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Outdoor Living Hour | Urban Farming Come along with us this Saturday! We’ll talk with Farmer Greg Peterson of the Urban Farm about landscape #WaterResources |
Jay Harper talks about getting thru August gardening. Good time to evaluate your landscape on what plants to keep and remove. Suggestions on what to plant from those removed areas. Focus on backing off watering with added monsoon rain and high dew points. Consider less expensive plants.
Listener had a palo brea tree near the pool blown over by a storm. Suggestions for a tree to replace it.
House plant tips. From pests to the amount of light needed to thrive.
House plant suggestions mentioned that are ‘bullet proof’. Tips using wet pea gravel under house plants to combat air conditioning from drying it out. Planting in pots must have good drainage with potting soil. Jay explains ‘right plant, right place’. Plants that work elsewhere may not work in Arizona. Things to consider before purchasing that right plant. Local knowledge is key!
CALLER: Answering a question using water from a swamp cooler to water a Chinese Elm tree. What Jay recommends. Also trimming question since he planted the tree in March.
Discussion on planting heat and drought tolerant trees. But heat doesn’t mean their drought tolerant and vice versa.
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Outdoor Living Hour | Urban Farming Come along with us this Saturday! We’ll talk with Farmer Greg Peterson of the Urban Farm about landscape #WaterResources |