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Fruits & Vegetables: Video Segments

Small Fruits
Grape Varieties, 8/2007
Growing Strawberries, 6/2011

Tree Fruits
Good Fruit Tree Selection, 6/2009
Unusual Fruits- Persimmon, Pawpaw, Corneliancherry Dogwood, Dolgo Crabapple, 9/2008

Fruit Diseases
Apple Disease Solutions, 4/2009

Fruit Pruning
Pruning Grapevines, 5/2010
Pruning Raspberries, 4/2011

 

Vegetables
Cold Protection for Garden Vegetable Plants , 4/2010
Garden Recycling , 5/2010
Raised Beds for Vegetable Gardening , 6/2010
Backyard Raised Beds, 8/2011
Backyard Farmer Garden Planting, 6/2010
Fall Gardening, Garden Steps with John Fech 8/2009
Tips for Harvest, Garden Steps with John Fech 8/2009
Fall Crop Followup, Garden Steps with John Fech 8/2009

Vegetable Problems
Special Tomato Problems, 7/2008
Common Vegetable Diseases, 7/2009

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Horticulture: Video Segments, Part I

Container Gardening
Containers at the Fair, 8/2009
Container Basics, 4/2011
Fall Container Gardening, 9/2007
Growing Media for Container Gardening, 4/2009
Growing Succulents in Containers, 5/2011

Edible Landscapes
Creating an Edible Landscape, 4/2012

Extension
A Chat With Ron Green, UNL IANR Vice Chancellor, 4/2011
Extension Green Gardening, 4/21008

Irrigation
Yard and Garden Irrigation Equipment Basics,
Garden Steps with John Fech 5/2009

Garden Maintenance
Early Season Landscape Assessment, 4/2011
Fall Clean Up, 9/2011
Garden Recycling, 5/2010

Landscaping
Acreage Landscape Design, 8/2011
Campus Green Roof Project, 6/2011
Concerns With New Landscapes, 9/2011
Gardening in Small Spaces, 8/2009
Gardening on Slopes, 9/2007
Landscape Color Considerations, 6/2011
Site Assessment Part I- New Home,
Garden Steps with John Fech 9/2009

Site Assessment Part II- Older Landscape,
Garden Steps with John Fech 9/2009

Late Spring Bloomer for Early Color, 5/2011
Lawn Alternatives, 6/2008
Restoration Landscape, 8/2008
Retaining Wall, 6/2010
Shade Gardening Challenges, 8/2010

Master Gardeners
A Master Gardener - An interview with Gladys Jeurink, 5/2010
Being a Master Gardener- with George Edgar and Gladys Jeurink, 4/2012
Master Gardeners at the Governor's Residence, 7/2010

Mulch
Inorganic Mulch, Garden Steps with John Fech 7/2009
Mulch Problems Solved, Garden Steps with John Fech 7/2009
The Benefits of Mulching, Garden Steps with John Fech 7/2009

Native/Prairie Landscapes
Native Landscapes, 7/2008
Natural Landscape, 6/2008
Prairie Grass, 9/2009

Nebraska Landscapes
A Tour of Lauritzen Gardens, 8/2009
Alliance Gardens, 8/2007
Bluebird Nursery, 5/2011
Children's Garden at Lauritzen, 8/2009
Henry Doorly Zoo's Garden of the Senses, 8/2011
HOPE Garden, 8/2009
Maxwell Arboretum, 7/2010
Nebraska Governor's Residence, 8/2007
Sandoz Memorial Garden, 8/2007
Shade Garden at Lauritzen, 8/2009
Spring Creek Prairie, 9/2009
Spring Creek Prairie- 2001, 9/2011
Sunken Gardens, 7/2011

Horticulture: Video Segments, Part II

Pesticides
Tips for Buying Pesticides, Garden Steps with John Fech 4/2009
Pesticide Use and Harvest Safety in the Home Vegetable Garden, Garden Steps with John Fech 8/2009

Plant Management
Fall Clean Up, 9/2009
Saving Hail Damaged Plants, 6/2009
Saving Hail Damaged Trees, 7/2008

Plant Production
Benefits of High Tunnels & Cold Frames, 5/2011
Farmer's Market Flowers with Jamie Rohda, 6/2009
Tree Production in Grow Bags at Great Plains Nursery, 9/2009
High Tunnel Project at UNL, 6/2009

Ponds
Backyard Pond- Rhonda Seacrest, 7/2011
Controlling Algae and Weeds in a Pond, 6/2010
Keim Hall Pond Project, 7/2010
Pond Containers, 7/2011
Pond Possibilities, 6/2008
Spring Pond Cleanup, 4/2012
Water in the Landscape, 5/2010

Propagation
Getting Seeds Started Indoors, 4/2009
Hoop House Project, 7/2008

Rain Gardens
Plant Selection for Rain Gardens, 5/2009
Rain Gardens, 7/2007

Raised Beds
Constructing a Raised Bed, 5/2011
Raised Beds for Vegetable Gardening, 6/2010

Rock Garden
Creating a Rock Garden, 7/2011

Soil
Garden Myths: Charcol Ash & Sand as Soil Amendments?, Garden Steps with John Fech 5/2009
Growing Media for Container Gardening, 4/2009
Research on New, Locally Produces Growing Media Sources, 5/2011
Rain Saturated Soil , 6/2010
Silva Cells Provide Stormwater Management & Tree Rooting Zone, 7/2011
Solving Soil Issues- Improving Water Drainage through Turfgrass, Managing Exposed Tree Roots, and Preparing Construction Soil for Planting, 8/2011

