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...
Horticulture
Stopping herbicide drift damage
By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture
If you see leaves curl on garden or landscape plants you may have some herbicide drift damage.
During herbicide...
Horticulture
Don’t Hurt the Ladybird Beetles
Both the adults and the larvae of the ladybird beetle are beneficial and do not feed on plants but rather on other insects including...
Horticulture
Anthracnose on Sycamore
We are starting to see anthracnose on sycamore. Anthracnose is a fungal disease favored by cool, wet weather. Young leaves may wither and turn...
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,...
