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Newsletter Archives: 2009 | 2008 | 2007
December 16, 2009
- Last Newsletter of the Season
- Controlling Volunteer Trees
- What To Do With the Christmas Tree After Christmas
- Care of Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti
- Care of Gift Fruit Baskets
December 9, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- Storing Potatoes in Cold Temperatures
- Christmas Gift Ideas for Fruit Growers
- Pawpaw Trees: A Native Fruit
- Ice Melters
December 2, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- Amaryllis Culture
- Storing Power Equipment for the Winter
- Storing Pecans and Other Nuts
- Ashes in the Garden
November 25, 2009
- Eastern Red Cedar Problems
- Garden Soil Preparations - It's Not Too Late
- Horseradish
- Poinsettia Care
- Houseplants and Indoor Pollution
- Monitor Indoor Plant Temperatures
November 18, 2009
- Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass
- Knotweed Control
- Winterizing Strawberry Plants
- Winterizing Roses
- Houseplants Losing Leaves
November 11, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- Pruning Shrubs
- Late Blooming and Frost Resistant Peach Trees
- Begin Rabbit Protection Now
November 4, 2009
- Apply Late-Season Nitrogen Application in November
- Hardiness of Cool-Season Vegetables
- There is Still Time to Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs
- Fall Care of Peonies
- Draining Hoses and Irrigation Lines
October 28, 2009
- Grounds Maintenance Workshops
- Fall Colors of Trees
- Is It a Maple or an Oak?
- Tree Leaves and Turf
- Perennial Garden Clean-up
- Winter Storage of Summer Bulbs
- Clean-up Iris Beds this Fall
- Control Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns in Early November
- Autumn Home Invaders
- Benefits of Using Dormant Oils to Manage Arthropod Pests
- Multicolored Asian Lady Beetles
October 21, 2009
- Should You Let Your Turf Grow Tall in the Fall?
- Why Late Lawn Seedings Often Fail
- Tucking Your Lawnmower in for the Winter
- Garden Mums
- Why Isn't My Red Maple Red?
- Brown Recluse Spiders
October 14, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- Frost on Lawn
- Fall a Good Time for Soil Testing
- Caring for Houseplants During the Winter
- Preserving Wood Tool Handles
October 7, 2009
- The Last Tomatoes of the Season
- Work Garden Soil in the Fall
- Keeping Your Pumpkin Longer
- Fertilize Spring -Flowering Bulb Beds in October
- Racoons, Skunks and Grubs
- Mulches and Living Organisms
September 30, 2009
- Natural Needle Drop on Pines
- Questions on Ornamental Grasses
- Preventing Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees
- Stratification
- Call "Kansas One Call" Before Digging
- Itty Bitty Holes Shothole Borers
September 23, 2009
- Fruit Planting Preparation
- Harvesting Sweet Potatoes
- Garlic Planting Time
- Lawn Seeding Deadline Nears
- Rust on Turfgrass
- Planting Trees in the Fall
- Are Acorns Edible?
- Parsleyworm or Black Swallowtail
September 16, 2009
- Time to Plant Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Leaf Spot Diseases on Trees
- Tree ID
- Twig Girdlers
- Tobacco Budworm
- Beneficial Wasp: Scolia dubia
September 9, 2009
- Asparagus and Rhubarb in the Autumn Season
- Overseeding a Lawn
- Reblooming Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti
- Annual Cicadas
- Garden Spiders
- Plants and Lacebug Damage
- Harvesting and Curing Black Walnut
- Moving Houseplants Inside for the Winter
September 2, 2009
- Squash and Pumpkin Harvest
- Storing Apples
- Peonies May Be Cut Back Now
- Sunflowers - Harvesting and Roasting Seeds
- Leaching Houseplants
- Business Management Articles
August 26, 2009
- Power Raking and Core-Aeration
- Give Cool-Season Grasses a Boost
- Are Crabapples Safe to Eat?
- Dutch Elm Disease
- Mycosphaerella Leaf Spot on Ash
- Dividing Peonies
- Lilacs with Dead Canes
August 19, 2009
- 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 Garden
- Yellownecked Caterpillar
August 12, 2009
- Recommended Tall Fescue Cultivars
- Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Selection for Cool-Season Lawns
- When are Apples Ready to Pick?
