The Garden Show

Dan dives into a how you can force a plumaria to bloom, how cirtus tree cross-pollination isn't a thing, the most important, how you can winterizing hibiscus plants and what sort of lights you can hang on your hibiscuses.

Dan opens up the second hour helping WWL callers with issues such as setting up an artificial light system surrounding a few Christmas Catci, how long should should we expect pecan trees to grow before producing pecans, and a question about when a Turk's Cap plant blooms and how you can protect it during the winter?

This hour, Dan opens up previewing the many changes we are seeing in our yards, lawns, and beds with winter knocking on the door and Dan goes over another edition of the prestigious LSU Ag Center calendar that showcases nice tips for gardening and landscaping as well as pictures of yards and garden beds across Louisiana, and from WWL callers we dive into topics such as satsuma trees and the fruit...

Dan opens up the lines helping WWL listeners with questions regarding satsuma trees and the fruit within them and if you are looking to transplant any warm weather plants and trees, now is absolutely NOT the time to be moving those into your yards and beds.

Dan opens up the show discussing the cold weather that we've been previewing for some time now and how it has finally arrived so what can you do to make sure your plants are ready for wind chill and frost, and the LSU Ag Center has put out yet another fantastic calendar showcasing wonderful tips and pictures of gardens and plants around homes and business throughout Louisiana!

Dan Gill opens up this quick Saturday power hour with a quick discussion on the weather as it may finally be the cold weather we've heard so much about and some new trends regarding falling leaves in your yard before opening up the phone lines to cover when you should be moving satsuma trees, camellias, the tell-all sign for picking fruit off of your citrus trees, and more!

Dan dives into the lines to hear from WWL callers about if you should wait to transplant a satsuma tree to this Spring, and when you should be picking lemons off the tree.

Dan discuss how the Winter weather is finally arriving as October and most of early November have been unusually hot but alas, we are getting cooler and some new trends he is seeing regarding leaf pickup and the benefits that leaves have in using them for our gardens and beds after they've fallen.

On today's shows, Dan discusses how vital it is to start preparing now for the colder weather that will be coming sometime soon as our tropical plants can be susceptible to freeze when temps get low before diving into the phone lines to help WWL callers with issues such as protecting the head of a cauliflower after it blooms, a community garden effort going on around Folsom, and some general rules...

Dan opens up the 2nd hour with a little bit of a botany lesson about where a plant absorbs the sun the most, some general advice for fertilizing blueberry plants as well as not freaking out when your plants start looking rough with colder weather on the horizon, before closing things out going over the pros and cons of dealing with a satsuma tree that is bearing too much fruit weighing down the li...

Dan goes back to the phone lines to help WWL callers find the best time to plant sweet potatoes, what works best against Virginia Button Weed, and when should you trim a satsuma tree so that the satsumas don't weigh it down so much the fruit are sitting on the ground.

Dan dives into a bit of a botany lesson as we go over what part of the plant needs sun to get energy from the sun and the fertilization practices best for your blueberry plants and not panicking when seeing the leaves start to look a little worse for wear.

Dan opens up discussing the winter weather that should be here by now but is hopefully coming soon enough giving us a lot more time to prepare for the cold temperatures ahead of us, a lovely community garden effort going on over in Folsom, some dos and don'ts about protecting the head of a cauliflower plants, and some good general rules to follow when dealing with weeds of any kind in your lawns a...

Dan does a deep dive on Virginia Button Weed in our lawns and some other good to know tips about general weed issues when you are looking to treat your lawn during the spring and summer.

Dan dives into the phone lines hearing about a Folsom Community Garden, and what you can do to protect a cauliflower head.

On today's show, Dan opens up the program discussing what he is seeing in his garden and around his neck of the woods are more and more homes and beds are being decorated in time for the holiday season, prompting recommendations on some plants that work best with decorations, look like decorations themselves and thrive in the fall/winter, before opening up the phone lines to help YOU with your gar...

In the 2nd hour, Dan answers a few texts about poinsettias and growing them from cuttings and clover extermination before hearing from callers about shaving off roots from an oak tree to make room for pavers, periwinkle issues with fall plants, why does it take so long for citrus trees to create fruit, trimming back a rambler rose bush, and dealing with stickers in your lawn during the spring is a...

Dan gets back to caller questions such as fruitless lemon and orange trees and the expectations on when they should produce fruit and how much should someone be trimming a rambler rose bush.

Dan opens up the 2nd hour with a few texts from WWL listeners on growing poinsettias from cuttings as well as what you should know about poinsettias, getting rid of delta shaped clovers or any clover that is messing up your yard, periwinkles causing a hiccup to your fall annuals, and what you can do to shave off some of the roots around a live oak to place down pavers.

Dan opens up the show discussing what sort of plants and flowers you could look to add to your house or garden beds to liven up your home as we move from winter to fall in this dormant time before diving into the phone lines covering everything from growing your own pumpkins in Louisiana, the dos and don'ts for growing garlic and what soil acidity you should strive to have, and how you can deal wi...

Dan opens up the phone lines helping WWL callers with topics such as growing pumpkins in Louisiana, garlic growing in soil that is just above 6 PH and what you should do when you move it into the garden, and someone is dealing with a flurry of white moths in their lawn so what could that be?

Dan dives into some of the decorations we see this time of year around our homes and gardens and some good information to know about the very plants we use to decorate our homes and garden beds during the fall and winter!

On today's show, Dan opens up discussing about what he is seeing in his garden as we transition to colder weather, fig tree fundamentals, Birds of Paradise pruning, the importance of transitioning our beds to cooler weather crops and crop covering plants for our grown fruit/veggies, and as our yards go dormant what can we do to help bolster their health during the winter. Later on, we discuss the...

In this hour, Dan starts off strong helping those figure out how and when is the best time to move agapanthus, figuring out how to handle a dead oak tree, the lovely blooming golden rain trees that are popping up this time of year all around the city, if now is far too late to be putting down sod, and if it is, what can you do to get the most out of the sod you do lay down, before closing things o...

Dan dives into listener questions about what could've killed off all the willow trees out near I-10 a few years back, what is the tree that is blooming all over the city right now, and if now is a decent time to lay sod, and what is the difference between a giant and regular bird of paradise?