Backyard Farmer: Purchasing Potted Plants

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April 24, 2008 — Purchasing Potted Plants

Jeff Culbertson, University of Nebraska Landscaping, and Cory Braeak, Earl May Garden Center, will focus on what to look for in purchasing potted plants. View program

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Questions & Answers

How can we prevent white grubs from eating on the potatoes we planted?

Can we use corn gluten preemergent on asparagus?

What is causing the foliage on our strawberries planted in a raised bed to turn redish on the edge and then brown?

How do you control cedar trees in a pasture?

This spring our Rhodademdrum has red spots on some of the leaves and others are falling off. what would cause this?

What perennial plants can be planted in poorly drained areas of the lawn?

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How to control wild onion in the lawn?

What is causing the needles on our Colorado Blue Spruce to turn a purplish color?

How do you kill slugs?

How should I control henbit?

What is causing the tips of our Black Hill Spruce to turn brown?

We transplanted a rhubarb plant last fall. How soon can we start harvesting?

Is a Thuja tree a good tree to plant?

When do you spray cherry trees to prevent the worms in the cherries?

When should preemergence be put on? Can you reseed and use preemergence? Should we fertilize in the spring?

We have a mold or fungus on our Monarda (Beebalm) plant. How should it be treated?

Can hostas be planted under cedar trees?

How can we control Tobacco Budworm without using chemicals?

How do you control clover in the lawn?

What are the clumps of little green-yellow eggs on the side of the house?

Give us some information about watering a reseeded lawn.

We have been told we have sudden needle drop in our spruce trees. Can you help?

What do they mean on a seed packet when then say late spring or early summer?

What is causing sections of are Arborvitae trees to turn brown? (See images)

What has caused this scaring on the branches of our fruit trees? (See images)

Can you identify the weeds in our Bufflograss lawn? (See images)

What is causing our tomato plants to turn yellow and die? (See images)

What are these cocoons in our cottonwood tree? (See images)

We keep having about 50 dead red ants in our window sill every day. What is causing this?

What steps do we need to follow to establish a Buffalograss lawn?

We think we have ringworm in our lawn. How do we control it?

We have Zebra Grass and this year the center has died out. What do we need to do?

What is causing the patches in our bluegrass lawn? (See images)

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Sample - Recall of Scotts pesticide products

Sample - Scotch Pine with Spaeropsis Tip Blight

Sample - Western Sand Cherry

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Calendar - Arbor Day Weekend Plant Sale, Spring Affair, UNL Horticulture Club Plant Sale

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