Agriculture
SunPatiens on display in the trial gardens at the LSU AgCenter Hammond Research Station. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
SunPatiens offer season-long performance
If you like the flowering habit of shade-loving impatiens, you’ll be excited to know that a new type of impatiens is on the market that will thrive in our Louisiana summer heat and humidity – SunPa...
May 06, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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A watering can can come in handy for watering container plants. (PHOTO/Dan Gill)
Container, newly planted plants need special watering care
Lots of new planting gets done every spring. Proper watering can make the difference between life and death to newly planted lawns, trees, shrubs and ground covers as well as bedding and vegetable ...
May 03, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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ZHS Advanced Agriscience class members include Kyle Gordon, Ian Morenc, Terrance Morance, Terrance Wilcox, Darius Harris, Leland Gates, Ronesia Rogers (primary grower), Kirsten Fontenot (primary grower), Phillip Barnes, Mason Foote and Josh Mullens, from left. (PHOTO/Submitted)
ZHS Agriscience Class to hold Mother's Day plant sale
The advanced Agriscience classes at Zachary High School have grown plants for a Mother's Day Plant Sale next week, May 8-11. Prices will be reduced for students and teachers. The sale will run next...
May 02, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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A planned flower bed adds drama to a summer landscape. (PHOTO/Dan Gill)
Plan summer flower gardens now
May is here and we transition from the warm days and cool nights of spring and early summer to the hot days and warm nights that will be with us until September. With the increasing heat, you shoul...
May 01, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bird problems frustrate La. rice farmers
Southwest Louisiana farmers are frustrated this year with a larger-than-usual number of birds eating rice seed, causing many farmers to replant. In addition to the expense of replanting, farmers ar...
Apr 30, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Shoal Creek vitex flowers. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Vitex provides late spring, summer flowers
One of the nicest small, flowering trees for Louisiana landscapes is the chaste tree or vitex (Vitex agnus-castus). Midspring through early summer is the main time for flowering on this increasingl...
Apr 29, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Katydid
Marsh insect numbers continue to decline after 2010 oil spill
The day after the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig – April 21, 2010 – Linda Hooper-Bui, an LSU AgCenter entomologist, had a graduate student sampling insect populations in the marshes of ...
Apr 26, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Lantana Bandana Lemon Zest (PHOTO/Dan Gill)
Bandana lantanas are Louisiana Super Plants
Lantana (Lantana camara) is one of the first flowers I became aware of as a young child in Chalmette. After all, who could resist a plant so perfectly named with the common name “ham and eggs”? The...
Apr 25, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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LSU AgCenter dairy science professor Cathy Williams explains the hole in side of Willie, the fistulated steer, at Farm Day at the LSU AgCenter dairy. The intentional hole in his side allows dairy science faculty and students to conduct nutrition research. (PHOTO/Johnny Morgan)
Local students take class on the farm
Many area students who know little about where their food comes from received a lesson complete with live farm animals when they attended Farm Day at the LSU AgCenter dairy on April 18-19. Element...
Apr 24, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Bandana Peach lantana. (PHOTO/Allen Owings)
Lantanas offer summer color; Bandana named Louisiana Super Plant
Lantanas continue to be one of the most popular herbaceous perennials for Louisiana landscapes. Many varieties, some old and some new, offer a multitude of growth forms and flower colors. Lantanas ...
Apr 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Southern University Ag Center’s Container Gardening Workshop for home, office April 23
The Southern University Ag Center will host a Container Gardening Workshop to assist with all your plant needs on Tuesday, April 23, from 2-4 p.m. at the SU Greenhouse. Come out and learn tips from...
Apr 22, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Gardening expert, TV/radio host, author & columnist Melinda Myers has more than 30 years of horticulture experience and has written over 20 gardening books, including Can’t Miss Small Space Gardening and The Lawn Guide – Midwest Series. Visit www.melindamyers.com to learn more.
Lawn Renewal & Renovation Tips to Create a Perfect Lawn this Season
The extreme heat and drought of 2012 was hard on lawns and gardens. “Many gardeners are facing a blank slate of bare soil, masses of dead patches that were once lawn or a bit of grass interspersed ...
Apr 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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