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trees
Horticulture
Trees are Slow to Leaf Out
We have received reports of trees being slow to leaf out. In most cases this is likely just a cool spring delaying leaf emergence...
Horticulture
Conservation Tree Planting Program in Kansas
The Kansas Forest Service’s Conservation Tree Planting Program offers tree and shrub seedlings, as well as other items for use in conservation plantings. Plantings...
Horticulture
Pruning Fruit Trees: Tips and Tricks
Fruit trees can be pruned from now through March as long as the wood isn’t frozen. Following are some general recommendations on pruning mature...
Horticulture
First Aid for Storm-Damaged Trees
Hank Stelzer
Forestry State Specialist
School of Natural Resources
In the aftermath of a severe ice or wind storm, many homeowners ask a simple question about their...
Horticulture
Twig dieback on oak trees
Recently we have seen twig dieback on pin and other oaks caused by a fungal disease called Botryosphaeria canker. Affected trees show wilting or...
Horticulture
Squirrel damage to trees
Tree squirrels can cause a couple types of tree damage. Most commonly they clip the tips of branches. The length of severed branches is...
Horticulture
Bugs in Kansas
By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture
Some insects come around every 17 years or so, like the 17 Year Cicada. Others are always here! ...
Horticulture
Watching for Webworms in Nebraska and Kansas
by Laurie Stepanek, Nebraska Forest Service
It’s not too early to look for fall webworm. The large, unsightly webbed nests constructed by fall webworm are...
