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Episode 61: September Slack Q+A

September 8, 2017 hilary dahl
Powdery Mildew on Winter Squash_Seattle Urban Farm Co.

The Fall season is almost upon us, and the discussion happening in our Slack group definitely reflects that. Summer crops are wrapping up, and our Fall gardens are full of short and half season plantings to round out the year. In addition to questions about powdery mildew and growing the best beets, we're also thinking ahead to fruit tree pruning and soil amendments. Tune in to today's episode for the September highlights from Club Encyclopedia Botanica, our Slack group for podcast funders.


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In this episode, we discuss:

  • Powdery mildew

  • Growing great beets

  • Potted fig tree pruning

  • To reuse or not to reuse the soil from container growing

  • Sanitizing pruning shears

Hilary's Early Wonder beets
Hilary's Early Wonder beets
Kellie's Touchstone Golden beets
Kellie's Touchstone Golden beets

Important Take-aways:

  • Powdery mildew is a fungal disease that shows up as white spots on the leaves of your plants. It’s common on plants in the cucurbit family, including squash and cucumbers. Remove the heavily damaged leaves and spray this homemade anti-fungal on the rest of the plant to help slow the spread: https://www.seattleurbanfarmco.com/blog/2014/2/1/organic-anit-fungal-spray-for-peas-and-summer-squash

  • Beets are heavy feeders and they thrive when planted in nutrient rich soil. Feed them with a kelp-based foliar feeder 3 and 6 weeks after planting and don’t underestimate the value of thinning so there is room for the beets to size up. How are your beets growing this year? Tag your Instagram photos with #beetninja so we can check them out!

  • Fall/winter is a great time to prune potted figs because the plants are heading towards dormancy. The most important thing to consider is that figs produce on the previous year's growth. Prune off the small suckers and for the main growth, maintain 3-4 main branches.

  • It’s best to replace the potting soil you are using for container gardening every year to prevent diseases and replenish fertility. You can use that soil elsewhere in your garden but you should always use fresh soil in your containers.

  • Sanitizing pruning shears is important for preventing the spread of disease. All you need is rubbing alcohol and a bottle with a small nozzle. Spray the rubbing alcohol on your shears between garden visits and always after pruning tomatoes.


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Hilary Dahl
Hilary Dahl

Hilary Dahl is a co-owner of Seattle Urban Farm Company and host of the Encyclopedia Botanica podcast. Since 2010 Hilary Dahl has been helping beginning and experienced growers create beautiful and productive gardens. She has the unique experience of working in on a wide range of projects, from small backyard garden plots to multi-acre vegetable farms. She also works in her own garden every day after work. Hilary is also the creator of our podcast, the Encyclopedia Botanica, which she started as a way to share effective and efficient garden management techniques, and as a way to spread her love of growing food and flowers!

Colin McCrate
Colin McCrate

Colin McCrate has been growing food organically for over 25 years. He worked on a variety of small farms in the Midwest before moving to the west coast in 2003 to teach garden-based environmental education. He founded the Seattle Urban Farm Company in 2007 with the goal of applying years of horticultural and agricultural expertise to help aspiring growers get projects off the ground or more accurately; in the ground.

Since starting Seattle Urban Farm Co in 2007, he has helped guide hundreds of urban farmers through the design, construction and management of their own edible landscape. Colin is the author of three books; Food Grown Right, In Your Backyard(Mountaineers Books, 2012) and Grow More Food (Storey Publishing, 2022); and is a garden writer for the Seattle Times.

In Annual Vegetables, Podcast Tags Encyclopedia Botanica, Podcast, powdery mildew, beets, organic gardening, vegetable gardening, growing food, edible gardening, cucumbers
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