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Knowledge for life: UNL offers spring lawn management advice

We live in a part of the country where it is a challenge to grow things. I have heard that comment many times since moving here 27 years ago. It is true.

For example, last summer I had several calls from people about their tomato plants blooming and not setting on fruit. It was just too hot, windy and dry, and the blossoms dried up. When it finally cooled off, they set on fruit, but it was late in the season.

The summer of 2011 was wet, if you remember, and we had different problems to deal with. That’s what makes my job as an Extension Educator so interesting. There is always a new cha...

 

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