MELINDA’S GARDEN MOMENTS

Nationally renowned garden expert Melinda Myers helps everyday gardeners find success and ease in the garden through her Melinda’s Garden Moments television segments. Melinda shares “must have” tips that hold the key to gardening success, learned through her more than 25 years of horticulture experience. Viewers from across the country find her gardener friendly, practical approach to gardening both refreshing and informative! On this page, Melinda shares some more extensive garden tips, which expands on the information provided in her one-minute TV segments.

Melinda’s Garden Moments Garden Tips!

New tips will be added throughout the growing season, providing timely step-by-step tips on what you need to do next in your garden! To view online streaming video of Melinda’s Garden Moments, visit This Webpage

Selecting Fertilizers

A walk down the fertilizer aisle of your garden center can be overwhelming. So many different products to choose from; it is hard to know where to start
But selecting the right type of fertilizer will help you grow attractive, healthy and productive plants.
Look at the three numbers on the fertilizer bag. The first number is for nitrogen. This promotes leaf, stem, and overall growth. Too much nitrogen can result in all leaves and no flowers. Excessive amounts of nitrogen can even burn or kill plants and harm our environment.
The middle number represents phosphorous. This nutrient promotes rooting, flowering, and fruit formation. The last number represents potassium. It helps plants ward off disease and increases cold tolerance.
Make sure your plants need all three nutrients before adding a complete fertilizer like 10-10-10. Adding more is a waste of money, can be harmful to the plants and our environment.

Just a Bit More Information: Consider using a slow release fertilizer. Slow release fertilizers come from a natural source, are coated with sulfur or another material to control release or are formulated in a way to release small amounts of nutrients over a long period of time. This reduces the risk of burn and provides plants with a steady diet of nutrients. This means less work for you. One application lasts a long, often the whole season, time.
Most manufacturers will label their products slow release. Check the Guaranteed Analysis on the back of the bag for the percent of Water Insoluble Nitrogen (WIN). The higher the percent the more slow release nitrogen in the mix.

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About Melinda Myers

Melinda Myers, best known for her gardener friendly and practical approach to gardening, has more than 25 years of horticulture experience in both hands-on and instructional settings. She has a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in horticulture from University of Wisconsin-Madison, is a certified arborist, and was a horticulture instructor with tenure.

Outside the classroom, Melinda shares her expertise through a variety of media outlets. She has written 20 books, including Can’t Miss Small Space Gardening, and the Birds & Blooms’ Ultimate Gardening Guide. She hosts “Great Lakes Gardener,” seen on PBS stations throughout the United States, and “Melinda’s Garden Moments”, which air on network television stations throughout the country. She appears regularly as a guest expert on various national and local television and radio shows. She also writes the twice monthly “Gardeners’ Questions” newspaper column and is a contributing editor and columnist for Birds & Blooms and Backyard Living magazines. In addition, she hosted “The Plant Doctor” radio program for over 20 years.

For her work, community service and media presence, Melinda has received recognition and numerous awards, including the 2003 Garden Globe Award for radio talent and the Quill and Trowel Award for her television work, both from the Garden Writers Association. She has also received the Garden Communicator’s Award from the American Nursery and Landscape Association and the Gold Leaf Award for Arbor Day from the International Society of Arboriculture.

For more information, visit Myers’ web site www.melindamyers.com. The site features regularly updated garden tips, podcasts, a garden club, e-newsletter, books, appearance information, “Great Lakes Gardener” television schedule and more.