Ornamental Plant Disease Management Assistant
Authors: Chuan Hong, Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology; Tom Banko, Associate Professor of Horticulture and Marcia Stefani, Research Specialist Senior; Hampton Roads Agriculture Research & Extension Center Disease diagnosis and control have ... [... more]
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Trees for Problem Landscape Sites -- Wet and Dry Sites
To grow, all trees require air, light, water and nutrients. Some trees can survive over a wide range of climatic and soil conditions, whereas others are very site specific. Both wet and dry sites present establishment and growth challenges, ... [... more]
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Managing Plant Diseases with Biofungicides
Cathy Thomas, Integrated Pest Management Program, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Diseases in greenhouse vegetables and floriculture crops can be managed effectively with biological fungicides (biofungicides). A biofungicide is composed of ... [... more]
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Foliar Feeding of Plant Nutrients
At the SE Strawberry Expo at Greenville, NC and the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association Conference at Boone, NC this past November, many growers expressed interest in nutritional plant health products new to this region. I am excited about such ... [... more]
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A Guide to Diagnosing Diseases of Landscape Plants
Author: Chuan Hong, Extension Specialist; Tom Banko, Associate Professor; and Marcia Stefani, Research Specialist; Virginia Tech Plant failures are common in the landscape. Some occur soon after planting, while others develop over time. "What ... [... more]
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A Guide to Successful Pruning, Pruning Evergreen Trees
Evergreen trees have leaves that persist year round, and include most conifers and some broad-leaved trees. Evergreen trees generally need less pruning than deciduous trees. Conifers are distinguished from other plants by their needle or ... [... more]
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Nutrient Management for Lawn Service Companies
Authors: James H. May, Research Associate, Crop and Soil Environmental Sciences; David R. Chalmers, Associate Professor and Extension Agronomist, Turfgrass Management; and John R. Hall III, Professor and Extension Agronomist, Turfgrass ... [... more]
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Trees for Problem Landscape Sites -- Air Pollution
Conditions in urban environments place trees under numerous stresses including compacted soil, soil moisture extremes, and reduced soil fertility. Polluted air is another stress that contributes to the decline of urban trees. Air pollution may ... [... more]
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Saline Soils
Authors: Bonnie Appleton, Extension Specialist; Vickie Greene, Graduate Student; Aileen Smith, Graduate Student; Hampton Roads AREC, Virginia Tech; and Susan French, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Beach Editorial Contributors: Brian ... [... more]
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The Effect of Landscape Plants on Perceived Home Value
Author: Alex X. Niemiera, Extension Horticulturist, Department of Horticulture, Virginia Tech The value of an attractive landscape to a home's perceived value has often been stated at 15 percent. Is this figure reliable, and what landscape ... [... more]
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Why Plant a Bulb Garden?
Whether you garden on a large piece of property, on the balcony of a condominium, or on the rooftop of a building, one of the easiest ways to have showy spring flowers is by planting bulbs. Unlike planting trees, shrubs, and annuals, which ... [... more]
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Monitoring Nutrients in Large Nursery Containers
Authors: Robert D. Wright, Julian and Margaret Gary Professor and Mary H. Stanley, Graduate Student, Department of Horticulture; Virginia Tech Using suction-cup lysimeters is a good way to extract the substrate solution from large containers when ... [... more]
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