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Improving Integrated Pest Management in Tobacco popular
Our laboratory has recently published a study which measured the differences between our current integrated pest management (IPM) recommendations for tobacco insect management and what growers actually do. This was the topic of Jeremy Slone’s MORE » – from 
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Growing Garlic in your Garden
If you are a garlic lover, like many of us, and also happen to grow a garden, consider incorporating garlic into your vegetable garden rotation. Garlic is a nutritious, flavorful, and relatively easy MORE »
It’s Fair Time!
It’s that time of year again. The time when the smell of cotton candy invades the air, cattle and sheep can be heard, and the thrills and screams from the midway surround you. MORE »
Time to Fertilize your Tall Fescue
September is the time to fertilize cool season grasses like tall fescue. Tall fescue is the most common lawn grass in Caldwell County. With cooler temperatures, fertilizer, and rain, tall fescue will become MORE »
Balancing beekeeping and mosquito abatement in North Carolina popular
Barely a day goes by when Zika virus is not in the news headlines. As of August 31st 2016, the CDC has reported 2,717 confirmed case of Zika virus in the U.S. New MORE » – from Entomology
Tall Fescue Improvement popular
Tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea) is the most important cool season grass in the United States. It is also the most important grass in Caldwell County. Most lawns, pastures, and hayfields in Caldwell County MORE »
Cover Crops for Your Garden
Cover Crops for Productive Home Gardens Will you have empty space in your garden that will remain bare and unplanted over the winter? Consider planting a cover crop in those spaces to build MORE »
Spotted Wing Drosophila Monitoring Report August 26, 2016 popular
This is the final spotted wing drosophila (SWD) monitoring report for 2016. Looking back over the course of the season, we can make several about our trapping methods. Aside from a couple of times towards the MORE » – from Entomology
Late blight found in Buncombe County, NC – August 25, 2016 popular
Tomato late blight, caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, was reported to NCSU Extension Agent on August 25, 2016 from a conventional tomato field in Buncombe County, NC. Symptoms were first observed on MORE » – from Extension Plant Pathology
Studying Strawberry Pollination popular
Our laboratory is excited to begin a new project aimed at answering several questions about pollination ecology in strawberries.These questions are: 1. What insects pollinate commercially grown strawberries in the southeast? 2. How are MORE » – from Entomology
Register for Nursery Field Day on September 23 popular
The 16th Annual Nursery Crop Field Day will be held on Friday, September 23 from 8 am to 3 pm at Hard and Flossie Clark Park in Collettsville, NC. The event features hands-on MORE » – from Burke County Center
Nursery Weed Field Day Slated for September 7 popular
This event features on-site demonstrations and will focus on recent research from Dr. Joe Neal’s lab exploring the economics and efficacy of weed control strategies in container nurseries. Topics include herbicide efficacy and MORE » – from Burke County Center
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Master Gardener's AssociationTue Oct 18, 2016
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where:
Library Meeting Rooms, 120 Hospital Ave., NE, Lenoir, NC 28645
— 3 weeks awayCaldwell Beekeepers AssociationThu Oct 20, 2016
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where:
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where:
120 Hospital Ave., NE, Lenoir, NC 28645
— 3 weeks awayMaster Gardener's AssociationTue Nov 15, 2016
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where:
Library Meeting Rooms, 120 Hospital Ave., NE, Lenoir, NC 28645
— 2 months awayCaldwell Beekeepers AssociationThu Nov 17, 2016
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where:
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where:
120 Hospital Ave., NE, Lenoir, NC 28645
— 2 months awayCaldwell Beekeepers AssociationThu Dec 15, 2016
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where:
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Where:
120 Hospital Ave., NE, Lenoir, NC 28645
— 3 months awayMaster Gardener's AssociationTue Dec 20, 2016
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where:
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Where:
Library Meeting Rooms, 120 Hospital Ave., NE, Lenoir, NC 28645
— 3 months away
