Horticulture 2011 Newsletter
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December
- Video of the Week: Do-It-Yourself Holiday Gifts
- Final Newsletter of the Season
- Upcoming Events
- Amaryllis Culture
- What To Do With the Christmas Tree After Christmas
- Care of Gift Fruit Baskets
- Video of the Week: Decorating a Flower Pot for the Holidays
- Upcoming Events
- Controlling Volunteer Trees
- Care of Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti
- Caffeine and Slugs
- Storing Pecans and Other Nuts
- Ice Melters
- Video of the Week: Poinsettias with Holiday Sparkle
- Upcoming Events
- Storing Potatoes in Cold Temperatures
- Poor Drainage in Garden Areas
- Compost Pile Maintenance
- Storing Power Equipment for the Winter
November
- Video of the Week: Poinsettias, Choosing the Best
- Upcoming Events
- Poinsettia Care
- Mouse Damage to Fruit Trees/Plants
- High pH Soils and What To Do With Them
- Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils
- Soil Tests and Plant Growth
- Video of the week: Adding Organic Matter Improves Soil
- Upcoming Events
- Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass
- Garden Soil Preparation - It's Not Too Late
- Houseplants and Indoor Pollution
- Monitor Indoor Plant Temperatures
- Cleaning Up the Garden in the Fall
- Upcoming Events
- Poor Seed Germination this Fall? You're Not Alone
- Knotweed Control
- Ornamental Grasses Not Blooming?
- Stressed About Your Trees? So Are They!
- Winterizing Strawberry Plants
- Houseplants Losing Leaves
- Horseradish
- Protect Roses for the Winter
- Kansas Turfgrass Conference
- Pruning Shrubs
- Fall Care of Peonies
- Winterizing Roses
- Draining Hoses and Irrigation Lines
- Begin Rabbit Protection Now
- Winterizing Garden Hand Tools
- Water Pine Trees Year-Round
- Luncheon Series presented by Friends of the KSU Gardens
- Cleaning up the Vegetable Garden for Next Year
- Apply Late-Season Nitrogen Application in November
- Tucking Your Lawnmower in for the Winter
- Prevention of Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees
- Water the Compost Pile
- Caring for Houseplants During the Winter
October
- Video of the Week: Storing Tender Bulbs for the Winter
- Tree Leaves and Turf
- Winter Mulching of Vegetables
- Hardiness of Cool-Season Vegetables
- Perennial Garden Clean-up
- There is Still Time to Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs
- Winter Storage of Summer Bulbs
- Video of the Week: Planting Bulbs for Spring Color
- Why Late Lawn Seedings Often Fail
- Should You Let Turf Grow Tall in the Fall?
- Storing Tomato Cages
- Garden Mums
- Hackberry Psyllids Invading Homes\
- Video of the Week: Low Tunnels Extend the Growing Season
- Kansas Turfgrass Conference
- Fall Planting of Asparagus & Rhubarb
- Peppers from the Garden
- Rotation of Vegetable Crops
- Frost on Lawns
- Fall a Good Time for Soil Testing
- Video of the Week: Will Fall Mums Last Through the Winter
- Fertilize Spring-Flowering Bulb Beds in October
- Last Tomatoes of the Season
- Questions on Oranamental Grasses
- Harvesting and Curing Black Walnuts
- Work Garden Soil in the Fall
- Amending Soils with Sand
September
- Video of the Week: Garlic: Easy to Grow and Store
- Why Tall Fescue Usually Does Better than Kentucky Bluegrass in Kansas
- Time to Plant Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Amaryllis, Bringing it Back Into Bloom
- Preventing Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees
- How to Water Trees
- Water Landscape Plants
- Video of the Week: Planting a Tree
- Fruit Planting Preparation
- Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
- Listeria Tainted Cantaloupes
- Lawn Seeding Deadline Nears
- Planting Trees in the Fall
- Moving Houseplants Inside for the Winter
- Video of the Week: Dividing Peonies to Share
- Garden Spiders
- Velvet Ants
- Reblooming Christmas and Thanksgiving Cactus
- Reblooming Poinsettias
- Adding Organic Materials Directly to the Garden
- Ornamental Sweet Potatoes
- Video of the Week: Reseeding a Patch of Lawn
- Asparagus and Rhubarb in the Autumn Season
- Storing Apples
- Tree ID
- Leaching Houseplants
- Are Acorns Edible?
