The Garden Show

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about dealing with unpredictable up-and-down January weather, using dead elephant ear leaves as compost, getting rid of those "sticky balls" (sticker weeds) in the grass, and recovering plants suffering from root rot. Also, Dan answers callers' questions about preventing house cats from using potted plants as litter boxes, protecting plants from root rot, how to replant a 3-foot possumhaw, why bananas aren't growing to full size, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about dealing with unpredictable up-and-down January weather, using dead elephant ear leaves as compost, getting rid of those "sticky balls" (sticker weeds) in the grass, recovering plants suffering from root rot, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about preventing house cats from using potted plants as litter boxes, protecting plants from root rot, how to replant a 3-foot possumhaw, why bananas aren't growing to full size, and more.

On this shortened episode of the Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan runs through how to keep your plants healthy through the coldest parts of winter. He touches on Christmas cactuses, pagoda plants, and composting.

On this episode of the Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan gives his take on protecting local, tropical plants in south Louisiana during the winter. Later, we hear about St. Augustine's with brown circles in their bark, rosemary bushes with strange webbing, and even how to remove thorny vines from your property.

On this episode of the Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan sheds some light on how we can maintain our plants throughout the winter season. He analyzes how to plant cajun hibiscus plants this time of year, tries to pin down diachuses that aren't blooming, and when it's time to repot one's blueberries.

On this episode of the Garden Show, Dan Gill gives us guidance on all your gardening questions. He breaks down how camellias bloom, how one should fertilize their satsuma trees, and how recent Louisiana cold fronts have affected local gardens.

On this episode of the Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan gives his thoughts on autumn lawn care. He covers how to deal with unwanted weeds, removing benign mushrooms from your porch, and even if there will be research on crossing orchids and Spanish moss

On this episode of the Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan gives us guidance on how we can support our plants in the face of the upcoming cold front. He also touches on mold, jujube trees struggling to bear fruit, and dealing with crows encroaching on your garden.

On this episode of the Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan breaks down how we can deal with our planting problems. We find how how to maintain our lawns, plant spring bulbs, and how to respond to trees that are plagued by sooty mold.

On this episode of the Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan tells you why you shouldn't blame wildflowers for your allergies, how to recover dead grass, and methods one should take in dealing with poison ivy.

On this episode of The Garden Show with Dan Gill, Dan covers how the changes in weather affect citrus trees, how one should deal with invasive weeds, and pruning blackberries.

