by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
I created this sheet as a brief guide to growing blueberries. This is not a complete guide, but a rundown of key things to look for or do, to try and raise blueberries in almost all areas. For more precise instructions and often variety selections for your area,... 
by Marley Hodgson | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Cucumber Beetle And Bacterial Wilt There are three types of Cucumber Beetles, the two most common are the Striped and Spotted.The third type is a tropical species and is found mostly in southern states, it is the Banded Cucumber Beetle.The adult beetles feed... 
by Dan Gorton | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Understanding Blossom End Rot (BER) Blossom end rot is a physiological disorder of tomatoes where the tissue of the blossom end of the fruit (the part of the fruit opposite the stem) breaks down and rots, thus reducing yield. BER is caused by a lack of calcium in the... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
Rhizosphaera Needle Cast (RNC) Is your evergreen starting to turn brown? Rhizosphaera Needle Cast (brown needles) is a fungus that causes the death of older needles, starting on the lower branches and moving upward in, Colorado Blue Spruce and Black Hills Spruce to a... 
by Dan Gorton | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Raised bed gardening is one of the fastest-growing trends in gardening right now. Raised beds offer; higher yields, expanded growing season, easier maintenance, better drainage, less compacted soils and the ability to use difficult locations for a garden. This info... 
by Marley Hodgson | Sep 26, 2019 | DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Chlorosis is a complete yellowing of the leaf due to lower than normal amounts of Chlorophyll. When the veins are green and the area between the veins are yellow, this is properly termed interveinal chlorosis. Correcting We have two ways to help correct this... 
by Marley Hodgson | Sep 25, 2019 | DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Grasshoppers are very common insects that come in many sizes, shapes, and colors. Most are green or brownish others are very brightly colored. Grasshoppers can cause great economic damage to crops, turf, landscapes, and gardens. They go through five nymph stages... 
by Dan Gorton | Sep 25, 2019 | DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Brown patch is a lawn fungus that is common on cool-season grass such as; bluegrass, perennial rye, and especially tall fescue. The fungus becomes active when nighttime low temperatures are above 65° to 70° when moisture and humidity is high. Other conditions that... 
by Marley Hodgson | Sep 25, 2019 | DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
Japanese Beetle (JB) Adult Japanese Beetles start to emerge in early summer. They feed very heavily on many plants in the garden and landscape. They feed on the foliage, fruit and flowers of over 300 plants. On foliage they eat the tissue between the veins, this is... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 25, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
Peach Leaf Curl (PLC) Peach Leaf Curl is a very common disease that affects the blossoms, fruit, leaves and shoots of peaches, ornamental flowering peaches and nectarines. PLC starts out in the spring as reddish blisters or areas. As these areas thicken it causes the... 
by Dan Gorton | Sep 24, 2019 | DIY Lawn & Sprinkler, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
LAWN CARE TIPS Step 1: Crabgrass Preventer plus Lawn Food Apply in March or April before the weeds germinate. Apply and water in. This is a slow-release 20-0-3 fertilizer with micro-nutrients and a weed and grass preventer. This unique product will also kill, small... 
by Jamie Wheeler | Sep 23, 2019 | DIY Highlands Garden Center, DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, General
Fruit Tree Care Process Fall Dormant after the leaves drop in the fall. This is the best time to prune and fertilizer with ferti-lome Fruit Tree Food. Spray with ferti-lome Horticultural Oil or HY Dormant Oil, thoroughly coat all the branches and trunk. On Peaches... 
by Dan Gorton | Sep 23, 2019 | DIY Ace Hardware & Tools, DIY Big Tool Box, DIY Highlands Garden Center, General
There are three common fungus problems of roses: Black Spot, Powdery Mildew and Cercospora Leaf Spot. Powdery mildew is addressed in a separate info-sheet.Cercospora leaf spot look like most leaf spot fungus with a dark margin and a tan or grey center.This leaf spot... 
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