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Puget Sound Region
In-depth profiles, disease diagnostics, spray windows, and care schedules calibrated to this climate, this soil, and this growing season.
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Gray mold (Botrytis cinerea) infects 200+ species and thrives in Puget Sound's cool, wet springs. Identification on fruit, flowers, and vegetables; the wetness-duration infection model; cultural controls that outperform sprays; and the fungicide resistance story reshaping professional programs.
The claim that wood chips rob soil nitrogen is one of horticulture's most persistent myths. Here is what actually happens at the mulch-soil interface, when the concern is real, and why chips are a net gain for your garden.
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Soil temperature, not the calendar, determines when seeds germinate and roots establish. Learn to measure it, interpret it, and use it to plant vegetables at the right time in the Puget Sound region.
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Disease-resistant crabapples that stay clean from April bloom through October fruit drop. Organized by size, with pollination data and the native Pacific crabapple.
Read more →Seasonal scouting notes, spray timing updates, and the regional detail that national guides leave out. Written for Western Washington gardeners and landscape professionals.
Seasonal scouting notes, timing updates, and the regional detail that national guides leave out. Delivered when it matters.
Species selection, siting, and care for this climate.
Identification, timing, and management grounded in regional extension data.
Scouting, thresholds, and IPM for the pests that actually matter here.
A growing dataset of plants, diseases, and pests tracked for this region. Profiles deepen continuously as site data, phenology, GDD timing, and cultivar performance are verified from extension research and field observation.
Written by Chris Welch. Every recommendation on this site comes from someone who works with these plants in this climate, not a content team repackaging national data.
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