Horticulture 2005 Newsletter

  Final Newsletter of the Year

  What To Do With the Christmas Tree After Christmas

  Care of Gift Fruit Baskets

  Storing Pecans and Other Nuts

  Great Plains Vegetables Growers Conference

  Mid-America Fruit Growers Conference

  Care of Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti

  Conservation Trees from the Kansas Forest Service

  Ashes in the Garden

 'Deicers' and Horticulture Plants

  Winter Hardiness of Fruit Plants

 Christmas Gift Ideas for Fruit Growers

  Amaryllis  Culture

  Tucking Your Lawnmower in for the Winter

  Mouse Damage to Fruit Trees/Plants

  Choosing and Caring for Your Christmas Tree

  Garden Soil Preparation - It's Not Too Late

  Pruning Shrubs

 Poinsettia Care

 Frost on Lawns

  Knotweed Control

  Monitor Indoor Plant Temperatures

  Dormant Seeding of Turfgrass

  Winterizing Strawberry Plants

  Begin Rabbit Protection

  Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils

 Fall Care of Peonies

 Water Landscape Plants Before Winter

  Winter Care of Houseplants

 Potential Problems with a Warm Fall

  High pH Soils

  Should You Let Turf Grow Tall in the Fall?

 There is Still Time to Plant Spring-Flowering Bulbs

  Asian Lady Beetles

  Imidacloprid and Woody Ornamental Insect Pests

  Tree Leaves and Turf

  Control Broadleaf Weeds in Lawns Now

  Apply Late-Season Nitrogen Application Now

  Why Isn't My Red Maple Red?

  Grow a Mighty Oak From a Little Acorn

  Fall Color of Trees

  Garden Mums

  Kansas Turfgrass Conference and Trade Show

 Kansas Grape Growing Seminar

 Harvesting Sweetpotatoes

 Carving and Painting Pumpkins

  When to Mulch Roses

  Are Acorns Edible?

 Stratification

  Rhizomatous Tall Fescue Varieties

  Clean up Iris Beds this Fall

  Caring for Houseplants During the Winter Months

  Reproducing Apple Trees

  Fertilize Young Trees for Improved Growth

 Amending Soils with Sand

  Work Garden Soil in the Fall

  Winter Storage of Summer Bulbs

  Fertilize Spring-Flowering Bulb Beds in October

  Starting Woody Plants from Seed

 Fruit Planting Preparation

  Hackberry Psyllids Invading Homes

 

  Amaryllis, Bringing it Back In

  Reblooming Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti

  Lawn Seeding Deadline Nears

  Millipedes

  Miller Moths

  Recommended Trees for South-Central Kansas

  Kaw Valley Farm Tour

  Fall Forestry Field Day

  Velvet Ants

  Natural Needle Drop on Pines

  Soil Tests and Plant Growth

  Moving Houseplants Inside for the Winter

  Squash and Pumpkin Harvest

  Asparagus and Rhubarb in the Autumn Season

 Turf in Shade

  It's Pine Wilt Time Again

  Twig Girdlers

  Harvesting and Curing Black Walnut

  Transplanting Perennials

  Fall Lawn Seeding Tips

   Turfgrass Seed Quality: Where Are These Weeds Coming From?

  Power Raking and Core-Aeration

  When Are Apples Ready to Pick?

