Video Segments
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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.
Natalie, first talks about tomatoes. There are several varieties on the market now like “little bing” and “homeslice” That grow only to about 18 inches tall. For tomatoes, there are determinant and indeterminate compact varieties. Natalie, then talks about peppers. There are several varieties available both sweet peppers and hot. Some of the small pepper plants like “candy cane” are also very pretty plants that work for the front flower bed too. Related Videos: Microgreens Planting an Herb and Flower Container Garden Related Resources: Container Vegetable Garden Successful Container Gardens |
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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. There are also contact herbicides that kill what they touch and only what they touch and there are systemic herbicides that are transported through the plant and kill the entire plant.
Mike also talks about the levels of toxicity of different herbicides and compares them to common substances. Mike was referencing the publication Introduction to weeds and Herbicides: https://extension.psu.edu/introduction-to-weeds-and-herbicides Related Videos: How to Wipe on Herbicide Herbicides Modes of Action Related Resources: Alternatives to Synthetic Herbicides for Weed Management in Container Nurseries Recommended Chemicals for Weed and Brush Control |
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Getting Fruit Trees Ready for Winter
There are only a few things you need to do to get your fruit trees ready for winter, but fall is also a great time to prepare the trees for next spring. 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. Fall is a great time to check and adjust your pH.
Sanitation is important for the fall. Clean up under the trees, rake up the leaves, and remove any mummified fruit. Also remove any dead branches. Do not prune living branches in the fall. Related Videos: Fall Fruit Tree Care Fall and Winter Fruit Tree Care Related Resources: Home Tree Fruit Plan Fruit Tree Management Timetable Disease and Insect Control in Home Fruit Planting |
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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.
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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.
Related Videos: Fall Lawn Care Fall Fruit Tree Care Fall Garden Tool Care Fall Garden Problems Related Resources: Fall Garden Tasks Fall Garden Tasks |
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Apple Tree Diseases
Here are the six most common diseases in apples. Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison talks about symptoms, damage, and control of fire blight, cedar apple rust, sooty blotch, fly speck, bitter rot, black rot, apple scab, and white rot. For each disease Mike gives the symptoms and the basics on how to prevent and treat them.
Get the University of Georgia publication Mike was using here. For an apple spray guide and schedule see this University of Tennessee Publication. Related Videos: Disease Resistant Apple Trees Choosing the Right Variety of Apple for Your Area I have a honeycrisp apple tree with fire blight. Should I cut it back to the trunk? Related Resources: Diseases of Tree Fruits Apple Diseases Apple - Pear Diseases |
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Warm Season Turf Varieties
There are many kinds of warm season grasses. UT Extension Agent Booker T. Leigh shows 10 varieties that he is growing in the turf wheel in Memphis, Tennessee:
Latitude Bermudagrass Tahoma 31 Bermudagrass NorthBridge Bermudagrass HGT Kentucky Bluegrass A combination of Celebration Bermudagrass and Bluegrass F1 Zoysia Solo Zoysia Geo Zoysia Royal Zoysia Palisades Zoysia He talks about each variety and gives some recommendations. Related Videos: Common Warm Season Lawn Diseases Notes - Inexpensive Zoysia Lawn Spring Lawn Care Fall Lawn Care Summer Lawn Watering Related Resources: Native Warm-Season Grasses Bermudagrass Turfgrass Selection- Zoysia |
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Abelia
UT Extension Agent Joellen Dimond talks about abelia. Abelia is a shrub that blooms from early summer to frost. The old traditional Abelia grandiflora gets about 6 feet tall which limits its use in the landscape. New varieties offer a shorter shrub (some less than two feet) and different colors. Joellen reviews several cultivars. Most abelia cultivars are evergreen in zones 6-9 but may lose their leaves in a cold zone 5 type winter. They will leaf back out in the spring.
Abelia likes well drained soil. They are pest and disease free and drought tolerant. Abelia accepts a wide range of pH. It like full sun to part shade. With more sun abelia will have smaller leaves and more flowers. It is deer resistant. It is a good urban shrub. Abelia blooms on current season’s growth. Prune it early in the spring. Pruning is not necessary, the plant grows in a mound form naturally. Realted Videos: Perennials for Blooms all Summer Common Hydrangeas Spring Flowering Shrubs Summer Flowering Woody Perennials Related Resources: Abelia Grandiflora Glossy Abelia Abelia x Grandiflora |
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Summer Tomato Tips
Summertime heat can be hard on tomato plants. Alainia Hagerty from tomatobaby.com gives some pointers on how to keep your tomatoes going all summer long. The heat makes it hard for tomatoes to be pollinated. She shows a way to help pollinate the flowers. She also talks about fungicide sprays. Also, hornworms are a problem because they have a voracious appetite for tomato leaves. She also talks about fertilization, blossom end rot, and tomato cracking.
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Planting Fall Vegetables
Retired UT Extension Agent Mike Dennison shows how to plant fall cool season crops. He is planting in the same area where corn grew earlier in the year, so he has to start by removing the dead corn stalks and weeds growing in that area. Then, Mike lays out the spacing: 18” between the cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower; and 18” between the rows of lettuce and spinach. He then plants the seeds. The ground was pre-irrigated, but the area will need to be watered if it gets too dry.
Mike referred to the publication: Fall Vegetable Gardens Related Videos: Starting Fall Vegetables From Seed Fall Vegetables Fall and Winter Flowers Related Resources: Fall Gardening Planting vegetables in midsummer for fall harvest The Fall Vegetable Garden |
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