Q. Worked with you (I’m still in the pit orchestra) at the Music Playhouse many years ago. I’m an avid reader of your articles and have attended a couple of your presentations at the fair grounds. I have a dwarf (semi?) 4-way apple tree that I planted in 1990 or so. It’s annual fruit production…
Category: Gardening Q & A
Here you will find answers to questions from gardeners around the country. Some answers pertain to all but others are more regional so have a look at them all. You will also see that the Gardening Q & A is broken down into the following regions so please use the drop-down Categories menu to the right to see specific regions :
Fruit Tree Graft Compatibility
Q. Hello Peter, My Beauty Plum, Italian Prune, and Stellar Cherry trees all have noticeably smaller diameter rootstock than the grafted on main trunk. These trees are all 5-8 years old and the difference seems to be getting more pronounced. Is the rootstock likely to catch up or is the upper tree going to snap…
Siam Tulip Cultural Info
Q. I have a Siam Tulip – of the Ginger Family of plants? The name of the plant on the mailing carton was con-? I looked thru my agriculture Encyclopedia under Ginger and Siam (Siamese) and the plant wasn’t there. The Encyclopedia didn’t have the mailing carton name in it. The blant “tuber” or whatever…
Orchard Mason Bees
Q. We have had orchard bee blocks in place for several years now and all the holes seem to be getting filled up. Is there a time when we should clean them out or should we just hang more blocks? Seems like the nests are always still hatching or being refilled. We don’t want to…
Moss in the Lawn
Q. My husband has a problem with moss growing in our back yard 100 by 100 feet. He has used moss killer, dug up the moss, and now reseeded it. He wants to know how to prevent future moss growth. Should he use lime to sweeten the soil? There is some shade in the yard,…