Fruits Category

Jan

27

Want to Grow Grapes in Missouri?

Learn how to establish a vineyard, train vines, manage birds, harvest the crop, and pruning tips at the Annual Spring Gardening Seminar, March 14th. Home gardeners will also learn how to use good crop management to produce a quality...
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Feb

18

March Gardening Calendar

Houseplants Weeks 1-4: Two handsome houseplants that provide fragrant blossoms indoors this month are the Confederate jasmine (Trachelospermum jasminoides) and Japanese pittosporum (Pittosporum tobira). Both thrive in average home conditions and are easy plants to grow. Weeks 1-4: As day...
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Jan

23

Pawpaw Trees: A Native Fruit

Even though pawpaw is native to eastern Kansas, many people in the state have never eaten one. Fruits resemble fat bananas and are generally up to 6 inches long and as much as 3 inches wide. The taste is...
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Jan

30

Tomato Trials

It is that time of year where we start thinking about our summer gardens!! Each year we have our Master Gardeners plant and rate a number of tomato varieties. We also give a set to Tom Fowler with the University...
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Aug

14

Pear Harvest

Most pear cultivars should not be allowed to ripen on the tree. They should be picked while still firm and ripened after harvest. Tree-ripened fruits are often of poor quality because of the development of grit cells and the browning...
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Aug

7

Fertilize Strawberries

An August application of nitrogen on spring-bearing strawberries is important in order to increase the number of strawberries produced next spring. Plenty of daylight and warm temperatures during June, July and August promotes the growth of new runner, or...
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Aug

7

When is watermelon ripe?

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Jul

11

Heat Stops Tomatoes from Setting Fruit

Temperatures that remain above 75 degrees F at night and day temperatures above 95 degrees F with dry, hot winds will cause poor fruit set on tomatoes. High temperatures interfere with pollen viability and/or cause excessive style growth leading to a lack of...
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May

12

Fruit: Thinning Excess Fruit

Fruit: Thinning Excess Fruit A few areas of Kansas have avoided late freezes resulting in a heavy fruit crop this year. At first glance, this might seem to be a good thing. But too many fruit can cause problems...
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Apr

19

Fruit: Fertilizing Strawberries and Brambles

Most garden soils in Kansas have adequate levels of all nutrients other than nitrogen IF the area has been fertilized in the past. However, it is recommended that a soil test be done to be sure of the nutrient needs...
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