by scmgadmin | Mar 5, 2015 | Growing Tips
Plant of the Month: Jupiter’s Beard by Jan Koehler Jupiter’s Beard Scientific Name: Centranthus ruber Other Common Name: red valerian Type: Herbaceous perennial Family: Caprifoliaceae , (USDA family classifica tion: Valerianaceae) Native Range: Europe and...
by scmgadmin | Mar 5, 2015 | Growing Tips
Grafting Tomatoes by Sam Thompson, SCMG Coordinator Grafting vegetables is one method for increasing production while overcoming many disease problems. Essentially, the desired vegetable is grafted onto a specific rootstock that has the desired disease resistance. In...
by scmgadmin | Mar 5, 2015 | Growing Tips
Why Not Use Pruning Sealer? Reprint from Southwest Yard & Garden Southwest Yard & Garden is a weekly column, written by Curtis W. Smith, Ph.D., Extension horticulture specialist, that addresses garden and landscape questions. Here is a reprint from the...
by scmgadmin | Nov 24, 2014 | Growing Tips
Sheet Composting Worth the Effort By John Zarola The property I purchased in Rio Rancho three years ago had never had a vegetable garden bed. The soil is 90 percent sand with little organic matter in it. Sandy soil allows water and nutrients to drain down away from...
by Tracy Bogard | Nov 24, 2014 | Growing Tips
Seed Saving by Dave Pojmann Only seeds from open-pollinated, not hybrid, plants will produce the same crop next year. The plants shouldn’t be cross-pollinated by insects either. Such saved seeds might grow into something that resembles the parent, or something totally...
by scmgadmin | Nov 24, 2014 | Growing Tips
Winter Tree Care Winter Watering, Pruning, and Landscape Assessment by Sandy Liakus, SCMG Working in your garden in the winter is a perfect time to assess your need for spring and summer landscape plantings. If your garden appears lackluster at this time, research...
