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Gardening Calendar

JUNE■ Side-dress established vegetables with nitrogen fertilizer. Organic alternatives include fish emulsion, seaweed extracts or compost tea.■ This is the big tomato harvest month for most Texans.■...

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Gardening Calendar

JULY■ Divide spring and early summer perennials — including daffodils, daylilies and irises — and replant the best clumps. Discard the diseased or damaged material and share any surplus with friends,...

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Gardening Calendar

JULY■ Divide spring and early summer perennials — including daffodils, daylilies and irises — and replant the best clumps. Discard the diseased or damaged material and share any surplus with friends,...

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Gardening Calendar

JULY■ Divide spring and early summer perennials — including daffodils, daylilies and irises — and replant the best clumps. Discard the diseased or damaged material and share any surplus with friends,...

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Gardening Calendar

JULY■ Divide spring and early summer perennials — including daffodils, daylilies and irises — and replant the best clumps. Discard the diseased or damaged material and share any surplus with friends,...

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Gardening Calendar

SEPTEMBER■ Sow seeds of frost-tolerant veggies: Radishes, spinach, Chinese cabbage, leaf lettuces, chard, mustard and turnip greens.■ Plant garlic cloves, pointed ends up.■ Watch for mites on underside...

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Gardening calendar for September

SEPTEMBER■ Sow seeds of frost-tolerant veggies: Radishes, spinach, Chinese cabbage, leaf lettuces, chard, mustard and turnip greens.■ Plant garlic cloves, pointed ends up.■ Watch for mites on underside...

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From the A-J's Pages

25 years ago:The first hints of the weekend’s freeze devastation for Texas farmers already have turned up in wholesale produce markets where the price of fruits and vegetables have doubled and tripled...

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Peffley: New vegetable Kalettes a hybrid of kale, Brussels sprouts

A new vegetable is on the market — trademarked as Kalettes™. The name “Kalette” conveys an image of a petite kale, which it is — yet it is more. Kalettes are a hybrid between kale and Brussels sprouts....

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Gardening Calendar: What to plant through June

MAY- Plant okra, southern peas, sweet potatoes, sweet corn and beans when soil temperatures stay 65 to 70 degrees or higher at a depth of four to six inches.- Plant pinto beans for fall harvest.-...

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Gardening Calendar: What to plant through June

MAY- Plant okra, southern peas, sweet potatoes, sweet corn and beans when soil temperatures stay 65 to 70 degrees or higher at a depth of four to six inches.- Plant pinto beans for fall harvest.-...

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Gardening Calendar

JUNE■ Start pansy seeds for transplanting in September.■ Suffocate mites with highly refined summer oils, sprayed as directed on the product label when air is still cool.■ Watch for weeds. They steal...

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Gardening Calendar: What to plant in June and July

JUNE■ Start pansy seeds for transplanting in September.■ Suffocate mites with highly refined summer oils, sprayed as directed on the product label when air is still cool.■ Watch for weeds. They steal...

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Peffley: Female parent of Kalettes possibly Red Russian

In March we had a column on Kalettes™, a new vegetable on the market. Reader J.W. asked for a follow-up on Kalettes and that is today’s focus. As you may recall, Kalettes is a hybrid between kale and...

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Gardening Calendar

JUNE■ Divide spring and early summer perennials — including daffodils, daylilies and irises — and replant the best clumps. Discard the diseased or damaged material and share any surplus with friends,...

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