Comments on: Is There a Things as Too Much Rain for a Garden? https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/a-positive-spin-on-all-this-rainfall/ The plants you expect. The people you know. The experience you’ll remember. Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:31:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pat muschamp https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/a-positive-spin-on-all-this-rainfall/#comment-95 Wed, 14 Nov 2018 18:08:25 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=2762#comment-95 Thank you Doug for your great column. so informative. My azalea bushes have grown so large…is it safe to cut them back and if so when would be the best time to do it?

]]> By: Pam https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/a-positive-spin-on-all-this-rainfall/#comment-94 Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:36:32 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=2762#comment-94 Hi Doug. Your columns are so informative! Thank you. Yes, good and bad news with rain. My big problem is the dying if br as McGee, then whole plant, of 2 bay laurels. They were about 12 years old and over 6 feet next to my deck that extends near my front door. This has occurred late summer to now. They were a big part of my landscape and gave privacy and green on the deck. Is this from water? They have been so hardy!

]]> By: Doug Hensel https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/a-positive-spin-on-all-this-rainfall/#comment-93 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 17:00:38 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=2762#comment-93 In reply to Elizabeth.

Elizabeth,
Thank you for reading our educational blogs and taking time to send us your gardening questions. As for your arborvitae, many of our evergreens are doing some shedding of needles. The plants are in the process of going dormant for the season. Because of this I do not recommend feeding at this time. I suggest holding off doing any feeding of any plants until late winter or around the first of March. This is when the plants are beginning to come out of dormancy. Yes, you can put down a thin layer of mulch around shrubs and trees this time of year. And, mulch to the drip line would be fine. Planting ground cover around tree roots can be a little tricky. Can you dig holes without getting into too many surface roots of the tree?

]]> By: Elizabeth https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/a-positive-spin-on-all-this-rainfall/#comment-92 Fri, 09 Nov 2018 16:39:51 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=2762#comment-92 My arborvitae are looking a little brown here and there, still ok to feed?
Also the bottom of my leyland cypress has dead branches; if I cut them away will new branches grow?
With so much rain, some soil as been eroded around a large tree and roots are near the surface. Mulch to the drip line? Add ground cover within drip line area? Suggestions?

]]> By: Graciela Schamis https://www.meadowsfarms.com/great-big-greenhouse-gardening-blog/a-positive-spin-on-all-this-rainfall/#comment-91 Thu, 08 Nov 2018 22:52:17 +0000 https://greatbiggreenhouse.com/?p=2762#comment-91 Doug
Thank you for a very insightful article. The rains and warmer weather have been particularly harsh on cherry trees and Japanese maples. What is your recommendation for treating the fungus and when should it be done?

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