  Storing Apples

  Woody Plants and Lace Bug Damage

  Yew Problems

 Color and Lines in the Landscape

  Slime Molds on Turf

  Recent Rains Trigger Mushroom Development

  Give Cool-Season Grass a Boost

 Fall Lawn Seeding Tips

  For Seeding Success, Pay Attention to "Other Crop" on the Seed Label

  Twig Dieback on Oak

  Leaves Falling From Trees

  Flutter My Little Butterfly

 It's Time To Cut Back Peonies

  It's Not Too Late To Move Iris

  Kentucky Bluegrass Variety Selection for Cool-Season Lawns

  Summer Patch on Kentucky Bluegrass

  Recommended Tall Fescue Cultivars

  Too Late to Spray for Bagworms

  Pine Needle Scale

  Dividing Daylilies

  Misshapen Apples

  Mimosa Webworm on Honeylocust

  Oak Lace Bug

  Small Shrubs

  Rejuvenate Annuals

 Reviving Annual Flower Beds

  Tomato Nutrition and Quality

 Fertilize Strawberries

  Pear Harvest

  Control Sooty Blotch and Fly Speck

 Pesticide Effectiveness

 Cicada Killer Wasps

  Kansas State Research and Extension Center - Olathe - Open House

 Is My Lawn Still Alive?

  Tomatoes Slow to Ripen?

  Sweet Corn Ear Development Problems

  Tomatoes and Stinkbugs

 Brown Recluse Spiders

 Leaf Scorch on Trees and Shrubs

  Twilight Tour for Market Farmers - August 2

 Budworms on Garden Flowers

  Dividing Iris

  Vegetables Produce Flowers But No Fruit

  Bitter Cucumbers

 Herbicide Damage to Trees and Shrubs

 Reduce the Competition

  Spider Mite Control

  Turf and Ornamentals Field Day - August 4

  Pruning Storm Damaged Trees

  Hornworms on Tomatoes

  Green June Beetle

  Treat Bagworms Now

  Field Dodder

  Watering Newly Planted Trees and Shrubs

  Watering Fruit Plants

 When to Pick Blackberries

 "Tomatoes" on Potatoes

  Blossom-end Rot

  Bermudagrass Control

  Grasshoppers

  Brown Patch on Fescue

  Grub Control

  Physiological Leaf Curl in Tomatoes

  Squash Bugs

  Spittlebugs

 Summer Care of Strawberries

 Check for Verticillium Wilt of Trees

  Flatid Planthoppers Prevalent

  Dutch Elm Disease (DED)

 Fireblight

  Spittlebugs

  Clover Mites

 Blackspot of Roses

  Root Rots of Flowering Plants

  Plants Wilting from Too Much Water

  Dealing with Storms in the Garden

  Tomato Leaf Diseases

  Thatch Control in Warm-Season Lawns

  Slime Molds

  Treat Bagworms Now

  June Drop of Fruit

 Pinching Mums

  Peach Leaf Curl and Plum Pocket Symptoms Showing Up Now

  Strawberry Bed Renewal

  "Tip" Blackberries, Black Raspberries and Purple Raspberries

  Fruit Reminders

 Propagating Woody Plants from Softwood Cuttings

  Sidedressing Annual Flowers

  Workshop for Market Gardeners - June 6

  Deadheading Flowers

  Control of Prostrate Spurge

  Cucumber Beetles and Bacterial Wilt

  Elm Pocket Gall

  Lecanium Scale

  Ladybird Beetles

  Time to Fertilize Warm-Season Grasses

  Bagworms

  Carpenter Bees

  Borer Control in Trees

  Poison Ivy Identification and Control

  Frosts May Have Thinned Fruit Crops

  Will My Blank Cross with My Blank in the Garden?

  Heavy Rainfall and Flooding in the Garden

  Controlling Yellow Nutsedge in Lawns

  Anthracnose on Trees

  Squirrel Damage to Trees

  Potatoes Damaged From Freeze

  Control Cercospora Needle Blight on Junipers

 Sphaeropsis Tip Blight Control

  Treat for Dothistroma Needle Blight

 Keep Mower Blades Sharp

  Aphids

  Ants and Peonies

  Mites Attacking Dwarf Spruces

Cold Injury to Garden Plants

Controlling Grassy Weeds in Broadleaf Plants

Cankerworms

Plants Caught by a Late Freeze

Field Bindweed Control

Beneficial Insects for Greenhouses

Moving Houseplants Outside for the Summer

Walnut Wilt

  Horticulture Club Bedding Plant Sale

  Fertilize Irrigated Cool-Season Lawns in May

  Orchard Grass in Lawns

 Pruning Spring-Flowering Shrubs

  Borers on Pines?

