This Week In the Garden
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Newspaper Mulch - May 19, 2018
This week in the garden Peter Richards shows how to use newspaper mulch around plants. Newspaper is free and can be turned back into the soil at the end of the year.
Related Resources: Yard and Garden: Mulch Mulches for the Home Vegetable Garden |
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How to Tell If Your Plant is Dead - May 12, 2018
This week in the garden Tonya Ashworth shows two ways to tell if your woody plant is dead. She demonstrates the snap test and the scrape test.
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Sharpening Mower Blades - May 5, 2018
This week in the garden UT extension agent Booker T. Leigh talks about how sharpening mower blades will help you get a better-looking lawn and a better cut.
Related Resources: Mow Like a Pro Mowing Your Lawn |
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Trimming Off Spent Bulb Blooms - April 28, 2018
TSU Extension Agent Joellen Dimond shows how to trim off spent bloom from daffodil and tulip plants. This keeps the plant from using energy to make seed and instead use that energy to prepare for the next growing season. Also, it makes your plants look nicer.
Related Video: Planting Spring Flower Bulbs Related Resources: Hints on Growing Tulips Spring Flowering Bulbs: Daffodils |
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Frozen Strawberry Blooms - April 21, 2018
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.
Related Video: Moving and Renovating Strawberries Related Resources: Frost/Freeze Protection in Strawberries Critical Temperatures for Strawberry Buds and Blossoms and Freeze Protection |
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Seed Germination Test - April 14, 2018
This week in the garden UT Assistant Professor of Horticulture Natalie Bumgarner shows how to do a germination test on some old seeds. She puts some seeds in a wet paper towel and puts that in a plastic bag. A week later she can see how many of them germinated.
Related Video: Making a Seed Planter for Small Seeds Related Resources: Procedures for the Wet Paper Towel Germination Test |
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Vole Proofing and Planting Hostas - April 7, 2018
Hosta expert Jim Crowder from Memphis Botanic Garden shows how plant a hosta and prevent vole damage. After preparing the soil Jim adds soil perfecter (crushed rock) to the planting hole and presses it against the side. He then plants the hosta on the rock bed and puts more perfecter over the root ball. The crushed rock keeps the voles from getting to the hosta pip.
Related Video: Dividing and Potting Hostas Related Resources: Hosta |
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Rossizing Hostas - March 31, 2018
This week in the garden Jim Crowder from Memphis Botanic Garden shows how to rossize hostas. You just cut an X through the pip and basil plate as the plant comes up in the spring. This is a procedure that encourages the hosta to make pups which will make the hosta larger or be used for propagation.
Related Video: Dividing Hostas Related Resources: Hosta |
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Pruning a Water Sprout - March 24, 2018
This week in the garden certified arborist Wes Hopper shows how to remove a watersprout from a magnolia tree. Watersprouts grow when the tree is under stress. He shows how to remove the growth over two years or all at once.
Related Resources: Pruning Basics A Guide to Successful Pruning Pruning Deciduous Trees |
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Cutting Out a Tree Canker - March 17, 2018
Certified arborist Wes Hopper diagnoses a canker in a magnolia tree. He identifies it as a fungal canker and shows how to remove it. He pays special attention to cleaning his tool to avoid spreading the disease.
Related Resources: Fungal Cankers of Trees Cankers on Trees |
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Encouraging Tree Feeder Root Growth - March 10, 2018
This week in the garden certified arborist Wes Hopper shows how to use a trowel or shovel to loosen the soil under a small tree to encourage feeder root growth.
Related Resources: Tree Root Systems Healthy Roots and Healthy Trees |
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Trying to Save a Dying Plant - March 3, 2018
TSU Extension Agent Joellen Dimond looks at a wilting dusty miller. She thinks it may be because the roots are waterlogged. It has been raining a lot lately and the plant is slightly lower than others nearby. She digs up the plant and replants it in the same place but a little higher than it was. Hopefully this will create more drainage for the root area.
Related Videos: See Joellen Plant these flowers |