On this episode of The Garden Show, Dan dives deep into how we think about "feeding" our plants. He talks about how fertilizer isn't plant food, and chats with callers on how best to deal with overgrown plants, picking pots, and more.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about the importance of proper irrigation during the dry season, planting herbs, what's possibly killing off boxwood trees, diseases that can kill fig trees, taking care of orange trees, unhealthy honeysuckle vines, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about possible diseases that can kill fig trees, planting jasmine, taking care of orange trees, unhealthy honeysuckle vines, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about the importance of proper irrigation during the dry season, planting herbs, what's possibly killing off boxwood trees, taking care of crepe myrtles, and more.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about gardening adjustments needed for the dryer weather, combating Southern pine beetles, over-watering camellia bushes, the best time to move trees around, paying attention to the trunk of a tree at a nursery, the lifespan of summer heirloom peas, trimming cast iron plants, when to transplant cast iron plants, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about the lifespan of summer heirloom peas, trimming cast iron plants, using Killzall to get rid of pompous grass, when to transplant cast iron plants, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about gardening adjustments needed for the dryer weather, overwatering camellia bushes, combating Southern pine beetles, the best time to move trees around, and paying attention to the trunk of a tree at a nursery.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about which roses are okay to prune this time of year, how to get rid of torpedo grass, when to plant leeks, a Japanese plum tree that isn't doing so well, preparing Peggy Martin roses for colder weather, hibiscus plants that aren't blooming, and dealing with citrus canker.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about getting rid is fungal diseases, preparing Peggy Martin roses for colder weather, hibiscus plants that aren't blooming, dealing with citrus canker, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about which roses are okay to prune this time of year, how to get rid of torpedo grass, when to plant leeks, and a Japanese plum tree that isn't doing so well.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about the importance of timeliness when gardening, the reason rats gnaw at tree bark, flowers falling off of orchid plants, laying St. Augustine sod near tree trunks, the best way to move water oak trees, Savannah hollies that don't make berries, transplanting potted plants to outside gardens, when to lay sod after foundation work, citrus fruit with fungal infections, and how to tell when honeydew melons and cantaloupe melons are ripe.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about Savannah hollies that don't make berries, transplanting potted plants to outside gardens, when to lay sod after foundation work, citrus fruit with fungal infections, and how to tell when honeydew melons and cantaloupe melons are ripe.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about the importance of timeliness when gardening, the reason rats gnaw at tree bark, flowers falling off of orchid plants, laying St. Augustine sod near tree trunks, the best way to move water oak trees, and how to control mealy bugs on mirliton plants.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about how the January freeze is still affecting trees this late in the year, dealing with citrus tree miners, the best time to prune roses, when to use fertilizer on sod, using milorganite, dealing with white mealybugs on hibiscus, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about the patience and process it takes to eliminate weeds, when to mow frog fruit, why amaryllis expereince color change, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about how the January freeze is still affecting trees this late in the year, dealing with citrus tree miners, the best time to prune roses, when to use fertilizer on sod, using milorganite, and dealing with white mealybugs on hibiscus.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about planting vegetables ahead of the fall season, dealing with sick hydrangea, crape myrtle trees, peach thieves, wilting tomatoes, explosive growth of spurge, lowering pear trees, removing crab grass, growing sweet and white potatoes, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about wilting tomatoes, explosive growth of spurge, lowering pear trees, removing crab grass, growing sweet and Irish potatoes, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about planting vegetables ahead of the fall season, dealing with sick hydrangea, crape myrtle trees, peach thieves, and more.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about how to avoid grass damage due to dog urine, getting rid of oak sapplings, the best time to sod St. Augustine grass, tips on getting rid of pests, resurrection ferns, dealing with Virginia Buttonweed, commemorative trees, and growing bougainvillea.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about struggling knockout roses, resurrection ferns, blooming passion vine, dealing with Virginia buttonweed, commemorative trees, and growing bougainvillea.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about how to avoid grass damage due to dog urine, getting rid of oak saplings, the best time to sod St. Augustine grass, tips on getting rid of pests, and getting a garden started.

On today's show, Dan Gill shares summertime gardening tips. Also, Dan talks about the best time to plant a young magnolia tree, dealing with torpedo grass and crabgrass, the best time for aerating a lawn, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about aerating compact lawns, what to do about psocids, how to get rid of moles, collecting flower seeds, and getting an unused garden back in shape.

This hour, Dan Gill shares summertime gardening tips. Also, Dan talks about the best time to plant a young magnolia tree, dealing with torpedo grass and crabgrass, and the best time for aerating a lawn.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about focusing on flower beds during the summer heat, wrapping up vegetable gardens, saving okra seeds, unhealthy Indian Hawthorn trees, why an oak tree would drop its juvenile acorns, preventing fungus on hydrangea bushes, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about the possible causes of black spots on roses, patches in centipede grass, preventing fungus on hydrangea bushes, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about focusing on flower beds during the summer heat, wrapping up vegetable gardens, saving okra seeds, unhealthy Indian Hawthorn trees, and why an oak tree drop its juvenile acorns.

On today's show, Dan Gill opens up discussing general law care as the heat just keeps getting hotter before fielding questions from listeners on a flurry of topics ranging from taking care of blueberry bushes, lack of water getting to a River Birch, what green manure crops are and what they can bring to our vegetable beds, and a whole lot more!

This hour, Dan Gill heads back to the lines to help callers piece together the cycles that pear trees often stick to and whether or not we can help them stick to those cycles, what boring insects could be removing bark from a pine tree, how to properly handle aphids making hay on our milkweed plants, and more!

Dan helps listeners figure out what could be removing back from pine trees, bugs or some sort of infection, if spraying water on my milkweed plants to clear our aphids is the right call, and more!

Dan opens up the lines to hear from callers on topics such as tree bark being removed, a pear tree out of cycle with a traditional production cycle, and much more!

