Garden Success with Stephen Brueggerhoff

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses jujube trees, asian jasmine, a post oak tree shedding bark, lightning damage to trees, cinch bugs, bee hotels, chinese pistache, water conservation, upcoming local events, changes to local farmers' markets.

Stephen Brueggerhoff and Dr. Juliana Rangel, Associate Professor of Apiculture in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University discuss Dr. Rangel's history and duties with Texas A&M Entomology, education and research projects including how bees select between pollens, regulations regarding bees, foraging behavior, use of pollen by other pollinators, tips for making home landscapes attractive and beneficial for pollinators, concerns of commercial beekeepers, honeybee nutrition, beekeeping schools and clubs, and the new Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Apiculture Specialist.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses salvia plants, canna lilies, bougainvillea, soil testing for PH, killing grass under trees without harming the trees, asparagus, pruning roses, cedar elms, and upcoming local events.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses salvia plants, bell peppers grown in containers, citrus, a lawn with both St. Augustine and Bermuda grasses competing, upcoming local events, a tree in decline, mulberry trees, live oaks, and propagating plant cuttings.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses his recent fig event, transplanting crape myrtles & figs, jalapeno and other peppers, upcoming local events, cantaloupe, sourcing worms, and planting ornamentals around a tree.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses St Augustine, Bermuda, and Zoysia grasses, Figs, Japanese Maples, Turks Cap, caring for Crape Myrtles, general tips for July gardening, and a Sycamore sapling with brown leaves.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the morning rains, a vinca plant with fungal pathogens, cultivating cantaloupes and musk melons, tomatoes, sago palms, barrier plants, okra plants getting chewed on by animals, and upcoming local events.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses recent rains in the Brazos Valley, splitting fruit as a result of the rains, Green Zebra tomatoes, Blue Belles, Caladiums, Zinnia flowers, upcoming local events, and tips to prepare for fall tomatoes.

Guest host Skip Richter discusses reasons to leave grass clippings on the lawn after mowing, turf pests and diseases, filling in bare spots in turf, upcoming local events, fertilizing shrubs, sooty mold on crape myrtle, cycle & soak watering method, hypoxylon canker in white oak trees, southern peas, and warm season greens and okra.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the rains currently impacting the area, cucumbers & melons, indeterminate tomatoes, figs, peaches, jujube trees, garlic chives, and crape myrtle bark scale

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses his recent travel to Los Angeles & plants he saw while out there, tomatoes, upcoming local events, pruning, bee removal, volunteer plum trees, and fungal pathogens.

Stephen Brueggerhoff & Hannah Ayala, Head Diagnostician at the Texas Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab discuss plant samples accepted by the lab, common diseases the lab sees on a regular basis, how to submit samples, a fungal infection on a caller's grapevine, upcoming local events, and why to not move citrus, but rather buy locally.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses recent rains in the Brazos Valley, yucca, figs, black wooly caterpillars, oleander, cold-hardy citrus, raspberries, and upcoming local events.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses blackberries, peaches, oak trees, how often to replace soil in container plants, magnolia, fungicides, curly dock, upcoming local events, crape myrtle bark scale, and roses.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses water needs for home fruit trees, honeysuckle vine, oak tree flowering, upcoming local events, container bougainvillea plants, how often to replace potting soil, and edible flowers.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses salvias, vertical gardening, vining plant identification, wisteria, mulch suggestion for a caller, upcoming local events, and timing oak tree trimming to minimize oak wilt disease.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses bluebonnets, other contenders for the Texas state flower, fruit tree pests including plum curculio, effectiveness of organza bags on growing fruit, tomato fertilization, spring lawn fertilization schedule, upcoming local events, and texas sage.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses garden herbs, wildflower viewing, upcoming local events, firecracker plant, the Leach Teaching Gardens on Texas A&M's campus, rusty black haw, and yaupon holly.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses spring gardening tips, Texas' spring wildflowers, upcoming local events, and bamboo in home landscaping.

Stephen Brueggerhoff & Dr. Kevin Ong discuss common plant diseases, protecting plants from high winds, a caller's meyer lemon that has stopped producing fruit, fast growing trees & bushes for privacy, upcoming local events, and info about the Texas Plant Diagnostic Lab.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses transplanting trees and other plants, re-potting plants, fruit tree planting and fertilization, upcoming local events, identifying a wax myrtle, fast growing trees, next week's special guest, and fall aster.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses tomatoes in-depth, upcoming local events, his favorite fig varieties, and when to prune peach trees.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses Texas A&M campus landscaping, native grasses, pre-emergent treatments for the lawn, transplanting vegetables into a bed that had been treated with a pre-emergent herbicide, upcoming local events, raised beds, soil testing, and organic herbicide.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses palm tree biology and pruning advice, a follow-up on insect identification, upcoming local events, weed control in St. Augustine and Bermudagrass lawns, and reasons to go outside and enjoy nature.

Stephen Brueggerhoff discusses the return of winter temperatures to the Brazos Valley, identifying pests on a listener's indoor pepper plants as well as providing treatment solutions, info on a presentation on heirloom bulbs, pruning climbing roses and crape myrtles, types of garden mulch materials and colorants, upcoming local events, and plum trees.