Store bulbs in a cool, dry and dark place for now. Don’t start planting until the end of September or early October, or at least until just before the ground freezes and the snow falls.
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Gardentalk – How to avoid the greenhouse blues
Keep mold from turning your vegetable plants into gray mush by ventilating your greenhouse and moving the air. Also, still more about this summer’s most controversial gardening subject: woolly bear caterpillars and whether you should squish them.
Gardentalk – Is the drought over? Can I stop watering now?
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski encourages gardeners to continue watering and protecting their tender plants from near-frost conditions this week.
Gardentalk – Ripe corn and woolly bear caterpillars
Also, a short preview of the Harvest Fair and Farmers Market at the Juneau Community Garden on Saturday, Aug. 24.
Gardentalk – ‘You can be the bee’
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski describes how humans can intervene and help out with the pollination process.
Gardentalk – Juice, jams, jellies and pie. Oh, my!
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has some inspiration for making something out of those blueberries, cherries, salmonberries and other berries you just picked.
Gardentalk – It’s garlic harvesting time!
If the scapes straighten out, or if you see yellow or brown developing in garlic stalks and at least half of the leaves, then the garlic is ready to be picked.
Gardentalk – Harvest potential exploders before the big rain
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski recommends that you harvest as many ripe cherries and cabbage as you can before they split and become inedible.
Gardentalk – Ed answers your questions on gardening and yard care
Listeners send in questions about crabapple tree discoloration, horsetail proliferation, and hydrangea care.
Gardentalk – Preparing your picked peonies for a perfect, prolonged presentation
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has tips for getting the most out of your peonies flowers. He also answers a question about mulch for rhododendrons.