This hour, Dan opens up discussing lawn care as we have entered the real "dog days" of summer now that we are in July before heading to the phones to field caller questions such as what we should know before trying to grow blueberry bushes, what could be causing water retention issues in River Birches, what green manure crops work best this time of year, and more!

Dan heads to the phone lines to hear from callers on a variety of topics such as blueberry bush maintenance following a lackluster season, a possible lack of water affecting a River Birch, and more!

Dan opens up today's show discussing how now is a fantastic time for lawn repair and care as we are reaching the really hot and humid parts of summer.

On today's show. Dan Gill opens up discussing the way our climate is designed to bolster our tropical plants, before fielding calls from listeners on their questions and issues such as how to stop animals and bugs from chewing on our tomato plants, if a green house is a need for growing tomatoes, how keeping our plants healthy is often easier and simpler than we think, and so much more!

This hour, Dan heads back to the lines to hear from callers on a variety of subjects such as starting a garden and what you should and shouldn't do, what gets rid of torpedo grass, why my Sago palms are producing cones, root rot in our pots and whether you can/should reuse that soil, and more!

Dan circles back to the phones to hear from those on hold to talk about Sago palms producing cones, finding beautiful Sweet peas in our climate, getting rid of soil that had given a previous plant root rot, and more!

Dan opens up the second hour helping callers with their questions such as the very eastern sun exposure for a garden, what are some good plants for a brand new garden by someone without that much of a green thumb, and getting rid of torpedo grass.

This hour, Dan Gill opens up the show discussing some of the things on his mind such as why the heat we are seeing is great for our plants, a few critters to keep an eye on this summer, before fielding calls from listeners on topics such as tomato growth concerns, if there is such a thing as inside versus outside plants, stopping animals and bugs from messing around with our tomatoes, and more!

Dan heads to the lines to hear from callers on curbing some animals and bugs beating you to your tomato plants, and how growing a tomatoes successfully has less to do with if its in a green house and more about the methods you are using to cultivate them.

Dan opens up discussing the weather we have in the Gulf South and how it is perfect for Tropical plants flourish, some critters making hay in our lawns, beds, and gardens, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill breaks down how our citrus trees are looking this summer, why Petunias on his mind, and more before fielding calls, questions, and concerns from callers on a variety of topics ranging from black mold and white mold on our crepe myrtles, what works best for bare space at preventing weeds, what could be eating your Sunflowers, fungal issues on fig trees, the best way to fight snails might involve your favorite drink, and a whole lot more!

This hour, Dan dives into the phone lines to help listeners deal with fig tree fungal growth, red scale like growths on a sweet olive tree, a serious snail infestation requires an even more serious response, an update on a lovely community garden in Folsom, what could be turning tomato leaves brown, and a lot more!

Dan circles back to the phones to help someone tackle a snail infestation that someone is facing, another update from the Giddy Up community garden in Folsom, and what could be turning our tomato leaves brown?

Dan hears from callers on issues they are facing such as fungal issues on a fig tree, and red scales on the bark of a sweet olive tree.

This hour, Dan dives into making sure we enjoy what we see around our yards and beds by fostering a healthy and colorful warm season flower bed, how Petunias do in our Gulf South climate before diving into calls to topics such as sooty mold versus bark scale and how you can figure out which is which, how to fight critters from eating your Sunflowers, dealing with an invasive vine that is climbing your pecan tree, and more!

Dan heads to the lines to hear from callers on a flurry of topics ranging from sooty mold on crepe myrtles and what kind of critters might be chewing on your Sunflowers.

Dan opens up today's show discussing how citrus hasn't done as well as we've liked, Petunias and their versatility in our Gulf South climate but they do have one pretty big drawback, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about harvesting crops during the summer, stimulating growth in damaged garden roses, protecting cypress trees from caterpillar damage, eliminating the parasitic dodder plant, transplanting lemon trees, growing hollyhocks in the city, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about eliminating the parasitic dodder plant, transplanting lemon trees, growing hollyhocks in the city, protecting hydrangeas from caterpillars, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about harvesting crops during the summer, stimulating growth in damaged garden roses, protecting cypress trees from caterpillar damage, and the Southeast Louisiana Daylily Society hosting a free daylily meet-and-greet next weekend.

