What is a Sandbur Weed? The first step to sandbur control is recognizing your foe. Sandbur (Cenchrus spp.) is a grassy annual weed. There are a couple of different types, some of which may get 20 inches (50 cm.) high. The common lawn pest is more likely a spreading carpet of flat blades with hairy ligules. The ends bear burs in August, which detach easily and carry seed. Sandbur is a light green color and blends easily with turf grasses....
Sesame seed oil has long been used in both cooking as well as in skincare and cosmetic applications. Credited in having many health benefits, creating a version of “DIY sesame oil” at home is simple. Read on for tips on making sesame oil. How to Extract Sesame Oil Sesame oil extraction isn’t at all difficult and can be done right at home. All you need are some sesame seeds, and if you’re already growing the plant in your garden, it’s even easier....
Easy Care Indoor Plants for Shade Houseplants that like shade may be a little hard to pinpoint but actually there are many that can tolerate low light situations. The key to keeping them healthy is to supplement light levels with artificial lighting. Any plant needs a certain number of foot candles of light per day for optimum health. Foot candles measure the amount of light given off by a candle one foot away and increase as light intensity increases....
Now, before you get too excited, please understand that no plant can survive without some light. No matter what the claims, there’s no such thing as no-light-ever, deep shade grass. But there are things you can do to achieve a decent lawn in areas that receive some indirect light, and the first thing to do is look at what’s the best grass for high shade and work from there....
Myrobalan Plum Pruning Info Myrobalan cherry plums can grow up to 20 feet (6 m.). These large shrubs or small trees can produce an abundance of branches which can become overcrowded. With age, cherry plum trees may also stop producing flowers and fruit. Pruning Myrobalan plum trees can help keep them looking full and healthy. However, it is important that Myrobalan plum pruning be timed right. Unlike other fruit trees, which are pruned while they are dormant, winter is the worst time for trimming a cherry plum because this is when it is the most susceptible to diseases, like bacterial canker or silver leaf disease....
How to Prune New Zealand Flax Most commonly found in gardens within USDA growing zones 8 through 10, New Zealand flax is a robust plant which is known for its large spiky foliage. Forming a massive mound of leaves, overgrown New Zealand flax may frequently need to be shaped and pruned to the desired size. In general, the best time for pruning New Zealand flax occurs in fall. Growers can prepare for winter by removing any flower stalks from the plant, and by removing any brown leaves which have been damaged by the sun....
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What is Sorghum? If you grew up in the midwestern or southern United States, you may already be familiar with sorghum plants. Maybe you’ve woken to your grandmother’s hot biscuits slathered with oleo and drenched in sorghum syrup. Okay, more likely a great-great grandmother routinely made biscuits with syrup from sorghum plants since the popularity of sorghum as a sugar substitute peaked in the 1880’s. Sorghum is a coarse, upright grass used for grain and forage....
About Southern Blight of Potatoes Southern blight is a fungal infection that can affect multiple types of vegetables but which is commonly seen in potatoes. The fungus that causes the infection is called Sclerotium rolfsii. This fungus lives in the soil in masses called sclerotia. If there is a host plant nearby and conditions are right, the fungus will germinate and spread. Signs of Potato Southern Blight Because the fungus survives as sclerotia in the soil, it begins to infest plants right at the soil line....
How to Propagate a Starfruit There are three methods that are commonly used when propagating starfruit trees. They are seed propagation, air layering, and grafting. The latter is the most desirable method for large scale production. Growing a New Starfruit Tree from Seeds Starfruit seeds lose their viability quickly. They must be harvested from the fruit when they are plump and mature, then planted within a few days. Seed germination ranges from one week in the summer to two or more weeks during the winter months....
Help, the Stem is Turning Black on My Tomatoes! There are a number of fungal diseases that result in a stem turning black on tomatoes. Amongst these is Alternaria stem canker, which is caused by the fungus Alternaria alternata. This fungus either already lives in the soil or spores have landed on the tomato plant when infected old tomato debris has been disturbed. Brown to black lesions develop at the soil line....
