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  • Green beans growing in the garden

    C 1006

    Home Garden Green Beans

    This resource provides basic information on growing green beans, one of the most popular vegetables for the home garden.

    Bob Westerfield

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  • red and green bell peppers growing on plants

    C 1005

    Home Garden Peppers

    Learn how to grow delicious peppers at home! The most popular pepper varieties are easy to grow, as long as you understand and follow a few basic gardening principles.

    Bob Westerfield and Malgorzata Florkowska

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  • Home Garden Raspberries and Blackberries

    C 766

    Home Garden Raspberries and Blackberries

    Blackberries and raspberries are one of the most popular fruits to grow and they are among the easiest for the home gardener to successfully produce. Blackberries and raspberries come as erect types (no trellis required) and trailing types (trellis required), depending on the varieties selected. This publication discusses growing raspberries and blackberries in a home garden.

    Marco T. Fonseca, Dan L. Horton, Gerard W. Krewer, Bob Westerfield, and Phillip M. Brannen

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  • Blossom-End Rot and Calcium Nutrition of Pepper and Tomato

    C 938

    Blossom-End Rot and Calcium Nutrition of Pepper and Tomato

    The purpose of this publication is to introduce the problem of blossom-end rot and provide a guide to effectively diagnose and treat this problem.

    Bob Westerfield, Joshua Mayfield, and W. Terry Kelley

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  • Red apples sit in a basket in a field of grass

    C 740

    Home Garden Apples

    Learn how to grow apples at home—they are adapted to grow in most areas of Georgia. Although the northern half of the state is best suited for the more conventional apple varieties, you can have success in the southern half of Georgia with adapted varieties.

    Bob Westerfield

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  • C 1251

    Small Market Fruit and Vegetable Farming

    This publication covers some of the basic information about what you may need and key considerations when developing a small fruit and vegetable farm.

    Bob Westerfield

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  • ripe pomegranate on a tree

    C 997

    Pomegranate Production

    This resource helps growers understand how to grow pomegranates for commercial or home use in Georgia, as well as general production practices common in other pomegranate-producing regions. There has been increasing consumer demand for the fruit and it’s being used in many consumer products, including tea and juice blends, nut mixes, and other foods.

    Bob Westerfield, Harald Scherm, Dan L. Horton, Dr. Karina G. Martino, and Daniel D MacLean

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  • sweet potatoes are cubed on a cutting board with a knife and a whole potato

    C 1014

    Home Garden Sweet Potatoes

    Georgia is the perfect place to grow sweet potatoes, a long-season crop that has time to grow and mature because of Georgia’s long, hot summers. This resource provides guidance for growing sweet potatoes in the home garden.

    Bob Westerfield and Malgorzata Florkowska

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  • C 1089

    Troubleshooting Cultural Problems in Tomatoes

    This publication is intended for general use audiences, including homeowners, civic groups, and master gardeners. It covers the basic troubleshooting procedures for solving common problems while growing tomatoes. It includes a description of both cultural and physiological problems and solutions.

    Bob Westerfield

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