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Garden Notes

​Determinate vs. Indeterminate Tomatoes

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening terms "Determinate" and "Indeterminate". Determinate refers to a tomato plant that will ripen all of its fruit at the same time. Whereas, an indeterminate tomato plant describes that which puts on fruit and keeps growing throughout the season.

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Blight
Hybrid

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Determinate vs Indeterminate Tomatoes
Determinate vs Indeterminate Tomatoes

Chickweed

Chickweed is a winter annual weed. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper shows what it looks like and gives some control options.

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Herbicide Modes Of Action
Herbicide Basics

Related Resources:
Mouseear Chickweed
Mouse-ear Chickweed

Cultivar

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term cultivar. In short a cultivar is a CULTIvated VARiety of a species of plant. Often the cultivar is included in the name of the plant with single quotes around it. Named cultivars were developed by gardeners for certain traits in the plant such as color of flower.

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New Blackberry Cultivars
New Pepper Varieties

Related Resources:
Cultivar versus Variety
Cultivars of Native Plants

Harden Off

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term "Harden Off". Harden Off means to slowly and gradually introduce a plant to the environmental conditions in which it will yet be growing.

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Starting Seeds Indoors
Starting Vegetable Seeds Indoors

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Hardening Transplants
Hardening Off Transplants

Damping Off

Retired MSU Extension Agent Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term damping off. Damping off is a disease that causes young plants to wilt and die. It is caused by a variety of pathogens, and usually happens when the conditions are damp and cool.

Related Videos: 
Planting Shrubs in Wet Heavy Soils
Wet Feet

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Damping Off
How to prevent seedling damping off

Native Plant

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term "Native Plant".  A native plant is a plant that grows naturally in a particular area an ecosystem, a habitat or region of the country without indirect or direct human intervention.  It was there originally.  Native plants in the eastern part of the country are the plants that were growing here naturally when the Europeans came, and it’s a standard definition in that part of the country.

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What are some native evergreen plants for a privacy border?
Grass Lawn Alternatives

Herbaceous Versus Woody

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening terms "Woody" and "Herbaceous". A herbaceous plant is one which has succulent tissue and die back when conditions are not right for growth. Woody, however, refers to a plant with hard, woody tissue, such as the case of trees and shrubs.

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Feeder Roots
Spring Flowering Shrubs

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Woody Ornamentals
Herbaceous Ornamentals

Sidedress

Retired MSU Extension Agent Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term sidedress. Sidedressing is when fertilizer (often nitrogen) is placed beside the plant while it is growing. Sidedressing is used frequently in vegetable crops to encourage growth.

Related Videos: 
Sidedressing Vegetables
Fertilizing (Side Dressing) Corn

Related Resources:
Vegetable Gardening – Nitrogen Recommendations
Fertilizing Vegetables

Soilless Mix

Retired MSU Extension Agent Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term soilless mix. Most potting soil is actually a soilless mix. Soilless mixes do not contain soil from the ground but are manufactured from different materials to achieve the desired qualities.

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Houseplant Potting Soils
Repotting Aloe Vera

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Bagged Potting Mixes and Garden Soils for Home Gardeners
Potting Mixes for Organic Grower

Variegated

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term Variegated. This is used to describe the coloration of leaves. It results from a lack or lessening of the chlorophyll or green pigment in the leaf. Usually the term is used to describe the desirable white coloration of leaves. Variegation does not typically happen in nature because the white parts of the leaf do not generate energy for the plant. Some plants are bred for their variegated leaves like hostas.

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Hostas
Why are my new hostas’ leaves turning yellow?

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Variegated Plants Shine In Gardens
Gardening with Variegated Plants: Pros and Cons

Loam

Retired MSU Extension Agent Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term loam. Loam is a desirable type of soil that contains silt, humus, sand, and a small amount of clay. Loam tends to have good drainage and nutrient characteristics.

