Horticulture Newsletter
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December
- Great Plains Growers Conference
- Storing Potatoes in Cold Temperatures
- Choosing and Caring for your Christmas Tree
- Care of Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti
- Firewood
- Great Plains Growers Conference
- Using Old Garden Seeds
- Controlling Volunteer Trees
- Mouse Damage to Fruit Trees/Plants
- Monitor Indoor Plant Temperatures
November
- Video of the Week: Succulent Plants for your Home
- Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass
- What is the "Wild" Shrub with the Bright Red Berries?
- Compost Pile Maintenance
- Poor Drainage in Garden Areas
- Video of the Week: Choosing the Best Poinsettia
- Winterizing Strawberry Plants
- Poinsettia Care
- Are Poinsettia's Poisonous?
- Ashes in the Garden
- Storing Power Equipment for the Winter
- Why Do Houseplants Lose Leaves After Being Brought Inside?
- Video of the Week: Protecting Roses for Winter
- Kansas Turfgrass Conference in conjunction with KNLA
- Winterizing Roses
- Amaryllis Culture
- Water Landscape Plants Before Winter
- Natural Needle Drop on Spruce and Arborvite Plants
- Garden Soil Preparation - It' Not Too Late
- High pH Soil and What to Do With Them
- Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils
- Video of the Week: Cleaning Up Your Garden for the Fall
- Horseradish
- Soil Prep Now for Peas Next Spring
- Knotweed Control
- Keep Compost Pile Moist
- Begin Rabbit Protection Now
October
- Video of the Week: Will Fall Mums Last Through the Winter
- Apply Late-Season Nitrogen Application in November
- Garden Mums
- What to Do with Tree Leaves
- Draining Hoses and Irrigation Lines
- Roasting Pumpkin Seeds
- Video of the Week: Cleaning Extends the Life of Garden Tools
- Kansas Turfgrass Conference in conjunction with KNLA
- Fall Color of Trees
- There is Still Time to Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs
- Perennial Garden Clean-up
- Caring for Houseplants During the Winter Months
- Preserving Garden Tools
- Video of the Week: Storing Tender Bulbs for the Winter
- Kansas Turfgrass Conference in conjunction with KNLA
- Control Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns in Late October - Early November
- Why Late Lawn Seedings Often Fail
- Tucking Your Lawnmower in for the Winter
- Hardiness of Cool-Season Vegetables
- Keeping Your Pumpkin Longer
- Winter Storage of Summer Bulbs
- Sharp Drop in Temperature may be a Cause for Concern for Trees
- Video of the Week: How to Test Your Soil for Nutrients
- Kansas Turfgrass Conference in conjunction with KNLA
- Pruning Trees and Shrubs in the Fall
- Is it a Maple or an Oak?
- Clean up Iris Beds this Fall
- Fall is a Good Time for Soil Testing
- Harvesting and Curing Black Walnut
- Video of the Week: Storing and Preserving Peppers
- Fall Planting of Asparagus and Rhubarb
- Last Tomatoes of the Season
- Peppers from the Garden
- Should You Let Turf Grow Tall in the Fall
- Amending Soils with Sand
- Work Garden Soil in the Fall
September
- Video of the Week: Garlic - Easy to Grow and Store
- Fruit Planting Preparation
- Preventing Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees
- Question on Ornamental Grassees
- Amaryllis, Bringing it Back In
- Garlic Planting Time
- Video of the Week: Bulbs, Planting for Spring Color
- Planting Trees in the Fall
- Time to Plant Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Reblooming Poinsettias
- Fall Webworm
- Adding Organic Materials Directly to the Garden
- Moving Houseplants Inside for the Winter
- Video of the Week: Cuttings to Grow Inside for the Winter
- Lawn Seeding Deadline Nears
- Rotation of Vegetable Crops
- Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
- Garden Spiders
- Mimosa Webworm on Honeylocust
- Ornamental Sweet Potatoes
- Video of the Week: Overseeding a Lawn
- Fertilize Strawberries
- Storing Apples
- Asparagus and Rhubarb in the Autumn Season
- Tree ID
- Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot on Ash
- Reblooming Christmas and Thanksgiving Cactus
- Oak Lace Bug
- Harvesting and Roasting Sunflower Seeds
August
- Video of the Week: Fertilize for a Healthy Lawn
- Fall Lawn Seeding Tips
- Overseeding a Lawn
- Give Cool-Season Grasses a Boost
- Power Raking and Core-Aeration
- Dividing Peonies
- Preparing the Vegetable Garden for Next Year
- Declining Oaks
- Video of the Week: Dividing Daylilies
- For Seeding Success, Pay Attention to "Other Crop" on the Seed Label
- Spring Flowering Shrubs
- Are Crabapples Safe to Eat?
- Dividing Daylilies
- Cicada Killer Wasps
- Video of the Week: High Quality Grass Seed Worth the Extra Expense
- Commercial Vegetable Field Day at Olathe Horticulture Cntr. - August 12
- Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Selection for Cool-Season Lawns
- Recommended Tall Fescue Cultivars
- Pear Harvest
- When are Apples Ready to Pick?
