Horticulture
Sawfly Larvae on Ash
We had a report last week from the Wichita area that a number of ash trees have ash sawfly larvae feeding on the leaves.
These...
Horticulture
Cucumber Beetles and Bacterial Wilt
If you had cucumbers or muskmelons that suddenly turned brown and died last year, you may have had a disease known as bacterial wilt....
Horticulture
Time to Fertilize Warm-Season Grass
June is the time to fertilize warm-season lawn grasses such as bermudagrass, buffalograss, and zoysiagrass. These species all thrive in warmer summer weather, so...
Horticulture
Upcoming Events: 2017 Midwest Regional Host Society Convention
The Johnson County Extension Master Gardeners, along with the Midwest Regional Hosta Society, are pleased to host the 2017 conference in Lenexa, Kansas June...
Horticulture
How to control Bagworm infestation
If you have ever seen them when small you have to admit they are kind of cute! Those little camouflage bags are hard to...
Horticulture
Straw Bale Gardening
There has been growing interest in straw bale gardening. What better place to try this than in Kansas where straw is so abundant. First,...
Horticulture
Euonymus Scale
Euonymus scales look like small white cottony spots on affected euonymus foliage. Leaves eventually turn yellow and die as feeding continues. Males are white...