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Houseplant Potting Soils
Soil Preparation

Related Resource:
What is Loam?
Estimating Soil Texture

Ornamental 

​Retired MSU Extension Agent Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term ornamental. Ornamental has many meanings, but usually it is used to describe plants that are used for decorative purposes. In the nursery and greenhouse industry the term usually refers to woody plants and shrubs.

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Ornamentals and Trees in the Winter
Summer Flowering Woody Perennials

Related Resource:
Varieties of Shrubs & Ornamentals

Hardiness

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term hardiness. Usually this refers to cold hardiness or the ability for a plant to withstand cold temperatures. USDA plant zones are based on how cold it gets in the winter which then determines how hardy plants need to be if planted in that zone. A plant that is only hardy to 10 degrees will die if the temperature gets lower. Another kind of hardiness is heat hardiness which determines how hot of temperatures the plant can tolerate.

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H - Garden Glossary
Protecting Plants From Frost

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Plant Growth Factors: Temperature
USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

Differences in Growth in Annuals

Annual flowers from the same nursery tray may grow very differently. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond explains that nursery grown annuals are treated with a growth retardant to keep them compact. Also, environmental conditions in the landscape bed can affect how large the plants grow. She shows begonias that have been affected by wet conditions compared to those that are in more optimal conditions.

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Moving a Planted Annual
Annuals and Perennials for the Garden

Related Resources:
Growing Annuals
Growing Annual Flowers

Node

Retired MSU Extension Agent Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term node. Nodes are buds on plant stems from which buds or flowers grow. They can usually be seen as a bump on the stem of the plant.

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Spring Flowering Shrubs
Basic Rose Care

Related Resources:
Garden Terms: Vegetative plant morphology — stems, leaves, and roots
Pruning Terminology

Bird Feeders

Debbie Bruce from Wild Birds Unlimited talks about which birds you can attract to your yard with seed birdfeeders and suet feeders.

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Setting Up a Bird Feeder
Hanging a Hummingbird Feeder

Related Resources:
Feeding Wild Birds
Attracting Backyard Birds: Bird Feeder Selection
Bird Feeding - Tips for Beginners & Veterans

Bacterial Leaf Scorch

Bacterial leaf scorch is a serious disease in several trees, especially pin oaks. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper identifies the symptoms and describes the progression of the disease. 

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Bacterial Leaf Scorch
Does this coloring on my oak leaves indicate a disease?

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Bacterial Leaf Scorch
Bacterial Leaf Scorch in Landscape Trees

Shot Hole Disease

Shot hole disease is a common fungal disease of cherry trees. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper shows the symptoms and talks about cultural practices that will help reduce the occurrence of shot hole.

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Cherry Leaves Have Small Holes
I planted a sweet cherry fruit tree and the leaves are curling. What is going on?

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Cherry Shot Hole Disease
Shot-hole disease on Cherry Leaves

Watermelons In Raised Beds

UT Assistant Professor of Residential and Consumer Horticulture Natalie Bumgarner talks about growing watermelons in a raised bed. One of the problems is space and she talks about some solutions for the space problem.

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Planting Vegetable Seeds
How do I get rid of the grass in my watermelons?

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Watermelon in the Garden
Home Garden Watermelo

Powdery Mildew on Zinnias

UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper finds some powdery mildew on the zinnias and talks about how to prevent it next year.

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How do I know I have killed the mildew on my phlox?
My peonies have a powdery look with black spots. What do I do?

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Powdery Mildews
Powdery mildew in the flower garden

Dicamba Damage

Dicamba is a broadleaf herbicide often used on lawns. Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison shows a tree that was exposed to dicamba. The leaves are cupped and misshapen. Mike says the dicamba will affect the shape of the tree leaves this year, but will not have lasting affects on the tree.

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​Phenoxy Herbicides
Why do my tomatoes keep getting phenoxy herbicide damage?

