South Texas Gardening Podcast

Ants are everywhere! What are these new bugs searching for? When do you plant peppers? Emerald Zoysia and other grasses for ground cover. A little about the Arbor Foundation.

Is living mulch recommended at this time of the year? Composting in the summer. Aphids on Pecan trees.

Which grows faster, gold or purple lantanas? A Crape Myrtle is not growing. How much sun and water does a Plumeria and Hosta need? Does goat urine damage trees? Impatiens and Morning Glories are not growing well.

A patch of burnt Bermuda Grass. Worms keep eating new growth on Mountain Laurels. A tree's sprouts are yellowing.

A Post Oak tree is damaged by lightning. How do you keep trees safe from lightning strikes? Tomatoes are shriveling and not getting big. A fig tree is producing small figs. Which is better, onion sets or plants?

How do you kill rats without hurting pets. How to prevent weeds on a walkway of decayed gravel.

How to kill nutsedge grass. Getting rid of beetles on the squash plants. Tomatoes are curlying up and looking deformed.

When is the right time to trim a pecan tree, pittosporum hedges, and crape myrtle trees? Pigeons are a problem. A loquat plant has some spotting. Hackberry has white fly.

An Oak Tree is browning out. Bush beans are not producing well. Huisache trees need to be removed. Mesquite tree has weather damage weather damage.

Green Bell Peppers aren't growing large enough. Full-spectrum lighting.

Problems with ants. What to do? A Jacaranda tree is yellowing. A cedar elm has yellowing leaves in the summer.

Bob and Howard talk about the aerial spraying law in North Texas and the chemicals involved as well as the affect on plants. Howard explains his mosquito repellent.

Is softened water bad for plants? Does raw cow manure contain ecoli? Can composte tea spoil? A habenero plant is not blooming fruit. And a problem with grackles.

St. Augustine grass browning in spots. Removing a Pride of Houston tree. An update on killing nutsedge.

Bermuda grass between the rose bushes. What's a good potting soil? Lawn burns, and how they appear in the heat. Is it too late to plant a full garden?