Planting Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are a great addition to the southern garden. UT Extension County Director Walter Battle shows how to plant them. First, he makes a ridge of soil about ten inches tall and twelve inches wide. Then he makes a hole and plants the sweet potato plants. He talks about what to use to fertilize and when to do it. He also talks about the insect pests that affect sweet potatoes and how best to deal with them. Walter tells when and how to harvest and cure the sweet potatoes.
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Side-Dressing Corn
This week in the garden Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison shows how to side-dress corn with nitrogen fertilizer. Corn requires a lot of nitrogen, but one side-dressing is enough for the growing season. >>Watch
UT Extension Entomologist Frank Hale takes a look at all the pollinators and other insects that benefit from the flowers in the butterfly garden. The blooms provide food to many kinds of pollinating flies, bees, parasitic wasps, and even ladybugs. >>Watch |
Gardening Ergonomics, How to Not Throw Out Your Back in the Garden
Gardening is great exercise and involves a lot of lifting, twisting and bending, which if not done correctly can cause back problems. UT Extension Agent Andrea Jacobo shows correct ways to lift and bend while gardening. She also shows how to work on your knees. Stretching after gardening can help loosen up and relax muscles that you used, and Andrea shows some easy stretches. >>Watch
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There are many diseases that can affect a lawn in the summer. UT Extension Agent Booker T. Leigh talks about the cause and cure for many diseases including brown patch, spring dead spot, powdery mildew, fairy ring, and dollar spot. To help avoid all these problems Booker recommends cutting your lawn at the right height with a sharp mower blade and watering in the morning so it can dry during the day. >>Watch
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Fire Ant Control
Fire ants are common in the southeast United States. Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison talks about fire ants and how to control them.
The Texas Two-Step method is the best way to control fire ants. >>Watch |
Green Beans
There are many options for green beans. Natalie Bumgarner, UT Assistant Professor of Residential and Consumer Horticulture talks about the different kinds of green beans. Bush beans grow in a bush form and produce their beans over a short time, pole beans need to climb and produce their beans over a much longer time, and half-runners are in between. >>Watch
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Is there any advantage to giving Wisteria plant food that encourages flowers?
Wisteria is a legume – in the pea family – which means it produces its own nitrogen. If you apply a nitrogen fertilizer it will only encourage more green growth. Adding phosphorus and potassium to the soil would provide the nutrients the plant needs to flower. You can find those in bone meal and blood meal. >>Watch
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What is the best way to get rid of moles in your lawn?
Moles tunnel through the ground looking for earthworms and grubs. UT Extension Agent Walter Battle says he has found harpoon traps to be effective. Moles are active during the morning. You can see them digging and dig them out of the ground with a shovel. Killing the worms and grubs is not a good option because they are important for the soil. >>Watch
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We have a Lemon Daddy hydrangea that is very leggy. Can I prune it?
Different kinds of hydrangeas have different pruning requirements. Lemon Daddy is a cultivar of macrophylla hydrangea. Macrophyllas should be pruned in late winter. Pruning later than that will reduce the number of blooms that year. When you prune it, only leave about an inch or two above the ground. It will regrow and bloom. >>Watch
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Will a cross vine hurt my azaleas?
The plant won’t hurt the azaleas directly, but it is an aggressive grower and will grow and shade them out. It is probably best to choose one or the other, they are both beautiful plants. If you are willing to work at it, you may be able to keep the cross vine in check and have both. >>Watch
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