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Plants love the summer sun, but June's triple-digit days had plants, and their caretakers, wilting across the state. CAES News
Too hot for plants 07/05/12 Merritt Melancon
When temperatures start heading into 3-digit territory, even the most sun-loving plants can start suffering from the effects of Georgia’s mid-summer sauna.
Cowpea curculio on bean. CAES News
UGA researcher embarks on new study of cowpea curculio 06/28/12 Donn H Cooper
Believe it or not, field peas — a fixture of the Southern dinner table — can be too difficult to grow in Georgia.
A crowd browses the Trial Gardens at UGA at an industry open house earlier this summer. The gardens are expected to be in full bloom for the public open house on July 9. CAES News
Trial gardens 06/27/12 Merritt Melancon
Over the last three decades, the Trial Gardens at the University of Georgia have introduced home gardeners and landscape designers to thousands of new plant varieties.
Suspected 2,4-D herbicide damage on tomato. CAES News
Tomatoes susceptible to herbicides for turf and pastures 06/21/12 Donn H Cooper
Home gardeners often inadvertently and unknowingly damage their vegetables with herbicides.
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Red, pink or green? 06/07/12 Frank M. Watson
Gardeners often argue about when tomatoes should be picked — when they’re ripe, almost ripe or green as the stalk that supports them.
Squash vine borer larva inside squash vine. CAES News
Tips and tricks to beating the squash vine borer 06/05/12 Donn H Cooper
You can have tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers galore; but no backyard garden is complete without summer squash.
A European Pepper Moth found in Tifton, Ga. in October 2011. CAES News
New invasive species spotted in 2011 05/24/12 Donn H Cooper
A new insect thought to threaten Georgia's pepper production at the moment poses a greater danger to lantana - a popular landscape plant.
Early blight on a tomato leaf CAES News
Early blight 05/14/12 Frank M. Watson
Every year home gardeners call their University of Georgia Cooperative Extension office to ask, "What's causing my tomatoes to fire up?" This is how most people describe a disease known as early blight.
Shade grown peppers in Tifton research plot. Researcher: Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez. CAES News
Longer, improved pepper production with shade cloth 05/11/12 Donn H Cooper
As the seasons turn, commercial bell pepper growers in the Southeast share a common foe: the sun.