insects, but -we finally have the dreaded Spotted Lanternfly (nymphs). What is something we can apply regularly, while also being friendly to birds and beneficial insects?
Why do hydrangeas (or a lot of other plants) say shade on the tag, but end up needing sun? Even the dwarf nadinas you talked about from Southern Living, say shade on the tag, but you said sun.
QUESTION - every year, my plants get infested with ticks!!! I don't use any pesticides and I have a ton of wildlife, and I don't want to put out anything harmful but just this week I had 3 ticks!! Just watering my newly planted plants and was touching my 3 year old rose of sharon bush and next thing, I have a tick crawling on my hand, so I know it was in my rose of sharon. Do you and Stephanie not get ticks while you are working in your shrubs?
Is it pretty typical that plants produce most of their annual growth in spring?
Hi Jim, I'm in Southern Maine in zone 5b. I planted a Brandywine Viburnum in 2021. It was a quart size plant at the time. Smaller is cheaper and I'm retired. Anyway, I fertilize with Holly tone every spring except this year. Got behind schedule. It has grown to maybe a foot and a half with maybe a couple dozen leaves. Had a few small flowers last year. A Limelight and a Quince in the same general area doing much better. It's in about 5 or 6 hours of morning and midday sun. No pest issues that I can see. Think it's just a super slow grower? Or not happy? Thanks!
I'm growing red potatoes in grow bags, Maryland, Zone 7, and the top foliage is so tall it's flopping over. They were planted the last week of March. I did top the soil until I reached the top of the bag. They are 10 gallon grow bags. I planted them in two rows, 4 the first row and I think 4 about 3-4" above the 1st row. Then as the foliage came up I added more soil until the top. How do I know they're ready and does it matter the top growth is falling over?
Thanks!
QUESTION: Regarding Sunshine Ligustrum (SL): Every time I see your SL I love the chartreuse color & know that it would add pop to my gardens. However, when I tried to order it from Southern Living, Home Depot, etc. I found that no one will ship it to TN. When I asked Southern Living why they wouldn’t ship to TN, I was given this explanation, “The state of Tennessee has placed State Agricultural restrictions on shipping this plant to your state. Other than this please contact your state Agricultural Department for explanations.” So, I called TN Ag & their reasoning for the restriction is it has the potential to revert back to being invasive. (Really? Is TN the only state in America that restricts this shrub?) So, what is a gardener to do? Is there a comparable chartreuse shrub I could use in a partial to full sun area? Zone 7a/b in Middle TN, 25 miles north of Nashville in Hendersonville, TN. Thanking you in advance for your answer! Love your channel!
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How do I get rid of campanula's in my garden beds?
Did you or are you going to put your water fountain /feature back up in your back yard?
No one has fences so our neighborhood is one big lawn. How would you recommend landscaping a .3 acre lot to look like yours when there's no delineation between anyones property. Northern MN 4b.
Hi Jim! I’m planting as I listen to this and a question came to mind: I’m in Oregon, so a lot of my plants come with hazelnut shells covering the soil in the nursery can. Is it okay if I mix those into the soil as I plant or should I try to remove them? Thanks!
Short version: should I prune off all the wilted leaves after a transplant or leave some on for photosynthesis?
Long version: I bought hydrangea macrophylla about a week before mother's day. It dried out in the pot unfortunately, but I tried to water it in well when I planted it on mother's day. It's still quite wilted, so I prune it back quite a bit, but I wondered if I should bother leaving some of the wilted leaves or just cut it to the ground and hope the roots do their thing. TIA!! ATL GA 8A
I cut off the dead blooms off my lilac bush last year and I wonderful crop of flowers. But I noticed that the foliage wasn't as full. Any particular reason why?
Hi Jim!
Wondering if you deal with leaf spot often and if so-do you just let it be? Tend to get bad leaf spot at some point on multiple plants during peak of summer in zone 8b. Particularly my hydrangeas. I do avoid overhead watering but of course rain and high humidity is inevitable. I know I can use copper fungicide but nervous to do this with all the pollinators and frogs around, don’t want to hurt any critters. Any advice? Also curious, do plants ever build up some tolerance to these things as years go by? Thanks in advance. Also I am aware that fungal leaf spot will not kill plants but still hate for it to ruin so many leaves.
Another RUclipsr who grows lots of emerald arborvitae says she runs her hands through the center of the plant to remove the inner dead leaves…is this necessary? Any benefit to doing this? Thanks so much
Help!! I think my serviceberry tree is sick. It bloomed beautifully & was covered with berries. The berries dried up & now the leaves are curled up and doesn’t look like it’s healthy. It has always been beautiful . The tree is probably 20 years old. Any ideas? And if so, can I do anything? NWTN zone 7
Jim,
I have an Issai kiwi (self-pollinating variety). In the 5+ years that I have had it, it has only produced fruit once. A couple years I cut the vines back fairly hard, but in the years in between I only pruned a few really long vines, but left the shorter ones be. Do kiwis fruit on old growth, new growth, or both & could this have something to do w/ my lack of fruit production?