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Common Landscape Herbicides and Their Effects on Trees
Diagnosing and Preventing Herbicide Injury to Trees
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Doveweed

Doveweed looks like a grass, but it is not. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper shows doveweed and talks about how to control it. Even though is looks like a grass it is a broadleaf weed that is closely related to lilies.

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Herbicide Basics
​Cultural Lawn Weed Control

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Doveweed
​Doveweed: a Growing Problem in Warm-season Turfgrasses

Goosegrass

Goosegrass is an annul grassy weed. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper identifies goosegrass and names some herbicides that will control it.

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​Herbicide Basics

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Goosegrass—a Summer Annual Grass
Goosegrass (Eleusine indica)

Dry Bermuda Lawn

When a Bermuda lawn goes without water for an extended time, the grass begins to go dormant. UT Extension Agent Booker T. Leigh shows dry grass entering dormancy and talks about how to water it correctly to revive it.

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​TWIG - Hoses and Hot Water

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Home Lawn Watering Guide
Summer Lawn Management: Watering the Lawn

Identifying Crape Myrtle Bark Scale

Crape myrtle bark scale can severely weaken or even kill crape myrtles. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper finds some crape myrtle bark scale and talks about how to control it.

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Scale
When and how should I treat crape myrtle bark scale?

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Crape Myrtle Bark Scale: A New Exotic Pest
Crapemyrtle Bark Scale

Cracks on Jalapeno Peppers

Some pepper varieties can develop what look like shallow cracks in the skin. Even with the cracks, UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper says they are safe to eat. 

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​Peppers
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​Growing Peppers

Squash Vine Borer 

Squash vine borer can quickly kill an otherwise healthy squash plant almost overnight. UT Extension Agent Celeste Scott shows what squash vine borer damage looks like and talks about how to prevent it.

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Can I kill squash vine borers with insecticide?

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Squash Vine Borer Management in Home Gardens
Cucumber, Squash, Melon & Other Cucurbit Insect Pests

Tree Galls

Tree Galls are unusual growths on tree leaves and branches caused by insects. UT/TSU Extension Agent Celeste Scott shows some large galls growing on the leaves of a sumac tree. She breaks open one of the galls to shows the insects living inside. Galls do not harm the tree, but they can be unsightly.

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I treated my tree with a systemic insecticide. What do I do now?

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Japanese beetles in yards and gardens
Japanese Beetle

Japanese Beetles

Japanese beetles feed on over 300 different kinds of plants and can skeletonize leaves. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper talks about ways to control them in your yard. He recommends knocking them into a bucket of warm soapy water. You can also spray oils or use an insecticide like bifenthrin. Japanese beetles are strong fliers, so even if you kill all the beetles in your yard they will fly in from somewhere else.

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Japanese beetles in yards and gardens
Japanese Beetle

Chrysanthemum Lace Bug

Chrysanthemum Lace Bugs are small insects that feed on plants in the chrysanthemum family. UT Extension Agent Celeste Scott shows the damage these insects cause and talks about how to control them.

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Chrysanthemum Lace Bug
Control of Lace Bugs on Ornamental Plants

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Aphids on Tomatoes

Aphids are a very common insect pest in the garden. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper identifies aphids living on tomatoes and talks about what to do to get rid of them.

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Tomato Insect IPM Guidelines

European Corn Borer

Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison identifies European corn borer damage on corn leaves and talks about how it got there.

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European Corn Borer
European Corn Borer: A Multiple-Crop Pest in Missouri

Iron Chlorosis

Iron Chlorosis is the lack of iron in a plant. University of Memphis Director of Landscape Joellen Dimond shows a tree suffering from iron chlorosis. The most obvious sign is in the leaves: green veins with yellowing or chartreuse tissue between the veins. Fertilizing the tree with a fertilizer containing iron will clear up the problem.

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Iron Chlorosis
Fertilizing Shade Trees
Fertilizing Trees & Shrubs

  • Pine Straw Mulch

Pine straw or pine needles make a good mulch. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper says pine straw is an organic mulch that will stay in place and not wash or blow away. Like other mulches it shades the soil, aids in water retention, and reduces splashing. It also has a unique benefit that is discourages slugs and snails because the roughness of the needles cuts their bodies.

