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Amaryllis, bringing it back into bloom

With proper care, amaryllis will bloom year after year. Bring the pot in before the first frost and place in a dark location. Withhold water...

Preventing sunscald on thin-barked trees

Many young, smooth, thin-barked trees such as honey locusts, fruit trees, ashes, oaks, maples, lindens, and willows are susceptible to sunscald and bark cracks. Sunscald normally...

Harvesting and curing black walnut

Black walnuts are ready to be harvested when the hull can be dented with your thumb. You can also wait until the nuts start falling...

Rotation of vegetable crops

Rotating vegetable crops is a standard way of helping prevent disease from being carried over from one year to the next. Rotation means that crops are...

Twig dieback

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture If you ask me about trees that I recommend for the home landscape I would tell you that...

Two is better than one

  2014 Fall Forestry Field Day focuses on dual-crop systems and stewardship.   MANHATTAN, Kan. -- Often times a conservation practice can look great on paper but...

Fertilize at the right time

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture Almost everyone who wants a beautiful, healthy lawn knows that they must fertilize to achieve it. But many...

Roasting seeds

Raw, mature seeds may be prepared at home by covering unshelled seeds with salted water (2quarts of water to 1/4 to 2 cup salt). Bring...

Reblooming Christmas and Thanksgiving cacti Christmas cactus

Reblooming Christmas and Thanksgiving Cacti Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera bridgesii) and Thanksgiving Cactus (Schlumbergera truncate) are popular flowering holiday plants. Both are epiphytes native to the jungles...

Harvesting sweet potatoes

Sweet potatoes should be harvested no later than the first fall freeze because cold temperatures can damage the sensitive roots. However, you may want to harvest...

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