Weekly Gardening Tip with Jay Harper of Harper’s Nurseries This week’s tip is about downsizing. Find the best plants and trees to fit your new downsized lifestyle. Match your landscape to your lifestyle
Water Use It Wisely
Fix a Leak Week Caller Linda has a Pineapple Palm that is yellowing, is she watering too much Recommendation: Get a rain gauge, with all this rain you may not need a lot of water
Caller Jim, what are the best trees to plant in Phoenix and is it a good time to plant Recommendation: Red Push Pistachio, yes it’s a good time to plant
What’s the Harper Pre-Emergent Cocktail:
In gravel or rock: Glyphosate (Round Up), add Surflan Bayer Advanced Durazone Never to late to pre-emerge (every 3-6 mos) What to do about frost burn on Bougainvillea Get rid of it, prune it down
Caller Frank, has fruit that is over ripe and hanging. Does he pick them off Recommendation: Leave fruit on the tree and let it fall naturally, unless you have roof rats. Get rid of that fruit and use it.
Murphy, has a agave and a sprout came up to the side. It’s hurting the rest of the Agave. What to do Recommendation: Once it flowers, the main or mother plant will die. Remove old plant
Re-cap Tip of the Week: Proper Planting, get the right place for the right place
Downsizing
Caller Tony, needs new shutters Recommendation: New West Shutters Mike, need a new flagstone patio water pools Recommendation: continued in next segment
Caller (cont from last segment) Mike, has a flagstone patio that pools water and leaks into the house Recommendation: Belgardwest.com, Mega Arbel Gail, has 28 years of gathering and needs help downsizing Cont. in next segment
Caller (cont. from last segment)
Gail, needs help downsizing Recommendation: Access and Inventory, Repurpose, Recycle, Gift it or throw it away! Habitat for Humanity ReStores are also a great non-profit.
Guest Interview:
Sean Mossman from Cinch Weather Stripping following up to help Brian who called-in a few weeks ago needing weatherization for his door.
Caller
Bruce, Copper or blue pipe (PEX) for plumbing Recommendation: Rosie likes Copper
Caller Susie, hail comes through her dryer vent from outside Recommendation: Have her property manager and put a damper on the dryer vent,Dryer Vent Wizard
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Caller Bruce, is considering buying a flipped home. What does he need to check Recommendation: Make sure the permits were in place when anything was built, buy a home in the closest to its original form, BuildFAX
Caller Dave, needs to patch stucco that is peeling Recommendation: Rosie guides Dave through some questions about his stucco job
Continued from last segment
Dave, question about his garage door threshold Recommendation: Cookson Door Sales of Arizona
Difference between a Kool Deck or Acrylic Deck
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Paul, building an addition, what is a good square foot cost Recommendation: Kirk Development, BC Renovations, Rick Thompson Drywall, Todd Whittaker Drywall Tucson Festival of Books
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Caller
Bill, wants to remodel his bathroom