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What is the best way to get rid of snails?

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Types and Uses of Mulch in the Landscape
Mulching Your Trees and Landscapes

Blossom End Rot

Blossom end rot is caused by a lack of calcium in the plant.  UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper takes a look at a watermelon that has blossom end rot.  This is often caused by too much or not enough water. Also, a soil test can determine if the soil needs more calcium.

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Blossom-End Rot of Tomato, Pepper, and Watermelon
Blossom End Rot

What to Do with Dead Plants

Some plants will always die in the landscape. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper says you should remove them because they can harbor fungus and insects. He also suggests inspecting the plant and roots to trying to figure out what killed the plant. That might save other plants in your garden.

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Cleaning Out Garden Beds
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Tips for garden clean-up to reduce pests, diseases
Cleaning Up after Plant Disease

Dallisgrass in the Lawn

This week in the garden UT Extension Agent Booker T. Leigh identifies dallisgrass in the lawn and tells how to get rid of it both manually and chemically. If it is controlled quickly you can prevent its spread.

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How To Wipe On Herbicide

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Dallisgrass
Dallisgrass

Blight

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term blight. The word blight can either refer to a particular disease, or the actual injury on the plant. Blights often appear as spots, lesions, or even death of the plant. Most blights are caused by a fungus. Using a fungicide can prevent infection to new tissue, it can not cure the existing damage.

Related Videos:
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Stopping Tomato Blight

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Fire Blight
Early blight of tomato

Dandelions

This week in the garden UT Extension Agent Chris talks about the weed everyone knows: dandelions. Dandelions are a broadleaf perennial weed that spread by seed. The same plant can live several years because of it’s large taproot.

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Lawn Weed Killer Application

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Dandelions
Common Dandelion

Spring Dead Spot

Spring dead spot is a fungal disease that affects warm season grass in the spring. UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper says it usually appears after a wet fall and keeps patches of grass from greening up in the spring. It can be treated with a lawn fungicide. If you leave it untreated it will not go away but get worse.

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Mixing and Applying Fungicide
Fungicides

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Brown Patch & Large Patch Diseases of Lawns
Spring Dead Spot in Turf

When to Harvest Radishes

Master Gardener Tom Mashour shows how to tell if a radish is ready to pull or if it's past its prime.

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Hairy Bittercress

This week in the garden UT Extension Agent Chris Cooper shows off his favorite weed, hairy bittercress. It has exploding seed pods that can throw a seed ten feet when it is brushed.

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Amendment

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term amendment. An amendment is something added to the soil to improve it. This can include fertilizer, lime, or organic matter.

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Composting

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Choosing a Soil Amendment
Soil Building & Plant Nutrition

Frozen Strawberry Blooms

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.

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Moving and Renovating Strawberries
Planting Strawberries

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Critical Temperatures for Strawberry Buds and Blossoms and Freeze Protection

Heirloom

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term Heirloom. An heirloom is a plant variety available unchanged for many years. There are many different ideas about exactly how long that needs to be. These are plants that will breed true from generation to generation. They tend to be good reliable varieties.

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Heirloom Vegetables

March 27, 2021

Feeder Roots

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term feeder roots. Plants have two kinds of roots: anchor roots that hold the plant to the ground, and feeder roots that get nutrients from the soil. Feeder roots usually grow in the top few inches of the soil. Feeder roots are very small and spread in the soil like a spider web around the plant. The soil under a tree is full of feeder roots for that tree. If you dig under the tree you are affecting the feeder roots.

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March 20, 2021

Hybrid

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term hybrid. A hybrid is a plant that has been cross-pollinated or bred to emphasize certain traits. Usually a hybrid is created by people not nature. It is a cross between two different parents to try to get the best characteristics of each. Hybrids will often not breed true; their offspring will not be the same as the mother plant. To get another plant you must go back and cross the two parents again.

