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Applying the principles of Hopkins’ Law can help you determine your planting schedule based on predicted bloom times for your location.
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Pollination ecologists have long recognized that a reduction in flowering plants is a significant contributor to declines in p...
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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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Take-all root is a destructive disease of St. Augustinegrass. Disease outbreaks, occur in Alabama wherever well-managed St. Augustin...
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Tomato growers must take care to avoid blossom-end rot (BER), a disorder that can dramatically reduce fruit quality and quantity. By usi...
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Learn—month by month—the necessary gardening activities for lawns and shrubs, annuals and perennials, fruit and nut trees, and b...
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*This is an excerpt from The Alabama Vegetable Gardener, ANR-0479.
Soil-test records from Auburn University show that more than...
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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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In the 1940s, the occurrence of fusiform rust (Cronartium quercuum f.sp. fusiforme) was so rare that forest pathologists had not yet develop...
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The fourth in the Protecting Pollinators in Urban Areas series focuses on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approaches to landscapin...
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Join the Alabama Cooperative Extension System for the Get Outside with Alabama Smart Yards webinar series. This online series is brought to ...
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