August
- Video of the Week: Fertilize Your Lawn
- Summer Stress on Pine, Spruce and Fir
- Are Crabapples Safe to Eat?
- Plants for Late Season Bloom
- Peonies May Be Cut Back Now
- Woody Plants and Lace Bug Damage
- Bagworms, Is It Too Late to Spray?
- Harvesting and Roasting Sunflower Seeds
- Pokeweed
- Controlling Grassy Sandbur
- Video of the Week: Overseed Your Lawn
- Grub Damage on Lawns
- Fall Lawn Seeding Tips
- Overseeding a Lawn
- Power Raking and Core-Aeration
- Spring-flowering Plants Blooming in the Fall
- Lawn Moths = Sod Webworms
- Mayflies in August?
- Overwatering Problems
- New Publication on Pruning Shrubs
- Video of the Week: High Quality Grass Seed: Worth the Extra Expense
- Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Selection for Cool-Season Lawns
- Recommended Tall Fescue Cultivars
- Lawns in Shade
- Pear Harvest
- When Are Apples Ready to Pick
- Harvesting Winter Squash
- Wood Chips as Mulch
- Video of the Week: Colorful Fall Veggies
- Fall Gardens
- Twig Dieback on Oak
- Fall Webworms
- How Does "Drought or Heat Stress" Influence Plant-Insect Interactions
- Slime Molds
- Video of the Week: Dividing Daylilies
- Turf & Ornamentals Field Day - August 4
- Fertilize Strawberries
- Honeydew
- Lovebug Invasion
- Squirrel Damage to Trees
- Divding Daylilies
July
- Video of the Week: Dividing Iris
- Tomatoes Slow to Ripen
- Tomato Fruit Sunscald
- Onions: Named Variety Versus Unnamed Set
- Bitter Cucumbers
- Fall Gardening: the Cole Crops
- Is My Lawn Still Alive?
- What is Eating My Sweetpotato Vine?
- Brown Recluse Spiders
- Video of the Week: Watering Your Garden
- KSU Research & Extension Center, Olathe Open House
- Heat Stops Tomatoes form Setting Fruit
- Orange Tomatoes and Heat
- Tan or White Druplets on Blackberry and Raspberry Fruit
- Brown Patch on Fescue
- Questions About Which Cool-Season Grass to Plant
- Chiggers
- Chinch Bugs on Turf
- Green June Beetle
- Video of the Week: Check Your Garden for Insects
- Bermudagrass Control
- How to Pick a Ripe Melon
- Dividing Iris
- Dutch Elm Disease
- Budworms on Garden Plants
- Walnut Caterpillars
- Ground Beetles
- Video of the Week: Watering Young Trees
- Bedding Plant Field Day
- Harvesting Potatoes
- Pulling Onions
- When to Pick Blackberries
- Watering Fruit Plants
- Watering Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs
- Squash Bugs
- Tomatoes and Stinkbugs
- Treat Bagworms Now
June
- Video of the Week: Tomato Problems
- Upcoming Events
- Possible Herbicide Injury to Spruces and Pines; Imprelis
- Tomato Leaf-Spot Diseases
- Racoons and Sweet Corn
- Summer Care of Strawberries
- Phoma Blight on Vinca
- Ash Flower Gall
- Grub Control
- Buffalograss Webworms
- Hornworms on Tomatoes
- Japanese Beetles
- Stalk Borer
- Video of the Week: Controlling Bagworms
- Upcoming Events
- June Drop of Fruits
- Vegetables Produce Flowers But No Fruit
- Accumulated Stress May Result in Plant Death
- Sweet Corn Earworm
- Thrips on Roses...What Can You Do?
