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December 17, 2008
. Final Newsletter of the Season
. Care of Gift Fruit Baskets
. What To Do With the Christmas Tree After Christmas
. Controlling Volunteer Trees
December 10, 2008
. Kansas Natural Resources Conference
. Christmas Gift Ideas for Fruit Growers
. Storing Potatoes in Cold Temperatures
. Conservation Trees from the Kansas Forest Service
December 3, 2008
. Upcoming Events
. Amaryllis Culture
. Don't Forget to Water Landscape Plants
. Ice Melters
. Storing Power Equipment for the Winter
. Storing Pecans and Other Nuts
. Ashes in the Garden
November 26, 2008
. Choosing & Caring for Your Christmas Tree
. Poinsettia Care
. Garden Soil Prep - It's Not Too Late
. Horseradish
. Monitor Indoor Plant Temperatures
November 19, 2008
. Fall Care of Peonies
. Winterizing Strawberry Plants
. Knotweed Control
November 12, 2008
. Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass
. Lawns and Trees Leaves
. Pruning Shrubs
. Winterizing Roses
. Soil Tests and Plant Growth
. Draining Hoses & Irrigation Lines
November 5, 2008
. Hardiness of Cool-Season Vegetables
. Still Time to Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs
. Perennial Garden Clean Up
. Asian Lady Beetles
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October 29, 2008
. Apply Nitrogen to Lawns in November
. Control Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns Soon
. Natural Needle Drop on Needled Evergreens
. Winter Storage of Summer Bulbs
. Clean up Iris Beds this Fall
. Caring for Houseplants During the Winter
October 22, 2008
. Upcoming Events
. Should You Let Turf Grow Tall in the Fall?
. Tucking Your Lawnmower in for the Winter
. Why Late Lawn Seedings Often Fail
. Garden Mums
. Ash Seed Weevil
October 14, 2008
. Reproducing Apple Trees
. Small Acorn Crop
. Stratification
. Frost on Lawns
. Millipede Invasion
. Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles
October 8, 2008
. The Last Tomatoes of the Season
. Fall a Good Time for Soil Testing
. Amending Soils with Sand
. Work Garden Soil in theFall
. Preserving Wood Tool Handles
October 1, 2008
. Upcoming Events
. Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees
. Questions on Ornamental Grasses
. Planting Trees in the Fall
. Keeping Your Pumpkin Longer
. Fertilize Spring-Flowering Bulbs in October
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September 24, 2008
. Kansas Turfgrass Conference
. Lawn Seeding Deadline Nears
. Harvesting Sweetpotatoes
. Garlic Planting Time
. Fruit Planting Preparation
September 17, 2008
. Anthracnose on Maple
. Grow a Mighty Oak From a Little Acorn!
. Twig Girdlers
. Ornamental Sweet Potatoes
. Sooty Blotch & Fly Speck on Apple Fruit
. Time to Plant Spring-flowering Bulbs
September 10, 2008
. Overseeding a Lawn
. Turfgrass Diseases
. Asparagus and Rhubarb
. Reblooming Christmas & Thanksgiving Cacti
. Bagworms: Is It Too Late to Treat?
. Cicada Killer Wasps
. Pine Pitch Moth
. Leaching Houseplants
. Moving Houseplants Inside for Winter
. Harvesting and Curing Black Walnut
September 3, 2008
. Squash and Pumpkin Harvest
. Storing Apples
. Power Raking and Core Aeration
. Mimosa Webworm on Honeylocust
. Euonymus Scale
. By Jiminy - What's With All of the Crickets?
. Dividing Daylilies
. Sunflowers - Harvesting & Roasting Seeds
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August 27, 2008
. Give Cool-Season Grasses a Boost
. Small Peaches
. Lilacs with Dead Canes
. Are Crabapples Safe to Eat?
. Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot on Ash
August 20, 2008
. 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 Gardens
. Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
August 13, 2008
. Crabgrass Control
. Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Selection for Cool-Season Lawns
. Recommended Tall Fescue Cultivars
. Pear Harvest
. When Are Apples Ready to Pick?
. Control Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck
. Blister Beetles on Tomatoes
. Emerald Ash Borer in Missouri
. Huge Praying Mantis
. Spider Mites and Pyrethroid-Based Pest Control Materials
. Localized Dry Spots
August 6, 2008
· Tomato Problems
· Fall Gardens
· Brown Recluse Spiders
· Fall Webworms? In Mid-Summer?