- Pine Tip Moth Control Window Approaching
- Twig Dieback on Oak
- Fall Webworm
- Pine Needle Scale Control Window Approaching
August 5, 2009
- Fertilize Strawberries
- Pear Harvest
- Fall Gardens
- Dividing Daylilies
- Brown Recluse Spiders
- Ground Beetles Annoy Homeowners
- Bagworms
- Honeysuckle Aphid
- Pesticide Effectiveness
July 29, 2009
- Common Smut on Sweet Corn
- Hard Core in Tomatoes
- Tomato Cracking
- Tomato Fruitworms
- Crabgrass Control
- Malathion - Product Cancellation Order
July 22, 2009
- Tomato Day
- Garden Beans Flowering but Not Producing Beans
- How to Pick a Ripe Melon
- Irish Potato Famine Outbreak? Not Likely in Kansas
- Squirrel Damage to Trees
- Does $$$ Grow on Trees?
- Tan or White Drupelets on Blackberry Fruit
- Blister Beetles and Tomato Hornworms on Tomatoes
- Elm Leaf Beetle
- Cicada Killers
July 15, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- "Tomatoes" on Potatoes
- Vegetables Produce Flowers But No Fruit
- Dividing Iris
- Green June Beetle
- Squash Vine Borer
- Black Walnut Shoot Moth
- Japanese Beetle Adults
- Mimosa Webworm
- Emerald Ash Borer
July 8, 2009
- Bermudagrass Control
- Brown Patch on Turf
- Black Rot on Grapes
- Harvesting Potatoes
- Heat Stops Tomatoes from Setting Fruit
- Grasshoppers
- Budworm Damage on Garden Plants
- Flatid Planthoppers
July 1, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- Summer Care of Strawberries
- When to Pick Blackberries
- Pulling Onions
- Grub Control
- Tomatoes and Stinkbugs
- Squash Bugs
- Raccoons and Sweet Corn
- Aphids in Greenhouses
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June 24, 2009
- KFGA Summer Fruit Tour
- Blossom-end Rot
- Tomato Leaf-Spot Diseases
- Sweet Corn Earworm
- 'Tip' Blackberries, Black Raspberries and Purple Raspberries
- Cherry Leaf Spot
- Spring Rains Contribute to Summer Root Problems
June 17, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- Strawberry Bed Renewal
- Fireblight
- Physiological Leaf Curl in Tomatoes
- Little Barley in Lawns
- Thatch Control in Warm-Season Lawns
- Pruning Storm Damaged Trees
- Colorado Potato Beetle
- Assassin Bugs and Wheel Bugs
- Twospotted Spider Mite
- Worms on Juniper
June 10, 2009
- Ladybird Beetles
- Grasshoppers
- Zoysia Large Patch Still on the March
- Control of Prostrate Spurge
- Drought Stress or Disease
- Pinching Mums
- Accumulated Stress May Result in Death of Plants
- Poison Ivy Identification and Control
June 3, 2009
- Deadheading Flowers
- Blackspot of Roses
- Sidedressing Annual Flowers
- Bagworms
- Fall Webworms
- Wooly Briar Aphids
- Pine Sawyer BeetlesYew Problems
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May 27, 2009
- Sidedressing Vegetables
- Mulching Tomatoes
- New Tomato Disease Publication Available
- Time to Fertilize Warm-Season Grasses
- Lecanium Scale
- Bark Splitting on Trees
- Good Tree, Bad Tree
- Peach Leaf Curl and Plum Pocket
- Iris Leaf Spot
- "Butterflies and Moths of North America" Web Site
- Firewood Campaign Encourages "Burn it Where You Buy It"
May 20, 2009
- 'Staggering' Sweetcorn Planting
- Asparagus Beetles
- Fruit Sprays and Spray Water pH
- Too Wet to Mow the Lawn
- Watering Houseplants While on Vacation
- Helping Roundup (glyphosate) Products Work Better
- Carpenter Bees
May 13, 2009
- Upcoming Events
- Cucumber Beetles and Bacterial Wilt
- Rabbits in the Garden
- Cutworms in my Garden
- Pine Tortoise Scale
- Galls on Trees
- Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer
- Walnut Wilt
May 6, 2009
- Cabbage Worms
- White Grubs in Gardens and Flower Beds
- My Oaks are Raining Worms
- Flooding and Trees
- Weird Growth on Pines
- Protecting New Vegetable Plants from the Wind
- Recent Rains Trigger Mushroom Development
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April 29, 2009
- Heavy Rainfall and Flooding in the Garden
- Sweet Corn Primer
- Rhubarb Harvest and Seedstalks
- Orchard Grass in Tall Fescue Lawns
- Lawn Problems
- Fertilize Irrigated Cool-season Lawns in May
- Diseases of Warm-season Grasses are Coming
- Field Bindweed Control
- Kansas Wildflowers and Grasses Website
April 22, 2009
- Pine Needle Scale
- New Active Ingredients for Homeowners
- Termites or Ants
- How to Prune Pines
- Cedar-Apple Rust
- Pruning Spring-Flowering Shrubs
- Fruit Trees Not Flowering?
