We all know that water is essential for life and that we have to ensure our landscapes, gardens, and houseplants all have a sufficient supply of the stuff. Forget to water your garden during a hot, dry spell and it could mean disaster for your plants. But water can also create issues for plants, usually … Continue reading Water: Garden Friend….and Foe? – Water, Relative Humidity, and Plant Diseases
In this post I explore the use of SUPERthrive in hydroponics and whether there was a benefit in my test case.
Greetings from Athens, GA! I am happy to join the group of contributors to the Garden Professors blog. My name is Pam Knox, and I am an agricultural climatologist in Extension at the University of Georgia as well as the Director of the UGA Weather Network and a former State Climatologist from Wisconsin. While I … Continue reading The weather where you are
Gardeners often struggle to grow plants in containers. You may feel that you have a really black thumb at times when newly planted seedlings fall over dead or fail to thrive. The problem may not be disease or poor gardening acumen but rather your container media otherwise sold as “Potting Soil”. A trip to one … Continue reading Potting Soil Poison
The Annual Meeting and Professional Improvement Conference of the National Association of County Extension Agents is that one time of year where extension agriculture professionals gather to share ideas, give talks, network, and let their hair down. The name of the organization is a bit outmoded: many states no longer call their extension personnel agents, but rather educators, … Continue reading GPs at the Tradeshow: Looking for snake oil and finding…..the dirt on tillage
Today’s blog post is courtesy of Mary Blockberger of Sechelt, BC. As you’ll see, Mary and I go way back. I thought it was important to our ongoing discussion to see how the industry can use the root-washing technique effectively and economically. Here’s Mary: “Before I began managing the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden in Sechelt, … Continue reading Bare Rooting – a guest post from a commercial landscaper
Ok. I admit this blog is going to turn into a rant pretty quick because there seems to be a lot of ways to screw up a fairly simple horticultural practice—tree planting. Since Arbor days are happening/happened everywhere around now, its a good time to talk about how to plant trees. First let … Continue reading Problems with Planting Trees
The Garden Professors, led by our warrior princess Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, continue to ferret out bad advice, bogus information, and worthless products foisted upon the unsuspecting gardener. I’m assisting in the hunt as well. See my survey link below. Looking specifically for : 1) Gardening-related blogs and vlogs (video blogs) that are out there – … Continue reading The search for bogus info and products continues!
Spring has sprung here in Michigan; time to get cracking on lots of projects. One of our new projects is an investigation of pre-plant techniques for dealing with root systems on container grown trees. As many of you know, Linda Chalker-Scott is advocate of bare-rooting trees before planting to correct potential root defects before planting. … Continue reading Costs and benefits of pre-plant root manipulation
By Jeff Gillman (posted by Linda C-S, who has taken liberties with using photos from UNC Charlotte gardens that have nothing to do with Jeff’s post.) It has been almost two years since I have had the chance to post anything as a Garden Professor. Since then I’ve taken a job as the Director of … Continue reading Hello Again, and a fun article that was called to my attention.
