May
 Home>News Archive>2010>May>
Check height for bedding plants
Bedding Plants

(Video 5/3/10) You may have found the perfect-looking little plants to put into your flower beds. But if you’re not careful, those plants can lead to headaches. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill warns about the importance of checking how tall a plant will grow before you buy it. (Runtime: 1:32)

Start your own vegetable garden
Vegetable Garden

(TV News 5/3/10) If you want ripe tomatoes picked from your backyard, now is the time to plant them. If you’ve never planted a garden, why not start one now? LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard talks with a horticulturist about how to get started. (Runtime: 1:43)

Branch out from the norm when growing roses
Alternative Roses

(Video 05/10/10) The Knock Out rose is a fabulous, low-maintenance rose that produces beautiful flowers for a sizeable period of time. But if you want similar features in your roses, you don’t have to limit yourself to Knock Outs. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill points out other roses that are just as good as the Knock Out rose. (Runtime: 1:35)

Trees play important role in protecting wetland environment
Wetland Planting

(TV News 05/17/10) Fort Pike, which guards an island near New Orleans, dates back to the Seminole Wars of 1830. The fort survived several wars but was vulnerable to Hurricane Katrina. LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard reports that a group of students are using trees to re-fortify the area. (Runtime: 1:43)

Southern magnolia trees shed dying, yellow leaves
Southern Magnolias
(Video 05/17/10) Southern magnolia trees are an integral part of many Louisiana landscapes, and they’re beginning to bloom throughout the state at this time. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill discusses whether or not you should be concerned about dying, yellow leaves on your magnolia trees. (Runtime: 1:25)
Dry weather slows cotton planting
Cotton
(TV News 05/24/10) Dry conditions threaten cotton acreage. More growers were interested in planting cotton this year, but LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard reports that many haven’t been able to. (Runtime: 1:35)
Food scientists testing bean burgers
Bean Burgers
(TV News 05/31/10) LSU AgCenter food scientists are working on ways to get youngsters to consume more fruits and vegetables. Their efforts started with a little experiment. LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard has the details. (Runtime: 1:49)
Foliage can provide nice color
Foliage
(Video 05/24/10) If you want color in your summer garden, you don’t necessarily need bright flowers. Yes, you heard right. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explains how some summer plants have foliage that display beautiful colors. (Runtime: 1:42)
Burden Center displays wide variety of roses
Roses
(TV News 05/10/10) The red rose is the quintessential flower. But at the LSU AgCenter's Burden Center in Baton Rouge, reds compete with whites, yellows, corals and pinks. LSU AgCenter correspondent Tobie Blanchard visited the extensive rose gardens at the center and has this report. (Runtime: 1:41)
Don’t discard your hydrangeas
Hydrangeas
(Video 05/31/10) If you weren’t fortunate enough to get a hydrangea plant for Mother’s Day, it’s not too late to get to your nursery and pick some up. On this edition of Get It Growing, LSU AgCenter horticulturist Dan Gill explains the types of hydrangea and how to care for them. (Runtime: 1:34)
LSU AgCenter announces Master Farmer field days
(Distributed 05/31/10) Louisiana Master Farmer Program participants can attend any of a series of field days throughout Louisiana this year to meet one of three requirements to be certified.
La. Super Plants program highlighted at field day
Hammond Field Day
(Distributed 05/31/10) A new program promoting Louisiana landscape materials was one of the highlights at the LSU AgCenter’s Hammond Research Station annual landscape horticulture field day May 13.
Get ready before a hurricane comes
(Distributed 05/31/10) During a hurricane, you need some supplies just to survive. But many of those supplies are hard to find if you wait until a storm is approaching. So it’s better to make sure you’ve got some of the essentials now, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter.
New website helps fishers sell catch directly to customers
Jimmy Dupre
(Distributed 05/28/10) DELCAMBRE, La. – A new program to link consumers with commercial fishers is under way at the Port of Delcambre. Buyers can find out on the website, www.portofdelcambre.com, when a boat is headed to the dock with seafood.