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Garden Time with Mike Ventura episodes
- How to implement plant health care and what is plant health care?
Plant health care discusses:
Soil management
Insect management
Disease management
Diagnostics as it applies to plant
Abiotic which are non- pathological
Biotic which are pathological
Understanding the disease triangle as it applies to plants
5 min - Part 2, How to manage a pest problem in the landscape
I discuss how to manage Kikuyu grass out of a cool season lawn.
Implement integrated pest management practices for the management of the kikuyu grass
5 min - How to manage a pest problem in the landscape using integrated pest management practices
What is a pest issue?
Insect, mite, virus, bacteria, fungi, weed and improper cultural growing conditions
What season of the year is the pest issue the problem?
Spring, summer, fall and winter
Strategies to manage a pest issue:
Monitor
Chemical
Biological
Mechanical
Cultural
5 min - Part 2, Growing a healthy garden incorporates: soil management, plant nutrients and irrigation management
Growing a healthy garden is a multi step process, it incorporates:
Soil management practices
Effective Irrigation management
Nutritional program
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5 min - Growing a healthy garden: healthy soil, proper fertilization program and proper nutrients
How to grow a healthy garden is not just a single step, steps that will benefit the performance of the garden:
Organic soil amends
improve the overall cultural growing conditions in the garden
learn and implement the cultural growing conditions that the plant requires
applying organic soil amends that are low in salts
5 min - Preparing the garden for spring time, part 2
Preparing the garden for spring time, this is the second part of the episode.
As a recap, I mentioned:
planter bed irrigation management
soil amends
irrigation management
fruit tree management
turf grass management, how to manage crabgrass
5 min - Preparing the garden for spring time part 1
Preparing the garden for the spring time, this includes:
soil mangement
irrigation management, converting where possible spray head to drip irrigation
fruit tree management
turf grass management, specifically how to manage crabgrass in the the lawn
5 min - How to manage Camellia's
This episode is about the management of Camellia's. In this episode I will be discussing cultural conditions as far a irrigation practices, management of Camellia Petal Blight and the flowering periods of the camellia.
5 min - How to manage weeds in the garden using integrated pest management practices, part 2
In this episode, I discuss biennial weeds and perennial weeds.
5 min - How to manage weeds in the garden using integrated pest management practices.
In this episode, I discuss weed control strategies for commonly found weeds in the garden. Weeds in the garden are classified as:
Annual
Biennial
Perennial
Annual weeds, 6 month growing season
Biennial weeds, 2 year growing season
Perennial weeds, 3 years and longer
Weeds are classified as:
Grassy and broad leaf
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Provides gardening tips and ideas to improve the garden.