Horticulture
Mulching Tomatoes
Soils are warm enough now that tomatoes can benefit from mulching though this practice may have to be delayed due to wet soils. Tomatoes...
Horticulture
Rust on Hollyhock
Watch for rust on hollyhock. This is the most common disease on hollyhock and can cause serious injury as leaves are progressively killed through...
Horticulture
Fuzz on Pin Oak Leaves
With all the concern with vein pocket gall, people will often become concerned with anything on a leaf that does not look natural. However,...
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
Mowing wet lawns
What do you do when the lawn can't be cut because of constant rain? The best thing to do is to set your mower...
Horticulture
Fireblight on Apple and Pear
Fireblight is most common on ornamental pears, fruiting pears and apples. Symptoms of fireblight include blackened, blighted shoots scattered throughout the tree crown. The...
Horticulture
Time to Fertilize Warm-Season Kansas Grasses
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
Kansas Bagworms
By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture
Bagworm will be making an appearance near you! Bagworm like numerous trees and shrubs but especially junipers and...
