We’ve all been taught some garden tips that are actually myths! Joe Gardener.com recently offered a podcast series that features one of our trusted gardening advisors Linda Chalker-Scott answering questions about dozens of garden topics. Click Part1, 2 or 3 below to hear more about the topics listed:
Garden Myths Busted Part1
- Planting Following Moon Phases
- Adding Epsom Salts
- Mycorrhizal Fungi
- Eggshells, Coffee Grounds & Banana Peels
- Compost Tea
- Synthetic Fertilizer on Good Bacteria
- Transplant Fertilizer and Vitamin B1
- Fresh Wood Chips & Nitrogen depletion
- Treated Pallets & Pine Needle Mulch
- Amending the Planting Hole
- To Till or Not to Till
Garden Myths Busted Part2
- Crop Rotation
- Composting
- Slug Control with Beer or Coffee Grounds
- Companion Planting
- Allelopathic Plabts
- Scarecrows and Caster Oil
- Japanese Beetle control
- Wood chips and Pest Control
- Baking Soda to Control Disease
- Tobacco and Tomatoes
- Leaves Burned by Water Drops
- Watering Lawns
Garden Myths Busted Part 3
- BioChar
- Worm impact on soil
- Container Drainage
- Corn Gluten as Weed Control
- Natural Herbicides
- Deadheading and Starter Fertiliser
- Street Lights
- Plants and Copper
- Draining Tree Cavities
- Tomatoes & Red Plastic Mlch
- Winter Care
- Mowing High or Low
- Pruning Crape Myrtels
- Replanting Roses
- Preferred Soil for Vegetables
- Treated Lumber
- Pressure Washing chemicals
- Talking to Plants
Part3 wraps up with Linda’s Top 3 Myths:
- Staking trees
- Landscape Fabric
- Foliar Feeding
More from Linda Chalker-Scott
Contributed by Linda Armstrong, London Middlesex Master Gardeners