Episode 800: February 20, 2026 ~ Dirt Doctor podcast audio

Episode 800: February 20, 2026 ~ Dirt Doctor podcast audio

From The Dirt Doctor Podcast Audio by Howard Garrett

February 21, 2026 · 54 min · Season 1 · Episode 800

About this episode

Howard Garrett provides tips for spring planting and answers listener questions about gardening.

This week's Dirt Doctor podcast with Howard Garrett has more answers to questions sent in by listeners and readers of the website. We are into spring planting and Howard Garrett offers tips about planting from seed, varieties to try, and organic products to use - and avoid. And much more! Show Notes: Fences - metal, wood, cedar posts Book - Lawn Care (by Howard Garrett) Coffee - mushroom variety Q&A: Watch plants for pests (get them early) Plumeria - move out in stages Percentages of soil amendments in beds (rates by square feet) Maples native vs hybrid Shantung maple, Japanese maple Alfalfa pellets as organic fertilizer (look at percentage in mix) Turf treatment Agralawn crabgrass killer Compost as fertilizer Avoid contaminated compost (picloram, chlopyralid) Leaf management Making own Garrett Juice - recipes General weed control, rescue grass Three of the advertisers on the Dirt Doctor site and podcast are Crazy Water, Douglass King Seed, and Doctor Ohhira's probiotics. Crazy Water is the only mineral water bottled in Texas. Rich with Mother Nature-infused minerals, which are more readily absorbed by your body. https://drinkcrazywater.com/ Douglass King Seeds, Seed…

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Host: Howard Garrett

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Crazy Water, Douglass King Seed, Doctor Ohhira's probiotics

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Books & works: Lawn Care

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