Thank you. 😊
QUESTION : I can’t possibly keep up with ALL of the weeds that we have on our 3 acre property. We are having a particularly bad year for catch weed or bedstraw if I continually weed whip it before it goes to seed will I eventually win the battle at keeping it under control ? I guess I’m also asking about any of the weeds we have popping up ALL over, if I continually weed whip them will they eventually give up the ghost and not come back if I can catch them before they flower ? Burdock and thistles are also a big problem. 💐💚🙃
Thistle is the bane of my existence. Thankfully I only have a third of an acre to do battle on.
Weeds have a strong will to live so no amount of weed wacking will deter them. Only if you get the entire root out will you win the battle.
@josweatt898 even then they have probably tossed seed all around to guarantee their existence 🤦🏾♀️
@@josweatt898 Just thinking that if they continually have to regrow they might just tire out eventually? 💐💚🙃
@@judymckerrow6720 wishful thinking ha! Even in the plant world(plants you WANT) they do better with constant trimming!!
We had to take out a large tree (I believe it was an oak), and I'm noticing lots of little seedlings popping up in the lawn and garden, (there is no nut when pulled out, so that's why I'm not sure if it was an oak). Are they coming from the roots of the removed tree? Is our only option trying to pull them out of the lawn (pulling out of the garden is easy) or will mowing eventually kill them off? Maryland, Zone 7.
Honestly I think I’m running on all the fertilizer people have sold or told me to do from watching videos should I say or maybe it’s all washed away. I don’t know ❤
Love the Caamp shirt!
I noticed the shirt but not familiar with Caamp - since I read this comment I've been listening to one song after another of theirs. I'm nearing my 7th decade and have not heard music this good for a long, long time. Great tunes!!
I wish you’d take just three or four minutes each answer week and briefly name each plant we can see in the camera frame.
I’m in 8A va beach Virginia is it too late to fertilize my plants. Lots of conifers and Japanese maples. I’ve never fertilized any of plants before.
We are in southeast Alabama (zone 9a/former 8b) moving into a new build and have a total blank slate. I’d like to start by planting a couple of shade and ornamental trees. They would be full sun. Does anyone have any good ideas?
Redbuds, smaller varieties of eucalyptus, serviceberries for 4 season interest. Just a few of my personal favorites. 😁
At 14:04 right side of screen where a white block is near shed...is that a baby bunny or a chipmunk?
Looks like a chipmunk!
@@barbarasomerville5957 we have both!
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Holly tone.
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Mixed info on Alliums here. Are there types of Alliums that work better for us? Georgia, 8A, on the piedmont , clay soil, plenty of options for sunlight. thanks!
Thank you! Can you give advice about lambs ears. How to encourage you to spread. How to keep it healthy.
Jim, there's a big push by so many RUclips gardeners to use a starter fertilizer enhanced with beneficial microbes & mycorrhizae. A soil scientist I follow on RUclips says that your soil already contains as much of these things as it can support and if you want to increase them, you have to feed them with more organic material. Do you believe that adding this starter fertilizer is beneficial in any way when planting or transplanting new plants in the ground? How about in containers? I notice that despite all the hype, you don't use it.
A comment in regards to several statements about plants acting strangely this growing season. I also have a Beyond Midnight caryopteris in full bloom now that I planted in my zone 9a Gulf Coast garden last fall. And regarding a comment I made recently about my White Wedding hydrangea that is acting strange, it leafed out on 3 tiny outside branches about the first of April, but there has been no sign of leaves on the main branches from last year until this past week. Now it has some new leaf buds coming out in mid May. I kept hope alive because all the growth from last year which was the first season for it was still green. Do you have any idea what is going on here? I'm guessing that I won't get flowers this year like last summer. I wanted to buy a couple more to go with it, but have hesitated. My Lil' Honey oakleaf hydrangea is glorious this year.
@@MelodyHopkins something is weird with either the sun or the atmosphere or something else. Even native plants I've had for decades are off schedule.
Very helpful Q and A! Thanks Jim for sharing your knowledge
Jim, I really appreciate how objectively you provide gardening information. You are a true resource. Some of the other popular gardening RUclips channels are obvious commercials (often for PW). I am so over the superficial sales pitches that reflect a clear disregard for our planet (for example, over planting with water hungry plants upstream from communities desperate for water), or are just plan uninformed. Gardening companies (like all companies) set out to sell, sell, sell. Of course, everyone needs to earn a living, but I appreciate and respect that you are able to do so while helping home gardeners make good decisions for themselves, helping them see when they are being asked to buy something. Gardening is a verb- it is work. You show us all how to do the work (not just buy this thing). Kudos!
