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I know it is late summer, but I want everyone to think back to earlier this year. I hope this helps me explain what is going on now in our landscape. Think about March, it is still cool, but temperatures are beginning to warm up. You spend some time outside but at the end of…
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There are a lot of ads and stories on social media that talk about how bad your water might be and all the things that they offer to make it better. I have talked to many people through the years that have a well and don’t even use it for drinking or cooking. I can…
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No, I am not talking about a new sibling. This is something that all vegetable gardeners are going to have to deal with until we can get a handle on it or one of our native species decides they like to snack on it.
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This is an educational event targeted toward landscape professionals and those in the green industry. Green-up will be March 6th from 8AM to 2PM at the Houston County Extension office, 2030 Kings Chapel Road, Perry, GA.
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Here is a small list of things that you can be doing in the landscape and garden to make 2026 a successful and productive growing season.
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The freezing temperatures we are currently experiencing have me thinking about our landscapes. Cold damage to ornamental plants can be a problem during the winter in the Georgia landscape. Regardless of where you live, preventive measures can maximize the chances that your prized landscape plants will survive the winter. During the summer months, ornamental plants…
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I am writing about winter annual weed control again. However, if it doesn’t rain soon, we may not have to worry about any winter annuals germinating this fall. Winter annual weeds are weeds that germinate in the fall and complete their lifecycle in the spring. The completion is the formation of yellow and purple flowers…
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Hopefully if you are starting from seed you already planted them in a sunny indoor location. You will need anywhere from 4-6 weeks to have transplants that can be moved outside to the garden. Be sure to harden off indoor grown transplants by gradually introducing them to more and more sunlight each day. Tomatoes can…
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We now have more flexibility with Prowl H2O, an herbicide previously approved only for dormant bermudagrass. It is now labeled for use on cool-season forage grasses, with or without alfalfa (but not clovers), and on warm-season grasses. However, grasses must be well-established with at least six tillers before application. Prowl H2O can be used for…
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With yet another arctic blast that just came through, I thought it would be good to talk about critical temperatures for fruit buds and flowers. Coming off of unseasonably warm early February temperatures, this could be very important to this year’s fruit crop. Most of our fruiting plants and trees require a certain amount of…
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