By John Wallis What is heat stress?Heat stress occurs when temperatures are sustained over a sufficient period of time as to cause irreversible damage to a plant’s functions and growth. Plants can be damaged by high day temperatures as well as high nighttime temperatures and by high air temperatures as well as high soil temperatures. A plants’ temperature typically runs …
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Waterwise Ideabook
The Lubbock Master Gardeners Association has created garden designs for the water-wise plants we recommend for our area. If you’re not sure where to start, or which plants might be right for your waterwise garden, don’t worry – we have you covered. Our team of experts have created a printable set of waterwise garden design plans to help you get …
LMGA has compiled an extensive collection of resources for vegetable gardeners that are area-specific! Click the links below Vegetable Varieties for Lubbock County Planning a Garden Building a Raised Bed Garden Vegetable Gardening with Containers Texas Home Vegetable Growing Guide Herb gardening Tomato Problem Solver Artichoke Growing Tips Asparagus Growing Tips Beets Growing Tips How to Build Potato Towers Watering …
Turf Management in Lubbock
Our favorite turf management guides are available from AgriLife. They offer a great guide to maintaining bermudagrass lawns and a fantastic guide with simple steps to lawn care. Their helpful turfgrass care guidebook is a great place to start. Or, if you’re troubleshooting lawn diseases, their guide on lawn diseases will save you a ton of searching. A great (and …
How to Build Potato Towers
Vertical Gardening: Potato Towers By Kristin Bingham Have you been looking for something new to try this spring? Do you enjoy those fresh from the garden delights, but struggle to incorporate them into your meals? Potatoes are a relatively easy to grow crop that the whole family can enjoy, and can be grown vertically in your smallest spaces. As one of our earliest plantings …
December Garden Checklist
Planting Consider using a live Christmas tree that can be planted in the landscape or used as a potted specimen. Junipers and pines are excellent for this purpose. Continue to plant shade trees, fruit trees, and evergreen shrubs. Plant ‘balled & burlap’ trees and shrubs while they are dormant. If you want to plant flowering spring bulbs, now is the …
Autumn Recipes
Fall is a special time. The end of the growing season heralds the beginning of winter, the coming of Thanksgiving and the festivities of the holidays. Don’t let the first freeze of the year catch you off guard. There are many recipes that allow you to make use of those late season veggies that may not be quite …
Great Perennials for Fall
In the spring, the nurseries fill with plants, all needing good homes. But perennials planted in the spring must develop an entirely new root system, plus adjust to life outside the greenhouse or nursery. Planting perennials in the fall makes a lot of sense. If you plant your plants at least six weeks before the first freeze is likely to occur, …
Fall Gardening Guides
Fall has arrived! We hope these monthly checklists will help you stay on top of that garden this year. We made a September Gardening Checklist, an October Gardening Checklist, and a November Gardening Checklist for quick reference. These lists are tailored to Lubbock gardens (and take our Lubbock weather into account)! Just click the images below to see our printable …
Summer Gardening Guide
“Where but in a garden do summer hours pass so quickly?” “Don’t grumble that roses have thorns, be thankful that thorns have roses.” “Roses are red, Violets are blue; But they don’t get around Like the dandelions do.”…Slim Acres “Over fertilized plants may be beautiful but are otherwise useless, like people whose energies are devoted so completely to their …