Fall is an excellent time to grow many vegetable crops. During this season the gardener can take advantage of cooler temperatures and more plentiful moisture. Many spring-planted crops such as lettuce and spinach tend to bolt, or produce seed, and become bitterin response to the long, hot summer days. Fall gardening helps extend your gardening […]
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Crabgrass is a summer annual that many homeowners have a difficult time managing. One plant can produce an enormous amount of shoots, and as many as 150,000 seeds. It is no surprise that most lawns have varying degrees of crabgrass, with it seeming to suddenly appear in large amounts. Read more about how you can
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After the fall harvest is a great time to plant a cover crop. What is a cover crop? A cover crop is a plant or plants grown to cover the garden soil, and later may be incorporated into the soil as “green manure.” Cover crops have been used mainly by farmers, but home gardeners are
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By the end of the growing season, many of our annual plants in the garden are gorgeous to overgrowing! It is hard to watch these prized flowers die after the first frost. Fortunately, some annuals can be propagated from cuttings and brought indoors during the winter. This is a great way to extend their beauty
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The recently launched Purdue Plant Doctor website at purdueplantdoctor.com navigates like a smartphone app and can help growers identify and manage insect pests and diseases of trees, shrubs, and flowers. It will also help growers recognize “good bugs,” those beneficial insects that prey on harmful insect pests or serve as valuable pollinators. Helpful instructional videos
August is National Tree Check Month: Are your trees safe and secure? When was the last time you really looked at your trees? It’s all too easy to just enjoy their cool shade and the sound of their leaves, but if you don’t know what to look for you could miss deadly diseases or dastardly demons
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People often select plants first for their beauty and second for their functionality in the garden. Frequently, we don’t know or don’t consider a plant’s behavior when we’re selecting them. Almost by definition, a species that is an effective ground cover will have a spreading habit. But does that make the species aggressive or invasive?
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Purdue’s Tomato Doctor app helps gardeners identify, diagnose and manage insect, disease, and environmental problems on their tomatoes. The app contains almost 500 high quality images to help users throughout North America diagnose their most common (and uncommon) tomato problems. Features: Identify tomato problems by matching photos of almost 500 images. Diagnoses can be made
La Porte’s 25th Annual Sunflower Fair will be downtown, on Saturday September 21st, from 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Our Master Gardener Association hosts the annual Sunflower Growing Contest, with awards for Tallest Stem, Most Blooms and Largest Head. Is your sunflower a winner? Bring your sunflower to the Master Gardener booth, along with the
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They’re back! After hitching their initial ride on imported ornamental plants in 1916, Japanese beetles decided North America isn’t such a bad place to live and have made a presence year after year since. Today, these pests can be a serious nuisance to gardeners and farmers throughout North America feeding on over 300 different species
Founded in 1998, the purpose of the LaPorte County Extension Master Gardeners Association, a non-profit organization, is to promote the art, science, education and pleasure of gardening in the Community, in cooperation with Purdue Extension, LaPorte County, Indiana.
PURDUE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
LA PORTE COUNTY OFFICE
2857 W. State Road 2, Suite A
La Porte, IN 46350
219-324-9407
Kathy Ulman – Secretary
Purdue University Is An Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Institution
Founded in 1998, the purpose of the LaPorte County Master Gardener Association, a non-profit organization, is to promote the art, science, education and pleasure of gardening in the Community, in cooperation with Purdue Extension, LaPorte County, Indiana.
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PURDUE UNIVERSITY EXTENSION
LA PORTE COUNTY OFFICE
2857 W. State Road 2, Suite A
La Porte, IN 46350
219-324-9407
Tina DeWitt – Secretary
Purdue University Is An Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action Institution