George Patton, Seaweed Extract, & Clematis
George Patton, no relation to the general, is part of an army of a few select individuals who do combat on behalf of organic gardening throughout Los Angeles. A resident of Sherman Oaks, Patton’...
Category Archives: Fertilizer
Want Fruit? Good Sun, Not Too Much Fertilizer
Recently, someone asked me about a grapevine, planted three years ago, that has yet to produce fruit. ”What’s the problem?” our would-be vintner asked in a combative voice. If this ...
Plants Feed Themselves When the Sun Shines
Gardeners may easily become obsessed with fertilization. Psychologists would explain this phenomenon as an example of projection. Just as we are constantly preoccupied with feeding ourselves, we tend...
Fertilization
In Southern California, February is the month to fertilize the garden. This is the month when we get most of our rain. Rain causes fertilizer to dissolve into the soil evenly and effortlessly. Our sp...
Leave Fallen Leaves Alone
In our city, one of the reasons people create gardens or buy houses with back yards is to stake out a quiet retreat from the noisy world around them. Some might argue that this is an absurd idea, tha...
Plant Food: the basics
No area of horticulture is wrapped in a greater mystery or filled with more confusion and misinformation than fertilization. Some people are fairly obsessed with the idea of “feeding their plan...
Plant Food: the basics
No area of horticulture is wrapped in a greater mystery or filled with more confusion and misinformation than fertilization. Some people are fairly obsessed with the idea of “feeding their plan...