- Herbicide Damage to Trees, Shrubs and Gardens
- Video of the Week: Inspecting Cole Crops for Insects
- Blossom-End Rot
- Do Not Over-Fertilize Tomatoes
- Physiological Leaf Curl in Tomatoes
- Mulching Garden Crops
- Strawberry Bed Renewal
- Controlling Wild Violets in Lawns
- Blister Beetles on Vegetables
- Video of the Week: Watering Container Gardens
- Blackspot of Roses
- Deadheading Flowers
- Onions Developing
- "Tip" Blackberries, Black Raspberries and Purple Raspberries
- Lecanium Scale
- Clover Mites
- Dealing With Caterpillar Pests
- Oak Galls
- Periodical Cicadas
May
- Video of the Week: Hostas for Low-Maintenance Gardening
- Trees Not Leafing Out
- Rust on Ash Trees
- Thatch Control in Warm-Season Lawns
- Reducing Fruit Numbers on Apple Trees
- Fireblight
- Sidedressing Annual Flowers
- Iris Bacterial Soft Rot
- Grasshoppers
- Carpenter Bees
- Video of the Week: Bushy Annuals
- Upcoming Events
- Time to Fertilize Warm-Season Grasses
- Little Barley in Lawns
- Anthracnose on Trees
- Borer Control in Peaches
- Be on The Lookout for Spruce Spider Mite
- The Unkind Cut Cutworms
- Brown Dog Ticks
- Voles
- Video of the week: Beneficial Insects: Not all bugs are Bad
- Upcoming Events
- Mulching Tomatoes
- 'Staggering' Sweetcorn Planting
- Thinning Excess Fruit
- Cucumber Beetles and Bacterial Wilt
- "Cabbageworms", Colorado Potato Beetles, Bean Leaf Beetles
- When Good Bugs Become Bad Bugs
- Pine Needle Scale
- Helping Roundup ProductsWork Better
- Video of the Week: Peppers: Hot to Mild
- The Peach Crop
- Dothistroma Needle Blight on Pines
- Maple Bladder Gall Mite
- Soon to Come Miller Moths
- Insecticides: What's New in the Market Place?
- Walnut Wilt
- Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer
- Rabbits in the Garden
- Video of the Week: Beautiful Flowers Start With Plants Adapted for Kansas
- Protecting New Vegetable Transplants from the Wind
- Peaches and Apricots
- Be on the Lookout for Peach Leaf Curl and Plum Pocket
- Bark Shedding on Eastern Redbud
- Cabbage Worms
- Poison Ivy Identification and Control
April
- Video of the Week: Growing Vegetables in Containers
- Fertilize Irrigated Cool-Season Lawns in May
- Orchard Grass in Tall Fescue Lawns
- Sweet Corn Primer
- Preventing Fruit on Crabapples
- Eastern Tent Caterpillars
- Earthworms and Pesticides
- Controlling Grassy Weeds in Broadleaf Plants
- Field Bindweed Control
- Video of the Week: Water Teepees Protect Plants
- Setting Out Tomatoes
- Red Plastic Mulch and Tomatoes
- Help for New Vegetable Gardeners
- Fruit Tree Sprays and Rain
- Cedar Apple Rusts
- Burning Warm-Season Lawns
- Mole Control
- Termite Swarms Have Begun
- Termites or Ants
- Video of the Week: Planting A Tree
- Seeding Cool-Season Lawns in the Spring
- Keep Mower Blades Sharp
- Controlling Weeds in Strawberries
- Remove Blossoms on Newly Planted Strawberries
- Cedar-Apple Rust Active
- Borers on Pines?