Well said.
A few of us are feeling the same. I know I am.
Question about shade plants... can shade plants tolerate a couple of hours of western afternoon sun if they are in complete shade the rest of the day? Thank you.
I have an area like that. Most part shade plants do okay if their roots are kept cool with companion plants and they get established before the summer heat hits.
@@katiekane5247 thanks for sharing. That's what I was hoping. I'm going to watch them closely! Thanks again.
You better stock like 200K shirts with Holly! 😊
Yesss!! Love seeing that sweet pup in these videos lately!!
At least!! 🥰
Jim’s RIGHT! I not fertilized so far , zone 8a and everything including my hydrangeas are looking better than ever before and I don’t think I’m going to because it is already so HOT 🎉. Thank you! JIM ❤
Jim,
I would love to see a video on ya'all's nativar plant collection. 😊
I would love a video (or two) on the natives in your garden!
For the Japanese/Asian plants question, look at it by climate rather than latitude. A common system for this is the Koppen Climate Classification. Most of the southeastern US is classified as a humid subtropical climate. If you go on Wikipedia and look up the 'humid subtropical climate' article, there's a map that shows other parts of the world with a similar climate.
One of the biggest humid subtropical areas is in southeastern China and southern Japan, hence why so many of their plants do well here. Another big one is in South America around the Rio de la Plata region - Uruguay, northern Argentina, and southern Brazil. The eastern Australia coast is humid subtropical too. Something I've noticed is that if you look up videos on RUclips for our native southern magnolia, a LOT of them are actually from Australia, rather than the US.
If you're not in the southeastern US, you can pull up Wikipedia's Koppen climate classification article and look on the map to see what your region of the world is classed as.
Love your questions and answers. You are so knowledgeable I’m am learning so much.
Thank you for not selling me stuff that I don’t need. On a retirement budget it is getting harder to afford everything!!
My common ninebark has put out explosive new growth this spring with tall thick green stems. The leaves are twice the size of the older parts of the plant. The new growth is not blooming. Is the ninebark very happy or very sad? Should the new growth be cut back to shape the plant or will that just encourage more? Zone 7A New Jersey
If you had good spring rains this year, that would explain the explosive, large new growth, but ninebark blooms mainly on old/last year's wood. It sounds happy and naturally has large arching branches but feel free to prune it to what pleases you. It'll likely put on just minimal growth the rest of the year.
The point about putting out mulch in hot temps- 👍🏼👍🏼
Happy Sunday!
QUESTION: Is there such a thing as too many earthworms? I'm in 8A in North Texas.
How do you get wood chips and what is a good price for them?
Chip drop can be free. Tree folks often have to transport chipped materials and pay to dump them so they're happy to give them to homeowners for free. My county has areas where they dump their chips for people to pick up. You could look up "Chip drop" or call local tree services.
Chip drop will give you some for free. Local tree service often have to take their chipped materials to a site to dump and are glad to give them away. My county has designated areas where you can pick up their chipped materials. Look up "Chip Drop" or call your local tree services
As the other poster said, ChipDrop can be a great way to get a load of chips for free. Just be sure you understand what you're getting yourself into. You're gonna get a huge pile of chips, and you're gonna have to do the work of spreading them around. You can also do a search for ' compost' and see if the city or county has a program where you can get mulch or compost for little or no cost.
If you want someone else to do the work for you, well, call some local landscaping companies!
@@alanerpington5698 Thank you for this helpful info!
@@katiekane5247 Thank you very much🌷.
❤hello everyone, Mr Jim putnam and Stephany happy gardening p🙏 .
How can you keep the fire ants out of your containers? I generally use drip watering and they use the tubing as a super highway. Thanks
❤❤❤Thank you for answering my question! And going over the potting soil fertilizer topic as well... us new gardeners I think just assumed that dirt is dirt and that fertilizer is good for all plants... my next task is learning to compost. Gardening is hard work 😂... ❤❤❤
My crepe myrtle is suckering feet away from the original will I hurt the original if I spray the suckers?
