Garden Time with Mike Ventura

In this episode, I will continue to explain the importance of having a healthy soil is essential to develop a healthy plant root system.

In this episode, I will be discuss the correlation  of how soil management will impact the four functions of a plant root. I will be using the root system of a tree and why soil management is so important for a healthy root system.

A plant root has 4 specific functions:

Anchorage

Storage

Support

Conduction

I this episode I continue to discuss the four functions of a plant root and how the management of a plant roots is one of the keys to success to the growing a healthy plant.

There are 4 specific functions of plant roots:

Anchorage

Support

Storage

Conduction

In this episode, I continue explain techniques that have worked very well when moving plants from a nursery container to their new home.

In this episode I discuss how to properly remove a plant from a nursery container assist the plant with getting established in its new home.

When a plant wilts, this is an indication that something is interrupting  the flow of water thru the vascular tissue. The vascular tissue is called xylem.

The xylem can be interrupted from:

soil

insect ( borer) activity

disease activity

In this episode, I discuss more about macro and micro nutrients. I also discuss some of the benefits of adding organic matter to soil. 

In this podcast, I will be discussing the different types of soils:

sand 

silt 

clay

The role that organic matter plays with soil, I will also be discussing macro nutrients, micro nutrients and what is cation exchange capacity as it relates to soils.

This will be a two part podcast

A continuation of plant heath care and implementation of plant health care. Putting plants in the very best cultural condition that is best for the plant.

As an example, I mention the growing of Coast Live Oaks. Coast Live Oak is a native tree. Avoid putting water loving plants around the tree protection zone of the oak. Maintaining plants in cultural growing conditions that are best for the plant is plant health care. 

Plant health care incorporates:

Diagnostics

Management of plant diseases

Insect and mite management

Weed control

Abiotic, non-pathogen

Biotic, pathogen

Soil management