Horticulture

This fall, the Conservation Tree Planting Program of the Kansas Forest Service is offering containerized seedling trees for sale through Oct. 14. Fall is...

Though we had some fall armyworms last year, the last time we had a significant outbreak on turf was August, 2000. Armyworms are so-called...

If you plan to develop or add to your fruit garden next year, now is a good time to begin preparing the planting site....

Throughout much of the country, the multicolored Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis) has become an unwanted houseguest, especially during the spring and fall months....

After a long, hot summer we are all ready for some cooler weather, and so are our tall fescue lawns. The fall is the...

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture Fall webworm produces two generations per year. Adult moths emerge from overwintering pupa in the spring. After mating,...

Last year was a bad year for itch mites.  It looks like 2016 may be bad as well.  These arthropods are responsible for painful...

The fall season can be an excellent time to plant trees. During the spring, soils are cold and may be so wet that low...

Rotating vegetable crops is a standard way of helping prevent disease from being carried over from one year to the next. Rotation means that...

by David Trinklein University of Missouri Division of Plant As the gardening season begins to wane, a plant with crocus-like flowers comes into bloom, seemingly out of nowhere....