I have a 15 year old Kousa dogwood that flowers profusely every year. The center of the flower that is supposed to turn into fruit dries up and falls off every summer. Do you know why and what I can do to prevent this? Kennesaw, GA zone 8a
so then, that leads me to a question.....Massachusetts zone 6 has had unbelievable rainfall starting from last july ( 2023) through today. I have never seen anything like it. or at least my part of the state. The year prior, we had a pretty intense drought and no snow through the course of the winter(2022). The year of the drought i never fertilized for evident reasons of not wanting the plants to suffer putting on growth with no rain. Last year I did not fertilize because every other day we had crazy amounts of rain. The clay soil here is at it max. Stepping on the soil causes the water to bubble up out of it in spots. I am a conifer girl a collector of sorts.. I have a horstman silberlocke Korean fir ( about 8 ft) and two blue spruces (about 18 FT) suffering out in the landscape because of the rain. I think i am loosing the leader on the fir and the two blue spruce have needle cast. would you fertiilize these tree's that are suffering? Or do i just cross my fingers and wait for dryer days before i do that? I know the rule of thumb with perennials is to fertilize despite the predicted weather. But loosing very mature conifers is a different story. And what would you choose for conifers to help them recover from this? I own a 90 acre farm so in the past they have gotten composted cow manure in the spring. But we are going back a couple years now since i have done this. Any help you can offer is very much appreciated........Thank you for your time Jim. Respectfully, ~Julie
Hope you are enjoying your honey bees! We had a swarm land in our yard!
In northwest Alabama, do you what could be causing a thuja green giant to not grow like it should? The leaves are very slightly yellow (mostly green) but it’s been planted for close to two years now and hasn’t put on any new growth.
Hi Jim, question regarding container gardening during long stretches of damp weather. If you have a plant that doesn’t like wet feet in a container (i.e. Japanese Maple), would you take any special action if the forecast predicts rain for a long stretch where it isn’t allowed to dry out? This is assuming there is sufficient drainage hole(s), the pot is elevated, and using an appropriate fast draining soil mix. I’m in Central KY, right on the line of Zone 6B/7A, Heat Zone is also 6/7. Thank you!
I have an Orangeola Japanese Maple that I am trying to contort this year. The very tip of the leader has died back by about 3 inches but the rest of the plant is fine. Do I need to cut that off, leave it, or try and establish a new leader. (Oklahoma zone 7b)
Does anyone know why my Azaleas right next to each other would be acting completely different? I planted Autumn Lily’s and Autumn Princesses together in a bed and all winter the princesses looked great now they look awful leaves yellowing and falling off and did not bloom the Lilly’s bloomed beautiful growing new leaves look perfect it’s crazy to me no bugs seen planted exactly same time from same nursery I’m at a loss 7B AL The rain is the only thing I can think of but it’s fine on the Lilly’s THANKS!!! 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍🪴🪴🪴
I say “Jim at HortTube said….” 🌼🐝
its also a great response to some of the crap i read on FB -- :)
I want to plant some trees on my property but don’t have the infrastructure to run drip irrigation or have the ability to run a garden hose. I’ve seen those tree watering bags but was wondering about the summer heat. Doesn’t the water in the bags heat up from being in direct sun and wouldn’t that hurt the trees being watered with warm or hot water?
I totally noticed you don’t use biotone when planting like many of the other RUclips garden channels. I never have used it and rarely even fertilize.
QUESTION : Do you have any tips on how to keep mice out of straw if you’ve used the straw to protect some marginally hardy plants for winter ? 💐💚🙃 Moth balls ? 💐💚🙃
Jim, I am close enough to you so I hope to make it to your open house. Where do I go to get your location? Thanks.
I Imagine he will provide the info closer to the actual event.
Thanks Jim. I’m sorry that I have so many questions this week ☹️💐💚🙃
I'd love to plant a couple of serviceberries in my yard to block the view of a utility pole, but have cedar trees very nearby and worry about cedar apple rust. You mentioned your serviceberry has CAR, but it just affects the berries. If I'm not worried about the berries, can I plant them without worry that CAR would damage the trees? And does CAR affect flowering at all? Zone 7B-8A, coastal Delaware. Thanks!
Question, my two large black walnut trees drop leaflets like crazy, no big storms or winds recently, just wondering why they drop so many green leaves. Full sun, vigorous healthy trees. Zone 6 Indiana
We have a 38 year old house in new zone 8B, Irmo, SC. Along the east facing side of the garage is a 13 foot long X 5 foot high purple loropetalum hedge that is probably the same age as the house. It is in a 2 foot space between the garage wall and what was once an RV pad. It only gets full sun until around noon and it is looking old and not it best. We would like to remove it and find something that is evergreen and flowers to replace it. How much of a problem is it going to be to remove (roots under the RV pad) etc.? We don't want another hedge. Any suggestions for plants to replace it?
ZONE 8A...When is your personal cut off date for adding plants and trees to your garden in regards to summer heat? Does the addition of plants differ from transplanting in regards to your date?