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Home And Garden Show 05-25-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

 

  • Check garden for standing water after heavy rains open row ends to let the water drain out to prevent this excess water from damaging your garden plants
  • Try growing veggies and herbs in containers. Quality medium, container with drainage holes, good sun, check moisture frequently.
  • Check for squash bugs on squash plants
  • Freezing is an easy way to preserve spring and summer fruits, including strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, cantaloupe and other melons.
  • Follow mowing safety guidelines that are in your owner’s manual
  • Searching for garden answers on the web? Add NCSU or “extension” after your search terms to find reliable information.
  • Before watering plants check soil media first if it’s moist, wait and check the next day.
  • There are hundreds of species of bees and wasps in North Carolina and most of them are non-aggressive and help with pollination.

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Home And Garden Show 05-18-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • If you have leaf spot on lower leaves of tomatoes you can take those lower leaves off especially if they are below blooms or set tomatoes.
  • Pull English ivy off of trees, or clip at base.
  • Inspect your garden at least 2 times a week for insects and disease.
  • Avoid herbicide applications on tall fescue for the rest of the spring and summer.
  • Record daily what you did in the garden in your garden journal. Ex Spraying, fertilizing

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Home And Garden Show 05-11-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

 

  • After planting seed watch for crusting of soil after heavy rains soon after planting your seed this crusting of soil can hinder the emergence of your seed so lightly break up that crust so seeds cam emerge well.
  • When spraying the vegetable garden for weeds, insects or disease, be sure to check the instructions for how long you need to wait until you can harvest.
  • Maintain your fruit tree spray program according to label directions for good fruit this year.
  • When purchasing products for weed, insect or disease control, consider buying a “ready to use” option. They require no mixing and usually have just enough product for the job.
  • Protect yourself from the sun when doing garden chores Ex. Wide brimmed hat, sun mask,
  • If you are shopping for a backpack spray, look for one with a hip strap. That distributes the weight better and makes it much more comfortable.
  • Have two garden sprayers 1 Labeled weed control 2 Labeled Insecticides

 

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Home And Garden Show 05-04-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Select vegetable varieties that have disease resistance. Ex Celebrity, Early Girl Tomatoes
  • Use heavy duty chemical resistant gloves any time you handle or apply pesticides.
  • If you have weeds in your pond bring Cooperative Extension a sample we can identify the weeds and suggest how to control those pond weeds ex Duckweed, Water Meal.
  • Find out the full grown size of any trees or shrubs you plant and make sure they have room to reach that size.
  • Try electric fence if wildlife are eating your garden.
  • Shrubs with significant dieback will rarely recover to an attractive form. Consider replacing them with a different species of plant.
  • Vegetable gardens need at least 1 inch of rain or irrigation per week.
  • Be cautious with herbicides that provide long term control, as they can damage trees and shrubs through root uptake.

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Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Provide cutworm protection around transplants by placing a cardboard collar around your transplant and tuck the collar down in the soil about 2 inches
  • Use good sanitation practices with garden tools and equipment to reduce risk of introducing weeds and transmitting diseases.
  • It should be safe now to put out your rain gauges
  • Doublecheck blade height on your mower.
  • Always wear PPE when mowing. Eye protection, sun protection, solid toe shoes
  • Use no more than about 3 inches of mulch around trees, shrubs and other plantings. Never place mulch against the trunk.
  • With the cost of fertilizer a good soil sample is really needed they are free of charge.
  • Repellant sprays can help with deer browsing on ornamental plantings, but will need to be reapplied periodically.
  • Check plants growing in planters each day for moisture they they can dry out quickly under warm conditions

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Home And Garden Show 04-13-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Row covers can be used to protect sweetcorn from birds
  • Consider warm season turf.
  • Easter Lillies like to be in 65F during the day and 60F at night keepout of direct sunlight to prevent wilting.
  • No frost or freeze in 10-day forecast, but 37 in a few days
  • Never refuel a hot lawnmower. Take a break let the mower cool down,then refuel the mower.
  • If planting trees and shrubs, correct installation is crucial. Look it up, don’t assume.
  • We can identify problem weeds or insects and advise how to control them. Bring us a sample.
  • For deck and patio plantings, clean and sanitize containers, and be cautious about reusing container mix.
  • Check moisture of soil media before watering plants
  • Limited space for a vegetable garden? Try growing in containers.

