Home Gardening
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Utah State University Extension promotes awareness and educates the public on the science and art of horticulture. Informal, not-for-credit classes are offered periodically on various gardening topics, such as Soil Preparation, Water-Wise Landscaping, Fruit Tree Pruning, and Starting Seeds Indoors.
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- Drain and shut off sprinklers
- Disconnect and store hoses.
- Mulching around trees and shrubs can help protect them. Make sure to not pack the mulch tightly around the trunk.
- After chrysanthemums or any other late blooming perennials have stopped blooming, cut stems back close to the ground.
- Mulching around perennials will help protect them from frost.
- Be sure not to store apples or pears with vegetables. The fruits give off ethylene gas which speeds up the breakdown of vegetables and will cause them to develop off flavors.
- Rake up leaves from around fruit trees to help remove any disease-causing organisms that may overwinter on leaf debris.
- Last chance to weed.
- Clean and make repairs to any garden tools or equipment.
- Cut back on water and fertilizer for houseplants.
October 29th, 2009
How to Keep Deer from Eating Your Landscape
October 16th, 2009
Winterize Your Garden
October 13th, 2009
What to Do With All Those Tomatoes
October 1st, 2009
Plant a Tree, Save a Watt
September 25, 2009
How to Store the Fall Harvest
Calling the Master Gardener Helpline
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To better serve you and help get you an accurate diagnosis of your plant problems please have the following information available when you call the Master Gardener Helpline:
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The name of the plant
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How often and how long you water the plant
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The names and amounts of any fertilizers or pesticides you have used in the last 12 months
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Do-It-Yourself in the Garden
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Maggie Shao - 801.468.3178
Agent Position currently vacant - 801.468.3171
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