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How long does it take to grow a Texas flag?
Pure Parsons - Horticulture Maverick Uncut, an interview with Jerry Parsons
published in Texas Gardner, January/February 2003 issue
January
Planting By The Moon (PDF format)
Fruit of the Bible
Best Trees for Texas and Topping Trees
Pollination of Fruit
Peaches
Live Oak
Gardening in Small Spaces
Should you plant fruit and nut trees?
Revitalizing Old Fruit Trees
Oriental Persimmons
Organic Fertilization
Winter Taste of Tomatoes
Selecting Fruit and Nut Trees and How to Plant Them
English Peas and Sugar Snaps
Growing Camellias in South Central Texas
Successful Raised Bed Gardening
Fruit and Nut Crop Decisions
The Making of a Tree
Pruning Fruit and Nut Tree
Onion Transplanting Time
February
What Can Be Planted Now From Seed And Watered Up For Spring Bloom
RESULTS IN 2009 OF A THREE-YEAR DROUGHT: WE TOLD YOU SO * 3-YEARS AGO IN 2006!!
Winter Watering During a Drought
Winter Drought-Stress on a San Antonio Landscape
Watering Trees
Drought bringing Texas-Sized Thirst to Trees, Plants, Turf, Statewide, by Paul Schattenberg
Calamondin
Flowers for Valentine's Day
History of Arbor Day
Shumard Red Oak
Container Roses
Plant or Transplants
Thinning Vegetables
Blackberries
Fertilizing Gardens
The Chinese Pistache Tree
Pruning Landscape Plants
Preventing Uncontrollable Plant Pestilences
By Avoidance and Plant Selection
Dormant Oil Spray
Irish Potatoes
Pruning Roses
FIREBLIGHT(Alias: "ERWIN")
Onions in Containers
March
SMART WATERING AND DEEP WATERING TO SAVE PLANTS
Drought With a Capital "D"
What Constitutes an Effective Rain Event?
Drought Damage and Citrus Search
Drought Diagnosis of Turfgrass
Disappearing Vegetable Varieties
Live Oak Tree Problems and Solutions
Want to grow forbidden plants?
Texas Mountain Laurel
Sulphur
Soil Compaction
Lawn Fertilization
Ancient & Modern Pest Control
Gladiolus and Caladiums
Weed Control
Mistletoe, Lichens, Ball Moss, and Spanish Moss
How Not To Kill a Tree
Properly Using Slow-Release, Sulfur Coated Fertilizer on Your Lawn
FERTILIZATION OF FRUIT AND NUT TREES
Thinning Vegetables
ROSES--BREEDING AND TOUGHNESS
WATER LILIES
ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS FOR THE GARDEN
Techniques for Transplanting Onions Late in the Season
April
The Great Pepper Size-Off
The Gardening South Texas Bird-a-thon Team
Weed Control Programs for Spring and Summer
Drought Tolerance and Drought Tolerant Plants
Growing Quality Trees - Fast
Brown Patch Fungus Disease and Take-All Fungus Disease in Lawns
Ground Covers and "Blue Shade" Blooming Ground Cover
Worms
Side Dressing Vegetables
Date Palms in Texas
Vegetable Fungus Disease
Onions and Garlic
Pesticides
Hot Peppers
Tomato and Squash Blooms
Angel's Trumpet
Caladiums
Fruit Bloom Drop and Fruit and Nut Care
Day Lillies
May
Glyphosate (Roundup herbicide) Misrepresentations
Edible Flowers
Chrysanthemums and Gladiolus
Grapes in Texas
The Year of the Loquat
Dead Spot in the Lawn
The Approach Graft
Press Release
Summer Annuals and Perennials
Yellowing of Plants
Blossom End Rot
Firebush
Lawn Mower Damage
Mother's Day Gift
The Use of Mulch
Proper Watering and Care of Newly Established Plants
Watering Plants and Drip Irrigation
DEER PROBLEMS AND DEER RESISTANT PLANTS
PECAN NUT CASEBEARER CONTROL
SHADE TOLERANT PLANTS THAT ARE NOT DEER RESISTAN
COMMON SPRING GROWING PROBLEMS
June
Leafhoppers and Lacebugs – Two More Leaf – Sucking Insects
Spidermites – Plague of the Summer Garden
Landscape Favorites for South Central Texas
People Love the Blues
The Friendly Plant Killer
Texas Produce Makes for a Happy Father and a Healthy Family
The Unbeatable Foes
Black-Eyed Peas
Bramble Maintenance
Peach Problems and Apple Harvest
Hot Peppers
Weed and Bird Control
Okra
Summer Pruning
Hot Weather and Plants
Proper Watering of Plants
Hot Lovers - Firebush and Lantana
Sweet Corn and Onion
Squirrels
Watermelon
July
How to Produce Ripened-on-the-Vine
FALL Tomato Fruit
Poisonous Plants
Seedless Watermelon
Care and Watering of Lawns, Newly Established Plants, Vegetable Gardens, Roses, Crape Myrtles and Vitex During the Summer.