On today's show, Dan Gill talks about the best time to stimulate grass growth, drainage for cypress trees, what to do about freeze damage to citrus trees, problems with wilting tomatoes, how to get your garden back in shape, the best time to plant pumpkins for Halloween, aging fig trees, rejuvenating Ligustrum trees, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about how mulch works, the best potting soil for indoor and outdoor plants, the best time to plant pumpkins for Halloween, aging fig trees, rejuvenating Ligustrum trees, and more.

This hour, Dan Gill talks about the best time to stimulate grass growth, drainage for cypress trees, what to do about freeze damage to citrus trees, identifying problems with wilting tomatoes, the best time to transplant bushes, and how to get your garden back in shape.

On today's show, Dan Gill dives into what types of large shrubs/small trees that do well this time of year before spending the rest of the show helping callers with a variety of subjects and issues such as white fuzzy stuff on my plants, freeze damage questions regarding our orange trees, grass replacements with clover, a guide on growing palm trees in the south (spoiler alert, it's pretty easy), and a whole lot more!

This hour, Dan helps our callers on a slew of topics ranging from questions about pests messing up our hibiscuses, if micro-clover could be used as a replacement for grass, as well as some go-to fertilizers Dan likes, how to properly deal with torpedo grass, a quick guide to palm trees, and much more!

Dan heads to the lines again to hear from listeners on a slew of issues ranging from weed issues with torpedo grass, tips on growing a palm tree in our climate, and a lot more!

Dan heads back to the lines to discuss some of the pests that can cause some hiccups on our plants, can micro-glover be a good grass substitute, and more!

This hour, Dan opens up discussing some things on his mind and in his garden before heading to the phones to hear from callers on a flurry of topics such as an orchid society show coming up, a confusing leaf pattern on a canna lily,, white fuzz on our plants, and what you can do to help keep a freeze damaged orange tree in its recovery.

Dan dives into callers hearing from people on a variety of topics and issues like next week's New Orleans Orchid Society Show and a strange occurrence one noticed in their garden!

Dan opens up discussing insects building up population during these warmer months, some key large shrubs and smaller trees that could flourish in our yards this time of year, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill discusses some calendar items and things on his mind before fielding calls on a flurry of topics ranging from getting rid of Mudbugs, dollarweeds, Virginia button weed, healthy tomatoes dropping leaves, sickly looking azaleas, if mistletoe is harmful to our trees, and a whole lot more!

This hour, Dan dives into the phone lines to help callers with their gardening questions such as Mudbug containment, beating our dollarweed woes, if you need to change out soil when replanting a tree back into a previous spot, managing invasive vines, curbing pests from chewing on our plants, and a lot more!

Dan heads back to the lines to help callers with concerns like if mistletoe can be harmful to our trees, go-to's for dealing with dollarweed, if you replant a plant or tree back to a spot it was in previously, should you make changes to its new conditions, and how to manage an invasive vine?

Dan opens up the lines again to hear from listeners on issues in their yards ranging from Calla lilies and mowing down Mudbug chimneys.

This hour, Dan Gill opens up discussing some things on his mind before switching up to answer questions and concerns from callers on a variety of topics such as what could be causing a perfectly healthy tomato plant to drop its leaves, the right way to deal with Virginia button weed, when the blooming season wraps up for Peggy martin roses, sick looking azaleas, and more!

Dan heads to the phone lines to help callers with issues from tomatoes dropping their leaves while healthy and when you should be handling Virginia button weed!

Dan dives into today's show taking a look at the calendar, container plants do's and don'ts, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill opens up covering the latest in our lawns and yards following a heavy increase in rain the past week before fielding calls from listeners on a variety of gardening issues, concerns, and questions!

This hour, Dan opens up discussing how to get rid of cinch bugs, mimosa tree lack of growth, if weeds and plants can replant when you pull them out and toss them to the side, getting rid of dead citrus tree stumps and general rules to follow when figuring out the health of a cold damaged plant.

