Horticulture
Manage landscape, vegetable crop irrigation systems to ensure maximum efficiency
Irrigation systems are commonly used both in agricultural production and landscape management and can be more efficient than traditional watering methods, but only if...
Horticulture
Growing “greens”
Having never really been "into" growing "greens". I decided to try harder this year! This is my first year growing swiss chard. I must...
Horticulture
Weed control strategies in grain sorghum
Severe grass and broadleaf weed pressure will reduce grain sorghum yields and can make harvest very difficult. Good crop rotation and herbicide selection are...
Horticulture
Reducing Fruit Numbers on Apple Trees
Apple trees often produce excess fruit. Removing some of these extra fruits during the next three weeks is important. There can be two major...
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. ...
