Episode Details

The June13, 2026, Dirt Doctor Podcast with Howard Garrett answers questions sent in by podcast listeners and web site readers to the Dirt Doctor site's "Ask Howard" feature. Queries this week on many subjects including what to do about caterpillars and worms, is wood mulch safe, fireblight, grass burs, photinia diseases, and how to use corn meal. 

Show Notes:
SPCA dogs
EFI Newsletter 
Cheat Sheet  
Comfrey
Fireblight   
Worms (caterpillars)
Spinosad
Pipevine Swallowtail caterpillars  
Other worms (planarian)
BioWash Purely Green
Tomato diseases
Fleas
Beneficial nematodes
Oranges
Mosquito program traps
Spraying for chiggers
Liquid Cedar
Wood mulch disease spread?
New Red oak - watering 
Beech tree grow in North Texas?
Ornamental tree - Flamethrower Redbud
Corn Gluten meal
Grass burs 
Poor unhealthy soil
Japanese beetles 
Photinia and Sick tree treatment
Tools - Hori Hori knife   

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