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Testing Home-Based Soil Test Kits
Soil testing is an important part of gardening and lawn care, as it helps determine the nutrients available to your plants. A soil test reveals information about your soil's pH, potassium, phosphorus, and other essential nutrients. By understanding the results of your soil test, you can avoid the guesswork and provide the right amount of fertilizer, to give your plants the nutrients they need. State Extension Soil Testing information can found on this page.
Related Videos: Soil Testing What is Soil pH and why is it so Important? Taking a Soil Sample 
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This Week in the Garden
Is the soil dry enough to till?
This week in the garden Master Gardener Tom Mashour shows how to tell if your soil is dry enough for tilling. If you till when it is too wet, you will get big dirt clods. >>Watch
Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison takes a look at some freeze damage on strawberry blooms. The temperature dropped to about 29 degrees a week ago and some of the strawberry blooms were frozen and died. If this happens the plant will just produce more blooms. >>Watch |
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Haywood County UT Extension Director Walter Battle talks all about squash. There are two major kinds of squash summer and winter. Squash should be planted spring through July. Check the seed packet to make sure there is time to harvest before frost. Squash plants like to run so you should space them out when you plant them. >>Watch
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Understanding Fertilizer Calculations: Lawn or Garden
Fertilizing your lawn or garden may seem like a daunting task, especially when the math involved is brought up. Fertilizer calculations are simpler than they seem, and understanding them can lead to better results for your plants while avoiding excess costs. Continue reading or watch here.
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Planting Garden Vines
Systemic Insecticides
Keeping Your Peach Tree Healthy
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Choosing the Right Apple Tree Variety
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Viewer Questions
Can I trim off the Bottom Branches on my maple trees?
Yes, you can. You should remove the suckers growing from the base of the tree. You can also remove some of the lower branches. UT Extension Agent Joseph Seago says to make sure you don’t remove more than a third of the tree canopy at any one time. You should also not prune in freezing weather. >>Watch
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My crape myrtle has white and black powder. How do I make it healthy?
The white powder is probably powdery mildew. This fungus grows best in damp conditions. The black powder is sooty mold which is growing on honeydew from sap-sucking insects. Both problems can be treated. >>Watch
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What is this weed growing in my garden? A: Groundcherry
This is groundcherry, which is hard to get rid of. UT Extension Agent Joseph Seago recommends trying to pull up as many roots as possible and then spraying any resprouting shoots with glyphosate. >>Watch
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Can you get consistent results growing organic vegetables?
It is hard to get consistent results when growing organically. There are many factors that vary year to year that will affect your harvest for good or bad. Gardener Peter Richards explains some of the things you can do to improve your harvests and make them more consistent. >>Watch
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