Managing Corn with Stewart’s Wilt Manifesting in the form of linear stripes on corn leaves, Stewart’s wilt of corn (corn bacterial leaf spot) is caused by a bacterium called Erwinia stewartii. Infections are generally classified into two types based on when each occur: seedling stage and the leaf blight stage, which impacts older and more mature plants. When infected with Stewart’s wilt, sweet corn may prematurely die back regardless of the age of the plant, if the infection is severe....
A casual stroll in your local forest may find you surrounded by several types of hickory and their attending nut crop. Hickory nut harvesting is a fun, family activity that will provide you with a supply of these high-protein nuts to last through the winter. Best Time for Hickory Nut Harvesting Hickory trees have dense, sweet nuts that are reminiscent of mild walnuts. The nut meat is hard to get to because of the hard, thick shells, but once you finally get a taste of these buttery nuts you’ll be hooked....
What is a Subtropical Climate? Subtropical climates are defined as the areas adjacent to the tropics. These areas are usually located 20 to 40 degrees north or south of the equator. Southern areas of the U.S., Spain, and Portugal; the north and south tips of Africa; the mid-eastern coast of Australia; southeastern Asia; and parts of the Middle East and South America are subtropical climates. In these areas, summer is very long, hot, and often rainy; winter is very mild, usually without frost or freezing temperatures....
All too often customers head home to do a garden project that involves graph paper and colored pencils instead of a spade. Mapping sunlight in the garden helps you understand the movement of light and shade throughout the landscape. It allows you to place the right plants in the right exposure so they do not burn up or have stunted, leggy, or distorted growth. Sunlight Tracking in Gardens Like people, different plants have different sensitivity to the sun....
Symptoms of Sweet Potato Bacterial Stem and Root Rot As the name suggests, the bacterium, E. chrysanthemi, results in rotting of both the tuber and root system of sweet potatoes. While rotting may occur during growing, the infection is more common in stored sweet potatoes. In the garden, foliage symptoms appear as black, necrotic, water-soaked lesions. Stems are also afflicted with dark brown to black lesions along with dark streaks apparent in the vascular tissue....
Sweet Viburnum Information The extremely fragrant flowers of the sweet viburnum are tiny, but the shrub is enormous. At 20 feet (6 m.) tall, it qualifies as a small tree. In springtime, the entire canopy is covered with the tiny blossoms. This has long made it a landscape favorite. Growing sweet viburnum bushes is recommended in warmer regions of the country, like coastal areas. The species thrives in USDA plant hardiness zones 8b through 10a....
What is Symbiosis? Plant-animal symbiosis — as well as plant-plant and fungi-plant symbiosis — is a mutually beneficial relationship between organisms of different species. These relationships occur naturally but gardeners can also harness them for greater success growing plants. How Gardeners Use Mutualism in Plants and Animals There are many ways you can use these natural symbiotic relationships in plants, animals and even fungi to create a better garden: Companion Planting One of the most common ways gardeners use symbiosis is by companion planting....
How to Make a Homemade Raised Garden Nearly anything that holds soil and maintains shape is the best way to build a raised garden bed. Wood, concrete, bricks, stones, or containers that are situated in tiers can all be implemented for use in a raised bed. Normally wood is the most commonly used; you should try to stay away from using any lumber which has been pressure treated; however, since the chemicals that are used to treat the wood can get into the soil and harm plants....
Methods of Lychee Propagation Lychees are common fruits in Asian cuisine. They are grown in subtropical to tropical regions of the world and thrive in Mediterranean climates. Methods of lychee propagation are grafting, air layering, or by cuttings. You could also grow them from seed, but trees can take more than 10 years to bear and fruit may not be true to the parent. The quickest and most popular method used by commercial and home growers is air layering, with an 80 percent chance of success....
