Learn how to successfully grow landscape plants, including planting, watering, fertilizing, and pruning.
Shrubs and trees add beauty to h...
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Integrated Pest Management
Managing landscape and garden pests is more effective when using a variety of options. Integrated pest manag...
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Forage bermudagrasses are warm-season perennial grasses that grow throughout Alabama. They are used primarily for grazing or h...
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Apple and Pear
Apple and pear trees are subject to serious damage from pests. As a result, a preventive spray program is needed. The follow...
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Tall fescue is a cool-season, perennial, bunch-type grass for north Alabama lawns. It is desirable for its texture, dark green color, and ab...
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Integrated pest management (IPM) is an economically feasible, environmentally friendly, and socially responsible way of farming. Learn about...
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Growing roses can be a rewarding hobby, providing color and beauty for a gardener’s landscape from spring through fall, depending on the c...
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There are thousands of perennial species and cultivars to choose from. This guide gives tips on maintaining perennials that thrive in Alab...
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The third in the Protecting Pollinators in Urban Areas series focuses on the safe use of pesticides. You will learn pesticide types ...
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Centipedegrass is a slow-growing perennial turgrass that is ideal for homeowners wanting a lawn that requires limited care and maint...
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Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is popularly known as the Queen of Forages because of its high forage nutritive value characteristics. ...
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Most gardeners are familiar with problems caused by diseases and insects because such problems are easily recognized. Few gardeners,...
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