- Harvesting Winter Squash
- Twig Dieback on Oak
- Video of the Week: Composting - Making Black Gold
- Still Time fr Salad Garden
- Peonies with the "Measles" and Powdery Mildew
- Stress to Trees and Shrubs is Cumulative
- Plants for Late Season Bloom
- Tubakia Leaf Spot of Oaks
July
- Video of the Week: Spider Mites on Tomatoes
- Kansas Turf & Ornamentals Field Day - August 1
- Crabgrass Control
- Inexpensive Method of Watering Trees
- Watering Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs
- Watering Fruit Plants During Summer
- Euonymus Scale
- Wood Chips as Mulch
- Video of the Week: Dividing Iris'
- Kansas Turf & Ornamentals Field Day - August 1
- Tomatoes Slow to Ripen
- Heat Stops Tomatoes from Setting Fruit
- When to Harvest Grapes
- When to Pick Peaches
- Dividing Iris
- Pine Needle Scale Control Window Approaching
- Video of the Week: When to Pick Tomatoes
- Upcoming Events
- Daylily Leaf Streak
- How to Pick a Ripe Melon
- Tomato Cracking
- Tan or White Drupelets on Blackberry and Raspberry Fruit
- Netting Grapes
- Spider Mites
- Green June Beetle
- Video of the Week: Efficient Water Use in the Garden
- KNLA Summer Event
- Kansas Turf & Ornamentals Field Day
- Vegetables Produce Flowers But No Fruit
- Winter Squash, Cucumbers or Melons
- Fall Gardening
- Blister Beetles
- Budworms on Garden Plants
- Video of the Week: Common Tomato Problems, Part II
- Bermudagrass Control
- Prop Up Fruit Limbs if Needed
- Tomato Leaf-Spot Diseases
- Ash Flower Gall
- Japanese Beetles
- Sweet Corn Earworm
- Walnut Caterpillars
- Harvesting Garlic
June
- Video of the Week: Harvesting & Storing Onions
- Turf & Ornamentals Field Day
- Pulling Onions
- When to Pick Blackberries
- Raccoons and Sweet Corn
- Squash Vine Borer
- Video of the Week: Common Tomato Problems, Part I
- Grub Control in Lawns
- Physiological Leaf Curl in Tomatoes
- Planting Winter Squash on Pumpkins
- Hornworms on Tomatoes
- Squash Bugs
- Borer Control in Peaches
- Video of the Week: Controlling Bagworms
- Turf & Ornamentals Field Day
- Do Not Over-Fertilize Tomatoes
- Fruit Reminders
- Grasshoppers
- Look for Bagworms Now
- Bristly Rose Slug
- Jumping Oak Galls
- After-Effect of too Much Rain
- Video of the Week: How to Grow Big, Bushy Mums
- Pinching Mums
- Sidedressing Annual Flowers
- Deadheading Flowers
- Rust on Hollyhock
- Brown Rot of Stone Fruits
- Thatch Control in Warm-Season Lawns
- Ticks
May
- Video of the Week: When to Fertilize Your Lawn
- Little Barley in Lawns
- Mulching Tomatoes
- Onions Developing
- 'Tip' Blackberries, Black Raspberries and Purple Raspberries
- Spring-Flowering Bulb Foliage can be Removed
- Watering Houseplants While on Vacation
- Sidedressing Chart Available
- Video of the Week: Growing Vegetables in Containers
- Time to Fertilize Warm-Season Grasses
- Too Wet to Mow the Lawn
- Remove Blossoms on Newly Planted Strawberries
- Thinning Excess Fruit
- Biting Gnats
- Colorado Potato Beetle
- Walnut wilt
- Helping Roundup Products Work
- How to Make Tomato Cages
- Video of the Week: Stake and Weave Tomatoes
- Flooding and Trees
- Cucumber Beetle and Bacterial Wilt
- Ladybird Beetles
- Lots of Flowers, Lots of Seeds
- Straw Bale Gardening
- Useful Resources: K-State Extension Wildlife Management Web Site
- Video of the Week: Knockout Roses
- Setting out New Vegetable Transplants
- 'Staggering' Sweet Corn Planting
- Be on the Lookout for Peach Leaf Curl and Plum Pocket
- Cabbage Worms
- How to Avoid Getting "Bored" by the Ash/Lilac Borer
- Anthracnose on Sycamores
- Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer
- Rabbits in the Garden
April
- Video of the Week: Culinary and Medicinal Herbs
- Fertilize Irrigated Cool-Season Lawns in May
- Blackspot of Roses
- Delay Planting Winter Squash and Pumpkins
- Sweet Corn Primer
- Fruit Sprays and Spray Water pH
- My Oaks are Raining Worms
- It's Still too Early to Spray for Bagworms
- Poison Ivy Identification and Control
- Video of the Week: How to Sharpen a Mower Blade
- Keep Mower Blades Sharp
- Orchardgrass in Tall Fescue Lawns
- Fertilizing Cole Crops
- Red Plastic Mulch and Tomatoes
- Rhubarb Harvest and Seedstalks
- Fertilizing Strawberries and Brambles
- Will I have Peaches This Year?
