Nursery pro Don Shor has been gardening and selling plants in Davis for more than three decades.
Join Don and co-host Lois Richter as they discuss and answer your questions on all things for the garden.
Submit a question (or a brag!) to DavisGardenShow@gmail.com
Podcast
Davis Garden Show, May 9, 2024Thu, 05/09/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday's topics: start of watering season advice, potting soil vs. planting mix, phosphorus and plumeria flowering, labeling plants that are poisonous, rose galls, rose cuttings, roses in pots, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, May 2, 2024Thu, 05/02/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday's topics: spring diseases, hardening seedlings for transplanting, the Peggy Martin rose, lygus bugs, birds that eat bugs, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, April 25, 2024Thu, 04/25/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday's topics: articles about easy gardening, roses for a school garden project, watering schedules for houseplants. repairing or replacing a damaged lawn, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, April 18, 2024Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday's topics: tomato time, marguerite problems, low water hedge choices, fireblight on Photinia, caterpillars on passion flower vines, ornamental sages, April flowers, clivias, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, April 11, 2024Thu, 04/11/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday's topics: rose fragrance, tea roses, low-water shrubs for privacy, April flowers, different types of redbuds, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, April 4, 2024Thu, 04/04/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday’s topics: lilacs, seedlings and heat pads, old-fashioned flowers from seed, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, March 28, 2024Thu, 03/28/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorToday's topics: success killing slugs, issues with fireblight, local orchards being removed, orchard problems on a slope, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, March 21, 2024Thu, 03/21/2024 - 5:00pm | Don ShorToday’s topics: hummingbird fountains, problems with indoor seedlings, passiflora in a pot, need for fruit thinning this year, and how to replace a lawn with a ground cover. |
Davis Garden Show, March 14, 2024Thu, 03/14/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorOn today's show: pruning an espaliered apple, pathogens in wood chips, exploring the genus Prunus, scrub jays and other birds, city compost questions, and more. |
Davis Garden Show, March 7, 2024Thu, 03/07/2024 - 12:00pm | Don ShorOn today's show: a fallen oak, things eating seedlings, slug and snail predators, and much more. |
Comments
Don and Lois,
Hi! I have some suggestions for last minute gifts that your listeners may be interested in. CafePress.com has beautiful as well as humorous t-shirts. This includes t-shirts for gardeners includeing special ones for Master Gardeners. They start at $9. These are both in mens' and womens' styles and sizes. Eric just reminded me that our local botanic garden, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, has great holiday gifts too in their gift shop. He suggested I mention that public gardens in your area likely do the same thing. He also suggested that I mention the possibility of classes for the public to attend at your local public gardens. RSABG has these. Just something you might find of interest, I am a volunteer at RSABG, though I have not volunteered as much recently as I used to. You learn a lot volunteering. Thank you again for answering my questions. You both are great.
-Robin of Southern California
Hi! Thank you for answering my last question. I found your answers very helpful and useful. I am currently relistening to the podcast where Eric called in. Hopefully one day I will do that too and then you can hear my voice. As far my question, i would like to know more about the 'Princess Maxine' rose. Eric bought it for me, but I can not find any information about it. What catagory of rose is it. Anything else you can tell me would also be helpful and useful. Roses are my specialty, but this has me stumped. It has lovely tiny light pink blooms. I have a picture of it, however it is not very clear. By the way, i am now working with Eric. He has hired me and i so enjoy working with him. Something else you might find interesting to know, Eric taps my mind for plant and gardening information, but I can not answer everything. So your answers are beneficial to the both of us. i am so excited that you answered my last question, that i look forward to your answer to my new question. your garden radio show is the best gardening radio show out there!
Robin, Southern California
Hi! This is my first time writing to you, but I have been listening to your podcasts for a few months. I have a question about Irises for you, however I should mention that Eric in Southern California who has been e-mailing you is someone I know very closely.In fact he is the person who introduced me to your podcasts. I love it that you bring his questions onto your show. I feel such pride. As for my question, how do you get Irises (gladiolus too) to bloom again? I have a large pot where I have most of my bulbs planted. They all grow lovely leaves, but haven't flowered in several years. Thefreesias bloom year after year, but not the irises or gladiolus. I have them planted in a mix of potting soil and I now use Spray and Grow to fertilize.
Sincerely,
Robin Winderman
rkicker@rocketmail.com
Hi Robin,
We discussed your iris/gladiolus question on today's show (9/30). We always enjoy Eric's questions; he gives us lots of ideas for seasonal topics.
Thanks for the note,
Don
Hi, I work at a Garden Center and recently our company has begun to carry an Imidicloprid product (Bayer) for use on fruit trees and vegetables. My knee jerk reaction is horror. I know you'll be able to give me the real skinny, am I over reacting or is this a really bad idea? LOVE your show, "Hi Lois!: Greatly appreciated. Lori, San Luis Obispo County, CA