Vegetables Resources
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This publication is an annually-updated guide to fall gardening information and resources for Georgia. Topics include planting tall fescue lawns, soil bag flower beds, planting pansies like the pros, planting collards, turnips and cabbage, planting a home fruit orchard, mulching with leaves, gardening chores, cleaning and storing garden tools, treating for fire ants, and additional resources.
Sharon Dowdy, Kristin L. Slagle, Bob Westerfield, Clint Waltz, April Reese Sorrow, Stephanie Schupska, Paul Pugliese, and Amanda Swennes
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This publication offers advice on finding less expensive sources of plant material, amendments and tools for community and school gardens.
Bob Westerfield
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This publication describes common myths about cold protection and provides options for protecting plants from the cold in community and school gardens, including cold frames, row covers and hoop houses.
David Berle and Bob Westerfield
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Planning an Edible Garden
This publication describes three steps for planning a school garden: garden location, soil and terrain, and choosing crops.
David Berle and Bob Westerfield
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Plant diseases can be a significant problem in home gardens. Most vegetables are susceptible to a number of diseases. Home gardeners can reduce the occurrence of many diseases with sound cultural practices. This publication discusses managing diseases in the home vegetable garden.
Elizabeth L. Little and David B. Langston
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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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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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