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December 15, 2010
- Final Newsletter of the Season
- What To Do With the Christmas Tree After Christmas
- Winter Hardiness of Fruit Plants
- Care of Gift Fruit Baskets
- Care of Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti
December 8, 2010
- "How-To" Videos Added to Horticulture Information Center Website
- Storing Potatoes in Cold Temperatures
- Poor Drainage in Garden Areas
- Mouse Damage to Fruit Trees/Plants
- Controlling Volunteer Trees
- Ice Melters
December 1, 2010
- Upcoming Events
- Poinsettia Care
- Amaryllis Culture
- Ornamental Pear Fruit
- Storing Pecans and Other Nuts
- Storing Power Equipment for the Winter
November 24, 2010
- Garden Soil Preparation - It's Not Too Late
- Horseradish
- Houseplants and Indoor Pollution
- Monitor Indoor Plant Temperatures
November 17, 2010
- Winterizing Strawberry Plants
- Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass
- Knotweed Control
- Hosta Virus X
- Houseplants Losing Leaves
November 10, 2010
- Upcoming Events
- Fall Care of Peonies
- Winterizing Roses
- Pruning Shrubs
- Water Landscape Plants Before Winter
- Begin Rabbit Protection Now
November 3, 2010
- The Shawnee County Master Gardener Greenhouse Project
- Apply Late-Season Nitrogen Application in November
- Reproducing Apple Trees
- Spruce Problems
- What is the "Wild" Shrub with the Bright Red Berries?
- There is Still Time to Plant
- Yellow Collared Scape Moth
- Caring for Houseplants During the Winter
- Draining Hoses and Irrigation Lines
- Time to Think About the Use of Dormant Oils
October 27, 2010
- Control Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns in Early November
- Tree Leaves and Turf
- Tucking Your Lawn Mower in for the Winter
- Hardiness of Cool-Season Vegetables
- Why Isn't My Red Maple Red?
- Perennial Garden Clean-up
- Clean Up Iris Beds this Fall
- Garden Mums
October 20, 2010
- Should You Let Turf Grow Tall in the Fall?
- Why Late Lawn Seedings Often Fail
- The Last Pepeprs of the Season
- Hackberry Psyllids Invading Homes
October 13, 2010
- Master Gardener Pepsi Refresh Project Grant
- Spring-flowering Plants Blooming in the Fall
- Is It a Maple or an Oak?
- "Apples" on an Ornamental Shrub
- Frost on Lawns
- Keeping Your Pumpkins Longer
- Parsleyworm or Black Swallowtail Caterpillars
- The Impact of Horticultural Practices on Insect and Mite Pests
- Fall a Good Time for Soil Testing
October 6, 2010
- Help the Shawnee County Master Gardeners Build a Greenhouse
- Upcoming Events
- Last Tomatoes of the Season
- Work Garden Soil in the Fall
- Japanese Clover
- Amaryllis, Bringing it Back Into Bloom
- Autumn Home Invaders
- False Chinch Bug Nymphs Worry Homeowners
- Multicolored Asian Lady Beeltes
- The Dark Flower Scarab Common This Year
September 29, 2010
- Fertilize Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Questions on Ornamental Grasses
- Preventing Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees
- Twig Girdlers
- Woolly Worms
September 22, 2010
- New Publication on Landscape Design
- Weeds in Lawns
- Lawn Seeding Deadline Nears
- Planting Trees in the Fall
- Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
- Garlic Planting Time
- Fruit Planting Preparation
September 15, 2010
- Asparagus and Rhubarb in the Autumn Season
- Time to Plant Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Grow a Mighty Oak From a Little Acorn
- Pine Wilt Cycle
- Moving Houseplants Inside for the Winter
- Ornamental Sweet Potatoes
September 8, 2010
- Dwarf Fescues? Thin Leaved Fescues? RTF? Which Fescue Do I Plant?
