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Collecting and Saving Vegetable Seeds

Collecting seeds from vegetable plants at the end of the season is easy and lets you plant your garden next year without having to buy seeds. UT Extension Agent Celeste Scott shows the basics of seed collecting and talks about how to prepare them for storage for the winter.

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Is there anything I can do so my tomatoes produce a larger fruit?

There are several things you can do to make tomato plants produce larger tomatoes. UT Extension Agent Celeste Scott gives several suggestions for pruning, and fertilizing. >>Watch

My rose has holes in the leaves and does not produce flowers like it used to. What’s wrong?

The holes are likely caused by the rose slug/rose sawfly. The lack of flowers are because of another reason. UT Extension Agent Celeste Scott explains how rose sawflies feed. She also lists some things that might be causing the rose to not bloom as much as it used to. >>Watch

Why do my tomatoes and cucumbers wilt and die after three weeks of bearing?

The tomatoes are being affected by early blight and the cucumbers are being affected by bacterial wilt. UT Extension Agent Celeste Scott says early blight is a fungal disease that causes the tomato leaves to turn yellow, then brown, then die. The bacterial wilt on the cucumbers is being vectored - or brought to the plant - by the cucumber beetle. >>Watch

What should I do to get my leeks to fully mature with thick stalks?

Leeks can take up to 120 days to mature. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper says many leek growers will hill soil up against the plants as they grow to support the plant and to blanch the bottom, or turn it white.
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Why do my maple trees have single branches dying from time to time this summer?

The die-off is because something is preventing the nutrients and water from getting to that branch. From pictures it is hard to say exactly why this is happening. It is likely caused by a disease of some sort. UT Extension Agents Chris Cooper and Celeste Scott talk about some possibilities. >>Watch