Horticulture

Peach leaf curl is a fungus disease that causes developing peach leaves to become puckered and distorted and show a reddish-green hue. A similar...

The frequent, heavy rains in certain areas of the state have resulted in the appearance of mushrooms in home lawns and landscape beds.  Although mushrooms...

Learning to identify poison ivy is vital if you wish to avoid the rash that accompanies exposure.  Unfortunately, poison ivy can make identification difficult because it...

  Both termites and ants are able to swarm and may have wings during part of their lives. Since these insects are close to the same...

Although carpenter bees look much like bumblebees, they are easy to identify if you know what to look for. Bumblebees have hairy abdomens that...

We have had a number of instances of powdery mildew on lawns in eastern and southern Kansas.  Though the disease looks serious, it rarely...

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture Plants require 17 essential nutrients for growth with the nutrients most frequently lacking for growth being nitrogen, phosphorus,...

When most people think about their garden, they think about the fresh vegetables they will be eating all summer. The vegetables are packed with...