Scale insects and mealybugs can be difficult to detect. Learn how to identify and control these pests hiding on your plants and turf...
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Five pest groups, insects, and related arthropods, snails and slugs, vertebrates, plant disease agents, and weeds can cause problems in urba...
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Mole crickets have become the most destructive insect pest on turf and lawns in Gulf Coast states. Damage and replacement costs for ...
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Eight tasks for the winter season to ensure your landscape is ready for spring growth.
Cut the grass
Cut warm season lawns to a height o...
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Eight tasks for the winter season to ensure your landscape is ready for spring growth.
Remove finished and dead plants
Overwintering plant...
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Triploid or "seedless" watermelons were first developed in Japan over 50 years ago. Although the science of making seedless watermelons date...
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Every square foot of soil can be different. Soil acidity and nutrients vary across the surface of the soil and with the depth of the...
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The Auburn University Soil Testing Laboratory report includes: your intended crop(s), the soil group your sample belongs to, soil p...
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Learn about selecting containers and potting mixtures, as well as planting, fertilizing, and watering. Gain tips for mixed-plant con...
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There are a number of considerations to be made when preparing to grow vegetable transplants for your home garden, including sowing the seed...
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Follow this planting guide for growing cooler-weather produce that thrives.
Many vegetables are well adapted to planting in...
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Within the last decade, Leyland cypress has been widely used in residential and commercial landscapes across Alabama not only as a specimen ...
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