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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...
View ArticlePeffley: 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....
View ArticleGardening 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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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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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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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...
View ArticlePeffley: 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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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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