Plants Always Win

著者: Sean Patchett and Erin Alladin
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  • Plants Always Win is a podcast where two Ontario gardeners dive down plant-fact rabbit-holes, answer audience questions, interview intriguing guests, and compete to bring you the most interesting stories and information. We care about ecologically sound gardening, strong human communities, and up-to-date science.
    Copyright 2024 Plants Always Win
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Plants Always Win is a podcast where two Ontario gardeners dive down plant-fact rabbit-holes, answer audience questions, interview intriguing guests, and compete to bring you the most interesting stories and information. We care about ecologically sound gardening, strong human communities, and up-to-date science.
Copyright 2024 Plants Always Win
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  • Ep.3 Garden Education with Paul Zammit
    2024/12/24

    In this interview episode, Sean chats with Paul Zammit about the life of a garden communicator. Paul has had a long career in horticulture and is presently a professor of Horticulture and Environmental Studies at Niagara College as well as CBC’s Ontario Today gardening expert—although “expert” is a term he would like to contest. After all, we never stop learning, and that’s especially true in the garden. Paul and Sean talk about selfish gardening (taking space from nature for ourselves) compared to building a biodiverse space that wildlife can enjoy alongside us—even if that means broadening our definition of beauty. They lament the spread of incomplete and untrue gardening tips online, although they’re still excited about the information-sharing power of social media. And although they’d happily talk forever, they force themselves to wrap up the conversation by answering some listener questions about insect-afflicted ash trees and re-blooming orchids.

    Find Paul on Instagram at @paulsplantpix

    Paul Zammit is a professor at Niagara College’s School of Environment and Horticulture.

    He can be found giving garden advice on CBC’s Ontario Today program

    He occasionally co-leads international tours of public and private gardens.

    Comments? Feedback? Want your garden question to be featured in a future Q&A segment? Email us, reach out over social media, or get Q&A priority by supporting us on Patreon.

    Instagram: @plantsalwayswinpodcast

    Facebook: plantsalwayswinpodcast

    TikTok: @plantsalwayswinpodcast

    Website: www.plantsalwayswin.com

    Credits

    Website Design and Illustration by Sophia Alladin

    Intro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays

    License code: GWOIMMBAS15FG6PH

    

    0:45 Preamble

    1:15 Interview

    2:33 Paul’s Impressive Résumé

    4:04 Leading Garden Tours

    7:11 “Garden Expert”, and Other Misnomers

    13:07 Gardening is different everywhere!