· Plants and Lacebug Damage
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July 30, 2008
· Kansas Turfgrass Field Day
· Produce Sales at KSU Gardens
· Bitter Cucumbers
· Orange Tomatoes and Heat
· Fertilize Strawberries
· Watering Fruit Plants
· Watering Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs
· Turfgrass Growth and Soil Temperature
· Peony "Measles"
· Budworms on Garden Plants
· Sowbugs and Pillbugs
· Cicada Killer
· Green June Beetles
· Walnut Caterpillar
· Bees and Colony Collapse Disorder
July 23, 2008
· Brown Patch in Fescue Lawns
· Heat Stops Tomatoes from Setting Fruit
· How to Pick a Ripe Melon
· Managing Tomato Leaf Spots in the Home
Garden
· Grasshoppers
· Defoliating Caterpillars
July 16, 2008
· Leaves Falling From Trees
· Spider Mite Control
· Squash Vine Borer
· Tomato and Tobacco Hornworms
· Masked Chafer Flight Peak
· Dividing Iris
July 9, 2008
· K-State Research & Extension
Horticulture Center
· Field Day
· Bermudagrass Control
· Pulling Onions
· Harvesting Potatoes
· Blossom-end Rot on Tomato
· Stinkbugs on Tomato
· Repairing Storm Damaged Trees
· Dutch Elm Disease (DED)
· Leaf Scorch on Trees and Shrubs
· Cedar Apple Rusts
· Ash Rust
· Bagworms: What to Use?
· Golden Tortoise Beetle
· Spittlebugs on Eastern Redbud
July 2, 2008
· Turfgrass Field Day
· Kansas Nursery & Landscape Assn.
Summer Conference
· Grub Control
· Brown Patch is Alive
· Prop Up Fruit Tree Limbs if Needed
· Summer Care of Strawberries
· Squash Bugs
· Oak Slug Sawfly
· Spray for Bagworms Now
· Millipedes
· Masked Chafer Flights
June 25, 2008
· Vegetables Producing Flowers But No Fruit?
· Tomato Leaf-Spot Diseases
· 'Tip' Blackberries, Black Raspberries and
Purple Raspberries
· Cherry Leaf Spot
· Propagating Woody Plants from
Softwood Cuttings
June 18, 2008
· Pruning Storm Damaged Trees
· Blackspot of Roses
· Defoliating Caterpillars
· June Drop of Fruit
· Little Barley in Lawns
June 11, 2008
· Thatch Control in Warm-Season Lawns
· Controlling Weeds in Home Garden
Asparagus Beds
· Physiological Leaf Curl in Tomatoes
· Strawberry Bed Renewal
· Bagworms Out of the Chute
· Bean Leaf Beetles
· Colorado Potato Beetle
June 4, 2008
· Anthracnose on Trees
· Check for Verticillium Wilt of Trees
· Winter Damage to Evergreens
· Yew Problems
· Deadheading Flowers
· Sidedressing Annual Flowers
· Fireblight
· 'Staggering' Sweetcorn Planting
· Slime Molds
· Splish, Splash, This Fungus was Takin' a Bath
· Spring Showers Bring Summer Root Problems
· Excessive Rain Can Cause Yellowing of Plants
May 28, 2008
· Post Harvest Handling Workshop
· Kansas Arborists Summer Field Day
· Too Wet to Mow the Lawn
· Control of Prostrate Spurge
· Cucumber Beetles and Bacterial Wilt
· Borer Control in Peaches
· Rabbits in the Garden
May 21, 2008
· Summer Fruit Tour
· Thinning Excess Fruit
· Controlling Yellow Nutsedge in Lawns
· Asparagus Beetles
· Oak Galls
· Herbicide Damage to Trees and Shrubs
· Watering Houseplants While on Vacation
May 14, 2008
· Iris Leaf Scorch
· Cabbage Worms
· White Grubs in Gardens and Flower Beds
· Peach Leaf Curl and Plum Pocket Symptoms
Showing Up Now
· Peaches and Apricots
· Keep Mower Blades Sharp
· Orchard Grass in Lawns
· Sampling For Turf Root Diseases
· Dothistroma Needle Blight
· Storm Damage and the Garden
May 7, 2008
· Thatch and Winterkill
· Thinking Ahead for Summer Patch
· Sweet Corn Primer
· Rhubarb Harvest and Seedstalks
· Bagworms: It's Still Too Early to Spray
· Clover Mites
· Protecting New Vegetable Transplants
from the Wind
· Moving Houseplants for the Summer
· Walnut Wilt
April 30, 2008
· Fertilize Irrigated Cool-Season Lawns in May
· Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees
· Carpenter Bees
· Imported Cabbageworm Butterflies
· Growing Degree Days for March 1 - April 22
· Field Bindweed Control
· Poison Ivy Identification and Control
April 23, 2008
· Daffodils Not Blooming
· Why Isn't My Lawn Greening Up?
