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Four Ways to Improve Pecan Production

When you are planting and pruning in your garden this spring, don’t forget to do a little maintenance to your pecan trees.Dr. Bill Goff, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System horticulturist, says you can take four steps this spring to improve pecan production this fall.

“The first step is to fertilize properly, preferably according to [...]

Proper Pruning and Other July Gardening Tips

Charlie Nardozzi, Senior Horticulturist National Gardening Association, and Dr. Leonard Perry, Extension Professor University of Vermont

Proper cutting of roses, pruning strawberry runners, and washing produce are some of the gardening tips for this month.

Any fertilizer you’ve applied to annuals in containers has probably washed out of the soil in rain, so give [...]

Good Pruning Now May Reduce Work Later

Good pruning is an art, but it takes a good understanding of the science behind it to make it efficient, says Dave Williams, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System horticulturist.

“If you remember the difference between two basic types of pruning cuts, you will not need to prune as often,” Williams says. “You will [...]