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VEGETABLE GARDEN MISTAKES EVEN EXPERTS SOMETIMES MAKE By FORT BEND COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS. Even the most experienced gardeners sometimes make mistakes. With the fall planting season upon us, here are some considerations to keep in mind to chase potential gardener’s...
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WALL GARDENS: A FOREVER OLD IDEA FOR GARDENING IN SMALL SPACES By Bobbie Mason Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Trustee Ovilia Garden Club, Dallas You can put wall gardens on the smallest of quaint areas – fences, whole walls and roofs. Each person is only limited by...
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TROPICALS TO GROW IN FORT BEND COUNTY & ACROSS OUR AREA By DEBORAH BIRGE Fort Bend County Master Gardener Fort Bend County has become warmer over the past few decades. As a girl, the most tropical fruit my parents grew was a kumquat. Now, we grow a wide...
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TREASURES TO SAVOR FROM PECKERWOOD GARDEN By CRAIG JACKSON Nursery Manager, Peckerwood Garden...
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John’s Corner By John Ferguson I’ve heard we should NOT till garden beds, that it disturbs the microbes, soil bacteria, whatever. Back in my boyhood we used to disk and harrow the fields to break up the soil every year, and I’ve carried that same...
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TOP TEN WAYS WE HOME GARDENERS WASTE WATER! By Bob Dailey, Montgomery County Master Gardener gardeninginthewoodlands.com 10. I can plant anything I want . . . Of course you can. However, many tropical plants that need a lot of water were not meant to grow here. Plants...
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TOP 10 MISTAKES GARDENERS MAKE WHEN PLANTING NATIVE PLANTS By GREG GRANT, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension ggrantgardens@yahoo.com #10. Not native at all: What is native and what is not has always been a source of confusion and even controversy. Always remember that...
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TOP 10 MISTAKES GARDENERS MAKE WITH FRUIT TREES By Bob Dailey Montgomery County Master Gardeners Gardeners love to be able to walk outside and pick ripe fruit from a tree they have planted themselves. But even we experienced gardeners can make mistakes when planting...
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TOP 10 DO’S AND DON’TS FOR CHILI PEPPER GARDENERS (Especially First Timers in the Area) By Gene Speller Galveston County Master Gardeners These pointers for gardeners wishing to grow chile peppers for the first time come from years of experience growing...
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TOP TIPS FOR SEED SAVING IN THE HOUSTON AREA By Becky Lowicki, Harris County Master Gardener Seed saving can be one of the most rewarding gardening experiences providing the opportunity for hands-on growth – from seedling to production – of something...
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TOP TEN MISTAKES GARDENERS MAKE WHEN PLANTING BULBS! From the Garden Club of Houston’s Bulb & Plant Mart gchouston.org 1. Too much water/overwatering – don’t submerge in water when forcing or water the bulb itself too much or it will rot. 2. Not...
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Top Ten Biggest Positive Changes — Horticulturally Speaking for Houston in the past 20 Years By Randy Lemmon “GardenLine” Compost/Compost/Compost – Better Compost for so many uses, period!!! Compost as Top Dressing; Compost as Mulch…...
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TIPS ON LANDSCAPING AN ESPLANADE By Dee Melancon Heights Garden Club (www.HeightsGardenClub.com) When asked about the planting of beds in esplanades or neighborhood entrances, Terry Gordon Smith, a landscaper and horticulturist advised: * Consider your...
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John’s Corner By John Ferguson A question came in asking, “How can I help my lawn recover from the damage due to the recent hard freeze?” There are several things one can do to help the lawn recover quickly; however, what is required depends on what...
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Tips for Growing Tropical Hanging Basket Ferns By Jere Noerager Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society tgcfernsoc.org Ferns are admirable plants for interior decoration. Epiphytic ferns, in particular, are adapted to a drier habitat than most terrestrial types, so are more...
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JOHN’S CORNER Tip of the Week: TIPS FOR DEALING WITH SLUGS AND SNAILS AND A FLOURIDE UPDATE By John Ferguson During 2011 and 2012 very few folks had any trouble with slugs and snails due to the drought. However, this year we have been blessed with abundant rainfall...
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By Soni Holladay Trust the Cockrell Butterfly Center at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Hermann Park to perfectly time its Spring Plant Sale with the Monarch and other butterfly explosions in this area. Check out our list of great butterfly attractors that...
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JOHN’S CORNER TIME FOR SOME UPDATES &TRIVIA By John Ferguson BIO-CHAR UPDATE I read an article this week from the journal of the American Phytopathological Society (Vol. 100, No. 9, 2010) titled “Induction of Systemic Resistance in Plants by Biochar, a...
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By O. J. MILLER Galveston County Master Gardener Question: When should I plant palms? How should I plant them? What varieties are good for this area and which ones should I avoid? The best time to plant palms is after the last frost in the spring. This gives palms...
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THINK ABOUT GARDEN’S WILDLIFE BEFORE TACKLING ‘DEAD’ PLANTS By Lauren J. Simpson St. Julian’s Crossing Wildlife Habitat This was the first deep, extended freeze since I created our wildlife-habitat gardens. While I covered less-established...
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By Baxter Williams Houston Rose Society (Excerpted from Baxter’s Powerpoint show “Things I Wish I’d Known Sooner”) • A single 1-inch water line, from which 3/4-inch feeders run to each rose bed, is way-cheaper than separate long 1-inch lines to...
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By Baxter Williams Houston Rose Society The three most important additives for roses are water, water, and water. If you haven’t noticed, IT IS SUMMER! And the rains have come, and gone, and the plants need water. It’s as simple as that. Friends, for...
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By Linda Gay Creating colorful container combinations can be fun, therapeutic, and beautiful. The recipe for a successful combination involves using a Thriller, Filler, and Spiller and this is fun to say! First is the Thriller and is the WOW plant in the container, it...
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THE INS AND OUTS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A GARDEN TOUR By LINDA GARREN-MCKILLIP & LESLIE WONG League City Garden Club www.leaguecitygardenclub.org Who doesn’t love to go on a garden tour? How much fun is it to walk through someone’s lush landscaping...