- Ash/Lilac Borer
- Video of the Week: Spring Crabgrass Control
- Proper Timing for Crabgrass Preventers
- Fertilizing the Home Orchard
- Ants in the Home
- Bagworms, It's Still Too Early to Spray
- Plants Recommended for Kansas
March
- Henbit in Lawns
- The Bulbs are Blooming
- Care of Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Asparagus Time
- Fertilizing Cole Crops
- Brown Coloration on Junipers
- Questions about Pine Tip Blight
- Managing Tip Blight
- Planting Fruit Trees
- Apple Tree Sprays
- FreezePruf and Cold Hardiness
- Starting Tomatoes Early
- Boltingand Buttoning in Cole Crop Plants
- Managing Turf in Shade
- Cut Down and Destroy Dead Pines
- Transplant Solutions and Sidedressing
- Applying Organic Matter in the Spring
- Laying Plastic Mulch
- Video of the Week: Planting a Garden
- Onions, Cabbage and Broccoli Can be Planted Now
- Controlling Weeds in Home Garden Asparagus Beds
- Remove Fern and Fertilize Asparagus
- Compost Turning
- How Low Should You Go?
- Pruning Hybrid-Tea Roses
- How to Prune Pines
- Wild Garlic, Wild Onion and Star-of-Bethlehem
- Fungal-induced Zombie-ism
- Video of the Week: Removing Straw Mulch from Strawberries
- Time to Plant Potatoes Approaching
- Herbicides for Home Vegetable Gardens
- Wet Garden Soils
- Fertilizing Perennial Flowers
- Strawberry Planting and Mulch Removal
- Core Aeration of Cool-Season Lawns
- Cut Back Ornamental Grasses
- Video of the Week: Hotbeds and Coldframes
- Lawn Calendar for Warm-Season Grasses
- Multiple Grafts on Apple Trees
- Blueberries in Containers
- Correcting Iron Chlorosis in Trees
- Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils
February
- Video of the Week: Plants Promote Pride Downtown
- Spring Grounds Maintenance Workshops
- Pruning Young Fruit Trees
- What Fruit Trees to Plant
- Pruning Deciduous Shrubs
- Tips for Gardeners New to Growing Transplants
- Lettuce
- Useful Gardening Publications
- Iris Leaf Spot Control Starts Now
- Repotting Houseplants
- Video of the Week: Peas, Easy to Grow
- Soil Temperature and Vegetables
- Cure the Itch by Planting Peas
- Growing Blueberries
- Messy Fruit on Ornamental Pears
- Record Low Temperatures
- Don't Work Soil Too Wet
- Video of the Week: Basic Care of Houseplants
- Lawn Calendar for Cool-Season Grasses
- Fertilizing Spring-Flowering Bulbs
- Pruning Overgrown Apple Trees
- Fungus Gnats
- Soil Testing
- Video of the Week: Pothos and Philodendron
- Upcoming Events
- Time for Peach Leaf Curl Control
- Some Fruit Trees Need Pollinators
- Dormant Oil Sprays for Fruit Trees
- Check Plants for Scale Insects
- Prairie Sentinel Hackberry
- Avoiding Spindly Transplants
- Use a Planting Calendar
- Leaching Houseplants
- Birdwatching and Bird Feeding Information
January
- Video of the Week: Home Testing of Soil: Using Soil Test Strips
- Cloning Apple Trees
- Fruit Trees May Be Pruned Now
- Winter Hardiness of Fruit Buds
- Pawpaw Trees: A Native Fruit
- Preventing Potatoes from Sprouting in Storage
- New Pecan Blog
- Firewood
- Video of the Week: Attracting Birds to the Backyard
- Pine Wilt and ODC Chitosan
- Bad Pruning is an Expensive Way to Save Money
- Now is a Good Time to Design Your Landscape
- Beekeeping for Beginners Course through Penn State
- Bird Feeding
- Bringing Houseplants Down to Size
- Video of he Week: Flower Bed Design
- Winter Watering of Landscape Plants
- Plants that Add Interest to the Winter Landscape
- Plants Deer Don't Like
- All-America Selection Winner for 2011
- Video of the Week: Indoor Palms
- Horticulture 2010 Indexed
- Upcoming Events
- Pine Wilt in Western Kansas
- Conservation Trees from the Kansas Forest Service
- Starting Plants from Seed
- Using Old Garden Seed
- Vegetables and Flowers Seeding Table