· Large Patch on Bermudagrass
· Remove Blossoms on Newly Planted Strawberries
· How to Prune Pines
· Borers on Pines
· Growing Degree Days - Eastern Tent Caterpillar
& European Pine Sawfly
April 16, 2008
· Upcoming Events
· Brown Coloration on Junipers
· Cedar-Apple Rust
· Dandelion Control in Buffalograss
· Fruit Tree Sprays and Rain
· Fruit Bud Damage from Cold Temperatures
· Termites or Ants
· Ants in the Home
· Ash/Lilac Borer
· Scale Insects
· Growing Degree Days
April 9, 2008
· New Fruit Trees, How Long to Bear?
· Fertilizing the Home Orchard
· Dandelion Control
· Branch Dieback on Juniper Shrubs
· Top 10 Questions About Pine Tip Blight
April 2, 2008
· Henbit in Lawns
· Keep Mower Blades Sharp
· Fertilizing Cole Crops and Potatoes
· Controlling Weeds in Strawberries
· Care for Spring-flowering Bulbs
· Armadillos
March 26, 2008
· Pruning Newly Planted Fruit Trees
· Planting Fruit Trees
· Apple Tree Sprays
· Asparagus Time!
· Bolting & Buttoning in Cole Crop Plants
· 2008 Pine Wilt Update
· Asian Lady Beetles Appearing in Homes
· Transplant Solutions and Sidedressing
March 19, 2008
· Onions, Cabbage and Broccoli Can Be
Planted Now
· Fertilize Asparagus Now
· How Low Should You Go?
· Pruning Hybrid-Tea Roses
· Applying Organic Mulch in the Spring
March 12, 2008
· Time to Plant Potatoes
· Herbicides for Home Vegetable Gardens
· Frost Proof Vegetable Plants
· Core Aeration of Cool-Season Lawns
· Proper Timing for Crabgrass Preventers
· Managing Turf in Shade
· Fertilizing Perennial Flowers
March 5, 2008
· Growing Growers Workshops
· Strawberry Planting and Mulch Removal
· Cut Back Ornamental Grasses Soon
· Correcting Iron Chlorosis in Trees
· Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils
· Wild Garlic, Wild Onion and Star-of-Bethlehem
February 27, 2008
· Lawn Calendar for Warm-Season Grasses
· Pruning Overgrown Apple Trees
· What Fruit Trees to Plant?
· Repotting Houseplants
· Cure the Itch by Planting Peas
· Iris Leaf Spot Control Starts Now
February 20, 2008
· Dothistroma Needle Blight on Pines
· Pruning Deciduous Shrubs
· Some Fruit Trees Need Pollinators
· Soil Temperature and Vegetables
· Butterfly Gardening
· Newer Fluorescent Lights Available for
Indoor Gardeners
February 13, 2008
· Lawn Calendar for Cool-Season Grasses
· Eliminating Unwanted Fruit From Trees
· Fertilizing Spring-flowering Bulbs
· Soil Testing
· Don't Work Soil Too Wet
February 6, 2008
· Spring Grounds Maintenance Workshops
· Time for Peach Leaf Curl Control
· Dormant Oil Sprays for Fruit Trees
· Check Plants for Scale Insects
· Fungus Gnats
· Leaching Houseplants
January 30, 2008
· Handling Tips for Valentine's Day Roses
· Enhancing Beneficial Insects with Native Plants
· Bringing Houseplants Down to Size
· Gypsum and Clay Soils
· Now is a Good Time to Design Your Landscape
January 23, 2008
· Now May Be a Good Time to Prune Certain Trees
· Conservation Trees from the Kansas
Forest Service
· Avoiding Spindly Transplants
January 16, 2008
· Horticulture 2007 Indexed
· Starting Asparagus Plants from Seed
· Cloning Apple Trees
· Fruit Trees May Be Pruned Now
· Plants that Add Interest to the Winter Landscape
· Building Plans
January 9, 2008
· Upcoming Events
· Replacing Storm-Damaged Trees
· Starting Onion Plants Indoors
· Using Old Garden Seed
· All-America Selection Winners for 2008
