Gardening Resources
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Many fruit trees are purchased as bare-root trees. A bare-root tree is a dormant tree that has no soil or planting medium around the roots. Here are some tips on storing, planting, and caring for your bare-root fruit tree.
Jule-Lynne Macie and Lynwood Blackmon
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Learn how to grow rutabagas, a cool-season root crop that can be produced in the spring or fall in Georgia.
Bob Westerfield and W. Terry Kelley
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C 883
Home Garden Strawberries
Learn how to grow your own strawberries at home with this helpful guide. Strawberry beds need a small area that receives full sun most or all day to get started, and they will grow well in many types of soil.
Bob Westerfield and Phillip M. Brannen
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C 784
Home Garden Persimmons
Many of the numerous species of persimmon can be grown in Georgia. This resource covers planting and growing requirements as well as fruiting, harvesting, and insect pest information.
Bob Westerfield
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This publication is designed to give small market growers, homeowners, and Master Gardener audiences a quick guide to selecting and installing drip irrigation in the vegetable garden.
Bob Westerfield
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Plants develop seeds through a process called pollination. Pollination is the transfer of pollen from the stamen (male flower part) to the pistil (female flower part).
Bob Westerfield
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This publication is designed for small market growers, homeowners, and Master Gardeners in order to be a quick reference guide for diagnosing common problems in vegetables.
Bob Westerfield, S. Kris Braman, and Elizabeth L. Little
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Container gardening has enjoyed an increased popularity in the last decade. With increased urbanization, container gardens have come to the rescue to brighten up patios and balconies. This publication is intended to provide information on successful gardening in containers using tropical plant materials.
Bodie V. Pennisi
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Interior plants are an ideal way to create attractive and restful settings while enhancing our sense of well being. In addition, houseplants can be a satisfying hobby and can help purify the air in our homes. To be a successful indoor gardener, you need to understand how the interior environment affects plant growth and how cultivation differs from growing plants outdoors.
Bodie V. Pennisi
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