About this item
Its the question most commonly heard in every garden whats wrong with my? And with the bestselling Whats Wrong With My Plant? and Whats Wrong With My Vegetable Garden?, weve answered it for flower borders, perennial gardens, and vegetable beds. Whats next? One of the most challenging parts of the gardenthe delicious yet disease-prone fruit garden. Whats Wrong With My Fruit Garden? offers a path toward a healthy garden packed with fresh fruit. In addition to learning how to diagnose a plant problem through clear visual keys, you will also learn the most effective organic solutions for every problem. Detailed plant portraits include information on growth seasonality temperature, light, and soil requirements and planting techniques. The 37 plants include everything from almonds to watermelons.
About the Author
Author, artist, photographer and lecturer, Dr. David Deardorff holds a PhD in Botany from the University of Washington. He has been on the faculty of the University of Hawaii in Plant Pathology, and Washington State University in Water Resources, where he taught the Master Gardener program. He also co-founded Plants of the Southwest in Santa Fe, NM, one of the first native plant nurseries in the U.S. He has directed major plant research projects, plant tissue culture programs, grown all kinds of plants in his own backyard, and worked at retail garden centers. He has over thirty years of experience as a plantsman.