- Controlling Grassy Weeds in Broadleaf Plants
- Useful Resource: "Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage"
April 15, 2009
- Growing Flowers in Pots
- Fruit Tree Sprays and Rain
- Remove Blossoms on Newly Planted Strawberries
- Tomato: Fact and Fiction
- What are the Orange Balls on the Cedars?
- Ash/Lilac Borer
- Borers on Pines?
April 8, 2009
- KSU Horticulture Club Landscape Consultation
- Controlling Weeds in Strawberries
- Fertilizing the Home Orchard
- Fruit Trees and Ice
- An Old-Time Concoction for Mildew Control on Peach
- Cutworms and Vegetables
- Wireworms and White Grubs on Potatoes
- Ants in the Home
- Bagworms, It's Still Too Early to Spray
- Keep Mower Blades Sharp
April 1, 2009
- KSU Horticulture Club Landscape Consultation
- Controlling Weeds in Home Garden Asparagus Beds
- Red Plastic Mulch and Tomatoes
- Fertilizing Cole Crops
- Growing Vegetables in Pots
- Henbit in Lawns
- Desiccation of Turfgrass
- Care for Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Borers in Firewood
- Plants Recommended for Kansas
- Soil Test and Plant Growth
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March 24, 2009
- Asparagus Time!
- Bolting and Buttoning in Cole Crop Plants
- Master Gardener Tomato Trials
- Fruit Bud Damage from Cold Temperatures
- Apple Tree Sprays
- Brown Color on Junipers
- Transplant Solutions and Sidedressing
March 17, 2009
- Onions, Cabbage and Broccoli Can Be Planted Now
- Remove Fern and Fertilize Asparagus Now
- Master Gardener Pepper Trials
- Pruning Hybrid-Tea Roses
- Plants Leafing Out Early
- How Low Should You Go?
- Managing Turf in Shade
March 11, 2009
- Fertilizing Perennial Flowers
- Proper Timing for Crabgrass Preventers
- Wild Garlic, Wild Onion and Star-of-Bethlehem
- Time to Plant Potatoes
- Frost Proof Vegetable Plants
- Herbicides for Home Vegetable Gardens
- Repotting Houseplants
March 4, 2009
- Core Aeration of Cool-Season Lawns
- Nightcrawlers in the Lawn
- Correcting Iron Chlorosis in Trees
- Strawberry Planting and Mulch Removal
- Clover Mites
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February 25, 2009
- Cure the Itch by Planting Peas
- What Fruit Trees to Plant?
- Pruning Young Fruit Trees
- Lawn Calendar for Warm-Season Grasses
- Iris Leaf Spot Control Starts Now
- Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils
February 18, 2009
- Growing Blueberries
- Multiple Grafts on Apple Trees
- Soil Temperature and Vegetables
- Pruning Deciduous Shrubs
February 11, 2009
- Lawn Calendar for Cool-Season Grasses
- Pruning Overgrown Apple Trees
- Fertilizing Spring-flowering Bulbs
- Don't Work Soil Too Wet
- Soil Testing
- Another Option for Overgrown Houseplants
February 4, 2009
- Pine Wilt Awareness Community Meetings
- Handling Tips for Valentine's Day Roses
- Dormant Oil Sprays for Fruit Trees
- Spray Now for Peach Leaf Curl
- Check Plants for Scale Insects
- Leaching Houseplants
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January 28, 2009
- Preventing Potatoes from Sprouting in Storage
- Sources for Tomatoes with Higher Levels of Furaneol
- Now is a Good Time to Design Your Landscape
- Poisonous Plants
- Bringing Houseplants Down to Size
January 21, 2009
- A Better Tasting Tomato
- Starting Asparagus Plants from Seed
- Cloning Apple Trees
- Fruit Trees May Be Pruned Now
- Plants That Add Interest to the Winter Landscape
- Start Trees Off Right
January 14, 2009
- Meyer Cold Hardiness Update
- Winter Watering of Landscape Plants
- Newer Fluorescent Lights Available for Indoor Gardeners
- Expanded Shale for Clay Soils
- All-America Selection Winners for 2009
January 7, 2009
- Horticulture 2008 Indexed
- Upcoming Events
- Starting Onion Plants Indoors
- Using Old Garden Seed
- Starting Plants from Seed
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