KLRU: Central Texas Gardener > 2007 Question of the Week Index

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January 5: What’s a good small, flowering tree?
January 12: When is the time to prune the various things around the landscape?
January 19: How can I grow fruit trees?
January 26: Can we grow peas in Central Texas?

February 2: Can I plant the bulbs I forced this winter?
February 9: What vegetables can I grow as transplants?
February 16: How can we protect fruit tree blooms when a freeze hits us again?
February 23: What can I prune now and how much can I cut off?

March 1: How can I deal with all these weeds coming up?
March 8: (Repeat)

April 4: How do I fertilize my lawn and can I use a combination product?
April 12: Can I grow vegetables in containers?
April 19: How can I tell how many shrubs to plant to create a hedge or border?
April 26: What can I do about all these weeds?

May 3: Why are some of my tomatoes rotten on the bottom? And when do they stop setting fruit?
May 10: Should I do anything special for my new shrubs and trees?
May 17: Leaves on some of my trees and shrubs look twisted and mottled. What’s up?
May 24: My peaches have black spots and holes in them and look awful. What’s wrong?
May 31: My peaches have black spots and holes in them and look awful. What’s wrong?

June 7: What can I plant now to liven up the summer garden?
June 14: My roses look ratty. What can I do?
June 21: How I can tell if I have chinch bugs?
June 28: What vegetables can I grow right now?

July 5: Why is my lawn so yellow looking?
July 12: My tree seems to be weeping or “misting” something onto my car windshield. What’s going on?
July 19: Can I add soil underneath a tree?
July 26: How can I have container gardens like in the magazines?

August 2: How can I have container gardens like in the magazines? (repeat)
August 9: How can I have container gardens like in the magazines? (repeat)
August 16: How can I have container gardens like in the magazines? (repeat)
August 23: How can I have container gardens like in the magazines? (repeat)

September 6: How can I tell if watermelons or cantaloupes are ripe?
September 13: Why do pecans have a good crop one year but not the next?
September 20: I’m new to gardening and want to know when and how to plant vegetables.
September 27: How do I get rid of hackberries and other brush along fence lines?

October 4: When I can fertilize my grass again? Will that help the brown parts?
October 11: Why aren’t my fall blooming plants blooming?
October 18: Should I overseed my lawn?
October 25: How and when can I move a perennial, shrub, or tree?

November 1: How do I protect my less-hardy plants in a frost or freeze?
November 15: What’s the sticky stuff on my indoor plants?
November 22: How can I propagate or repot my African violets?
November 29: How do I build a compost pile?

December 6: How do I protect my less-hardy plants in a frost or freeze?
December 13: What’s the sticky stuff on my indoor plants?
December 20: How can I propagate or repot my African violets?
December 27: How do I build a compost pile?