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Using Roundup on Winter Weeds

Bradford Pear - Pruning

| I recently received a query that has been repeated over and over this spring. A gardener in Roswell asks for my advice on the proper pruning of her Bradford pear tree in order to avoid limbs breaking Click for more... |  |

01/07 - 28: Free Admission to Callaway Gardens Jan-Feb 2010
01/09 - 06: Chattahoochee Valley Daylily Society, Inc.
02/11: Wild About Wildflowers!
02/13: What equipment do you need for your bees?
02/13: From Seed to Plant with Success
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Q&A of the week 
| Crabgrass - Seeds |
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I want to grow crabgrass. Yes, crabgrass. A piece of my property has very poor, eroded soil and nothing grows there except crabgrass. Where can I get crabgrass seeds? I know it goes dormant in winter; I simply want to get some going from scratch. |
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Why not plant kudzu? It’s a perennial vine, not an annual grass, and it is an excellent erosion cont Click for more... |
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| Strawberry Weevil - On Blackberry |
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I have found strange bugs eating my blackberry leaves. They are tan, about the size of a BB, and are hard shelled. When I touch one it falls off the plant and acts dead. Damaged leaves have notches along the edges. |
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The behavior and the leaf notches tell the story. You have strawberry weevils chewing on your blackb Click for more... |
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