- Termites or Ants?
- Common Asparagus Beetle
- Video of the Week: Butterfly Gardening
- Controlling Wild Violets in Lawns
- Fruit Bud Damage from Cold Temperatures
- Pest Control on Fruit Trees
- Fruit Tree Sprays and Rain
- Controlling Weeds in Strawberries
- Ash/Lilac Borer
- Mole Control
- Butterfly Gardening
- Video of the Week: Planting a Garden
- Henbit and Chickweed in Lawns
- Fertilizing Grapes
- Fertilizing the Home Orchard
- Blanching Cauliflower
- Help for New Vegetable Gardeners
- There Never Used to be Fruit on Ornamental Pears
- Controlling Grassy Weeds in Broadleaf Plants
- Video of the Week: Lawnmower Maintenance
- Transplanting Tomatoes Early
- How Low Should You Go?
- Controlling Grass Sandbur
- Brown Coloration of Junipers
- Laying Plastic Mulch
- Organic Sources of Nitrogen Fertilizer
- Transplant Solutions and Sidedressing
- Wild Garlic, Wild Onion and Star-of-Bethlehem
- Editor's Note
March
- Video of the Week: Crabgrass Preventer in Lawns
- Proper Timing for Crabgrass Preventer
- Strawberry Planting
- Apple Tree Sprays
- Asparagus Time
- Frost Proof Vegetable Plants
- Growing Large Onions
- Compost pH
- Video of the Week: How to Plant a Tree
- Mushroom Cultivation Workshop - March 21
- Controlling Weeds in Home Garden Asparagus Beds
- Remove Fern and Fertilize Asparagus
- Frost Tolerance of Apricots and Peaches
- Why Seeding Cool-Season Grasses in the Spring is Difficult
- Managing Turf in Shade
- Ten Rules for Planting Trees
- Mushroom Cultivation Workshop - March 21
- Video of the Week: Fertilizing the Garden
- Time to Plant Potatoes Approaching
- Bolting and Buttoning in Cole Crop Plants
- Use Wide Rows for Certain Vegetables
- Rhubarb
- Iris Leaf Spot Control Starts Now
- Establishing a Wildflower Area
- Rose Rosette Disease
- Cut Back Ornamental Grasses
- Don't Work Wet Soil
- Mushroom Cultivation Workshop - March 21
- Video of the Week: Tips for Growing Blueberries in Kansas
- Blueberries in Containers
- It's Not too Late for Dormant Overseeding of Turfgrass
- Why Seeding Cool-Season Grasses in the Spring is Difficult
- Lawn Calendar for Buffalograss
- Establishing a Wildflower Area
February
- Video of the Week: Easy to Grow Peas
- Cure the Itch by Planting Peas
- Lettuce
- Soil Temperature and Vegetables
- Pruning Deciduous Shrubs
- Forcing Stems of Woody Plants for Indoor Bloom
- An Easy Way to Propagate Houseplants
- Leaching Houseplants
- Video of the Week: Growing Asparagus
- Lawn Calendar for Cool-Season Grasses
- Planting Asparagus
- Fertilizing Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Gardening Calendar
- Soil Testing
- Soil Tests When Soils are Wet
- What a Soil Test Does Not Tell You
- Video of the Week: Pruning Fruit Trees
- Approaching Time for Peach Leaf Curl Control
- Pruning Fruit Trees
- Pruning Overgrown Apple Trees
- Pruning Young Fruit Trees
- Check Plants for Scale Insects
- Handling Tips for Valentine's Day Roses
- Video of the Week: Easy Care Plants
- The Difference Among Determinate, Semi-Determinate and Indeterminate Tomatoes
- Tomato Trials
- Fungus Gnats
- Bringing Houseplants Down to Size
- Plants Recommended for Kansas
- Poisonous Plants
January
- Video of the Week: Flower Bed Design
- Cloning Apple Trees
- Multiple Grafts on Apple Trees
- Preventing Potatoes from Sprouting in Storage
- Growing Your Own Firewood
- Use a Planting Calendar
- Video of the Week: Attracting Birds to your Backyard
- Start Trees Off Right
- Pawpaw Trees: A Native Fruit
- Dutch Elm Disease Resistant American Elms
- Fruit Trees and Frost
- Bird Feeding
- Video of the Week: How to Make a Growing Light
- Caddo Sugar Maples
- Conservation Trees from the Kansas Forest Service
- How to Tell Poison Ivy and Virginia Creeper Apart in the Winter
- Newer Lights Available for Indoor Gardeners
- All-America Selection Winners for 2019
- Video of the Week: Paperwhite Narcissus
- Horticulture 2018 Indexed
- Forcing Paperwhite Bulbs
- Starting Onion Plants Indoors
- Starting Garden Transplants from Seed
- Using Old Garden Seed