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H - Garden Glossary

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March 13, 2021

Chlorosis

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term chlorosis. Chlorosis is a yellowing or lack of chlorophyll in the leaves of a plant. Chlorosis can be caused by the incorrect amount of water, a nutrient deficiency, herbicide damage, air pollution, or not enough light. A related term is necrosis which is dead tissue.

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Chlorosis
Chlorosis

March 6, 2021

Translocation

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term "Translocation".   Translocation is just movement throughout the plant.  Things are translocated usually through the vascular system of the plant like our arteries and veins.

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H - Garden Glossary
L - Garden Glossary

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Plant Growth and Development

February 27, 2021

Chill Hours

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term chill hours. This refers to the number of hours below a certain temperature that is required before a plant will flower. Chill hours are typically used to describe fruit trees. You should pick your fruit variety based on the number of chill hours where you live. If the plant requires fewer chill hours than your location gets, it will bloom in a warm spell in the middle of winter and the blooms will be killed by frost.

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Fruit Tree Pruning

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Peach Chill Hours Make or Break Growing Season

February 20, 2021

Wet Feet

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term wet feet. A plant is said to have wet feet when it is growing in soil which is continually wet. Most plants do not do well with wet feet. The exception to this is bog plants or aquatic plants that are accustomed to growing in an area with lots of water. 

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What can I do to save my new dogwood from soggy soil?

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Plants for Damp or Wet Areas

February 13, 2021

Green Manure

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term green manure. The term green manure does not refer to animal poop. Green manure is a crop (usually a legume) that is grown specifically to turn back into the soil for its nutrient properties. Some common green manures include clover, vetch, beans, and alfalfa.

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Can I use manure in my garden?

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Cover crops and green manures in home gardens
Cover Crops for Home Gardens

February 6, 2021

Perennial-Annual-Biennial

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening terms "Perennial," "Annual," "Biennial".  A perennial is a plant that comes back form the root or the base every year.  Like a tree it will live forever unless you kill it.  A biennial completes its life cycle in two years like parsley.  An annual is programmed to grow in one season, set seed and then die.

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Pests and Diseases of Annual Flowers
Easy Way to Root Cuttings from Annuals

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Plant Life Cycles

January 30, 2021

Scarification

Horticulture expert Dr. Lelia Kelly defines the gardening term scarification. Scarification is the process of weakening, opening, or abrading a hard seed coat to allow seed germination. Some seeds will not germinate until the seed coat degrades. The usual method of scarification for the home gardener is mechanical: scraping the seed with a file or knife. Commercially, scarification is also done using acids. 

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Starting Fall Vegetables From Seed
Problems for Garden Seedlings

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Scarification and Vernalization

January 23, 2021

Wheel Bug – Beneficial Bugs

Garden expert Tonya Ashworth talks about wheel bugs. The wheel bug is a type of assassin bug. They are called a wheel bug because they have a large cog looking structure on their back. They live mostly in trees and are about an inch long. They eat many kinds of insects. Wheel bugs can bite you if you try to handle them.

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The Wheel Bug
Wheel Bug

January 16, 2021

Transplant Shock

This week in the garden UT Extension Agent Joellen Dimond looks at a shrub planted recently that looks wilted. It has transplant shock. Once the roots get a chance to grow into the new soil and start absorbing water and nutrients it should perk up and do well.

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Moving Volunteer Flowers

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Transplant Shock: Disease or Cultural Problem
Transplant Shock... Making the Case for Smaller Trees
Transplanting Established Trees or Shrubs

January 9, 2021

Looking at the Compost Pile

This week in the garden Compost Fairy Mike Larrivee examines the Family Plot compost pile and makes suggestions of how to
improve it.

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TWIG Turning a Compost Pile
Composting

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Composting for the Homeowner
Home Composting: A Guide for Home Gardeners

January 2, 2021
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