    15:25 Biodiversity: If You Plant it, They Will Come

    16:24 Invasive Species and Constructive Conversations

    21:30 Rethinking Beauty

    24:03 Cultivars Aren’t Evil

    26:24 Gardening for Ourselves and for Nature

    35:20 Social Media and Iffy Plant Hacks

    42:07 Intermission

    42:50 Q&A

    44: 26 Emerald Ash Borers

    46:35 Re-Blooming Orchids

    53:12 Paul's Shout-Outs

    56:20 Outro

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    58 分
  • Ep2: Poinsettia VS Amaryllis
    2024/12/18
    In this “versus” episode, Erin and Sean face off with two big holiday plants: Poinsettias and Amaryllis. Erin comes in swinging with the fraught history of settler (Poinsettia) and Indigenous (cuetlaxochitl) names for her plant, but Sean pushes back with the romantic (or is it?) mythology behind amaryllis. Both contenders shatter misconceptions (Poinsettias are not toxic! Some amaryllis are imposters!) and share care tips for keeping these festive flora in good shape during the holidays and year round. A few tangents slip in about specialist insects that thrive on toxic plants and the way plants interpret light and darkness. And of course we get a plant rant about florists and nurseries using spray paint and glitter. The episode wraps up with a listener question about how late she can plant an evergreen tree. Who won the Plant Face-Off? Was it Erin with poinsettias or Sean with amaryllis? You decide! Send your vote by email or on Instagram, TikTok, or Facebook with the hashtag #PAWFaceOff. Comments? Feedback? Want your garden question to be featured in a future Q&A segment? Email us, reach out over social media, or get Q&A priority by supporting us on Patreon. Instagram: @plantsalwayswinpodcast Facebook: plantsalwayswinpodcast TikTok: @plantsalwayswinpodcast Website: www.plantsalwayswin.com CreditsWebsite Design and Illustration by Sophia AlladinIntro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-playsLicense code: GWOIMMBAS15FG6PHCitationsCultural history of poinsettiasKohfeld, M. (2024, November 30). Cuetlaxochitl: A cultural history of the Poinsettia. Swansons Nursery. https://www.swansonsnursery.com/blog/history-of-poinsettias Chart of specialist insects who sequester the toxins (glycocides) in milkweed sap Holdrege, C. (n.d.). The Story of an Organism: Common Milkweed — The Nature Institute. The Nature Institute. https://www.natureinstitute.org/article/craig-holdrege/the-story-of-an-organism-common-milkweedCommercial production of poinsettiasEnvironmental Horticulture Department - UF/IFAS. (n.d.). Production Guidelines - Poinsettia Cultivation. Commercial Floriculture. https://hort.ifas.ufl.edu/floriculture/poinsettia/production_guidelines.shtml Dr. Ing-Ming Lee’s research into phytoplasmasIng-Ming Lee. (n.d.). The American Phytopathological Society (APS). https://www.apsnet.org/members/give-awards/awards/Fellows/Pages/Ing-MingLee.aspxCare and reblooming of poinsettiasSchnelle, M. (2017, April 1). Poinsettia Care. Oklahoma State University Extension. https://extension.okstate.edu/fact-sheets/poinsettia-care.htmlWeisenhorn, J. (2024). Growing and caring for poinsettia. UMN Extension. https://extension.umn.edu/houseplants/poinsettia Plants in the amaryllis familyPetruzzello, M. (2016, March 8). List of plants in the family Amaryllidaceae | Amaryllis, Narcissus, Hyacinth. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of-plants-in-the-family-Amaryllidaceae-2058006Facts about AmaryllisDeJohn, S. (2024, October 17). Amaryllis Legends and Fun Facts. Gardeners Supply Company.https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/amaryllis-facts/8660.html Amaryllis and hippeastrum Mahr, S. (n.d.). Amaryllis, Hippeastrum. Wisconsin Horticulture. https://hort.extension.wisc.edu/articles/amaryllis-hippeastrum/ 0:51 What’s Growing On?0:56 Winter Prep (and lack thereof)1:57 Sean Got a Puppy!2:51 The Plant Face-Off3:30 Poinsettias and Pronunciation4:22 Cottoneaster Tangent4:42 Pointsettia Etymology5:40 Poinsettia Sap: Not Toxic!8:25 The Euphorbia Plant Family10:16 Turning Shrubs into House Plants12:12 Tricking Plants with Light14:17 Spray-Painted Poinsettias17:31 Poinsettia Care21:50 How (not) to Research Plants Online23:45 What is—and isn’t—an Amaryllis?25:01 Amaryllis Relatives26:26 The Amaryllis Identity Crisis28:48 Naturalized vs. Invasive Plants29:58 600+ Amaryllis Cultivars30:50 Romantic(?) Amaryllis Mythology31:43 How Amaryllis Grows38:14 Amaryllis Care44:47 Q&A: Can You Plant a Tree in Late Fall?47:28 Contact Us & Outro
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    48 分
  • Ep1: Erin VS Sean
    2024/12/15

    In this pilot episode of Plants Always Win, Erin and Sean give the Plant Face-Off a trial run…with a twist. Instead of competing for viewers’ votes with the most interesting information about a plant or gardening concept, they go head to head with competing interviews of each other. Find out what theft has to do with Erin’s early forays into gardening, why she makes content about gardening with chronic illness and disability, and how talking about plants every week complements her literary life. Then learn how Sean’s mom got him into a horticulture career, explore the pros and cons of the profession, and get excited about Sean’s dreams for a botanical garden in Muskoka, Ontario. We wrap up with some impromptu (and impassioned) tangents on invasive plants in garden centres, cities that plant only male trees, cultivars vs. nativars, and permaculture.

    Find Sean online at @GardenGuyMuskoka on TikTok and Instagram.

    Find Erin online at @EarthUndaunted on TikTok, @ErinAlladin on Instagram, and at https://earthundaunted.com/.

    Comments? Feedback? Want your garden question to be featured in a future Q&A segment? Email us, reach out over social media, or get Q&A priority by supporting us on Patreon.

    Instagram: @plantsalwayswinpodcast

    Facebook: plantsalwayswinpodcast

    TikTok: @plantsalwayswinpodcast

    Website: www.plantsalwayswin.com

    Credits

    Website Design and Illustration by Sophia Alladin

    Intro and Outro Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/soundroll/when-my-ukulele-plays

    License code: GWOIMMBAS15FG6PH

    00:52 What's Growing On?

    1:00: Erin vs. Quack Grass

    2:17 Sean's Zone 4 Fruit Trees

    3:27 Raccoons 1 | Chickens 0

    4:50 First Frosts

    6:24 Plant Face-Off

    7:00 Sean's topic: Erin

    7:52 Stealing Gardens from Parents

    8:50 Gardening with Chronic Illness

    12:40 Why Erin Agreed to Do This Podcast

    13:52 Our Wives Think We’re Big Nerds

    15:37 Erin's Least Favourite Thing About Gardening

    19:15 Erin's Topic: Sean

    19:20 Blame it on Sean's Mom

    21:16 The Garden Labour Trap

    22:57 The Master Gardeners of Ontario

    24:00 Running a Landscaping Business

    26:09 The Muskoka Botanical Garden Dream

    27:26: Why Sean Started This Podcast

    28:53: Sean's Rant: Stop Selling Invasive Plants

    33:51 Erin's Rant: Male-Only City Trees

    33:22 Nativars and Cultivars

    38:17 Selfish Gardening vs. Permaculture

    41:26 Contact Us & Outro

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    43 分

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