Compact Vegetables

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Preparing Blueberry Plants for Winter

This week in the garden Retired UT Extension, Agent Mike Dennison, gives some blueberry plants a fall check-up. To get them ready for winter he prunes off any dead branches. He does not fertilize. Fertilizer encourages new growth that would be killed by winter frosts.  >>Watch
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Overwatered Petunias
Petunias don’t like too much water. University of Memphis Director of Landscape shows a flowerbed where some plants did fine, but the petunias died because of overwatering from an irrigation system.  >>Watch


Compact Vegetables

University of Tennessee Assistant Professor of Residential and Consumer Horticulture, Natalie Bumgarner, talks about compact vegetable plants like tomatoes and peppers that can grow in small spaces. These vegetables do not produce as much as their full-sized cousins, but they do well where space is at a premium.  >>Watch
Microgreens

Planting an Herb and Flower Container Garden


Herbicide Basics

Retired UT Extension Agent, Mike Dennison, talks about the basics of herbicides. There are two kinds of herbicides: pre-emergent (these keep plants from sprouting) and post-emergent (these kill plants that are already growing). Using both kinds at the appropriate times gives the best overall control of weeds.  >>Watch
How to Wipe on Herbicide

Herbicide Modes Of Action

Getting Fruit Trees Ready for Winter

Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison says you should not prune or fertilize fruit trees in the fall. There is not any spray you need in the fall, but in the winter, there will be some dormant sprays you should use. Clean up under the trees, rake up the leaves, and remove any mummified fruit.  >>Watch
Fall Fruit Tree Care

Fall and Winter Fruit Tree Care
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Best Trees for Fall Color

TSU Extension Agent Joellen Dimond gives a list of trees she thinks have the best fall color. Her picks include the standbys like oaks and maples, but also more exotic selections like the Persian ironwood and Japanese Katsura. She also talks about some desirable characteristics of each outside of fall.  >>Watch
Fall Gardening To-Do List

Fall and Winter Flowers

Fall Gardening To-Do List

In fall it cools down and plants get ready for winter. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond gives a list of things to do in your garden in the fall to get it ready for winter and next spring. She talks about the soil, plants, gardening equipment, and even how to reduce insects next year.  >>Watch
Fall Lawn Care

Fall Fruit Tree Care

Fall Garden Tool Care
Apple Tree Diseases

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Viewer Questions

My large yaupon hollies are planted inches from my foundation. It this too close?

Trees, which yaupon hollies are, should be planted no closer than 4 feet from your home’s foundation. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond recommends removing the plants and replacing them with something else.  >>Watch


What can you suggest to remedy the intrusion of armadillos?

There are several options available. Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison says traps can be effective. He talks about how to add wings to a live animal trap to funnel the armadillos into the trap. He also says shooting is an effective method of control.  >>Watch



What are these weird spots on my tree’s leaves?

This is phylloxera damage. Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison says phylloxera attack the tree when the leaves are first coming out in the spring. It does not hurt the tree, though it can be unsightly.  >>Watch

Can I kill chamberbitter seeds by covering my bed with a tarp in the hot summer sun?

This process is called solarization, but it will work much better with a clear piece of plastic. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond says there might not be enough hot weather left for it to work this year. She recommends doing this to half the garden next year and the other half the year after that. In the meantime, using lots of mulch will help discourage the chamber bitter from germinating.  >>Watch



Will bagworms kill my Japanese maple?

They will not kill the tree. Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison says you can easily kill bagworms in the spring with the organic insecticide Bacillus thuringiensis. Once they create the bag it is impossible to kill them with insecticide. By the end of the year the bags are full of eggs that will hatch next year. Pulling the bags off the tree and throwing them away will reduce the bagworm population next year. >>Watch

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