Red elderberry (Sambucus racemosa) in a container?
Can you grow a Red Elderberry (Sambucus Racemosa) bush in a container on a balcony? It would get about 6 hours or a bit more of sun. (April, 2020)
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English cucumbers in this climate?
Can I grow English cucumbers in this climate? (May 2018)
You can grow English cucumbers but there are precautions that need to taken to ensure good results.
Plants for under a fir tree
What can I plant under an established fir tree?
Common douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, is a deep-rooting species. However, as in many other tree species, its root structure varies according to the nature of the soil. In deep, well-drained soils, taproots may grow up to 50% of their final depth in 3 to 5 years. Plate-like root systems develop when it grows in shallow soils or with a high water table. Fine roots are concentrated in the upper 20 cm of soil.
What can I do about garlic white rot?
What can I do about garlic white rot? (March 2018)
Veggies and Herbs
Veggies and herbs:
CONTAINERS
I'd like to plant vegetables in plastic containers. What type of soil should I use?
PESTS, DISEASES
I have some gray, powdery substance in my vegetable garden (on the foliage and stems of my zucchini, squash, and pumpkins). What is this, is it harmful and what can I do about it?
What should I do about rust on my established garlic?
YAU Question Categories
We get a lot of questions at our garden clinics and don't always have the time or the tools to give full answers, but we take note of the questions and research some of them later. This collection of questions and fully researched answers dates back several years.
You can browse through our categories or do a more directed search using the Search box in the upper right. That searches the whole of the Master Gardeners of BC site, not just Victoria, so you may see entries from any of our six chapters as well as any questions we have included that relate to your topic.
Planting winter veggies on the coast.
When should I start thinking about planting winter veggies and what works best on our coast? (July 2015)
Despite the beautiful mid-summer sunshine, now is the time to start planning and planting your winter veggies.
Scions for grafting?
When do you take scions for grafting? (December 2015)
Grafting and budding are used as the principle methods of propagating in certain plants such as fruit trees. They are techniques used to combine one plant with another to encourage growth as a unified plant, one that is identical to the parent plant.
Factors affecting successful grafting or budding are: temperature, time of year, age of the plant parts, scion orientation, and care of grafted plants, soil moisture, and contact of stock and scion.
The gardening year
The gardening year:
When do you take scions for grafting?
When should I start thinking about planting winter veggies and what works best on our coast?
When is it safe to plant vegetables outside? What are the growth requirements?
Can I start seeds now?
Gardening during the winter months?
What should I be doing in my garden during the winter months (Nov. – Feb.)? What can I do to get ready for spring? (January 2016)
Well, what you do in your garden during the winter months really depends on how active you wish to be. For those living near coastal B.C., there are a number of gardening activities that can be pursued throughout the year.