Garden Talk
Gardening tips and information from KTOO in Juneau. Tune in Wednesdays at 3:00 p.m. on Juneau Afternoon.
Gardentalk – Garlic harvesting and late season planting
It's time to harvest if remaining scapes are uncurling and leaves are turning yellow. Also, a $30 billion water pipeline from Washington state to California doesn't make much sense if the entire West Coast is suffering from dry conditions.
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Gardentalk – Garlic scapes
Early bulblets from hardneck garlic can be used as a substitute for green onions and garlic bulbs in salads, soups, sauces and pesto, or make flavored vinegar and olive oil.
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Gardentalk – Porcupine and buttercups
Recent Gardentalk segments include how to defend your garden from the ravages of porcupine and a feature of popular plants in the buttercup family.
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Gardentalk – Orange hawkweed
UAF Cooperative Extension Service Agent Darren Snyder provides a primer on orange hawkweed, an invasive perennial that has gained a foothold in the Juneau area.
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Gardentalk – Pests
Imported currant worms, slugs, aphids, and root maggots have been spotted in Juneau gardens this season.
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Gardentalk — Spread it!
Ed Buyarski has a few tips for applying the right kind of fertilizer evenly throughout your lawn.
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Gardentalk – Greenhouse planting
Also, recent dry weather means you should water your vegetables on a regular basis.
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Gardentalk – Hardening and Harvesting
This week's segment includes a preview of this weekend's big annual Garden Club plant sale.
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Gardentalk – Potato planting
With a growing season that lasts 90 to 120 days, Juneau gardeners have a little flexibility in starting their potato crop.
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Gardentalk – Primrose Division
This week‘s segment also focuses on early spring planting and frost awareness.
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