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Growing Onions
UT Extension Agent Walter Battle talks about onions. Onions are one of the first vegetables in the ground in the spring. Onions are very frost tolerant so they can be planted long before the last frost. There are two main kinds of onions: spring, bunch, or green onions; and dry onions.
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This Week in the Garden
Spring Tree Pruning
This week in the garden University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond shows how to prune a tree. She removes rubbing branches, branches that are growing into the center of the tree, and watershoots. >>Watch
This week in the garden retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison talks about why you only prune blueberries when they are too big to manage. Pruning small plants in the spring risks cutting off living branches that look dead. >>Watch |
Easy Way to Root Cuttings from Annuals
Horticulture Expert Dr. Lelia Kelly shows how to easily and cheaply root cuttings from garden annuals. Every year there are annuals that you hate to see die in the frost. Most of them root easily. You can take cuttings from them in late summer, root them, grow them over the winter and replant them outside the next spring. >>Watch
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Problems to Avoid in Nursery Plants
Nurseries have lots of plants. Some are in better condition than others. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond talks about and shows examples of what you should avoid when buying plants. >>Watch
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Peppers
Master Gardener Tom Mashour talks about peppers. There are hundreds of varieties of peppers available. Pepper heat is rated on the Scoville scale: bell peppers rate as a 0 and the hottest peppers rate at over 1,000,000. Peppers are a member of the nightshade family. >>Watch
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Planting Myths
UT Extension Horticulture Specialist Carol Reese gives some common planting myths and corrects them. >>Watch
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Planting Cabbage, Broccoli and Cauliflower
Seven Great Landscape Trees
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Building a Blackberry Trellis
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Viewer Questions
Can we get rid of voles without poison?
Unfortunately, voles are nearly impossible to eradicate. Poison is the most effective method to kill many of them. Besides poison, trapping is an option but it is difficult to trap many voles. A cat or a dog that likes to catch them is an option too. Snakes are an effective natural control. >>Watch
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What is this weed and how do I get rid of it?
This is dallisgrass. It is a tough weed. It looks very similar to some other grassy weeds but you can identify it from the seed stalk. It is a tough weed to kill and will probably require multiple application of an herbicide containing quinclorac. This is one of the chemicals commonly found in weed and crabgrass control products for homeowners. >>Watch
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What is this white fuzzy stuff on my cucumbers?
This looks like a fungal disease called gummy stem blight. It can be treated with Chlorothalonil or a copper based or sulphur fungicide. This disease can kill the plant if left untreated. The viewer stated the leaves were wilting, which is not a good sign for this plant. It might be best to pull it out and try again. >>Watch
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What is this thing in my flower bed?This is a kind of slime mold that has been named dog vomit. It is growing on the mulch. It will not harm your plants and if you don’t like it you can remove it from the bed. It will go away after a while if you leave it alone. It is a fungus so any time you have warm weather, high humidity, and rain it may show up. >>Watch
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Am I watering my helleborus too much?This kind of injury on leaves is often caused by either too much or too little water. Because there is no wilting it is likely too much water. If the plant is kept in the shade there may not be enough time for the plant to dry out before it is watered again. If the leaf turns totally brown, it is not benefiting the plant anymore and can be taken off. >>Watch
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