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Thursdays at noon.

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Recent shows
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16 May 2013
Mildew on crapemyrtles, lawn food in compost, growing plums, and much more!
09 May 2013
Don had a speaking engagement, so it's a special rebroadcast: all about tomatoes!
02 May 2013
Don's favorite tomatoes; how to feed vegetables, whiteflies on grapes, and more!
25 April 2013
Sprinkler troubleshooting, walnut flies, shade plants, and more!
18 April 2013
Oak leaves yellowing, pruning tomatoes, prepping for sod, and more!
11 April 2013
Special rebroadcast: Low Water Landscaping Parts 1 and 2!
04 April 2013
April in the garden; garden gender questions cont'd, 'bamboo food', indoor seedlings, and more!
28 March 2013
Aphids; vines for shade, making a meadow, male and female peppers? and more!
21 March 2013
Peonies and lilacs, and other flowers in March; Lois has begonia questions, and more
14 March 2013
Soil temp's for tomatoes; yellowjackets; Low Water Landscaping Part 2
07 March 2013
Adding nitrogen on a budget; Low Water Landscaping Part 1
28 February 2013
Lois has hibiscus questions! Maple vs. zelkova; pruning pears; columbines, dahlias, tuberous begonias, and more!
21 February 2013
Gardening rules, mistletoe, clematis, hand-watering, and more!
14 February 2013
Monsanto seeds, seeds from eBay, success with bareroot, freeze damage on citrus, and more
07 February 2013
Cecille Brunner rose; aphids; berries; pruning crapemyrtles; getting ready for veg planting!
31 January 2013
Lilacs and redbuds, citrus problems, and more!
24 January 2013
All-Star ground covers; fragrant roses, evening primrose, and winter gardening topics!
17 January 2013
Moving a tree; apples; fig pruning; pluerries; GMO fruit trees?
10 January 2013
Hydrangea problem, galls, onions, ground cover for path, more on fruit trees!
03 January 2013
It's bareroot season! Talking about deciduous fruit trees!
27 December 2012
Holiday rebroadcast: all about berries!
20 December 2012
Pruning an apricot; new wood, old wood; bamboo indoors; phosphorus; low water choices, and more!
Pictures from 2012 shows 13 December 2012
Greens in the winter; microclimates; easy food plants. and more!
06 December 2012
Gummosis on citrus, choosing trees for a neighborhood, poinsettias, and more!
29 November 2012
Growing from seed: blueberries, roses, citrus? Plus: questions about buddleia, old-fashioned snapdragons, and more!
No program November 22; station closed for Thanksgiving
15 November 2012
New peach leaf curl controls, time to plant onions, feeding plants in fall, and more!
08 November 2012
Allergy-free landscaping, Japanese maple dieback, Myoporum thrips, passionflowers indoors, blue orchids, and more!
01 November 2012
Plants for very low light; November in your garden, and more
25 October 2012
Hedges and screens; narrow plants for odd places, bamboo for privacy, and more
18 October 2012
Shade plants with colorful foliage; questions about perennial cover crops, Daphne, holly, and more
11 October 2012
Special program: all about fall gardening!
04 October 2012
Starting seeds indoors, landscape shrubs dying, fall planting, and more!
27 September 2012
Capers, Chitalpas and Mayten trees, alcohol for pest control, holes in the leaves, and more!
20 September 2012
Trailing shrubs with color, bolting onions, downy mildew on Impatiens; Scotts MiracleGro, and more!
13 September 2012
Low-water lawns, problem garden beds, limes and lemons, wormy pears, and more!
06 September 2012
Choosing a small tree; managing nematodes, planter box soil, and more!
30 August 2012
Growing lotus, venus flytraps, squash problems, drip systems, worms, and much more!
23 August 2012
Heirloom tomatoes. brown spots in lawns, tender subtropicals, shade lovers, and more!
16 August 2012
Designing mixed planters, early cool-season vegetables, what is a variety, and more!
09 August 2012
August flowers, dividing perennials, pruning evergreens, and more!
02 August 2012
Cherry update, giant pumpkins, flower fertilizers, veg problems, and more!
26 July 2012
Houseplant and lemon problems, fertilizers, dragonflies, comparing crapemyrtles, and more!
19 July 2012
Tomatoes, tomatilloes, low-water lawns, and more!
12 July 2012
Redwood issues, squirrels on tomatoes, taste test (plum vs pluot), shade accents, and more!
05 July 2012
Mixed color planters, weeds in compost, and more!
28 June 2012
Cherry tree problems, vines, jasmine, and more!
21 June 2012
Grass in shade, grapes, aphids on honeysuckle, and morel!
14 June 2012
Lilacs, watering, garden questions, and morel!
07 June 2012
Problems with tomatoes, anthuriums; easy ferns, and morel!
31 May 2012
Crepe murder? And how to build great garden soil!
24 May 2012
Special show: all about tomatoes!
17 May 2012
Cherry fly, cucumbers, hops, sunflowers, and more!
10 May 2012
Impatiens problems, mulch, seaweed, garden books, and more!
03 May 2012
Spring gardening questions: mildew, aphids, tomatoes, and more!
26 April 2012
Planting by seasonal cycles, fungus weather, and more!
19 April 2012
Clematis, April in your garden, identifying cherry trees, and more about tomatoes!
12 April 2012
Tomatoes! and a few listener questions
05 April 2012
Lady Banks rose, citrus alert, and more
29 March 2012
Growing herbs, flowers and bees, Japanese maple questions, and more
22 March 2012
Lois renovates her back yard; caller questions, and much more
15 March 2012
Early season gardening, sustainability, and more!
08 March 2012
Fruit trees from seed, bentgrass, improper pruning problems, and more!
01 March 2012
Early spring questions!
23 February 2012
Winter flowers, fertilizer, drainage and shade, and more!
16 February 2012
Orchids, perennials, and more!
09 February 2012
Fruit tree questions, avocadoes, carpenter bees, and more!
02 February 2012
Attracting birds to the yard, growing nut trees February garden activities, and more.
26 January 2012
Plants from Hawaii, pluots, USDA zones, Lois on birds, and more.
19 January 2012
Miniature fruit trees, moss, starting seeds, easy fruit trees, and more.
12 January 2012
Fruit tree spacing, pruning, and more.
05 January 2012
January gardening: bareroot trees, pruning, and more.
Click here for shows and pictures 2010 to 2011
Click here for shows and pictures prior to 2010
Some special programs:
Whitefly Management excerpt
Don and Lois discuss how to control whiteflies; excerpt from July 21 2011
31 December 2009
All about pruning!
24 December 2009
All about Citrus!
26 November 2009
Special show: all about bulbs!

Featured Plants & Articles

April 04 2013

Fireblight 24 hours after infection



Fireblight later in the season



Comparing wasps and yellowjackets


March 21 2013
Guide to Estimating
Irrigation Water Needs

large pdf file!
Department of Water Resources

March 14 2013
IPM site about soil solarization
Don's long list of drought-tolerant plants!

February 28 2013

Magnolia soulangeana 'Alexandrina'
Saucer magnolia, sometimes called
Tulip tree



Almonds: first varieties in full bloom

February 14 2013
Don's articles about
low-water landscaping



rose seeds on eBay?!?

January 24 2013

Mahonia lomariifolia
blooming in January


fruiting wood on apricot


fruiting wood on apricot


fruiting wood on plum


The Garden Professors
are on Facebook!



Click here for pictures and links from 2012 shows

December 13 2012

Eric's ivy geraniums:
the influence of microclimate!

The Garden Professors
WSU extension blog, lots of great info


December harvest
in the Sacramento Valley