KLRU Central Texas Gardener > 2004 Question of the Week Index

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January 3: Any special tricks to planting my living Christmas tree?
January 10: How can I top dress my turf?
January 17: Can I still plant trees?
January 24: When I buy a fruit tree, should I pick a bare-root or container specimen?
January 31: When can I prune my young tree?

February 7: Can I still plant fruit trees?
February 14: What should I do about mistletoe?
February 21: What can I do about oak sprouts around my tree?
February 28: What's the first thing to do to have a successful garden?

March 6: My nandinas are overgrown and straggly. How can I make them look better?
March 13: When can I apply a weed and feed product?
March 20: Where can I go to learn more about gardening?
March 27: What can I plant to fend off deer?

April 3: When and how should I prune my perennials?
April 10: What can I do about weeds in my lawn?
April 17: Help! What are all these caterpillars hanging from my oak trees and what should I do about them?
April 24: The spring rains have really brought on the weeds. How can I control them?

May 1: How do I thin my fruit trees?
May 8: My new transplants are wilting and looking yellow. What's up?
May 15: How should I stake my tomatoes?
May 22: This has been the best year for roses. How should I prune them?
May 29: What can I do about problems with my tomatoes?

June 5: What can I do about my lawn's thin spots caused by foot traffic?
June 19: What should I do about the big clump of bees on my shrubs?
June 26: How do I control stink bugs on my tomato plants?

July 3: What trees can I plant in a small yard?
July 10: Why should I use drip irrigation?
July 17: My squash plants aren't setting fruit. What's the problem?
July 24: How do I control poison ivy?
July 31: How can a kill a cedar (juniper) tree?

August 7: Why are my tomatoes cracking?
August 14: What low maintenance vines can I plant on a north (shady) side of my house?
August 21: Recently Trisha showed a tool to remove hackberry and pecan seedlings. Where can I get one or find out more?
August 28: How old does a brugmansia have to be to bloom? I have one that is three years old and hasn't bloomed.

September 4: I planted my lettuce seeds but they haven't come up. What's wrong?
September 11: It looks like my lawn has brown patch. What can I do?
September 18: Can I save the seeds from some of my favorite summer flowers?
September 25: When should I put down winterizer fertilizer ?

October 2: The grass in my shady yard doesn't look good. What can I do?
October 9: The leaves on my trees are brown and ragged. What's wrong?
October 16: I love my plumeria and don't want to lose it this winter. What should I do?
October 23: Why do the leaves on my trees look scorched? What should I do?

November 6: What happened to my pecans? Most of the kernels are shriveled and dry.
November 13: I'd love to grow citrus plants. Is that possible?
November 20: What's a great holiday gift for a gardener?
November 27: How can I keep my indoor holiday plants looking good until New Year's? Also, I have a living Christmas tree I planted years ago, and now it's not looking good.

December 4: Is it too late to plant bulbs?
December 11: Can I plant berries and fruit trees here? What kind, and when?
December 18: Many people have asked about the grapevines that Trisha used to wrap a tomato cage. Where to get them and how to use them?