Horticulture

We occasionally receive calls from gardeners who want to know how to treat an apple seed so it will germinate. Usually, the gardener is...

Each year we have our Master Gardeners plant and rate a number of tomato varieties.  We also give a set to Tom Fowler with...

If you start vegetable plants indoors, it is often helpful to list seeding dates on a calendar so that plants are ready for transplanting...

Home gardeners have had to rely on proper storage conditions (cool and moist) to prevent potatoes from sprouting. But sprouting will eventually occur even...

Weeks 1-4: To avoid injury to lawns, keep foot traffic to a minimum when soils are wet or frozen. Weeks 1-4: When sowing...

Vegetables Weeks 1-4: Season extending devices such as cold frames, hot beds, cloches and floating row covers will allow for an early start to...

  Weeks 1-4: Winter aconite (Eranthis sp.) and snowdrops (Galanthus sp.) are hardy bulbs for shady gardens that frequently push up through snow to...

Although many in Missouri think about mushrooms when the morels are at their peak in April, people who grow mushrooms at home or commercially...

Everyone knows that someone stranded in the ocean should not drink the water. The salt content of that water will make a bad situation...

Research from K-State’s John C. Pair Horticultural Center has quantified the effect of controlling grasses around newly planted trees. Jason Griffin, William Reid, and Dale...