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September 4, 2008 — Fall Bulb Planting

Segments this week will feature harvesting fruit and fall bulb planting. View program (View image gallery)

Question & Answer Clips 9/04/2008
What is causing this scab on our strawberries? (See images)
Received a sack of hollyhock seed pods and found these insects in the sack. What are they and did they damage the seeds? (hollyhock weevils) (See images)
What is this fly/bee type insect? (hoverfly) (See images)
Is the male or female Buffalograss better turf?
What would cause the leaves on our lilac to droop and dry around the edges? (See images)
What is causing the needles on these branches to turn brown? (See images)
What is this insect? (Chinese praying mantis) (See images)
We did not use a crabgrass preventative this spring. What should we do this fall and next spring?
What is causing this bleeding spot on our young cottonwood tree? What are these mushrooms? (See images)
We removed a root that was choking this maple tree. Should the tree be cut down? (See images)
Is it too late to plant grass seed?
What are these bugs on our hydrangea? (soldier beetles) (See images)
We've been using Eight to control chiggers, but we still have chiggers. What do you suggest?
Can you recommend a climbing rose to be planted in centeral Nebraska?
What is causing the new growth on our Autumn purple ash to turn brown and fall off?
View all the question clips from this program
Feature Clips
Video segment - Fall Fertilizing of Lawns
Calendar - Butterfly Seminar, Share Your Recipe & Story
Video segment - Fall Bulb Planting
Plant of the Week - Tuberose, Celosia (Cockscomb)
Video segment - Fruit Trees
Sample Clips
Sample - Blue Mist Spirea
Sample - Certified grass seed
Sample - Tomatoes with cracks
Sample - Ailanthus webworm moth
Sample - Round holes in rose leaves caused by Leafcutter bees
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County Extension Offices
UNL Entomology Department
UNL Agronomy & Horticulture Department
Nebraska Statewide Arboretum
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Backyard Farmer's Panel of Experts

(front row) Stephen Wegulo, Extension Plant Pathologist; Roch Gaussoin, Extension Turfgrass Specialist; Kim Todd, Landscape Horticulture Specialist & program host; Fred Baxendale, Extension Entomologist; Lowell Sandell, Extension Weed Scientist.

(back row) Sarah Browning, Extension Assistant Educator, Dodge County; Jim Kalisch, Extension Entomologist; Loren Giesler, Extension Plant Pathologist.

Not Pictured: Anne Streich, Extension Horticulture Educator; Jeff Culbertson, Manager East Campus Landscape Services; Kelly Feehan, Extension Educator Platte County; Amy Ziems, Extension Plant Diagnostician; Dennis Ferraro, Extension Educator.

"Backyard Farmer" is produced by NU Lincoln Extension in cooperation with the Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission.

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