Horticulture

The field day program is designed for all segments of the turf industry - lawn care, athletic fields, golf courses, and grounds maintenance. Included...

http://www.johnson.k-state.edu/lawn-garden/horticulture-field-day.html   Come see the hottest and newest plants while enjoying cool classes in air-conditioned comfort and ice cold water while wandering the field trials.   Learn...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0rfWrMpylU  

 University of Missouri researchers, under the direction of MU Extension weed scientist Kevin Bradley, are finding that pigweed seed is popping up in birdseed...

An old Missouri saying advises, “On the 25th of July, sow your turnips, wet or dry,” said University of Missouri Extension horticulturist David Trinklein. This...

Bearded irises are well adapted to Kansas and multiply quickly. After several years, the centers of the clumps tend to lose vigor, and flowering...

Extreme heat and bright sunlight can sunscald tomato fruit, leaving a light yellow to white sunken spot that resembles a blister. Eventually this area...

Tomatoes often have problems with cracking caused by pressure inside the fruit that is more than the skin can handle. Cracks are usually on the...

The extremely hot weather we have had recently not only interferes with flower pollination (see July 11 newsletter) but also can affect how quickly...

Beans that blossom but don’t set pods are often suffering from a condition known as blossom blast.  This is not a disease but is...