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Horticulture

September Gardening Calendar: Vegetables

Editor - August 22, 2016

Weeks 1-2: Egyptian (top-setting) onions can be divided and replanted now. Weeks 1-2: Sowing seeds of radish, lettuce, spinach and other greens in...

Horticulture

Heat Stops Tomatoes from Setting Fruit

Editor - July 17, 2016

Temperatures that remain above 75 degrees F at night and day temperatures above 95 degrees F with dry, hot winds will cause poor fruit...

Horticulture

Tomato Leaf-Spot Diseases

Editor - June 26, 2016

This time of year, two common leaf-spot diseases appear on tomato plants. Septoria leaf spot and early blight are both characterized by brown spots...

Horticulture

Mulching Tomatoes

Editor - May 31, 2016

Soils are warm enough now that tomatoes can benefit from mulching though this practice may have to be delayed due to wet soils. Tomatoes...

Horticulture

Plant Nutrition Needs in Kansas

Editor - April 26, 2016

By: Scott Eckert, County Extension Agent, Horticulture Plants require 17 essential nutrients for growth with the nutrients most frequently lacking for growth being nitrogen, phosphorus,...

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