- Trees Losing Their Leaves
- It's Pine Wilt Time Again
- Pokeweed
- Harvesting and Curing Black Walnut
- Reblooming Christmas and Thanksgiving Cactus
September 1, 2010
- Overseeding a Lawn
- The Incredible, Edible Sedge
- Peonies May Be Cut Back Now
- Squash and Pumpkin Harvest
- Storing Apples
- Tubakia Leaf Spot of Oak
- Sunflowers-Harvesting and Roasting Seeds
- Dragonflies
August 24, 2010
- Give Cool-Season Grasses a Boost
- Power Raking and Core-Aeration
- Grub Damage on Lawns
- Small Peaches
- Are Crabapples Safe to Eat?
- Magnolia Scale
August 18, 2010
- Is My Lawn Still Alive?
- Fall Lawn Seeding Tips
- For Seeding Success, Pay Attention to "Other Crop" on the Seed Label
- Lawns in Shade
- Rhizomatous Tall Fescue Varieties
- Still Time for Salad Greens
- Preparing the Vegetable Garden for Next Year
- Pine Needle Scale Control Window Approaching
- Flatid Planthoppers
August 11, 2010
- How Much to Water a Lawn
- Recommended Tall Fescue Cultivars
- Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Selection for Cool-Season Lawns
- When Are Apples Ready to Pick?
- Tomato Fruit Sunscald
- Cicada Killers
- Crickets
- Emerald Ash Borer and Thousand Cankers Disease
August 4, 2010
- Fertilize Strawberries Mid-August
- Pear Harvest
- Control Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck
- Dividing Daylilies
- Fall Gardens
- Fall Webworm
- Ground Beetles
July 28, 2010
- Upcoming Events
- Squash Vine Borer
- Orange Tomatoes and Heat
- Heat Stops Tomatoes from Setting Fruit
- Budworms on Garden Plants
- Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot on Ash
July 21, 2010
- Upcoming Events
- Bacterial Wilt of Cucumber and Muskmelon
- How to Pick a Ripe Melon
- Tomato Cracking
- Peony "Measles"
- Bagworms
- Annual White Grubs
July 14, 2010
- Brown Patch on Fescue
- Common Smut on Sweet Corn
- Vegetables Produce Flowers But No Fruit
- Dividing Iris
- Dwarf Spruce Showing Damage from Mites
- Green June Beetle
- Walnut Caterpillars
July 7, 2010
- Watering Fruit Plants
- Black Rot on Grapes
- Harvesting Potatoes
- Pulling Onions
- Bermudagrass Control
June 30, 2010
- Correction to Last Week's Newsletter
- Outside Plants May Need to be Watered
- Summer Care of Strawberries
- Prop Up Fruit Tree Limbs if Needed
- When to Pick Blackberries
- Tan or White Drupelets on Blackberry and Raspberry Fruit
- "Tomatoes" on Potatoes
- Hornworms on Tomato
- Picturewinged Flies Common This Year
- Walnut and Yellownecked Caterpillars
- Spittlebugs on Eastern Redbud Near Manhattan
- Raccoons and Sweet Corn
- Grub Control
June 23, 2010
- Upcoming Events
- 'Tip' Blackberries, Black Raspberries, and Purple Raspberries
- Cherry Leaf Spot
- Squash Bugs
- Sweet Corn Earworm
- Slugs...With A Bit of Humor!
- Slime Molds
June 16, 2010
- Blossom-end Rot
- Dutch Elm Disease (DED)
- Leaf Scorch on Trees and Shrubs
- June Drop of Fruit
- Stalk Borer
- Bagworms
- Millipede Invasion
- Twospotted Spider Mite
- What Happened to My Honeysuckle Bush?
- Squash Vine Borer
June 9, 2010
- Blackspot of Roses
- Strawberry Bed Renewal
- Physiological Leaf Curl in Tomatoes
- Ladybird Beetles
- What's in the Old Bucket? - Rosy Maple Moths
- Time to Weigh-In On Oystershell Scale
- Carpenter Bees
- Peach Tree Borers and Squash Vine Borers
- Lace Bugs
June 2, 2010
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April 14, 2010
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March 31, 2010
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February 24, 2010
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