Weed roots
Dandilion
Tap
Disease with dusty white powder, that presents in the Fall and is not deadly.
Powdery mildew
Issues that clay can bring to plants
Poor drainage, fungal diseases.
Lilac
After is blooms - June
Daylilies
Fall
Wood sorrel
Fibrous
Is black spot deadly
Black spot is not deadly
What is the main difference in soil types
Particle size
Rose of sharon
Fall!
Hosta
Fall
Canadian thistle
Rhizomatic
What is the best way to handle diseases organically
Cut the diseased branch or leaf as soon as you see it.
What should type has the biggest particle size
Sand
Roses
April
Geranium
Spring- you can trim for tidiness now but not to the ground
horse tail
Rhyzomatic
What disease commonly affects Roses
Rose rosette
How does clay mend and top dressing work to break up clay
It brings in microbes and the loosen and digest the soil creating
Weigela
After it blooms
Brunnera and pulmonaria
Spring
Yellow flag Iris
Tuberous rhyzomatic
What disease presents itself as warty growths.
galls
The fruiting body of fungus that is the main source of food for soil invertebrates
mycelium
Tree peony
Never - Only one or two errant branches
Russian sage and other woody perennials
Spring