By Dwayne
Junipers With ‘Strange Fruit’ Can Harm Apple, Crabapple Trees
The disease’s common name — cedar-apple rust — reflects its two-plant life cycle.
Released April 8, 2010
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Some junipers – including Kansas’ native Eastern red cedars – are now developing what appears to be strange fruit.
The structures are actually brown, brain-shaped galls. In spring, these galls [...]
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By Dwayne
I just ran across a book that I think every gardener, landscaper, homeowner, plant propagator, and plant lover should have. It is called What’s Wrong With My Plant? (And How Do I Fix It?): A Visual Guide to Easy Diagnosis and Organic Remedies and I thought I would pass along my opinion.
With this book, you [...]
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By Terrin
Do your plants have plenty of nutrition, water and light but not performing as well as you had hoped? You might want to think of root pruning, a process that consists of cutting the roots of the plant to promote new root growth and flowering.
Root pruning works by forcing the plant to grow new roots [...]
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By Dwayne
I figured I would add an update to my post ” Should a pink colored Blueberry still be called a Blueberry?“.
At the 2009 Farwest Show, Pink Lemonade, the new introduction from Briggs Nursery, won ‘Best in Category’ for Ornamental Shrubs. The Garden Plot has a nice write up about it so I won’t go into [...]
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By Dwayne
EDIT: Seanna Annis, the blueberry pathologist at the University of Maine who discovered the fungus that is affecting blueberry plants in Maine stopped by and left a few clarifications on this article as a comment. I originally gathered the facts from a local newspaper who evidently made a few mistakes in the article. Please read [...]
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By Dwayne
A quick list of plant disease links.
Get Rid of Garden Plants Bugs and Diseases | My Mysterious …
Clever Tricks A drop of mineral oil on corn silk will keep out worms. Apply to tip of each ear when silks begin to brown, with a medicine dropper, pump-type.
WNC Vegetable and Small Fruits News: Did you know…
The [...]
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By Dwayne
That is the first question that comes to my mind when I think about the new Blueberry that has been developed and will be offered to the public relatively soon. Shouldn’t it be called a Pinkberry? I mean really, why call it a Blueberry, it’s not blue!
Briggs Nursery will introduce a new cultivar of Blueberry [...]
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By Dwayne
Be sure to read the update about how a fungus may help reduce the interaction between grapefruit juice and medication.
For more information on drug interactions, consider reading:A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions Revised and Expanded 2nd Edition: Improve Your Health and Avoid Side Effects When Using Common Medications and Natural Supplements Together
A-Z Guide to Drug-Herb-Vitamin Interactions [...]
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By Dwayne
I know what you are thinking; what does winemaking have to do with misting or gardening. Well, actually quite a bit. Think about it, where exactly does wine come from? Fruits and berries! Of course, it is a little beyond the harvesting season for fruits and berries to be able to make wine from scratch, [...]
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