Tools
Beginner's Tips For Buying Garden Tools, Garden Steps with John Fech 4/2009
Pruning Tools for Beginners, Garden Steps with John Fech 4/2009

Vines
Untangling Ornamental Vines, 5/2012

Water Conservation
Water Wise Garden, 8/2007

Plant Diseases: Video Segments

Turfgrass
Brown Patch in Turf, 7/2009
Managing Snow Mold, 4/2010

Trees
Pine Tip Blights, 4/2009
Pine Wilt Disease, 6/2008
Apple Disease Solutions, 4/2009

General
Nuisance Fungi, 7/2010

Ornamentals
Aster Yellows, 6/2011
Common Rose Diseases, 6/2010

Vegetables
Common Tomato Diseases , 7/2010
Common Vegetable Diseases, 7/2010

Tree & Shrub: Video Segments

Evergreen Trees
Good Evergreens for the Midwest, 5/2011
Pine Tip Blights, 4/2009
Pine Wilt Disease, 6/2008
Dwarf Evergreens, 5/2010

Fruit Tree
Good Fruit Tree Selection, 6/2009
Unusual Fruits- Persimmon, Pawpaw, Corneliancherry Dogwood, Dolgo Crabapple, 9/2008
Apple Disease Solutions, 4/2009
Crabapples, 4/2010

Management
Care for Flooded Trees, 9/2011
Effects of Landscape Flooding, 7/2011
Inspecting Your Home Trees, Garden Steps with John Fech 6/2009
Spring Care for Young Trees, 4/2009
The Myth of Home Remedies,
Garden Steps with John Fech 6/2009
Tree & Shrub Fertilizing, Garden Steps with John Fech 5/2009
Young Tree Care, 6/2007

Planting
Planting Bareroot Trees, 4/2011
Bareroot Planting at Dublin Nursery, 4/2007
Tree Planting: Container or Grow Bag?, 4/2010
Tree Planting Tips, 4/2007
Tree Production in Grow Bags at Great Plains Nursery, 9/2009

Pruning
Pruning Hydrangea, 4/2012
Pruning Hedges, 4/2010

ReTree Nebraska
ReTree Nebraska: Eight for 2008, 5/2008
ReTree Nebraska: Update 2009, 9/2009
ReTree Nebraska: Eleven for 2011, 8/2011

Selection
Tree & Shrub Buying Keys, 4/2008
Shade Trees in the Landscape, Garden Steps with John Fech 6/2009
Placement of Ornamental Trees in the Landscape, Garden Steps with John Fech 6/2009

Shrubs
Picking and Pruning Hydrangeas, 4/2010
Shrub Roses, 8/2008
Shrubs for the Home Landscape, 8/2008
Spring Flowering Shrubs & Trees: Lilacs, Koreanspice viburnum, red flowering horsechestnut, northen lights azaleas & mountain silverbell, 5/2008
Winter Damaged Turf & Shrubs, 4/2011

Trees
Saving Hail Damaged Trees, 7/2008
Spring Blooming Trees, 5/2012
Trees for Western Nebraska: Ponderosa, limber, pinyon and bristlecone pines; rocky mountain juniper, 8/2010
Unusual Tree Forms, Sizes & Coloration: 'Jade Butterfly' gingko, 'Rainbow Pillar' serviceberry, 'Red Majestic' walkingstick, variegated Japanese pagoda dogwood, 'Cascade Falls' baldcypresss, 5/2010
Uniques Aspects of Beautiful Trees: Flowers, shape, color, bark, 4/2008

Vines
Untangling Ornamental Vines, 5/2012

Turf: Video Segments

Buffalograss
Installing a Buffalo Grass Lawn, 5/2008
Buffalograss Management, 8/2008
Buffalograss Conserves Water for Gering, NE, 8/2007
Lawn Alternatives: Buffalograss & Wildflowers, 6/2008

Disease
Brown Patch in Turf, 7/2009

Fall Care
Fall Turf Tips, 9/2007

Fertilization
Fall Fertilizing, 9/2007

General
The Myth of Home Remedies, Garden Steps with John Fech 6/2009
UNL Turf Research Project Measure Water Deficit Stress, 8/2009

Irrigation
Home Irrigation Checkup, 4/2008

 

Mowing
Choosing a Mower, 4/2011
Summer Mowing Tips, 8/2008

Seeding
Spring Reseeding of Winter Damaged Turf, 4/2010

Shade
Turf in the Shade, 7/2010

Spring Care
Early Spring 2012 Turf Tips, 4/2012
Unseasonably Warm Spring- How Does it Affect Turf?, 4/2012
Winter Damaged Turf & Shrubs, 4/2011

Summer Care
Summertime "Don'ts" for Managing the Home Lawn, 7/2011

Turfgrass Selection
Bella Bluegrass and RTF Fescue, 7/2011

Weed Control
Timing Your Spring Preemergent Application, 5/2008

 

Weed ID & Control: Video Segments

Control
Controlling Nutsedge, 6/2011
Timing Your Spring Preemergent Application, 5/2008
Understanding Product Labels, 4/2011

 Equipment
Calibrating Sprayers, 6/2010

Identification
Common Vine Weeds, 8/2008

Noxious Weeds
Japanese Knotweed, 5/2011