  How to Prune Pines

  Sunscald on Thin-Barked Trees

  Upcoming Events

  Upcoming Workshops

  Planting Tomatoes and Peppers Too Early

 Successful Transplanting

  Prairie Star Flowers

 Powdery Mildew on Kentucky Bluegrass

 Remove Blossoms on Newly Planted Strawberries

  Controlling Weeds in Strawberries

 The Tips of My Junipers are Brown

 My Oaks are Raining Worms

  Look Now for Pine Sawfly

  Ash/Lilac Borer

  Termites or Ants

  Dandelion Control

  Fruit Tree Sprays and Rain

  Useful Resources: "Prevention and Control of Wildlife Damage"

  Henbit in Lawns

  Keep Mower Blades Sharp

  New Fruit Trees, How Long to Bear?

  Preventing Fruit on Crabapples

  Care for Spring-flowering Bulbs

  Boxelder Bugs, Hackberry Psyllids and Asian Lady Beetles

  Proper Timing for Crabgrass Preventers

  Fertilizing Perennial Flowers

  Asparagus and Rhubarb

  Herbicides for Home Vegetable Gardens

  Pruning Newly Planted Fruit Trees

  Apple Tree Sprays

  What Fruit Trees to Plant?

 Planting a New Strawberry Bed

  When Fruit Plants Arrive

  Tree Planting Depth:  Rooting Out the Problem

  How Low Should You Go?

  "Frost Proof"  Vegetable Plants

 Planting Carrots and Beets

 Salt Accumulations and Garden Plant Performance

  Cedar-Apple Rust Active in Southern Kansas

  Bermudagrass Seeded Varieties

 Nightcrawlers in the Lawn

  Pruning Hybrid-Tea Roses

 Potato Planting Season

 Planting Peas

  Cut Back Ornamental Grasses Soon

  Strong Trees/Weak Trees

  Iris Leaf Spot Control Starts Now

  Strawberry Mulch Removal

 Wild Garlic, Wild Onion and Star-of-Bethlehem

  Forestry Contractor's Workshop Set for March 9

  Growing Growers Training Program

  PDIS Training Opportunity

  Core Aeration of Cool-Season Lawns

  Managing Turf in Shade

  Correcting Iron Chlorosis in Trees

  Iron Chlorosis and Calcareous Soils

 Repotting Houseplants

  Great Plains Herb Growers Association Spring Workshop

  Lawn Calendar for Warm-Season Grasses

  Multiple Grafts on Apple Trees

  Check Plants for Scale Insects

  Dothistroma Needle Blight on Pines

  Pruning Overgrown Apples Trees

 Pruning Deciduous Shrubs

  Butterfly Gardening

  Soil Testing

  Be Cautious With Early-Spring Nitrogen Fertilization of Lawns

 It's Not Too Late for Dormant Overseeding of Turfgrass

  Fertilizing Spring-flowering Bulbs

  Time for Peach Leaf Curl Control

  Dormant Oil Sprays

  Eliminating Unwanted Fruit from Trees

  Some Fruit Trees Need Pollinators

  Handling Tips for Valentine's Day Roses

  Woody Bouquets

  Plants that Deer Don't Like

   Coldframes and Hotbeds

  Growing Growers Training Program Looking For Apprentices

  Lawn Calendar for Cool-Season Grasses

  Poisonous Plants

  Winter Watering of Landscape Plants

  Landscaping to Attract Birds

Gypsum and Clay Soils

  Plants That Add Interest to the Winter Landscape

  A Tough, Beautiful Tree for Kansas Landscapes

 Building Plans

  Companion Planting:  Does it Work?

   All-America Selection Vegetables for 2005

  Miniature Roses

  Selecting Bird Seed

 Houseplants Losing Leaves

 Horticulture 2004 Indexed

Prairie Star Annual Flower Winners

  All-America Selection Flowers for 2005

  Fruit Trees May Be Pruned Now

  Pruning Storm-Damaged Trees