VEGETABLES Transplanting Tomatoes Early If you would like to have your tomato plants produce earlier in the year, there are certain things to keep in mind. Most people who try to get a jump... Read more
Image credit: Katja Schulz/CC BY 2.0 Virtues: American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) is an eastern US-native tree with ornamental and edible appeal. It is a hardy, problem-free, me... Read more
Text by Amy Grisak for the November/December 2018 issue of Horticulture. Poppies are one of those flowers that are so finely put together, they don’t even seem real. The papery petals of the... Read more
TURFGRASS Proper Timing for Crabgrass Preventers Crabgrass preventers are another name for preemergence herbicides that prevent crabgrass seeds from developing into mature plants. Many peopl... Read more
In new research published in Plant Biotechnology Journal, Harkamal Walia, associate professor and Heuermann Chair of Agronomy and Horticulture at Nebraska, and colleagues describe a novel fo... Read more
VEGETABLES Controlling Weeds in Home Garden Asparagus Beds The best time to control weeds in asparagus is early spring before the asparagus emerges. A light tilling (or hoeing) that is shall... Read more
Top fruit growers are encouraged to monitor infection risk and implement preventative measures in orchards where scab levels built-up due to last season’s wet harvest. Where scab was present... Read more
VEGETABLES Bolting and Buttoning in Cole Crop Plants Broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower are cole crops that have a tendency to bolt (go to seed) or button (produce an extremely small head) if... Read more
Since edibles aren’t typically bred for their ornamental characteristics, it can take a lot of creativity and time-consuming maintenance to coax an aesthetically graceful garden out of an or... Read more
TURFGRASS Why Seeding Cool-Season Grasses in the Spring is Difficult People often wonder why we recommend seeding cool-season grasses such as tall fescue and Kentucky bluegrass in the fall.... Read more
