Rotating vegetable plantings reduces infestations that damage your garden. Learn keys to successful crop rotation.
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Cucurbit crops (squash, watermelons, cucumbers, cantaloupes, and other small melons) are warm season vegetable crops that can suffer damage ...
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How can I keep “bad” bugs out of my garden and attract “good” bugs? How can I control slugs and other soil insect pests? What insect...
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Many home and commercial vegetable growers have their own secret recipe that helps produce the biggest and best tasting vegetables. Often ti...
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Raised bed gardening is a convenient and easy way to produce homegrown vegetables. Unlike traditional in-ground gardening, where lots of spa...
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Distribution in Alabama
Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis, are important pests of ornamental, fruit, and vegetable crop production. Chil...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — 2024 has brought with it a hard-freeze warning with bitter cold temperatures across Alabama. Temperatures in...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — Cranberries and cinnamon may be considered the official scents of the holiday season, but fresh citrus is ripe f...
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Learn key issues in planning and implementing a water-efficient landscape and know recommended drought-tolerant landscape plants.
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Tomato is the most popular vegetable in the home garden and commercial vegetable operations in Alabama. During the hot weather of summer, ma...
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AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — Tomatoes are by far the most popular plant in the vegetable garden, but they can also be the most problematic. E...
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Pruning Woody Plants
Pruning removes unwanted growth to make a plant develop faster or respond in a desired manner. Appropriate pruning...
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