More Gardening Questions

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• Is it too hot or past the point of fertilizing ash trees?  Best practice is through watering, fertilize and water again
• Is it good to start landscaping in May or put off until fall. Excluding plants that don’t work well in heat, its year round

COMMENTARY

• Fertilizing citrus guideline: Valentine’s Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day
• Careful overdoing fertilizing if its flowering or setting small fruit

Even More Gardening Questions

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• Young citrus tree starting to produce fruit. Some parts of the tree are in bunches. Does it need thinning?
• Jay explains a natural thinning or fruit dropping called ‘June Drop’
• Generally the same fertilizer can be used for citrus and shade trees

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• Is there a standard depth for burying irrigation lines?

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• Beth planted a fig tree. Told to use hardwood bark mulch. But has an old queen palm that she would like to chop up for mulch. Will that work?

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• Is it better to plant a citrus tree on the northwest or southwest side of the home, The home faces east. A taller tree should be away from the home. But consider a dwarf citrus tree

Shading Around A Pool

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• What’s the best kind of tree to plant for shade involving a pool.

COMMENTARY

• No such thing as a clean tree near a pool.
• Jay suggest a mastic tree but every tree will shed leaves
• Consider a root barrier to keep roots away from pools and foundations
• Lawn transition time: Maintaining rye grass or cutting down for summer bermuda grass