Tag: Ask Burton

Ask Burton: The month of July certainly brings the heat, and it’s a challenge for newly planted shrubs, trees, and container plantings. So, this week, a simple heads up on watering – how to, how often, and simple things you can do to reduce the need for excessive watering.
Ask Burton: Q: Do I need mulch? How much mulch do I need? How many bags do I need to buy?
Ask Burton: Q: I have a weird mold growing out of the mulch in my flower bed – it popped up overnight! Also, there’s some sort of odd mushroom growing near where I had a tree removed after the 2021 freeze. What do I need to do?
Ask Burton: Q: I have a weed – looks like a grass, but when I clean out my bed, it’s always back within the next ten days and it’s always worse than when I first started pulling. What is this, and how do I get rid of it?
Ask Burton: This week, a reminder about bagworms! An ounce of prevention, a pound of cure.
Ask Burton: Q: I built a raised garden this year, filled it with a bulk soil sold to me as “vegetable garden mix”, and planted peppers and squash in it. WHY is nothing growing? My plants are well watered, but still yellow and stunted.
Ask Burton: Q: My mature live oak has hundreds of suckers coming up around it! Why is this happening? What can I do to make them go away?
Ask Burton: Q: My clay has terrible drainage! Should I add sand to the soil to loosen it?
Ask Burton: Q: My magnolia has lots of yellow to yellowish brown leaves scattered all through it! I have leaves all over the ground, so what’s going on?
Ask Burton: Q: Why does my St. Augustine lawn look so weak? It’s much thinner than it should be for the time of year, and basically dead in shadier parts of the yard. Is it diseased?