Nature's Cool Refreshing Mist or a "Squirt" from Above
Wine, Vinegar, and Jelly
Drip Irrigation for Fall Planting
Fall Planting - What to Plant, When and Why
Direct Seeding of Fall Vegetable Crops
Leaf Scorch
Summertime Care of Roses and Crape Myrtles
Hibiscus
Vacation Plant Care
Cactus
Figs
Fall Gardening Site Selection
Prepare Soil for Fall Planting
ALERT: MISLABELLED plants as "Gold Star" Esperanza being sold statewide!!/font>
August
DENIAL OF DROUGHTS WILL NOT SAVE PLANTS!
WHAT'S REALLY KILLING TEXAS TREES?
Pecan Nut Drop and Limb Breakage
The Harmless Wasp and the Beautiful 'Desert Rose'
Saving Seed of hybrid varieties - once not recommended; now encouraged
Cutback Now to Ensure Fall Blooms Later
Fatalistic Gardening Practices
Fig Culture
Weeds, Grass and Nutsedge Control
Photoperiodisim
Pecan Webworms, Honeydew, and Cotton Root Rot
Regular Pecan Bearing
Squirrels and Pears
Vegetables That Can Prevent Cancer
Strange and Unusual Bug Problems
Bulb Planting Time
FALL PLANTING - WHAT TO PLANT, WHEN, WHY
INDOOR LANDSCAPING
ROSES IN THE FALL
SHADY LAWN PRODUCTION
September
Hastening Fall Fig Ripening
Tomatoes, Late-Planted Vegetables for the Holidays
Spinach --Organic Contamination from California
Pears and Pear Preservation
Crapemyrtle - The Best Landscape Plant for Texas
Bamboo is usually Damn-boo
Brown Spots in the Lawn and Solutions
Amaranth (Pigweed)
Spices
Tree Decline and Sidewalk Trees
Root Misunderstanding
Dooryard Citrus
Intercropping - Caging and Staking
What's in a name?
Fall Planting Dates
COLE CROPS FOR COLD WEATHER
CONTAINER GARDENING or PORTA-GROWING
PERSIMMONS FOR FALL
STRAWBERRY CULTURE
October
Horticulture Activities for Fall
Instant Color and Wildlife Attraction with Garden Mums and Others
It Must be Crinum Time Again!
Onions, Garlic, and Crawford Lettuce
To Overseed or Not to Overseed
Onions
Growing Spinach
Antique Roses
Cemetary Flowers
Tree Cavities
Garlic
Interior Landscape
Spinach Transplants
Herbs and Herbal Tea
Fall Planting of Flowering Bulbs
Carrots
Fall Planting of Trees and Shrubs
What Happened to My Pecans?!
Lawn Fertilization and Winterization
ALKALINITY, IRON CHLOROSIS, GRASS DISEASES, SPAGHUM PEAT AND LAWN DRESSING IN THE FALL
Pumpkins and Halloween
Time to Fertilize the Lawn with Winterizer Fertilizer
Petunias do best with fall plantings
November
The Truth About Microbes
Forcing Bulbs
Thanksgiving Eating
Pecans Equal Good Health and Good Eating
Deer Hunting
Lasagna Bulb Planting
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet Peas
Bananas
Harvesting Garden Produce
Composting
Landscaping and Soil Preparation
Houseplant Problems
Drying Flowers
Fall is the time to plant Bluebonnets and other Wildflowers
Pecan History,
Strange Pecan Questions, Plus Recipes and Storage
Nematode Control with Cereal Rye
Cold Protection
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TELLTALE FROST SIGNS
Thanksgiving
December
Nematode Control and The Best Organic Matter
Short Lived Christmas Trees and Long Lasting Christmas Gifts
Good-Eating Recipes from the Parsons' Family
Health Risk of Eating Pesticide Treated Fruits and Vegetables
Vegetables, Herbs, and Spices of the Bible
Pecan Nomenclature
Hybrid Varieties and Saving Seeds
Mail Order Seed
Blackeyed-Peas for New Year's
Preparing Plants for Indoors
Tree Suicide and Girdling
Pruning Ornamentals
New Year's Resolutions
How to Plant Trees
Pecan Leves and Pecan Shells
For Mulch and BBQ
Biological Pest Controls
Indestructible House Plants that are Tougher than Plastic
Christmas Tree and Poinsettia Care
Horticultural Christmas List
Winter Care of House Plants
Poinsettias and Mistletoe
Hollies
Proper Watering and Care of Poinsettia Plants
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