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 myths. Click Part1, 2 or 3 below to hear more about the topics listed:
Garden Myths Busted Part1
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- 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
About The Author: Armstrong
As an author and editor, Linda directs her lifelong love of nature and plants to concerns about our environment and how we can do better. In addition to decades of gardening experience, and training as a master gardener, Linda focuses on learning from leading science-based educators and writers, and in the process finds that she uncovers many gardening myths.
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