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| Extension Agent | |
| Tangipahoa Parish | |
| MHFerguson@agcenter.lsu.edu | |
| 21549 Old Covington Highway Hammond, LA 70403 |
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| 985-277-1850 | |
| 985-543-4136 |
Tawny crazy ant colonies grow to contain very large numbers of ants with multiple queens, and people often find piles of dead ants
Composting is a way to take yard, garden, and kitchen “waste” and turn it into something useful.
If you want long-term control of fire ants but also need to get rid of them quickly in one or more spots, you can take a two-step approach.
Sooty mold grows where insects have secreted a sugary substance called honeydew.
The best option will depend on several factors.
Besides the amount of rainfall that we get and the intensity of rainstorms, a number of other factors affect how much erosion occurs on a site.
Leaves and roots of plants play major roles in reducing erosion.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
Figs are one of our more easy-to-grow fruit plants, although at this time of year, leaf diseases are often observed.
Most of our blackberry and blueberry plants have finished fruiting, so it’s time to think about pruning them and making a final fertilizer application.
The LSU AgCenter has a lot of resources that address a variety of topics.
Plants injured by synthetic auxin herbicides often exhibit distortion of leaves and other plant parts.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
The LSU AgCenter will hold a meeting for commercial strawberry growers.
Several types of insects make highly noticeable webs in trees.
While tropical milkweed is most readily available in garden centers, a number of milkweed species are native to Louisiana.
There are websites that can help you find local produce.
There are vegetables that tolerate hot weather.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
It’s helpful to know what poison ivy looks like.
It’s important to start spraying for Virginia buttonweed during the spring, since this is when the weed is more tender and susceptible to herbicides.
Easter lilies are perennials in the landscape in most parts of Louisiana.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
Annuals can quickly provide a splash of color – due to their flowers, foliage, or both – in the landscape.
It's recommended that the warm-season turfgrasses commonly grown in Louisiana be fertilized between April and August.
Individuals in the Louisiana Master Gardener program help the LSU AgCenter provide education about gardening and lawn care.
Kirilow’s or Chinese indigo is sometimes cultivated under tree canopies in Louisiana. There are also wild or false indigos that are grown as ornamental plants.
Alternatives to the more invasive wisterias include American wisteria and evergreen wisteria.
Sweet corn can be planted earlier than many other warm-season vegetables.
Apple trees are usually trained in the central leader form.
Apple varieties recommended for the Florida Parishes area of Louisiana include Anna, Dorsett Golden, and Ein Shemer.
If you’re going to use an herbicide, it’s important to do it while weeds are small.
Late January to mid-February is the primary time of year to prune everblooming roses in Louisiana.
The LSU AgCenter will hold an Agritourism Education Meeting for people involved or interested in agritourism.
LSU AgCenter will offer a rose pruning demonstration at the Franklinton Branch Library
For woody plants and palms, waiting is advised.
If you wait until March or April to plant a vegetable garden, you will have missed the window for planting some of our cool-season veggies.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
Chinese privet is, unfortunately, a common plant in the southeastern US.
A primary criterion for choosing pecan varieties for yards and home orchards is resistance to pecan scab.
This meeting will be held from 6:00 to 8:15 PM on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at the LSU AgCenter’s Washington Parish office (1104-B Bene St., Franklinton).
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
The sweet potato production cycle begins when sweet potatoes from the previous harvest season are planted in the spring, to produce slips for transplanting.
Despite having ornamental qualities, tung oil trees are not the best choice for all locations.
Several yucca species and at least one agave are considered native to Louisiana.
Dwarf palmetto, saw palmetto, and several species of prickly pear cacti round out the discussion of prickly plants native to Louisiana.
Fall is one of the best times to plant most types of trees and shrubs in Louisiana.
Distyliums are evergreen, tolerate Louisiana's climate, and can be used as hedge or foundation plants.
While they’re sometimes thrown out after their fall flower display, garden mums are perennials and can be planted in the landscape.
Viburnums, as a group, have long been a bit nebulous to me.
Some of the plants most closely associated with the holidays are daylength sensitive. Exposure to long periods of darkness is a key to getting them to bloom.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
Birds need food, water, and shelter. Gardens can provide all of these.
Muscadines are well-adapted to our climate.
Drift roses are groundcover roses. Like Knock Out roses, they bloom over a long period, but they remain smaller than Knock Out roses do.
Plums have many of the same disease and insect problems that peaches have, which is to say a lot.
After planting, the first several weeks are the most important for weed control.
Herbicides, tillage, blocking light from reaching the soil for a sufficiently long time, or a combination of these can be used to kill weeds before planting.
Some heat-tolerant vegetables can still be planted, and it won’t be long before it’s time to plant many cool-season crops.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
As of August 24, the US Drought Monitor showed all areas of Tangipahoa and Washington Parishes in severe drought.
Many of our cool-season vegetables can be planted in September and October.
Herbicides are important tools in some cases, but they should not be relied upon alone to manage weed problems.
The LSU AgCenter is offering five classes covering a variety of garden- and landscape-related topics in Washington Parish.
It was a bad year for blueberry production, but it was a good year for learning what varieties are more likely to produce in spite of late freezes.
Bamboos are grasses. There are many species. We generally divide them into running and clumping types.
If you have a stand of bamboo that you want to get rid of, you have a couple of options.
This spring has brought a lot of questions about blossom end rot and bacterial wilt.
May or June beetles feed on many species of plants.
The LSU AgCenter will hold a meeting for commercial strawberry growers from 9 AM till noon on Thursday, July 27, 2023.
Deer have poor depth perception, and some fence designs take advantage of that.
Southern peas or cowpeas can tolerate the hottest parts of our summers and can be planted between April and early August.
Of the six springs I’ve been working in Extension in Louisiana, I’ve received more questions about lawn problems this year than any other.
There are a variety of ways that trees can be damaged during construction.
This week, I’m writing about a few more plants – including a shrub and several herbaceous perennials – as well as some native plant resources.
Governor Edwards proclaimed April 2023 Native Plant Month, and I thought I’d write about a few of my favorites.
Ornamental plants that bloom in late winter and early spring generally bloom on shoots that grew in a previous season. These should be pruned after flowering.
Some salvias tend to be perennial here, while others don’t.
Individuals in the Louisiana Master Gardener program help the LSU AgCenter provide education about gardening and lawn care.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
Contour maps based on numbers of chill hours received between October 1 and February 28, over a 30-year period, are available.
Updates for horticultural crop growers.
Many gingers are among the root-hardy tropicals that enrich our landscapes in southeastern Louisiana.
The LSU AgCenter, in partnership with Nielsen’s Pharmacy and Bogalusa Strong, will offer a vegetable and herb gardening class.
This article wraps up a series about plants for moist or wet sites.
If you’d like a deciduous plant for moist or wet sites, you have options.
The LSU AgCenter will offer a Lawn Care in Louisiana class on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at LSU AgCenter’s Washington Parish office in Franklinton.
Plants in low areas and on sites with a water table close to the surface need to be able to tolerate a good deal of soil moisture.
