030 GGW – Dispelling Gardening Myths with Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, Part 1 of 2

12/31/10 • -1 min

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Horticultural myth buster, Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott presents plenty of research-based, eye-opening insights in this fun and insightful dialogue. Drawing from her award winning book; The Informed Gardener and its sequal, The Informed Gardener Blooms Again, Dr. Chalker-Scott sheds light on some of the less than sound practices many of us have thought to be true for decades. Part one of an enlightening two-part podcast.

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After reading Jeff Lowenfel's book, co-authored with Wayne Lewis; Teaming with Microbes-The Organic Gardener's Guide to the Soil Food Web, I've never looked at soil the same way again. What we do to it either fosters the life below the surface that sustains our plants, or destroys it. For years, I was doing the latter. Listen to the podcasts to see if you were too.

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031 GGW – Dispelling Gardening Myths with Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, Part 2 of 2

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In Part 2 of this popular discussion, horticultural myth buster, Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott presents more research-based, eye-opening insights in this fun and insightful dialogue. Drawing from her award winning book; The Informed Gardener and its sequal, The Informed Gardener Blooms Again, Dr. Chalker-Scott sheds light on some of the less than sound practices many of us have thought to be true for decades. Is adding filler to a container planting really a good idea to improve drainage? If you answered "yes", this podcast is for you! Or, Is using fresh mulch really detrimental around plants due to nitrogen depletion? Do you really need to take time to sterilize pruning blades between cuts and if so, is bleech really the best way to do so? All this and more awaits you in this enlightening two-part podcast.

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