Dan continues hearing from callers on getting rid of stumps and concerns over lack of growth on a bottle brush tree.

Dan details what you could put in your lawn to add some color in shady areas before hearing from callers on a flurry of topics such as mimosa tree growth our climate and if you toss weeds on your lawn when pulling them out, can they accidentally replant themselves, and more!

This hour, Dan opens up discussing the love-hate relationship that us gardeners have with the rain, the good and the bad that that brings to our beds, lawns, and plants, before fielding questions from callers on the best way to get rid of weeds; is it herbicide or just raw strength and physical prowess, what works best in getting rid of palm tree stumps, and more!

Dan heads to the lines to hear from callers on issues ranging from patches of sticker weed popping up in our lawns, if a certain type of mulch can be the cause sticker weed, cutting back Willow trees, and is it best to pull spurge or spray something?

Dan dives into the good and the bad from the heavy and consistent rain that we had, some issue that could arise from the rain like diseases and such, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill is live over at Bantings Nursey in Bridge City where they've got plants galore for all you avid gardeners out there, a look at the calendar to see what all is going on around New Orleans and more before fielding questions from listeners such as what exactly "lichens" are and their relationship with our plants, a community garden update in Folsom, the do's and don'ts of gathering cuttings, what we can do with our leftover Easter lilies, the latest from the Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans, and much more!

This hour, Dan opens the hour hearing Treasury of the Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans, Jessica Doyle, on their GiveNOLA DAY coming up, how you can get involved and contribute or become a member, before fielding calls on subject such as oak galls, trimming back gardenias, what causes brown tips on the leaves of my Sunflowers, where should we be putting hydrangeas, what tree girdling does, when I should be trimming my Salvias, and more!

Dan hears from callers on concerns such as what causes Oak Galls, and what could be causing my sunflower leaves to have brown tips?

Dan opens up the show with Jessica from the Master Gardeners of Greater New Orleans, to detail what the group is doing for those interested in gardening, how you can help contribute and get involved, before diving back into the phone line to hear from a caller on how we should be pruning our gardenias!

This hour, Dan opens up the show live from Bantings Nursey in Bridge City covering everything going on around New Orleans for all the green thumbs out there, as well as what Dan is seeing in his garden, how we should be using any leftover Easter Lilies, before fielding calls on bleeding Magnolia trees, red spots on a Sweet Olive tree, how to curb those eating my bell pepper plants overnight, an update from the Folsom community garden with Frank, some concerns about cuttings, and more!

Dan dives into the phone lines today hearing from callers on a variety of issues such as bleeding Magnolia trees, what residual cold damage citrus trees looks like, what lichens are and how we should not panic if we see them, and more!

Dan opens up the show discussing a few calendar items before discussing how we should keep an eye on the color we are seeing in our trees, beds, plants, flowers, and lawns, if you've got leftover Easter lilies, they make a fantastic addition to our gardens, and more!

On today's show, Dan Gill opens up with a quick discussion about rose bushes and the critters that may be in them this time of year, the go-to lawn preventers we are using and when we should be using them, the proper way to propagate Peggy martin rose bushes, some very strict concerns and notes regarding how we grow our bougainvillea's in pots, finding a good shrub that can grow well without a ton of sunlight, and a whole lot more!

This hour, Dan hears from listeners on what is going on in their garden and what is causing them headaches like trimming back a sweet bay magnolia to fit more in one's yard, how ruscuses does in our climate, finding some fast growing evergreen trees to fill up our yards, and much more!

Dan heads back to the phone line to help callers with their questions such as if the same methods for handling bougainvillea's and their pot conditions can be used for hibiscuses, how ruscuses does in our climate, and more!

Dan opens up this hour with callers questions on subjects such as pruning sweet bay magnolia trees back, and what an ideal shrub would be that can survive without a ton of sunlight.

This hour, Dan Gills dives into everything on roses in Louisiana, the breeds and types of roses we often have and find in Louisiana, when is best to start getting those in the ground, before hearing from callers on handling stick weeds, when we should be using turf builders, the proper way to propagate Peggy Martin roses, some greenhouse do's and dont's, if there is a limit to how much pruning we can do to a pencil cactus, and much more!