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Avian Flu on Weekly Home and Garden Show

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Until further notice, all poultry shows and public sales of poultry are suspended until further notice because of the ongoing threat of avian influenza, according to state veterinarian Mike Martin. This includes all exhibitions, farm tours, shows, sales, flea markets, auction markets, swaps and meets pertaining to poultry and other feathered fowl in North Carolina, according to a press statement issued Tuesday by the N.C. Department of Agriculture.

Jonas Asbill, a poultry extension agent for a 20-county area that includes Vance, joined Paul McKenzie and Wayne Rowland on Wednesday’s The Local Skinny! segment to provide details about the seasonal influenza that is transmitted from wild waterfowl to domesticated and commercial poultry.

Several sites in Johnston County already have had to euthanize thousands of turkeys after finding the avian flu among the stock.

Asbill urges all poultry owners – even if you have a few layer hens in the backyard – to use strict biosecurity measures to make sure your animals stay safe. Asbill recommends that poultry stay in coops or otherwise contained and that they not come into contact with wild migratory waterfowl.

Migratory waterfowl are asymptomatic carriers of the influenza and shed the disease in their feces. Think about the Canada geese or seagulls that make stopovers at area ponds, parking lots and golf courses in the area. Local poultry owners could potentially bring back remnants of contaminated fecal matter on the bottoms of shoes and then unknowingly introduce it to their own poultry.

It’s just better to keep them contained during the annual migration times, and to keep them away from where migratory waterfowl may congregate.

“We’re a heavy ag state,” Asbill said, “and a big part is poultry.” Once a case is detected, the whole population has to be destroyed; the turkeys or broilers do not continue into the food supply chain.

While the CDC considers transmission to humans a very low risk, Asbill said there have been rare cases of the avian flu being found in other species.

“We do not make this decision lightly. HPAI is a serious threat to our poultry industry and this is a precaution to help limit the introduction of the virus to backyard and commercial flocks,” Martin said in a press statement.

North Carolina joins several other states, including Georgia, that have also cancelled or altered poultry events due to HPAI. Poultry owners across the state need to practice strict biosecurity. This includes keeping flocks indoors without access to outside and reporting sick birds to your local veterinarian, the N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Veterinary Division, 919.707.3250, or the N.C. Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory System 919.733.3986.

To learn the signs of avian influenza, biosecurity tips and more information go to www.ncagr.gov/avianflu.

On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Mowing season is here. Always check your lawn for objects that can become projectiles before mowing. Please No Extra Riders On Mowers. One Seat Means One Person On the Mower!
  • Check mowing height, but it’s too late for seeding, fertilizer and weed killers.
  • Vegetables you can now plant: Arugula,,Snap beans,beets,broccoli,cabbage,kale,leeks,bulb onions, Irish potatoes,turnips.
  • Avoid insecticide applications to lawns unless there is a specific identified problem.
  • Purchase healthy transplants, good color, not pot bound
  • Hold off on planting frost sensitive plants, including warm season vegetables and flowers.

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Home And Garden Show 03-30-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Check moisture level of garden soil before tilling that soil
  • Check your fruits trees for cold damage
  • Vegetables you can now plant: Arugula,asparagus,Snap beans,beets,broccoli,cabbage,kale,leeks,bulb onions, irish potatoes,turnips.
  • If fruit has started to form start your fruit spray program
  • Purchase healthy transplants, good color, not pot bound

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Home And Garden Show 03-16-22

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Check moisture level of garden soil before tilling that soil
  • Finish up your pruning chores, fruit trees, grape vines, broadleaf evergreens.
  • Vegetables you can now plant: Arugula, asparagus, snap beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, kale, leeks, bulb onions, Irish potatoes, turnips.
  • Treat lawns for broadleaf weeds.
  • Garden Tiller won’t start roll it out into sunshine for about a hour this should help it start better
  • Apply crabgrass preventer.
  • We have excellent gardening publications at Cooperative Extension
  • Make a light application of fertilizer to tall fescue, especially if you missed the February application

 

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Home And Garden Show

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

  • Clean and till up vegetable beds and add compost to the beds to increase organic matter.
  • Plant cool season crops.
  • When growing seeds indoors check the media before watering. If the media has moisture check the next day before watering.
  • Get ready to start seed for many warm season crops. I suggest sowing indoors about 4 to 6 weeks before you plan to plant outdoors.
  • On warm days 70F or warmer provide ventilation in greenhouses and cold frames if growing plants in them.
  • Add dill and fennel to your garden to support swallowtail butterflies.
  • We have excellent gardening publications at Cooperative Extension
  • Don’t spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a garden or landscape project without first spending $4 for a soil analysis.
  • Always check moisture level of garden soil before tilling that soil