In this episode, I will continue to explain the importance of having a healthy soil is essential to develop a healthy plant root system.
In this episode, I will be discuss the correlation of how soil management will impact the four functions of a plant root. I will be using the root system of a tree and why soil management is so important for a healthy root system.
A plant root has 4 specific functions:
Anchorage
Storage
Support
Conduction
I this episode I continue to discuss the four functions of a plant root and how the management of a plant roots is one of the keys to success to the growing a healthy plant.
There are 4 specific functions of plant roots:
Anchorage
Support
Storage
Conduction
In this episode, I continue explain techniques that have worked very well when moving plants from a nursery container to their new home.
In this episode I discuss how to properly remove a plant from a nursery container assist the plant with getting established in its new home.
When a plant wilts, this is an indication that something is interrupting the flow of water thru the vascular tissue. The vascular tissue is called xylem.
The xylem can be interrupted from:
soil
insect ( borer) activity
disease activity
In this episode, I discuss more about macro and micro nutrients. I also discuss some of the benefits of adding organic matter to soil.
In this podcast, I will be discussing the different types of soils:
sand
silt
clay
The role that organic matter plays with soil, I will also be discussing macro nutrients, micro nutrients and what is cation exchange capacity as it relates to soils.
This will be a two part podcast
A continuation of plant heath care and implementation of plant health care. Putting plants in the very best cultural condition that is best for the plant.
As an example, I mention the growing of Coast Live Oaks. Coast Live Oak is a native tree. Avoid putting water loving plants around the tree protection zone of the oak. Maintaining plants in cultural growing conditions that are best for the plant is plant health care.
Plant health care incorporates:
Diagnostics
Management of plant diseases
Insect and mite management
Weed control
Abiotic, non-pathogen
Biotic, pathogen
Soil management
Plant health care discusses:
Soil management
Insect management
Disease management
Diagnostics as it applies to plant
Abiotic which are non- pathological
Biotic which are pathological
Understanding the disease triangle as it applies to plants
I discuss how to manage Kikuyu grass out of a cool season lawn.
Implement integrated pest management practices for the management of the kikuyu grass
What is a pest issue?
Insect, mite, virus, bacteria, fungi, weed and improper cultural growing conditions
What season of the year is the pest issue the problem?
Spring, summer, fall and winter
Strategies to manage a pest issue:
Monitor
Chemical
Biological
Mechanical
Cultural
Growing a healthy garden is a multi step process, it incorporates:
Soil management practices
Effective Irrigation management
Nutritional program
Garden time is now on Facebook, simple go Garden Time with Mike Ventura and you are good to go.
How to grow a healthy garden is not just a single step, steps that will benefit the performance of the garden:
Organic soil amends
improve the overall cultural growing conditions in the garden
learn and implement the cultural growing conditions that the plant requires
applying organic soil amends that are low in salts
Preparing the garden for spring time, this is the second part of the episode.
As a recap, I mentioned:
planter bed irrigation management
soil amends
irrigation management
fruit tree management
turf grass management, how to manage crabgrass
Preparing the garden for the spring time, this includes:
soil mangement
irrigation management, converting where possible spray head to drip irrigation
fruit tree management
turf grass management, specifically how to manage crabgrass in the the lawn
This episode is about the management of Camellia's. In this episode I will be discussing cultural conditions as far a irrigation practices, management of Camellia Petal Blight and the flowering periods of the camellia.
In this episode, I discuss biennial weeds and perennial weeds.
In this episode, I discuss weed control strategies for commonly found weeds in the garden. Weeds in the garden are classified as:
Annual
Biennial
Perennial
Annual weeds, 6 month growing season
Biennial weeds, 2 year growing season
Perennial weeds, 3 years and longer
Weeds are classified as:
Grassy and broad leaf